Spuds, Spam And Eating For Victory: Rationing In The Second World War
The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. The rationing of food, clothing and other substances played a big part in making sure that everyone had a fair share of...
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The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front.
The rationing of food, clothing and other substances played a big part in making sure that everyone had a fair share of whatever was available. In this fascinating book, Katherine Knight looks at how experiences of rationing varied between rich and poor, town and country, and how indigenous cooks often made a meal from poor ingredients.
Charting the development of the rationing programme throughout the war and afterwards, Spuds, Spam and Eating for Victory documents the use of substitutions for luxury ingredients not available, resulting in delicacies such as carrot jam and oatmeal sausages. The introduction of Spam from America in the 1940s led to this canned spiced pork and ham becoming an iconic symbol of the worst period of shortage in the twentieth century.
Nearly seventy years after the outbreak of the Second World War, this book hears from some of the people who were young during the conflict as they share their memories, both sad and funny, of what it was like to Eat for Victory.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780752441887 (0752441884)
Publish date: 2008-09-01
Publisher: Tempus
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
This is an interesting book but a frustrating read. In it Katherine Knight provides a history of the experience of rationing — the limits imposed on the food people could purchase, their enforcement, and how people sought to cope with them in their preparation of their meals. Beginning with the esta...