POLPERRO PASTY (1946) | United Kingdom: The Polperro Pasty was Food Fact #228 from the ‘Eating for Victory’ program of the UK Ministry of Food in 1946. The Foods of England website speculates that it was ‘promoted (and probably invented) by the Ministry of Food during WW2 as a meat-saving dish’, although it may have had antecedents in herring and mackerel pasties recorded in Cornwall in the 19th century. ✫ღ⊰n

Just before Christmas I came into possession of my great-grandmother's 1940s Be-Ro recipe booklet along with a behemoth of a Christmas cake. It was easily the best Christmas cake I've ever had, and I was glad to have a copy of the original recipe. But the whole booklet is a treasure trove of vintage recipes; many of which call for the likes of lard and other fats. As you flick through the pages, you really get an impression of the wartime mentality surrounding food and the role of 1940s housewiv

WWII Pamphlet, "Recipes for Today," published by General Foods Corporation, 1943 ~ page 5

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