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Peeejaay
Peeejaay Posts: 11 Forumite
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A while ago I placed a post extolling the virtues of the Bernadine Lawrence book "Feed Your Family For £5 A Day" which I still love, but I have recently purchased another invaluable book called the Victory Cookbook by Marguerite Patten. Basically it is, as the name suggests based on the food/recipes eaten during and after the war but again I'm finding it extremely helpful and my food bills are now down to less than £20 a week for two people (and this is for ALL our food-including packed lunches!) I know others on this site still manage to keep costs down lower than that but I'm happy and know it will come down more as I start to reap what I've sown on my allotment.
Sadly I still haven't found a copy of The Paupers Cookbook but will continue looking. From someone who hated cooking it has now become a total passion!
Happy MoneySaving Everyone!

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  • elona
    elona Posts: 11,806 Forumite
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    From £4.39 from used and new in Amazon.co.uk

    Just go to Amazon and type in The Paupers Cookbook
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  • squeaky
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    Yep that's how I got both books mentioned here. So many great recipes and only one stomach :)
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    Peeejaay wrote:
    A while ago I placed a post extolling the virtues of the Bernadine Lawrence book "Feed Your Family For £5 A Day" which I still love, but I have recently purchased another invaluable book called the Victory Cookbook by Marguerite Patten. Basically it is, as the name suggests based on the food/recipes eaten during and after the war but again I'm finding it extremely helpful and my food bills are now down to less than £20 a week for two people (and this is for ALL our food-including packed lunches!) I know others on this site still manage to keep costs down lower than that but I'm happy and know it will come down more as I start to reap what I've sown on my allotment.
    Sadly I still haven't found a copy of The Paupers Cookbook but will continue looking. From someone who hated cooking it has now become a total passion!
    Happy MoneySaving Everyone!

    Hi thanks for that it prompted me to have a look on t'net for war time recipes. You can get some for free here http://www.scotlandswar.info/files/pdf/pr/recipes.pdf but it is a PDF so you will have to have Adobe acrobat reader but that is available free anyway.

    I'm 99% certain I had the Pauper's Cookbook (Jocasta Innes?) and it wasn't very money saving as most of the things that were cheap then are now quite expensive and vice versa. HTH.

    BWs Adrift.
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