2025 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Laura_Elsewhere

I loathe tinned fish so can’t say whether the pilchard and cabbage spread would work- but I have started putting chopped shredded cabbage into sandwiches, inc Mr E’s salmon paste sandwiches, and it works fine. It has no cabbage taste at all- it’s more like thick watercress stems, peppery and crunchy and almost mustard-y in flavour! 

Nelliegrace

I think it might be offal, or cabbage, egg and fish, in layers for a Russian pie, or whatever is available, @PollyWollyDoodle. I think by 1940 people would be bored of the limited choice of ingredients, and any effort to make them interesting would be welcome. White cabbage and tinned sardine sandwiches? Yummy! A bit of grated carrot? What a surprise! What! No rabbit?

kiwisavings

Thanks @Nelliegrace for posting the Holidays at Home info.
It seemed familiar to me and I went back to The Wartime Farm series and found this on the cabbage and pilchard sandwiches in episode 8 (starts at 40 minutes in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwBD9gRZLTE

kiwisavings

In my searching through the Wartime Farm series I also found this clip about processing flax (starts 49:42 in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBR4ejMbnHE

Nelliegrace

I do like the Wartime Farm series, and the Wartime Kitchen and Garden series, @kiwisavings, I have the books too. I washed a load of vintage Irish table linens yesterday and got it in off the line just damp, so that it ironed beautifully. It is aired and ready put away. 
I spent £16, with postage, on a bundle of linen hankies, some from the 1940s, in a linen bag yesterday. I am looking forward to examining them to see if there are any with CC41 marks for my collection. 


(Later. No CC41 marks, but they have laundered beautifully; I saved the labels.) 

I had let down the cuffs on my vintage duffle coat. I have at last bound the raw edge with a bit of the lining fabric, and given it a cold wash on the wool setting, giving the sleeves a gentle stretch so now they are long enough for my long arms. I found the exact shade of cotton thread leftover from something I sewed for Mum 50 years ago. It needs a fine hem turning up on the cuffs, and a loose button restitching, and a gentle press with the iron. The Fabreze smell is much reduced, it has been airing for weeks before I could cope with it. A make do and mend bargain for £30.82.

Gem-gem

Good afternoon everyone, a couple of purchases made today:
One navy and one green dress. 14 coupons
Two pairs of under shorts. 8 coupons
One bra. 3 coupons
Total 25 coupons
Previous total: 26 coupons
New total: 51 coupons
Left 15 coupons. Eek!
Needs: pair of sandals, T-shirts and knickers. 

Will look in CS or other second hand places for another dress and jeans for the autumn. 

PipneyJane

Gem-gem said:

Good afternoon everyone, a couple of purchases made today:
One navy and one green dress. 14 coupons
Two pairs of under shorts. 8 coupons
One bra. 3 coupons
Total 25 coupons
Previous total: 26 coupons
New total: 51 coupons
Left 15 coupons. Eek!
Needs: pair of sandals, T-shirts and knickers. 

Will look in CS or other second hand places for another dress and jeans for the autumn. 

Hi @Gem-gem

You will be relieved to know that a bra is 1.5 coupons, not 3, so you have 16.5 coupons left.

Fingers crossed you find what you need in Charity Shops, including the sandals.

- Pip

MrsCD

Updated spends...
2 cardigans =10 coupons
Sandals = 5 coupons
Total 38/66 used

Gem-gem

Thank you Pip, that is good to know re: bra. 

PipneyJane

Thanks for sharing your spends @Gem-gem and @MrsCD.  

Perfect timing, since we’re about to start a new month and I thought I’d check how everyone is doing.  So how is everyone managing their coupons?  I’ve just purchased my long anticipated sports bra, so that brings my total to 31.5 spent with 34.5 remaining.

I’m coming to the conclusion that I need to clear some items from my wardrobe.  There’s at least one suit I’ll never wear again, which I’ll donate to charity.  (It’s a size 10-12 and hasn’t fit me for 25+years and didn’t fit when I was at my lowest weight last year.). 

- Pip