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Category Archives: Wartime
Summers Bounty
The preserving of fruits has long been an interest of the British cook. There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing rows of brightly coloured jars in a store cupboard just waiting to bring a little delayed summer into the … Continue reading
The Evolution Of Margarine . . .
A Stork in the Kitchen! Product development brought about through adversity may seem a contradiction in terms, but the simple need for a safer and more reliable means of feeding the front-line troops led to a rapid development of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bakery, The Evolution Of . . ., Wartime
Tagged baking, butter, rationing, Wartime
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Kitchen Front Soups
To continue the theme of soups as a simple but wholesome meal when times are hard I add here a couple from the ‘Kitchen Front’ Produced by the ‘Ministry of Food’ and backed up by advertising campaigns, the aim of … Continue reading
Stateside Fashion
Although America did not officially enter the war until 1942 Franklyn D. Roosevelt, the best War-time and longest serving President of all time, began preparing the American people for war from the outset. Industries were harnessed to produce necessary supplies and … Continue reading
A Ration Of Christmas
The year 1947 was memorable for many reasons. It was preceded by severe winter and spring that caused many a frozen pipe throughout the country. At that time central heating was limited to those who could afford such luxuries. Food … Continue reading
The Festival of Britain
London, 1951 The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain on the third of May 1951 by King George V. Being only a short six years since the end of World War II, much … Continue reading
Posted in The Evolution Of . . ., Wartime
Tagged Britain, Festival, rationing, South Bank
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The Ration Of Fashion
The Austerity Look Part 3 of 3 Sensible shoes, square shoulders, short skirts and ‘painted legs’ soon became the norm. A large number of the European fashion ‘houses’ re-located to Berlin or went into mothballs. The fashion industry went into … Continue reading
The Ration of Fashion
Make do and mend Part 2 of 3 By the end of 1942 rationing was really beginning to bite. The majority of able bodied men and boys had gone away with no certainty that they would ever return. Vast quantities … Continue reading
The Ration of Fashion
Tighten Your Belts Please! Part 1 of 3 On the 1st June, 1940, for the first time ever, clothing came under the strictures of rationing. The Palace of Westminster, rather than Paris, would dictate what could be worn, how long … Continue reading
Rationing Made Tasty!
The Rise of the Humble Vegetable. The constraints of war-time rationing are difficult to comprehend in this day and age where food of all types are freely available, in some of the major stores for twenty-four hours a day! It was … Continue reading
Posted in The Kitchen Garden, Wartime
Tagged beans, carrot, garden, onions, pulses, vegetables
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