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Mao Zedong, leader of
China for a good part of the 20th century, liked American oatmeal prepared a certain way.
I learned this from a took, “The Long March” by Harrison Salisbury, a noted journalist for The New York Times.
The Long March was Mao’s famous 6,000-mile trek with his peasant army in 1934-35 from central China to northwest China, edging the mountains of Tibet to escape the armies of Chiang Kaishek. Defections and death took their toll. Some 86,000 started; about 4,000 finished. Salisbury retraced the route in 1987, interviewed survivors, and wrote his book.
Mao’s favorite breakfast is described in an asterisked footnote on page 83. Salisbury says, “Mao’s eating habits were curious. His favorite breakfast—when he could get it—was American oatmeal with condensed milk, two perms Vypatpn lin in thn nnt
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