A History of Food: The Wartime Kitchen

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A History of Food: The Wartime Kitchen

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9 жыл бұрын

St Mary’s University, Twickenham held a student conference exploring the role of food and nutrition during the First and Second World Wars.
The event, which was organised by St Mary’s nutrition team as part of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, welcomed experts from across the UK, along with students from Kingston and Roehampton Universities to discuss the ways in which nutrition aided soldiers fighting in the two World Wars.
The conference ended with a cooking demonstration from Food Historian and Broadcaster Dr Annie Gray, where students were able to learn about the challenges of cooking in a 1940s kitchen, including the lack of fat used for cooking and how housewives had to be inventive and adapt to limited amounts and scarcity of ingredients such as sugar, milk and butter.

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@gingerbaker4390 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother was from the wartime generation. She only cooked tradditionally British food. Roast dinners, apple pie with custard etc. She was a great cook, loved baking . The summer holidays travelling by train from London to Norfolk where grandparents lived , brings back great memories.

@rosrychaplet 4 жыл бұрын

i want to thank this documentary for sending me on an educational tour on wikipedia looking up breakfast, lunch dinner, oslo breakfast, school meal programs etc...

@bowler8 8 жыл бұрын

you can tell this is england, everyone is paying attention and not a cell phone in sight

@greenfingersgardener822 7 жыл бұрын

it is called a mobile over here,

@bowler8 7 жыл бұрын

greenfingers gardener whatever, im english but live in the states

@MichaelSHartman 3 жыл бұрын

Most of my spoken, and cooking information has been from Ruth Mott (Wartime Kitchen Garden), and Ruth Goodman (Wartime Farm). For some reason WWII was a subject my parents didn't talk about. The only thing my grandmother said was there wasn't anything good about it. I have found many saved items related to it, but no conversation. To me those stories are heroic. They tell me to prepare, how to manage, and have strength through the hard times.

@tlsb8367 Жыл бұрын

I love Wartime Kitchen Garden and Wartime Farm! Both are quite informative and give you a glimpse into the day-to-day struggles and triumphs. And I think they do fill in some of the gaps for many people. My grandparents were pretty much the same way, it sounds like, to your parents. I never heard my grandpa talk about any of it - the depression, rationing, the war (he was too young to serve but he had brothers that did), nothing. My grandma (also had siblings that served and/or did war work, she was too young to get into that part of it), when I would try to ask her questions, would always tell me she "couldn't remember, it was so long ago, she had forgotten." It has only been in the last couple of years that she had shared a bit, but it is still pretty selective - her choice, her time, etc. I think for a lot of people it was simply a coping mechanism - they didn't discuss it, they didn't think about it (at least not that they would admit), they strove to forget and move on to (hopefully) happier times.

@elizabethshaw734 4 жыл бұрын

We make potato candy often especially for the holidays in the US. I lived in the UK for over 10 years and my dad was from Scotland. It's in very old candy recipe and my news is mashed potatoes a ton of coconut and then once they set up their dipped in chocolate sort of like a bounty bar. They are called Needham's because you need them! I use the same recipe to make Easter eggs dipped in chocolate and you would be surprised how delicious it is. You'd never know there was a potato in there but that's the binder. :-)

@barbararey843 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I learned a lot.

@judya.shroads8245 6 жыл бұрын

This was very informative and would like to know more recipes of WWII in England. Thank you.

@GarouLady 6 жыл бұрын

That's ok. There's a saying in our family. Charcoal is good for the system.

@chriscaughey1103 4 жыл бұрын

I love her information, and she is knowledgeable, but even when I can follow her I don't digest it well and I really don't have problems with British English, but she talks SO fast! Had to listen too it twice to get it all but it was worth it!

@chriscaughey1103 4 жыл бұрын

Wish they had a written piece getting all of it!