The Germans' fabled Nazi-
era version of alphabet
soup. It is said that instead of making the
pasta into letters, it was made into Swastikas.
"Ok, one last little one I can't leave without saying. During World
War Two, in Germany they had,like alphabet
soup, only over there instead of the alphabet they had little
tiny Swastikas. Made of pasta. They called it Pastika. I wouldn't shit you about that." Tom Waits in concert