Some of you may enjoy these British recipes from World War II.
Others, not so much.
dv said:
Some of you may enjoy these British recipes from World War II.Others, not so much.
Still remember the FIL’s tale about how the people he was billeted with had a box of small tins full of something they couldn’t recognise and therefore weren’t game to eat even though food was scarce. He told them it was yucky stuff but because he was hungry, he’d eat that and let them have the food they would have fed him.
What was in the cans? passionfruit pulp. He hadn’t seen any fruit for a few years during the war.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
Some of you may enjoy these British recipes from World War II.Others, not so much.
Still remember the FIL’s tale about how the people he was billeted with had a box of small tins full of something they couldn’t recognise and therefore weren’t game to eat even though food was scarce. He told them it was yucky stuff but because he was hungry, he’d eat that and let them have the food they would have fed him.
What was in the cans? passionfruit pulp. He hadn’t seen any fruit for a few years during the war.
A while back a TV show had their people go on a British WWII diet. They were healthier at the end than they were at the start.
I don’t care if we lose the war I’m not eating Curried Carrot.
Peak Warming Man said:
I don’t care if we lose the war I’m not eating Curried Carrot.
You’ve never been to an Indian restaurant?
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2009/08/27/the-oslo-meal/
The Oslo lunch was still discussed while I was attending primary school in the 60s. There were actually a lot of variables. My favourite was a leftover roast lamb and celery sandwich. Still like one of those..
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I don’t care if we lose the war I’m not eating Curried Carrot.
You’ve never been to an Indian restaurant?
Yes but they don’t serve curried carrot on it’s own, dhal.
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I don’t care if we lose the war I’m not eating Curried Carrot.
You’ve never been to an Indian restaurant?
Yes but they don’t serve curried carrot on it’s own, dhal.
*golf clap *
Peak Warming Man said:
Tamb said:
Peak Warming Man said:
I don’t care if we lose the war I’m not eating Curried Carrot.
You’ve never been to an Indian restaurant?
Yes but they don’t serve curried carrot on it’s own, dhal.
It’s lurking in there, sweetie.
Colcannon seems sad. Sausage stovie would be better with beef or sheep. Pretty close to the real recipe.
Kid-: What’s for tea tonight mum?
Mum-: Curried Carrot.
Kid -: What again?
Mum-: It was a big carrot.
https://the1940sexperiment.com/2009/08/16/salad-dressing-for-immediate-use/
mum used to make something similar but with eggs.
“wasn’t exactly horrible but wasn’t exactly nice either..” yeah..
not included on this list is curried sausages. I occasionally still have curried sausages. That and curried eggs.. the only time I reach for the Keens curry.
A friend is reading a cookbook from 1902. One of the recipes is a banana, rolled in nuts, laid on a lettuce leaf and smothered in mayonnaise. It’s a salad to accompany a steak dinner.
Divine Angel said:
A friend is reading a cookbook from 1902. One of the recipes is a banana, rolled in nuts, laid on a lettuce leaf and smothered in mayonnaise. It’s a salad to accompany a steak dinner.
:( Banana is salad.
I have some very old cook books. If I use them it is usually for the simple things like batter recipes and tea cakes.
sarahs mum said:
Divine Angel said:
A friend is reading a cookbook from 1902. One of the recipes is a banana, rolled in nuts, laid on a lettuce leaf and smothered in mayonnaise. It’s a salad to accompany a steak dinner.
:( Banana is salad.
I have some very old cook books. If I use them it is usually for the simple things like batter recipes and tea cakes.
Tea cakes, yum, haven’t had a tea cake for yonks.
Peak Warming Man said:
sarahs mum said:
Divine Angel said:
A friend is reading a cookbook from 1902. One of the recipes is a banana, rolled in nuts, laid on a lettuce leaf and smothered in mayonnaise. It’s a salad to accompany a steak dinner.
:( Banana is salad.
I have some very old cook books. If I use them it is usually for the simple things like batter recipes and tea cakes.
Tea cakes, yum, haven’t had a tea cake for yonks.
Now a banana tea cake is okay. Or an apple tea cake.
How much mayonnaise would you serve with the banana tea cake?
Divine Angel said:
How much mayonnaise would you serve with the banana tea cake?
none. but i might go some mock cream.
Arts said:
It’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
“People who didn’t peel potatoes were regarded as lazy”
I know someone who had never peeled a potato til she was in her 20s.
party_pants said:
Arts said:
It’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
Pasta had been invented. It was called spaghetti or possibly macaroni & was in Italy in the 1100s
party_pants said:
Arts said:
!http://i.imgur.com/qBdA4vW.jpgIt’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
Well, people only really had to reach puberty and breeding would be possible.
poikilotherm said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:
!http://i.imgur.com/qBdA4vW.jpgIt’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
Well, people only really had to reach puberty and breeding would be possible.
whereas bread doesn’t takw too long. a few hours or so.
Arts said:
LOL, so true.
Arts said:
…and you tell the kids today that, and they wont believe you!!!
Tamb said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:
It’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
Pasta had been invented. It was called spaghetti or possibly macaroni & was in Italy in the 1100s
Moreover, the word “pasta” was used in English from the mid-1800s onward.
One thing to note is that rations were a guarantee of healthy food: if you were a UK resident the government was in effect making sure you had an adequate diet at zero personal price. For a lot of Britons, this was the first time they’d ever had three square meals a day, and overall health of the working class improved.
Tamb said:
party_pants said:
Arts said:
!http://i.imgur.com/qBdA4vW.jpgIt’s a wonder they ever survived long enough to bred.
Pasta had been invented. It was called spaghetti or possibly macaroni & was in Italy in the 1100s
1957 Panorama Spaghetti Harvest. The BBC current affairs programme Panorama ran a story on 1 April 1957 discussing the harvest, then in progress in Italy, of spaghetti.
>Eating in the UK in the fifties
Curried food had been widely known in Britain for a long time and was popular. Brown bread and its benefits were widely extolled and purchased by the middle class. Wholemeal breads like Hovis had been popular since the 19th century and were usually more expensive than white bread.
Bubblecar said:
>Eating in the UK in the fiftiesCurried food had been widely known in Britain for a long time and was popular. Brown bread and its benefits were widely extolled and purchased by the middle class. Wholemeal breads like Hovis had been popular since the 19th century and were usually more expensive than white bread.
i remember hovis as a bit of a “treat”.
• banana is salad.
> not in Argentina.