war time rationing programme on cbbc monday

thriftlady_2

Topher wrote:

We've been living 1940s style on & off for a few years now.

T.

Really ?? I am fascinated by the home front. Please tell more. How many of you and what ages ? Do you follow ration allowances ? Has it had a beneficial effect on your health/wallet ? I'm really interested in doing this too and would welcome all advice. Feel free to pm me:)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

me to topher...i would love to hear about it as well... and i am sure.. thriftlady and i are not the only ones.....

oh ye.... did you see the aprons.. i got some like that..:D

i think i will have a rumage through my vintage clothes... later.....dont think i got a head scarf like that green with white spots though:eek:

phizzimum

Watched this this afternoon with my two girls.

I had to laugh when they wondered why they were complaining about the food - "what's wrong with them mum, we eat like that every day!" It made me very proud of my little old-stylers...although I will draw the line at making them use a chamber pot at night!

LondonDiva

Would recommed We'll Eat Again: A Collection of Receipes from the War Years by Marguerite Patten it has some interesting articles/stories/press releases and receipes in it.

I had to make some receipes from it during my GCSE home ec lessons. Avoided the one with whale meat though

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/060061185X

Will try to dig it out of the attic to look through

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thought i would bump up this thread....

just to remind people its on every day at 5pm


lets see what happens to day

snoozer

My two think I'm joking when I tell them we didn't have an inside loo till I was eight:eek: . I well remember the chamber pots under the bed.

thriftmonster

My ds1 thought the meal looked lovely and now wants to be in the programme!!

I agree that the boy with long hair looked so much better when it was cut - very professional looking for a basin haircut:eek:

black-saturn

I use the Victory Cookbook quite a lot.

sooz

it's on now...

recovering_spendaholic

I missed this tonight and was really looking forward to it - anyone know if it is repeated on cable cbbc later on?