Couperwife Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Its year 6 open evening tomorrow and my friend who teaches History is going a VE day party I'm baking Carrot Cookies They actually look quite good. I found a website by this woman who was cooking like they did in the war to help her lose weight, it's actually really interesting. It's 1940sexperiment.wordpress.com Now, I seem to have gone all "ww2" and I'm looking for books to read and wanting to go to Eden Camp Cathy X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Hey. These actually taste rather nice The "batch" isn't very large, I made 10 little cookies, but they taste yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 What a fascinating blog! Will have to save that one to read at my leisure. It's certainly interesting when she talks about how food and activity levels have changed over the years - it's obvious really, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Wartime recipes are often surprisingly good. We are frequently led to believe that food was boring and unpalatable in the forties but don't believe that for a minute . If you ignore anything that claims to be "mock" something or other, a lot of the recipes in books like Marguerite Patten's "We'll Eat Again" are perfectly acceptable today and as they are lower in fat and sugar due to the rationing of the time, they are also far healthier than today's calorie laden versions. LSH is currently trying to lower his cholesterol levels and I'm losing weight so as a family, we're eating quite a lot of wartime recipes, thanks to my embarrassingly large collection of 40s recipe books . A particular family favourite is this steamed pudding, made with carrots to boost the sugar ration and it's very good indeed! Wartime Chocolate Pudding 2 oz margarine 1 oz sugar 1 cup grated carrot 2 tbsp golden syrup 2 cups flour 1 heaped tbsp cocoa 1 tsp bicarb 1 tsp baking powder pinch salt ½ pint milk A little vanilla essence Cream the margarine with the sugar and stir in the grated carrot, syrup and the rest of the dry ingredients. Add milk and a few drops of vanilla essence. Mix to a fairly stiff consistency. Put into a greased basin and steam for 2 hours. Eden Camp is BRILLIANT!!! Well worth a visit . I'd move into the prefab if they'd let me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...