@CapricornLass, your post reminded me of my granddaughter, age 6, who said, " I think I'll have the squid tempora I've never had it before". Totally agree about children's menus; when was it decided that children could only eat something processed with chips rather than proper food?
Fashion on the ration challenge 2023: 66 - 2 = 64 - 1.5 = 62.5
Some of the war-time recipes are ok, though. I have the Marguerite Patten book We'll Eat Again, which was produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, and some of the soup recipes are lovely. There was also a steamed fish roll, where I substituted smoked fish for fresh-salted cod, and another which was a pilchard Layer loaf - basically a small loaf cut into four layers, and with a small tin of pilchards mashed up and spread between the layers, with the whole lot covered in a thick white sauce, which was very popular with my children. There is also a good pasty recipe.
The only reason I don't do some of them now is because of a gluten intolerance (and said children have left home!)
Sealed Pot Challenge no 035. Fashion on the Ration: 24/66 coupons spent.
I have "We'll Eat Again" DD borrowed it as DGS is studying WW2 at school and had to go into school dressed as a child of that time and take a ration book packed lunch. He took a cheese sandwich, biscuits and a couple of apples. I don't know how much cheese was in the sandwich. Last time I was over there for dinner he sprinkled about a weeks ration of cheese over his pasta.
Has anyone read "Nella Last's War" ? I would love to have seen her recipe book.
But with the equipment they'd have had at the time to cook it with!
Now we're talking!
"You have to prepare three courses of great food. You have ½ oz lard, one egg, one bendy carrot, one furry piece of cheese and an unidentified tin of yellow stuff with 6¼d on it and half a crown to buy anything you can from a Spiv.
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The only reason I don't do some of them now is because of a gluten intolerance (and said children have left home!)
Has anyone read "Nella Last's War" ? I would love to have seen her recipe book.
No water baths, blenders, blast freezers and silicone moulds.
"You have to prepare three courses of great food. You have ½ oz lard, one egg, one bendy carrot, one furry piece of cheese and an unidentified tin of yellow stuff with 6¼d on it and half a crown to buy anything you can from a Spiv.
You have one hour . Let's GOOOO!"