I have another little booklet to share from General Mills, Inc. and Betty Crocker from 1943. The booklet is aimed at the woman of the ho...

100’s of authentic ‘Wartime Recipes’ will be recreated and photographed throughout the year of the 1940’s Experiment. During times of uncertainty and disruption, frugal, storable ingredients to make simple, nutritional recipes come into their own. I hope the wartime recipes I have recreated will help people to feed themselves and their families… Check back here […]

Some desserts are so reminiscent of “the good ol’ days” that they are skipped over when some bakers are skimming through cook books because they’re considered passé. They…

An old fashioned way to steam a pudding and a great way to recycle old baked bean tins; these spiced mixed fruit rolls are easy to slice to serve and are also lovely buttered like tea loaf when cold. This recipe is based on several WW2 ration book recipes that I found in various books, where no eggs and sugar are used. Makes two bake bean tin fruit rolls to serve 4 greedy people or 6 restrained diners!

These wartime recipes were staples for families during trying times. From borscht to Spam fritters to wacky cake, visit a bygone era with these basic dishes.

Don’t you dare throw that stale bread ( or breadcrumbs ) away and join the CoronaVirus panic buying throngs who are now discarding all their rotting ‘fresh’ produce. Bread is one of the foods I’m seeing a lot of photos of in dustbins. SAVE IT NOW from the mouth of the hungry metal monster due […]

It's a while since I posted one of the wartime recipes so here is a really delicious cookie/biscuit recipe. This recipe gave the option of using lard, margarine or (bleurgh) dripping. I chose …

Never has ration book cooking been so relevant in the modern day kitchen, as most of the population struggle to make ends meet during the recession; and apart from the obvious relevance to thrift and frugal cooking, I also wanted to post my week's ration book cooking in the week leading up to Rememberer Sunday and Armistice Day on the 11th November.

A collection of recipes to make the wartime rations go further. Has correction pasted onto page 16. The date of this publication is unknown, but likely to...

You were only allowed one egg and three rashers of bacon a week - but Britons were never healthier than when we lived on wartime rations. So what happened when one modern family gave it a try?

I have another little booklet to share from General Mills, Inc. and Betty Crocker from 1943. The booklet is aimed at the woman of the ho...

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100’s of authentic ‘Wartime Recipes’ will be recreated and photographed throughout the year of the 1940’s Experiment. During times of uncertainty and disruption, frugal, storable ingredients to make simple, nutritional recipes come into their own. I hope the wartime recipes I have recreated will help people to feed themselves and their families… Check back here […]

This is my take on an original wartime recipe from 1918 for sweet scones. In place of sugar, which was rationed, these scones use chopped dried dates to sweeten them. Served warm with butter, although margarine or dripping might have been used in 1918.

I have another little booklet to share from General Mills, Inc. and Betty Crocker from 1943. The booklet is aimed at the woman of the ho...

These 1940s ration recipes are a look into the past and the struggles of rationing during WWII. Try one of these vintage desserts or dinner recipes today!

A thrifty and yet very tasty wartime dish of fish in a devilled white sauce, cooked au gratin, This recipe makes a pie that is adequate for 4 to 6 people, when served with potatoes and vegetables on the side, or a high tea meal for 4 people when served with bread and butter. The recipe comes from The Stork Wartime Cookery Book.

Thanks to a heads up from ‘Cynthia’, I’ve just been over to ‘SnoodleBugVintage.blogspot.co.uk’ and downloaded this fabulous book called ‘Cookery in Wartime’..And as Cynthia let me know, I’m letting you know as it’s an opportunity too good to miss!Please CLICK HERE to go to Snoodle Bugs website and click on the link to download.Enjoy!C xxxxxx PS […]

On The Home Front: Original Wartime Recipes from The Great War1914 to 1918, with main course recipes, snacks and tea time treats.

The staple ration was hardtack, a rock-hard biscuit. But other Civil War recipes could be made with any ingredients the soldiers had on hand.

These 1940s ration recipes are a look into the past and the struggles of rationing during WWII. Try one of these vintage desserts or dinner recipes today!

Food for Victory! World War II continued to change the relationship between food and family. Pamphlets like this one provided suggestions on how to balance rationing with supporting working …

For five long years during World War Two, meat, sugar and other products were rationed in Canada.

UK Minisrty of Food: Housekeeping's most important secret nowadays is to know how to make best use of the foods available

The 1940s were full of swing music, victory gardens and the invention of the microwave. Get a taste of the decade with these spot-on recipes.

Dear all,I found this recipe online from a woman who wrote that this was her Grandmother’s recipe she used during the war for a special treat. At the moment I’m finding most of my untried wartime recipes online as all my cookbooks remain up north under my sons’ bed at his flat. It may be […]

The Library of the FoodMuseum is a collaboration between the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam and the virtual FoodMuseum. Here the renovated Library and Reading Room of the FoodMuseum are linked to the History of Food collection of the Special Collections. This project will be part of the exhibition “Food & Material Culture”, curated by Linda Roodenburg. It will open on 5th July during the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery, the annual, oldest and most important conference on food which brings together up to 220 international scolars, journalists, chefs, scientists, sociologist and anthropologists. Go to the FoodMuseum