WW1 Rationing – Maize Woodcock

In The Victory Cooking Book, 1918, this is called Maize Woodcock. Does anyone have any insight into why?! To interpret this title, it is scrambled eggs on polenta with anchovy. Thinly sliced polenta, toasted on a griddle pan, with lightly scrambled eggs topped with anchovy and a little parsley or chives is more substantial than using toast, …