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Peggy's Wartime Ration Recipes
Twenty-five real recipes from Britain's wartime ration, from Woolton pie and mock goose to rock cakes and carrot cookies. Our mums made a week's ration stretch, and every one of these is still cheap today.
£5.99
About 24p a recipe. Instant download.
- 25 recipes, each on its own page with a colour photo
- 5 for making it go further, 11 dinners, and 9 puddings and bakes
- What each one costs today in pounds and dollars, and twenty come in under £1
- How the ration book worked, and one grown-up's ration for a week
- Wartime kitchen words, from dried egg to Dig for Victory
- A4 and US Letter PDFs, 37 pages, ready to print at home
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All 25 recipes, and what each one costs
Making It Go Further
- Blitz Soup35p a bowl (45¢)
- Potato Floddies25p a plate (35¢)
- Wartime Champ40p a plate (55¢)
- Dried Egg on Toast60p a plate (80¢)
- Mock Banana Sandwiches25p a round (35¢)
Dinners
- Woolton Pie50p a plate (65¢)
- Mock Goose45p a plate (60¢)
- Homity Pie30p a slice (40¢)
- Potato Piglets50p a plate (65¢)
- Toad in the Hole70p a plate (95¢)
- Corned Beef Hash£1 a plate ($1.35)
- Russian Stew75p a bowl ($1)
- Stuffed Hearts£1 a plate ($1.35)
- Rabbit Stew£1.70 a plate ($2.30)
- Baked Herrings with Parsnips£1.95 a plate ($2.60)
- Fish and Chips£1.70 a plate at home ($2.30)
Puddings and Bakes
- Apple Crumble55p a bowl (75¢)
- Bread Pudding20p a square (25¢)
- Carrot Christmas Pudding20p a slice (25¢)
- Mock Apricot Flan25p a slice (35¢)
- Potato Pastry Jam Tarts5p a tart (5¢)
- The Eggless Sponge10p a slice (15¢)
- Economical Gingerbread5p a square (5¢)
- Rock Cakes10p a cake (15¢)
- Carrot Cookies3p each (5¢)
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Want to try before you buy? Here are the fifteen ration meals from the video, free.
