What's the difference between goulash and galoshes?

One you eat, and one you wear. Dreamed up and cooked up by Hungarian herdsmen hundreds of years ago, goulash served as portable meals. Cowboys could just add water to the sun-dried meat and spice mixture to bring to life a tasty soup. On the other hand (or foot), galoshes work to ward off water. These rubbery boots slip over your shoes, to protect from rain showers and puddles.

From Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina:
