#wartime foods

[kattidiot]

Quillsh Wammy/hardtack stimboard

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

Rationing went into effect in the U.S. on March 1, 1943. On February 14, a woman in a fur coat filled out the consumer declaration and displayed her Ration Book #1.

Photo: Carl Nesensohn for the AP

[retropopcult]

Starting March 1, 1943, point rationing went into effect throughout the United States. The sign shows some of the steps to be followed in acquiring canned and processed foods. "Mrs. American Housewife, meets the first requirement at the registration site; she shows ration book No. 1 and turns in the consumer's declaration completely filled out on Feb. 14, 1943 in New York." (AP Photo/Carl Nesensohn)

[stone-cold-groove]

Preserve - Lady Liberty. United States Food Administration poster circa 1919.

[francixoxoxo]

Writing a sejanus fic that’s very cooking/food centric and worming my little wartime-chickpea-flour-3 -ingredient-poverty-ww2-rationing-Sicilian-recipes in like smuggling drugs over the border

[home--farm]

[cerealkiller740]

1944 Green Giant Niblet Canned Corn ad

[stevethehairington]

fuckin LOVE a good story about the hubris of man

[marginal-notes]

Today I learned wonderful new ways to deeply inconvenience the ATLA kids in my fics through the delightfully complex hell of efficient wartime logistics. This time with horses.

Because honestly, in a lot of ways, I assumed that the Fire Nation figured out how to mechanize supply line transport to their front lines, but it makes way more sense that animal transport still holds the key role there.

This means mules and horses and likewise ATLA alternatives everywhere.

This means tons of animal feed and animal shit everywhere; whole groups of animal specialists and vets; constant resupply of new animals to replace injured, diseased, and dead animals. You need supply lines for your damn supply lines.

Have fun, Azula. Army camps stink to high heaven for many reasons, good luck avoiding the rampant diseases that constant rip through the ranks, and mind the judgmental ostrich horses.

[spotaus]

Thinking about Orchid and Horror again.

[steve-rogers-new-york]

Recipe Advent Calendar - Day 1

Happy Holidays!

To celebrate the season, I am doing 12-days of seasonal recipes from the 14th to the 25th December. These are recipes published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper during the period that Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes lived in Brooklyn in the early 20th century.

Christmas Cake Tips

Christmas cake recipes are many and varied. Some of them have been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. It is worth noting that many of these old standbys contain brandy, not so much for flavoring, since most of the taste is lost in the cooking, but because brand added to the keeping quality of the cake. Slow cooking is the rule for success in all fruit cakes. Tried and true recipes would have you steam the cake first and then bake them to a cake texture. You may cook the cake in almost any shape and any size tin—coffee or baking powder tins, loaf or square pans. Whichever type you use, follow the method of topping the tins with heavy wax paper. Leave this covering on during the steaming and all but the last half hour of the baking. In this way the cake will not become too brown. After the cakes are cooled, wrap them in wax paper and store them in the tins in which they were baked. A neat and easy trick that makes for successful storage is to top the tin a sheet of heavily-waxed paper. Put this package in a moderate oven until the wax on the paper has melted. Remove it from the oven and press the waxed paper around the edge of the container. As the pan cools, the melted wax will harden and make a perfect seal over your cakes. This wax paper may be removed every week or so, while you add an additional spoonful of grape juice or wine for additional flavor, and reseal until the next time.

Early American Fruit Cake

2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg 4 cups sifted flour 2 cups shortening 2 cups sugar 1 tablespoon grated orange ring 12 eggs, well beaten 1 pound of seeded raisins 2 pounds currents 1 pound pitted dates, chopped 1 pound citron, shredded 3/4 cup brandy or sherry 3/4 cup rose water Prepare the fruit the day before mixing the cake. The next day mix and sift the flour and spices; mix with the prepared fruits. Cream the shortening until soft and smooth, gradually add sugar, creaming until fluffy; beat in orange rind and eggs. Gradually stir in flour and fruit mixture alternately with the combined brandy and rose water. Turn into greased loaf pans lined with waxed paper and gain greased. Fill the pans three-quarters full. Cover the tops with waxed paper and steam one hour, then bake at 250 degrees about three hours, depending on the size of the baking pan. The one-pound loaf takes three hours, while the two-pound will take about four and a half. Remove the wax paper the last half hour of baking. The recipe yields ten pounds of fruit cake.

The recipe appeared in the Monday 24 November 1941 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Advent Calendar Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12

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[newathens]

omg where’s those two sentences i wrote abt a future olympian civil war i didn’t tag it im gonna go crazy

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Court Acquits Accused Of Butter and Egg Theft," Montreal Star. August 24, 1943. Page 3. --- Because of lack of evidence, Judge Amedee Monet today acquitted Real St. Pierre, 2276 Frontenac street, of a charge of stealing butter and eggs valued at $955 from the firm of Dubois & Compagnie.

Jack Gold, 385 St. Catherine street west, pleaded guilty to a charge of having manufactured five suits contrary to regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The fine was $25 and costs.

[eorzeashan]

ardun kothe's resistance cell quickly found out "traumatized" was another word for "behavioral issues" and their suspicions that the Cipher was sent to infiltrate and undermine them were proven correct when they discovered he had eaten all of their rations in a devious attempt to starve them out, to which he answered when interrogated that he "wanted to try Republic foodstuffs", and had no bad intentions aside from "tasting the flavors of this world".

Legate neglected to comment when asked why all his trash and crumbs were on Hunter's specific bedroll, or why he also made a food trail leading the nearest insect hive to it.

[stone-cold-groove]

Corn - the Food of the Nation. United States Food Administration poster circa 1918.

[swashbucklery]

No Q but I really do enjoy your posts about fiber arts even if half the time I'm like knit? Crochet? Difference? Thanks for the reminders on why it's so important to buy natural fibers and decent made stuff with fair labor practices (I have a lot of wool pieces now and my dad is like, I have 50 yo cashmere so like, they really do last) ANYWAY I just really enjoy seeing you nerd out about something I don't see much of on Tumblr

Oh anon, thank you! I can talk about it for literally forever, but Tumblr is where I go to daydream about superheroes kissing so it doesn't often come up on my dash.

I think it is tough because the conversation about sustainability intersects with conversations about equity and accessibility, where - again, that mindset of 'opting out' requires both economic and social privilege. Having the time to go thrifting for second-hand garments that are good quality and will last, having the money to buy new garments made of natural fibers, and having the ability to choose to wear those garments in your day to day life (ie, not needing to wear a uniform or dress to a dress code) are big parts of being able to engage in the personal-choice element of sustainable textile consumption.

But ultimately like - I think we have to keep remembering that our current ways of consuming clothing are new. Even back into the 1940s people were sewing their own garments or altering them, and would have a countable number of outfits. And it's been a slow creep towards the current model but it's - like, the planet is burning we have to make it easy for everyone to change, not just the people who have the time and resources to make sustainability their hobby.