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I give just a few simple recipes as an example of how people did cope on rations. This served two purposes.
Rationing throughout World War 2 forced people to cook with limited ingredients.
World war 2 rationing recipes. World War 2 Recipes Rabbit Stew. Heat the dripping and add the bacon rinds. Rub the fat into the dry ingredients and mix to a soft consistency with syrup and milk or water.
Woolton Pie named after the Earl of Woolton Minister for Food 1940-1943. Since Toasties no longer exist I substituted store brand corn flakes. The prep was simple.
Grate 1 tsp onion and combine with 2 C. Mashed potatoes and 12 c. I rolled them into balls per the directions.
The recipe said it made six puffs which didnt seem enough. So I rolled them into smaller tablespoon-sized portions. I give just a few simple recipes as an example of how people did cope on rations.
Wartime Salad Cream or Mayonnaise. 12 time Milk 14pt vinegar 1 egg yolk 1 tblsp. Desserts would have seemed a form of luxury during World War Two after the introduction of rationing but the government wanted life to appear normal.
It produced a raft of recipes for desserts that each family could use. Rationing greatly limited what the average family in Great Britain could cook. The government input served two purposes.
It gave the normal person in the street the feeling that the. The government published recipes to convince people that they could still cook good food during the war. As you can see from the following selection of World War Two recipes published by the government ingredients were used inventively and sparingly.
Lord Wooltons Vegetable Pie. 2 lb of potatoes. 1 lb of cauliflower.
1 lb of carrots. ½ lb of suede. During World War Two the government produced a raft of recipes that each family could use.
Rationing greatly limited what the average family in Great Britain could cook. To keep up morale the government published recipes to make the most of what people could get in terms of food. This served two purposes.
Rationing throughout World War 2 forced people to cook with limited ingredients. Milk cheese and eggs in particular were in short supply. This encouraged several eggless recipes such as eggless cake and eggless sponge.
Other meals included spam hash cottage pie and bubble and squeak.