Seemingly with shortages around the corner, across the board, is it about time we brought back old 'past' foods we had eg back during WW2?

[Adlon57]

All the various food shortages seemingly on the horizon, maybe we could learn from past gloomy times, re-introduce local 'grub' alternatives, many foods will now be on short supply, for example wheat, I'm not saying "spam" for example, but surely there must be cheaper alternatives not usually used, as normally cheaper foreign imports, now become unattainable or too expensive? Any suggestions? [not too ridiculous, please?]

[piglette]

My sister is in the middle of writing a recipe book of war recipes. There is of course Woolton pie and Homity pie, and as you say Spam Fritters although I preferred Bully Beef!

[Adlon57 in reply to piglette]

Should sell well?👍👍 What about spinach?

[Adlon57 in reply to Adlon57]

Actually did'nt Monty Python do a sketch about "Spam"🙄😆😆

[piglette in reply to Adlon57]

Spam, Spam, Spam, SpamSpam, Spam, Spam, Spam

Spam, Spam, (Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!) Spam, Spam

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam

Spam, Spam, (Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam!) Spam, Spam

[Adlon57]

What about this from an 18th century Irish country recipe book?

To make Soop

Take 2 Leggs of Mutton a piece of beef or

beef & mutton put it over the fire with

allmost a pail of watter by 8 in ye morning all manner

of Herbs & a Large Onnion Cloves mace & Jamaica

peper a handfull of French barley & some

crust of white bread, about an hour before Dinner

take 3 parts of a pound of butter put it in a

saucepan & burn it Very brown, if you think your soop

will not be thick Enough Shake in some flower in

the browning which will make it the smoother

when it is browned to your Likeing through your

soop Through a hair sive into another stew pan

then have all sorts of herbs ready, parsley

spinnage Onions Thyme & Sallery Cut them small & fry

them in butter, when your soop boils throw

ym in & let them boil about a quarter of an

Hour throw in 2 anchoves hash & serve it with

bread Cut in dice & fryed brown you may leave out

ye fryed herbs & put turnips & Carrots fryed in

theire place

Onion Soop

Take white bread and cut it in dice and frye

it in butter till crisp then have ready cut a

great many onions in Slices, and frye them very

well,then pour into your pan to the onions as

much boyling water as you Intend Soop and Let it

all boyle together then Thicken it with eggs and

add a little peper and Vinegar as it Thickens

besure do not let it boyle for fear of it curdling

if you make your soop with broath instead of

water, it will be better

Oh! Yeh!

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