World War Recipes 3
By scarytaff
World War recipes
Caring for your family's health was a real problem in the war years. War recipes were invented by people and passed on to friends and neighbours. Experimentation and innovation were the passwords and frugal living was the norm.
Woolton Pie
This recipe was named after the head of the Ministry of Food, Lord Woolton
Ingredients:
1lb potatoes, diced.
1lb cauliflower
1lb carrots, diced
1lb swede, diced
3 spring onions
A teaspoon of vegetable extract
A tablespoon of oatmeal
A little chopped parsley
Method:
Cover the vegetables with water and simmer, stirring often to prevent it sticking to the pan. Put the mixture to one side to cool.
Ladle into a pie dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
Cover with a crust of potatoes, pastry or potato pastry.
Bake in a moderate oven until golden brown.
Serve hot with gravy.
Vegetable Roll
Vegetable Roll with Potato Pastry
Ingredients for pastry:
4oz mashed potato
1/2 teaspoon of salt
8oz plain flour
3oz fat
2 tablespoons of baking powder
Method:
Sieve the dry ingredients together.
Rub the fat intothe flour and gently mix in the potato.
Add enough water to make a fairly dry dough.
Knead well.
Ingredients for the filling:
11/2 cups of any mixed boiled vegetables, diced
thick gravy
Salt and pepper
A little chopped parsley
Method:
Roll out the potato pastry on a floured surface.
Mix some of the gravy into the vegetable mixture.
Spreadt the vegetables onto the pastry leaving a border all the way round.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Roll up and seal well at the edges so that gravy cannot escape
Place on a well greased baking tin with the seal underneath.
Brush with milk.
Bake in a moderately hot oven for 35-45 minutes.
Things were tough in war time and the innovation of people showed through in their own world war recipes.
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Thanks for your comment, needful.
Fascinating to me. I can see how these recipes stretched the food budget effectively. Thank you for sharing.
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needful things 2 years ago
Hmmm... looks healthy and delicious to me. :-)