Posted in - Breakfast & Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing on September 29th 2015
rationing rationing pancakes WW1
I have not been adding recipes for a few weeks due to finalising two books, exciting but stressful – if anyone wants to know about how to prepare a book for publishing, ask me! The first book has become the second so that Edwardian Tea which contains the fun side of that era’s history with recipes, will …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing & Recipes on March 18th 2014
meat loaf Mrs C.S. Peel war galantine WW1
During the War period this would have been boiled in a cloth. Baking it in a loaf tin lined with bacon and topped with beef dripping is actually delicious. Bulk is added with red lentils to which I have added the zest of a lemon and an extra tablespoon of mixed herbs.
If you would like …
Posted in - Rationing & Recipes on February 20th 2014
Mrs C.S. Peel rationing ravioli spinach WW1
I made this for Anna del Conte using Granny Dot‘s war rationing recipe. It was a storm-ridden day so I took it to her house and they were almost blown off the tray as I transferred them from car to kitchen. The photograph below was taken there, so the beautiful plate is hers:
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing & Recipes on February 14th 2014
curry sauce Mrs C.S. Peel rationing WW1
This is a good introduction of curry to children. We are all spoiled by the plethora of wonderful spices and curries we have in the UK so that this one may in contrast not be very exciting. It is however, comforting, and goes very well alongside a roast chicken. It is rather like the curry …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing on February 11th 2014
Mrs C.S. Peel Plum pudding suet sultanas WW1
My Canadian mother rarely makes puddings. If she does, they most definitely do not involve suet. So Granny Dot has introduced this to me via savoury and sweet puddings; I love them. This is a winner, as is the savoury Bacon pudding. The most exciting thing about this is walking into the kitchen for about two …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing on February 8th 2014
bread bread puddings jam Mrs C.S. Peel rationing WW1
This was written in 1915 before rationing became official in 1917. However, using up the scraps was very much part of life, with the price of food having risen, and submarine warfare reducing the amount of produce successfully arriving on our shores from Canada and America. If I had to have this every week, or even …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing & Recipes on February 6th 2014
beetroot Mrs C.S. Peel potato rationing rock cakes WW1
Now that I have had my photos taken for the Daily Mail due out a week from Saturday (but as I said before, just wait and see as you never know) I am back to beavoring away on rationing recipes. These are beetroot rock cakes. There is mashed potato in them, hence their name but …
Posted in - Bake & Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes on February 3rd 2014
allspice sultana cake war time WW1
This is one of Granny Dot’s recipes, re-invented. I have kept the same ingredients and changed the quantities, adding demerara sugar for a wonderful finish. The recipe comes from Learning to Cook which was published during the First World War in 1915.
I have made the recipe a few times and every person who has tried it has …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing & Recipes on February 3rd 2014
egg turnovers Mrs C.S. Peel rationing WW1
This is interesting insofar as the ingredients for the shortcrust pastry are unusual to our minds today. During the First World War Rationing period, not all ingredients were obtainable. It was therefore necessary to make do. The message here is that there are more ingredients than flour, fat and liquid to make pastry so that …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Mutton & Recipes on January 20th 2014
mutton ratioining WW1
The choice of food available to us is enormous. If we feel like it, mostly we can eat whatever we want, dependent of course upon where you live. Compare this with food shortages during and after the First World War. There was little choice and so the same ingredients were made into a variety of dishes. …