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How to Eat Well Though Rationed
- Year
- 1942
- Era
- 20th century
- Origin
- England · Europe
- Language
- English
- Category
- Wartime/Austerity
How to Eat Well Though Rationed, issued in 1942 by the Good Housekeeping Institute with compilation credited to Susan Strange, belongs to the substantial body of British wartime household manuals produced to help cooks navigate the constraints of food rationing. Offering recipes and guidance calibrated to limited supplies of meat, fats, sugar and dairy, it exemplifies the practical, morale-sustaining domestic literature that shaped home cookery throughout the Second World War.
Cooking from this book
Woolton Pie
Signature dishNamed after Lord Woolton, the wartime Minister of Food, this humble vegetable pie became the unofficial emblem of British kitchens under rationing. A filling of root vegetables and oatmeal beneath a potato or wholemeal crust, it embodied the spirit of making do with what the ration book and allotment could provide. Its presence in volumes like this one reflects the period's drive to feed families nourishingly despite severe shortages of meat, fats, and imported goods.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
