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WW1 Rationing – Maize Batter Pudding

Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing & Recipes on March 27th 2014 1 Comments maize batter pudding; maize; polenta; world war 1; rationing

Another surprise. I can completely see how this would fill the gap left by limited stocks during WW1. It was met with reluctance by some, associating maize with the feed of animals. Maize is polenta and if you use a top quality non-fast action type, the pudding will have greater texture which adds to the pleasure …

Eat meat from happily reared animals, and then you have their permission to really enjoy what you eat. Seconded by my great great grandmother, Dorothy Peel, in her books 100 years ago: ‘To judge by a letter which has appeared in the daily press and from private conversations it would seem that many people think that to abstain from meat on one of two days a week and to limit their total consumption to 2 ½ lb. per head per week is a restriction which may seriously affect their health. To be quite frank, it may affect their greed, but it certainly will not adversely affect their health; indeed, there seems good reason to think that less meat-eating would improve the health of the well-to-do.’ Mrs C.S. Peel, The Eat Less Meat Book, 1917