Wartime recipes

These 1940s ration recipes are a look into the past and the struggles of rationing during WWII. Try one of these vintage desserts or dinner recipes today!

These wartime recipes were staples for families during trying times. From borscht to Spam fritters to wacky cake, visit a bygone era with these basic dishes.

Chipped beef is a classic military dish made with dried beef in a thick and creamy white sauce seasoned with cayenne pepper that's served over toast.

The staple ration was hardtack, a rock-hard biscuit. But other Civil War recipes could be made with any ingredients the soldiers had on hand.

The 1940s were full of swing music, victory gardens and the invention of the microwave. Get a taste of the decade with these spot-on recipes.

Spam and eggs are cooked in a skillet and topped with Cheddar cheese in this tasty, protein-packed scramble that's perfect for breakfast or lunch.

Never has ration book cooking been so relevant in the modern day kitchen, as most of the population struggle to make ends meet during the recession; and apart from the obvious relevance to thrift and frugal cooking, I also wanted to post my week's ration book cooking in the week leading up to Rememberer Sunday and Armistice Day on the 11th November.

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100’s of authentic ‘Wartime Recipes’ will be recreated and photographed throughout the year of the 1940’s Experiment. During times of uncertainty and disruption, frugal, storable ingredients to make simple, nutritional recipes come into their own. I hope the wartime recipes I have recreated will help people to feed themselves and their families… Check back here […]

Tonight I cooked a full 1940’s main course and dessert for myself, my youngest daughter Em AND my eldest daughters boyfriend. I cooked a simple meal of corned beef fritters fried in dripping, served with fresh green beans and carrots and for dessert a very satisfying bread pudding served with custard Please Mum….can I have […]