has anyone tried eating with only british foods ?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

with the war time programe on the bbc at 5pm everyday....

and now just coming back from a farm shop which is 15 miles away... where i saw frozen wild pigeon breasts for sale ( i think it was 10 for £5.50 ) it got me thinking .

.does anyone just buy british seasonal foods...? and by this i mean just british foods.... no bananas... mangos...ok... maybe the store cupboard basics...

so it would have been like in the war time.....

also... people used to eat a lot of rabbit then.. so i got told...i have never tasted it....

also if i decided to buy the frozen pigeon how would i cook it ? nothing to fancy...

and one last question..... do you know of a website. or does anyone know . a typical war time weekly shopping would have consisted... with the rashioning etc.... as this would be really interesting.... to see how they coped during the war....

as when i think of os ...the war time allways comes to mind....

Pink.

Hi Cooltrikerchick,

Some of the replies on these older threads might help you:

WWII Rations

go back to days of yore

The Ration Book Diet

WWII cookery books

I did a quick search on Google and found some interesting links here and here

Pink

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thank you pink-winged....i will take alook now..

thriftmonster

We don't - but all I can add is:

My Mum (1939) and my Dad (1934) have been watching "evacuation" with my kids this week and all they can say is how grateful they are to be living now with no rationing - even quite OS as they are

My dad won't eat rabbit now - they both grew up in fairly country areas and whilst they didn't suffer like people in the big cities - apparently you can have one rabbit too many

thriftlady_2

I eat rabbit a lot, wild local rabbit when the butcher can get it. I also only buy fruit and veg that is local and in season but I do make exceptions for produce that can't be grown here like bananas, lemons and oranges. Also rice and pasta and dried beans are imported. It's worth remembering that macaroni and pudding rice were available during the war also lentils and haricot beans. We also had American stuff under the lend lease agreement like Spam and corned beef. I think you'll find most flour is imported too.