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Eating for Victory: Original Second World War Ration Recipes (U.K.)
The Telegraph ^ | 05/18/2013

Posted on 05/18/2013 6:13:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway

When rationing was introduced in January 1940, the Ministry of Food distributed various leaflets to the public. They fell into different categories: some explained new ingredients such as dried eggs, while others offered helpful guides to making the most of the rations.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Food; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: worldwarii
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1 posted on 05/18/2013 6:13:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Some recipes for the next White House celebrity dinner.

The sequestration, dontchaknow?

2 posted on 05/18/2013 6:20:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: nickcarraway

In one of his books I saw a copy of Winston Churchill’s order countermanding some official’s order for all chickens to be turned over to the government to be consumed.

Churchill pointed out that country folks depended on the chickens for eggs and meat. He said it would be too much to just take their chickens away from them depriving them of much of their sustenance.


3 posted on 05/18/2013 6:27:32 PM PDT by yarddog (Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!!


4 posted on 05/18/2013 6:29:22 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: nickcarraway; Kartographer

By 2016 we’ll probably be lucky to have as much food as the typical wartime British family. More like a Polish or Dutch family.


5 posted on 05/18/2013 6:35:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: Kartographer

There was a British TV series called The Supersizers Go . . . and you can watch all the episodes (broken down into six parts each) on YouTube. For one week this food critic and his comedienne friend live the culinary life of a time in British history. I find the show fascinating, as they also dress the part and include a lot if historical info. Anyway, The Supersizers Go Wartime displays how the average family coped with rationing. I highly recommend the series. It is informative and very entertaining.


6 posted on 05/18/2013 6:38:31 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'll bet I eat, regardless.

/johnny

7 posted on 05/18/2013 6:40:26 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

WW II rationing in the UK didn’t end until 1953.


8 posted on 05/18/2013 6:41:48 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I'm aware. I've done white papers on food history, ranging from the Civil War to the Cold War.

/johnny

9 posted on 05/18/2013 6:43:13 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Do you live in the country?


10 posted on 05/18/2013 6:43:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's next run. What'll you do?)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Hell yeah .... It’s FEMA Camp Taco Night !

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QrrfZbGJQuU


11 posted on 05/18/2013 6:46:28 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: JRandomFreeper
If had it to do over again, I'd sign up for a culinary school instead of Journalism. Cooking is one of the most pleasant things I do in retirement.
12 posted on 05/18/2013 6:48:13 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I ran across some of my Father’s WWII papers a few years ago.

When they landed in Liverpool from the SS Mauritania, they were given instructions on proper etiquette while in Britain.

One thing was to not show off your money but it was OK to sell your rations,especially cigarettes, chewing gum or candy bars, if you wanted.

Also not to complain about their coffee. The English thought we could not make a good cup of tea.


13 posted on 05/18/2013 6:51:41 PM PDT by yarddog (Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Semi-suburban. I have black-market skills, a garden, and a proven willingness to eat tree rat using fine dining recipes.

/johnny

14 posted on 05/18/2013 6:51:44 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Besides, the cooks get more news than journalists. ;)

/johnny

15 posted on 05/18/2013 6:52:55 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: yarddog

I also remember Khrushchev saying that he would have starved to death in WWII if not for SPAM.


16 posted on 05/18/2013 6:53:30 PM PDT by yarddog (Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

White papers, eh? Then tell me about the use of black bear here, as a test.


17 posted on 05/18/2013 6:57:59 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: yarddog
My uncle (youngest of three brothers) flew out of England with the 8th Air Force in WW II. (and earned a Sliver Star.)

He said either the weather or the food made him break out in boils.

18 posted on 05/18/2013 6:59:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: txhurl
I would treat black bear as an endangered species in Texas. I've never seen one in the wild. I've eaten mountain lion shot in San Saba, same with bobcat.

Based on experience in California, I would treat black bear somewhere between pig and possum or armadillo.

Lots of gravy and biscuits.

/johnny

19 posted on 05/18/2013 7:01:35 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

They are endangered, and the reason is Texans used their fat for frying for so many years. Grab one right before hibernation and that’s grease for the johnnycakes for a year.

Our ancestors didn’t take advantage of the Beeve for butter, for some weird reason. Maybe it was just too hot and the butterfat too thin in the milk?


20 posted on 05/18/2013 7:10:26 PM PDT by txhurl
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