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'''Hitlerszalonna''Hitlerszalonna' or '''Hitler-szalonna''' ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: "Hitler bacon"), wasknown in the modern day as '''''sütésálló lekvár''''' ("ovenproof jam"), is a dense [[fruit jam]] that originated in the [[jamKingdom of Hungary]], during [[World War II]].<ref>"Így például a mindenféle vegyes hullott gyümölcsből készült kemény tömblekvárt Hitler szalonnának nevezték." [http://www.centropa.hu/object.dc68337d-1878-40a6-b140-8dda6ac741bc.ivy?full=true Interview of Deme Juliet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130134614/http://www.centropa.hu/object.dc68337d-1878-40a6-b140-8dda6ac741bc.ivy?full=true |date=2016-01-30 }} (born Mailender [Nicholas] Juliet) Budapest, Hungary, Interviewer: Zsolt Boros December, 2004 Centropa </ref> although there is debate about how much fruit was actually in it and how edible it was, that was eaten by [[Military of Hungary|Hungarian troops]] and civilians during [[World War II]]. It was made from mixed fruits such as [[plum]] and sold in brick shaped blocks held in a piece of paper, ratherand than in a jar.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} These slabs werewas sliced, a bit like [[szalonna (bacon)|szalonna]]. Soldiers kept it in a case and it could be cooked with other foods.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gergőke |title=a némethadifogság alatt ezekben kapták a hitlerszalonnát meg a vajat |work=A Második Világháború Hadtörténeti Portálja [Second World War Military History Portal] |date=2006-03-21 |access-date=2010-03-03 |url=http://www.netlabor.hu/roncskutatas/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=7001|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070815161348/http://www.netlabor.hu/roncskutatas/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=7001|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-08-15}} Photo of case and forum discussion {{in lang|hu}}</ref> andIn itthe couldmodern beday, cooked''sütésálló withlekvár'' otheris foodsoften sold in small portion cups. The term itself is considered [[slang]] and defined as something like "tough fruit".<ref>Szabó, Edina ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5uL-ON5a8fQC&dq=Hitlerszalonna&pg=PA120 A magyar börtönszleng szótára]'' (2008) (Hungarian dictionary of slang)</ref>

One possible source of this name derives from food[[military provisionsrations]] given to soldiers of the [[Royal Hungarian soldiersArmy]]. In armed conflicts during theunder Austro[[Austria-Hungarian MonarchyHungary]], Hungarian soldiers received normal [[bacon]] as theirpart foodof supplytheir rations, whichnicknamed was"Kaiser-bacon", referredreferring to asthe "[[Kaiser-bacon" of Austria]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} (Compare [[Kaiser roll]].)

During World War II, Hungarian soldiers received food provisionsrations from the[[Nazi GermansGermany]], andbut itoften was oftenreceived fruit flavored jam instead of bacon. So theThe soldiers startedcontinued to refer to this jam as the emperor's bacon, and the "emperor" was ''[[Führer]]'' [[Adolf Hitler]].

This expression has also appeared in a printed book.<ref>Ungváry, Krisztián. ''A magyar honvédség a második világháborúban''. Budapest: Osiris, 2005. {{ISBN|978-963-389-685-3}}, page 177</ref> When describing the Royal Hungarian armyArmy's logistical situation at the [[Don River (Russiariver)|Don River]] near [[Stalingrad]], and before the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], the account (as translated below into English) states that:

* [[Quince cheese]]