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How would you survive on wartime rations? Eating for Victory (subtitled Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations) makes for absolutely fascinating reading -- and may answer the question as to what the reader might have made of these more straitened times.
The book reproduces official Second World War instruction leaflets (which have never before been published in book form) and demonstrates how millions of people in Britain endured food shortages during the hardships of WWII. With a perceptive foreword by Jill Norman, Eating for Victory shows that the government endeavoured to keep morale high by producing a host of the upbeat leaflets included here on such subjects as ‘using up stale crusts’ and ‘foods for fitness’ (the leaflets are most amusing in this area, showing how much thinking has changed over the years -- the use of fats and lard looks very quaint in these more enlightened times). But what gives particular pleasure here is the verbatim reproduction of the original artwork and typefaces, which vividly conjures a lost era. To read this entertaining little book is like climbing into a time machine to take us back to the 1940s. --Barry Forshaw
Publishing News, June 07
"Anyone interested in the wartime diet, its low food miles, accent on
healthy eating and using home-grown produce will enjoy experimenting with
the recipes. I know I will!"
healthy eating and using home-grown produce will enjoy experimenting with
the recipes. I know I will!"
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The introduction to this book sets the scene of the wartime kitchen and beyond during rationing, and continues with reproductions of wartime leaflets. For content I would have given this book five stars but marked it down by one since I found some of the reproductions rather difficult to read due to poor quality - even with my super new reading glasses.
This book is not just a nostalgic look at the past but contains valuable nutritional advice which is as applicable today with the range of foods available to us as it was then.
Given the current economic climate and the need for us all to reduce food and energy waste, there are many useful tips to pick up from this book. Filling, wholesome food and a balanced diet is possible with good planning, even with the most frugal ingredients.
I also picked up nutritional tips - the benefits of parsley for example - and how to reduce fat.
Something I now want to do is weigh out the family's weekly wartime rations and see how many days it lasts! No wonder everyone was slim during the war, but apparently slim, fit and much healthier than many people are today.
This book is not just a nostalgic look at the past but contains valuable nutritional advice which is as applicable today with the range of foods available to us as it was then.
Given the current economic climate and the need for us all to reduce food and energy waste, there are many useful tips to pick up from this book. Filling, wholesome food and a balanced diet is possible with good planning, even with the most frugal ingredients.
I also picked up nutritional tips - the benefits of parsley for example - and how to reduce fat.
Something I now want to do is weigh out the family's weekly wartime rations and see how many days it lasts! No wonder everyone was slim during the war, but apparently slim, fit and much healthier than many people are today.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you are interested in domestic life during World War Two, this is the book for you. It is a fascinating collection of Ministry of Food "Food Facts" and recipes: including how to render fat and bottle tomatoes. A must for anyone who wants to try "Eating for Victory".
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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I bought the pair for my mum a year ago and they have ended up going round the whole family, young and old. Yes they have a nostalgic feel to them and it's food that nana used to make but thats what makes them so good, we are now having to live as if things are rationed, the meals that were made back then weren't full of e numbers and other nasty things (lets face it, we've all become alergic to them all anyway), they were wholesome and filling with no waste, after all I'm sure it's not only me that loves bubble and squeek on a monday with the sunday roast left overs. It has made me realize how lucky I am to have everything I want but I can survive on next to nothing.
Also the Make do and Mend is also full of cleaning tips and a definate must for anyone living in a period house and trying to keep things going, I live in a stone cottage and in a preservation area, with a house full of original things like Arga'sand stone floors I found good tips on how to care for these items without using chemical cleaners that corrode them away.
Also the Make do and Mend is also full of cleaning tips and a definate must for anyone living in a period house and trying to keep things going, I live in a stone cottage and in a preservation area, with a house full of original things like Arga'sand stone floors I found good tips on how to care for these items without using chemical cleaners that corrode them away.
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Eating for Victory
A wonderful book that will be used a lot by myself. My mother made jam buns and we could never find the recipe, well I have now in this book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Shirlgirl
a real victory
This book was so interesting and a real eye-opener. It gives so much infomation on the difficulties of trying to stay healthy during the war years and how well they coped with... Read more
Published 5 months ago by cam
Eating for Victory
This is a great book, not only nostalgic, but great ideas for family meals that can be used in todays economic climate.
Published 6 months ago by Dee Ferry
eating for victory cook book
This must be one of the best cookbooks I have ever come across. Even more impressive is the information contained in it was produced 30 years before I was born. Read more
Published 8 months ago by elvenqueen
One of my favourite books!
I love this book. It might be small but it is packed full of useful and interesting information.
Not only is it fascinating to read the leaflets given out by the... Read more
Not only is it fascinating to read the leaflets given out by the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by tryingtorulethebooks
Pleasing Present..
This was bought as a birthday present for my Mother, who is at the age, she enjoys the cookery of the past, more than most of the modern type recipes offered by many chefs in... Read more
Published 14 months ago by S. E. Wainwright
excellent book
I have recommended this book to several family & friends now, they all love it too, it not only has good value recipes in, but excellent money saving tips even by modern day... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Old Crocky
A trip down memory lane
My Grand mother had an original volume of this cook book. Sadly on her death in 1976 they were disposed of and became lost. Read more
Published on 3 May 2010 by David J. Delancie
Eating For Victory
anybody wanting to find out what the war time rations were this is the ideal book.
If you are on a limited budget this may give you some ideas for recipes. Read more
If you are on a limited budget this may give you some ideas for recipes. Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by Angela Brown
Eating for Victory
I initially received this book as a gift at New Year and bought these 2 as gifts for some of my friends as we were all children during the war and it brings back memories.
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by Mrs. P. J. Bye
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