Spuds, Spam and Eating For Victory: Rationing in the Second World War - Rilegato

Knight, Katherine

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ISBN 10: 0752441884 ISBN 13: 9780752441887

Casa editrice: The History Press Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resourcefulness of the housewives on the Kitchen Front. The rationing of food, clothing and other substances played a big part in making sure that everyone had a fair share of whatever was available. In this fascinating book, Katherine Knight looks at how experiences of rationing varied between rich and poor, town and country, and how ingenuous cooks often made a meal from poor ingredients.

Charting the developments of the rationing programme throughout the war and afterwards, Spuds, Spam and Eating for Victory documents the use of substitutions for luxury ingredients not available, resulting in delicacies such as carrot jam and oatmeal sausages. The introduction of Spam in America in the forties led to this canned spiced pork and ham becoming an iconic symbol of the worse period of shortage in the twentieth century. Seventy years after the outbreak of the Second World War, this book listens to some of the people who were young during the conflict share their memories, both sad and funny, of what it was like to eat for Victory.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The History Press Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0752441884
• ISBN 13: 9780752441887
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile