Question for Russian speakers

[UmbralPenumbra]

As you know, the game includes "Tourist's Delight" which appears to be some kind of canned meat

According to English Wikipedia, this kind of canned meat is referred to as "tushonka"

In the games there are rodents, which I see characters call "tushkano"

In English, since these two words are anagrams, it leads to the humorous implication that Tourist Delight contains rat meat

Does this pun exist in Russian? or is it just a result of translation to English?

[[GSC]Stravenger]

As far as I am aware, no such obvious pun exists. However, the "tourist delight" canned food covered a LOT of different types of produce, from entirely meat-based to those mixed with various porridges, veggies and so on. It was a more of an "affordable" type of canned food as opposed to proper army rations that people took in hikes. So yes, a thought that someone would make canned food out of local rodents would definitely cross someone's mind.

[gr1nie]

Tushkan in Russian apparently refers to this species: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerboa and the word itself derives from a Turkic word meaning "a mouse"

[Steve]

It is one of famous food brand in Eastern Europe, which also appear in Ukrainian ration.

[arottweiler]

I know no Russian so threads like this are always very interesting. Stalker Fandom for Tourist's Delight has this listed in the Trivia section:

In scripts, this item is referred to as "conserva" which is generic slavic name for any canned food, usually spam.

I can see the connection as in 'to conserve' and like how that is the chosen word for the programming.

[UmbralPenumbra]

I believe "conserva" is also the word for it in spanish-speaking countries as well

The in-game model looks like cans of roast beef I can get here in the US which I used to eat a lot

I find the similarity in foods interesting. Such as pate which is popular and also comes in all rations that I've seen. Here in the US we have something similar called "potted meat" which is a form of pate. It's also eaten the same way; usually on bread or crackers. Although you never see it in US military or civilian rations, which is strange because its extremely cheap and will basically last forever

I tend to eat most of my food from a can, box or pouch since I'm used to travelling a lot. Some times I'll break out some canned food while playing STALKER for added immersion