1940's and war time recipes

[Andy Hamilton]

Anyone got any? Looking for a breadcrumb pancake recipe and perhaps how to make powdered egg (or is it really not worth bothering!)

[WendyHouse]

I'm afraid I haven't got those, but I have a great book here that my nan had from her local young wives group and there is a great recipe to make honeycomb.

12 oz. granulated sugar
2 oz butter
4 tablespoons water
8 oz syrup
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 rounded tablespoon bicarb of soda

Grease 8" square cake tin. Place all the ingredients in a heavy pan. Stir over gentle heat until sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until a drop of the mixture becomes hard when put in cold water. Remove from heat. Mix in 1 rounded tablespoon of bicarb. of soda. Pour into prepared tin. Leave to set and break up when cold.


I'm going to give it a go tomorrow. Wonder if I can use malt vinegar? Maybe not.

[Shirley]

pancakes

[Wombat]

I didn't know you made powdered egg, I thought it was one of those hideous wartime rations that everyone complained about......

[ina]

I didn't know you made powdered egg, I thought it was one of those hideous wartime rations that everyone complained about......

Exactly my reaction! What on earth would you want to make that for?!

[Helsbells]

I have got a good recipe book calles "The Victory Cookbook" with loads of war time recipes from when food was rationed. There is all sorts in there, a really good book. Only thing is it doesnt have an index at the back so I would have to lok through the whole book to find out if there is a pancake recipe!

[MKG]

Don't anyone dare tell Andy about Spam fritters.

[ina]

Can't be much worse than McD's burgers...

[mrsflibble]

Fadge
(no seriously)


Ingredients
1 lb freshly cooked potatoes- mashed, or last night's left overs. whatever.
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter(or margarine, or an egg yolk, or a bit of water) plus some fat to fry in
a bag of rolled oats (no you wont use all of them)
Directions



Sprinkle potatoes with salt and drizzle with the butter, or beaten egg, or water- eough to make it sticky, like a very thick batter.
knead in handfull after handful of oats until you can make balls of the potato-oat dough in your hands.
flatten and fry until brown on both sides.

[Andy Hamilton]

Yep I also thought powdered egg was one of those hideous rations, but there must have been people that managed to make it taste ok. Also the shelf life of powdered egg must have been a while certainly longer than pickled egg and at least powdered egg could be used in baking etc.

Spam fritters.

[MKG]

Helsbells has mentioned the Victory Cookbook and, if I'm not mistaken, I think Marguerite Patten had a lot to do with that. She was employed by the government during WW2 to come up with recipes which were achievable by the normal family under all of the wartime restrictions. So, if you can't get hold of the Victory Cookbook, 1950s (or even early 60s)MP recipe books will give you some good ideas.

[Hawthorn]

Ok, shoot me now. I ADORE spam fritters. I eat them only rarely, because they are very bad for you, but OH they are scrummy. My nan used to make them for us when we were at her house

[mrsflibble]

my fil still swears by powdered egg... and having eaten his yorkshire puds, I can see why. they're amazing!!!
I have no idea where he gets powdered egg from still though. I can't find it anywhere!

[MKG]

I don't believe it!!! I saw an advert last night for pre-packaged Spam fritters. Wait for the Delia version ...

Anyway, just for Andy, a Marguerite Patten recipe for Eggy Bread ...

2 level tablespoons dried egg powder (substitute 2 eggs)
4 tablespoons water
Salt and pepper
4 slices bread
1 ounce fat (25 grams)

Mix everything except fat and bread, coat bread with resultant goo and fry in fat until golden on both sides. Go out and fight the Hun.

EDIT - That, by the way, was breakfast for four people.

[ina]

Go out and fight the Hun.

EDIT - That, by the way, was breakfast for four people.

No wonder we lost the war. (I'm German.)