Food - Weapon of Conquest with food producers ordered to assist the war aims of the Nazi government. New uses for food products included fat as a component for high explosives, apples to be turned into synthetic fuel and milk made into lubricating oil. German scientists created other synthetic items include a soy substitute for meat, with the purpose of making the nation self-sufficient in food. In Italy, self-sufficiency in food is also a goal for the Fascist regime led by Benito Mussolini who attempted to re-establish Italy's former glory. His efforts to reinvigorate the nation began with a campaign to increase its population, necessitating
Franconian cuisine of the typical and supraregional known "Nürnberger Bratwürste" when they think of Franconian food. These small sausages are made of pork and originate in the city zone of Nürnberg (and only this area is authorized to call the sausages "Nürnberger"). They are commonly served and eaten in threes: either as "Drei in a Weckla" which means three sausages served in a roll or as a dish containing six of these sausages and cabbage. But beyond the famous "Nürnberger Bratwurst" Franconia produces a variety of other bratwursts, such as the bratwurst produced around Ansbach where the sausage is additionally flavoured with