Hey, sweets and desserts have nothing to do with politics. The fact is that in the 70's and 80's there was not as great variety of products and foodstuff that could be bought from the shops. This was the time when people had to made their own buiscits, cakes, sweets, cookies and all the things they or their kids wanted to eat. Women spent more time in the kitchen and exchanged recipes. For example when I was a little girl my mother used to make at least 2-3 different kinds of sweets for my birthday so I could treat my friends and schoolmates and relatives. I'm sure all of us have photos from birthdays in kindergarten or school posing with the big plates of cookies and sweets made by our moms :) The quality of food in the past was so much better then it is today, there were no as many preservatives, stabilizers, chemistry and GMO. In the 70's &amp; 80's 70% of the people in Bulgaria lived in the countriside and 30% in the cities. Now it's the opposite - 30% in the countriside and 70% in the cities. What I mean is that most of the people could produce their own food - fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, honey, herbs, spices, canned winter supplies or at least they could buy them from someone they know. There were almost no imported food products in Bulgaria. May be these are some of the reasons old recepies like the ones my grandmother has in her old recipe book contains cake made with 16 eggs, banitsa with 1kg cheese,  1l milk and 10 eggs - they spared no products - that's for sure! So hopefully the new shop in Mladost will stick to this as well :)