- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (4 Feb 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1444700359
- ISBN-13: 978-1444700350
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 17.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 247,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When war broke out in 1939, the government created the Ministry of Food to help families make the most of wartime rations. Today, in the face of rising food prices, a real obesity problem and ever increasing food miles, The Ministry of Food shows how we can all survive the credit crunch with a bit of wartime wisdom and ingenuity.
Written by bestselling author Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall to accompany a major new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, The Ministry of Food tells the fascinating story of how people coped with wartime food shortages and, in the process, became healthier than ever before. With step-by-step illustrations showing how to grow your own vegetables, tips on collecting food for free, baking, preserving and lots of thrifty family recipes, this practical handbook is packed with invaluable lessons from more frugal times.
Includes hands-on practical advice on growing your own veg and 60 delicious recipes updated for the modern kitchen
Written by bestselling author Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall to accompany a major new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, The Ministry of Food tells the fascinating story of how people coped with wartime food shortages and, in the process, became healthier than ever before. With step-by-step illustrations showing how to grow your own vegetables, tips on collecting food for free, baking, preserving and lots of thrifty family recipes, this practical handbook is packed with invaluable lessons from more frugal times.
Includes hands-on practical advice on growing your own veg and 60 delicious recipes updated for the modern kitchen
About the Author
Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is an award-winning garden designer and author of the bestselling Gardening Made Easy, as well as The Good Granny Guide and The Good Granny Cookbook. Born as the Second World War broke out, Jane experienced rationing first hand and remembers eating delicious food conjured from limited ingredients together with what could be grown in the garden or gathered in field and hedgerow. Jane lives in Gloucestershire.
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Have we gone full circle ?,
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This review is from: Ministry of Food: Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family Today (Hardcover)
By 1939 only one million people out of a population of forty eight million were employed in agriculture. Britain imported over sixty percent of it's food and also relied heavily on imports for animal feed. The outbreak of WWII brought chaos to the procurement of simple foodstuffs and threatened the island with starvation on an epic scale. Something had to be done. The Ministry of Food intervened and immediately rolled out an all encompassing plan of action. The wholesale abandonment of peacetime crops was followed by land reclamation on a massive scale. Every man woman and child was encouraged to grow food and " Dig for victory ".
This book is so much more than a recounting of the war and the hardships endured, it certainly has such anecdotes aplenty and one cannot help being moved by the extracts from selected diaries. It somehow manages to transport us back to a bygone era where an egg is a luxury and a banana is unheard of, the spirit of survival is almost palpable and should give inspiration to all who read it. The tales of rationing are depressing yet to learn how the people coped with it is uplifting. I love the recreation of the old public information advertisements with lines such as " A clear plate means a clear conscience " and " Food is a munition of war, don't waste it ". With a generous littering of wartime recipies like : Rabbit pie, nettle soup and mock duck, one may not be running to the kitchen to recreate. However if the recession lasts any longer these forgotton dishes could be on the menu once more. And I believe this generation could learn a lot from this book on how to make the most of the lean years, self sufficiency is a dream nowadays of many but in the 1940's it was a matter of life and death. This book is a joy to read on so many different levels , it's a must have.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Mums know best,
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This review is from: Ministry of Food: Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family Today (Hardcover)
I bought this title recently as a gift for my mother, a WWII baby (though she won't thank me for saying so). Her response was sheer delight; she's currently engrossed, not only in the recipies contained within but in the fascinatingly detailed background information which underpins the practical content. The book has given her the impetus to dust off and revisit some of the wonderful recipies of her (and mine, come to that) formative years. It appears rabbit pie is back on the menu for my next visit home, which will be a joy, thought I'm less enthused by the prospect of her search for powdered egg coming up trumps. The lasting impression is of a book that serves not only as a fond reminder of a bygone age but, as it's strapline suggests an altogether timely contribution for the straitened times we find ourselves in today.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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ministry of food,
By Vera Rollins "VR" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ministry of Food: Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family Today (Hardcover)
this book is full of histocial information that can be easily used today in this climate of unknowns.
it has been written in a way that makes it a enjoyable read with lots of facts. I've used lots of facts and put into our every day life. I highly recommend this.
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