A Collection Of Recipes From The War Years
This book is an exercise in nostalgia, but is arguably more than that. The health of the nation was surprisingly good during the war years, despite the physical and emotional stresses so many had to endure. Infant mortality declined and the average age of death from natural causes increased. Part of the reason for this may have been the new eating patterns which were forced on the British public by the war. For many of the poorer sections of the community rationing introduced more protein and vitamins, while for others it involved a reduction in the consumption of meat, fats, eggs and sugar.
This book of recipes, illustrations, and cartoons taken from the Imperial War Museum's collections of Ministry of Food material, recalls how the housewives of Britain helped the war effort and kept the nation fighting fit.
