WW2 Rationing Recipes - American

[BarredBuff]

My husband, Bill, saw the turnover pic and said he'd like to have that tonight as well!
Do you use fresh fruit or pie filling? I used to make them with pie filling back in the day. I don't remember ever using fresh fruit

The cooks around here use fresh fruit that is slightly cooked until tender with a little sugar. That's how I like them. You can also use the canned fruit or pie filling...

Mom used to make cream cheese, jam filled croissant turnovers too. They were amazing.

 

[Marianne]

The cooks around here use fresh fruit that is slightly cooked until tender with a little sugar. That's how I like them. You can also use the canned fruit or pie filling...

Mom used to make cream cheese, jam filled croissant turnovers too. They were amazing.

Yum. As a kid, I remember having fresh huckleberry fried pies or turnovers when we went camping. I usually didn't have too many huckleberries in my bowl when we were picking as I kept eating them.

 

[Marianne]

ONE-EGG VICTORY CAKE, from the Royal Baking Powder cookbook:

1/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg, well beaten

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup light corn syrup

1 cup milk

2 cups cake flower

2 1/2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream shortening well; add sugar slowly, beating in well. Add beaten egg and vanilla; beat until well blended. Blend syrup and milk. Sift together dry ingredients and add alternately with liquid to first mixture. Bake in greased square pan (8 x 8 x 2 inches) in moderate oven at 350°F. about 1 hour or in 2 greased eight-inch layer cake pans at the same temperature about 30 minutes. Makes 1 eight-inch or 1 two-layer cake.

Note: Honey may be substituted for light corn syrup.

Note: How are we going to find "cake flower"? hahahaahah
http://time.com/4791207/victory-cake-economy-loaf-world-war-ii-recipes/

 

[Marianne]

ECONOMY LOAF, from the Modern Hostess Cookbook:

6 tablespoons vitaminized margarine

1/2 cup dry bread crumbs

1 cup cooked fresh or canned peas

1 cup mashed potatoes

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons flour

1/2 cup milk

2 hard-cooked eggs

1 can condensed tomato soup

Additional seasonings

Melt 2 tablespoons of the margarine, add crumbs, brown slightly, stirring constantly. Sprinkle half the crumbs on the bottom and sides of a well greased oblong loaf pan (approximately 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches). Mash peas through a sieve, add mashed potatoes, remaining crumbs and seasonings. Make white sauce by melting 2 tablespoons of the margarine, adding flour, then the milk — cooking until smooth and thickened. Add white sauce to potato mixture, blend together thoroughly. Place half of this mixture in crumb lined loaf pan. Top with slices of hard-cooked egg; add remaining potato mixture. Bake in moderate oven (350°F) 25 minutes or until set. Unmold, garnish with additional egg slices, or with broiled bacon, if desired. Serve with tomato sauce made by heating the soup with the remaining 2 tablespoons margarine, adding a pinch of herbs and a little Worchestershire or A-1 Sauce, to taste.

Note: Vitaminized margarine? Egads.
http://time.com/4791207/victory-cake-economy-loaf-world-war-ii-recipes/

 

[Marianne]

https://www.tptoriginals.org/10-weird-wartime-recipes-and-trends/

 

[Marianne]

 

[Marianne]

Ha! I made this in 8th or 9th grade Home Ec, maybe 1966?
To 'prepare grapefruit halves', you're supposed to loosen each section of grapefuit for your guests or family.
I thought it was a major waste of time to make, then and now.

 

[Marianne]

I just ate some in a bowl with some fruit. What would you mix in it for a sandwich? And how would you make cottage cheese balls?

 

[Marianne]

1918!!!!
Recipe from Use soy-bean flour to save wheat, meat, and fat (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, 1918).

 

[Marianne]

Okay, I kind of had a feeling of running and screaming when I saw this one:

Recipe from Whales and porpoises as food by Lewis Radcliffe (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1918)