The War Kitchen

 It’s been awhile since I posted anything interesting over on this blog… so I present a cookie recipe to try from a WW2 advertisement. This is an alternative recipe to the original recipe because of sugar rationing. The Original Recipe  More WW2 Advertising  So next time you need to help the kids with World History WWII or need a themed snack for movie night, tactical war game night or WWII based video gaming try making the WWII cookie recipe.

 From left to right small, medium and large chicken eggs. The small egg is from a young pullet just starting to lay. The small egg is actually a soft blue, catching the egg colour in a photograph can be hard. 

  Gardening can add an additional resource to your household in both food and traditional medicinal plants. I just went through the seeds packets we have, to determine what I need and what to add. I am going to start germination of some seeds tomorrow. Here is our current packages of seeds. In addition we will be attempting to germinate and start plants from food sources we have purchased for ourselves and animals. I do need to pick up some additional seeds or transplants of summer squashes, cucumbers and more.  Korean Green Chili  Korean Vita Green Chili Korean Gochujang King Chili Korean Red Hot Pepper Sweet Pepper Carnival Blend Grand Bell Mix Serrano Pepper Cayenne Thin Pepper Poblano Pepper Cubanelle Hot Pepper Jalapeño Pepper Korean Sweet Pumpkin Korean Round Green Pumpkin King Richard Leek Scarlet Nantes Carrot Calliope Blend Carrot Long Purple Eggplant Cherokee Wax Bean (Yellow) Royal Burgundy Bean (Purple) Blue Lake 274 (Green) Lettuce Chef’s Medley Arugula Rocky Parsley Moss

  I started this blog to share ideas to help folks be a bit more self sufficient or explore bits of historic recipes or how our collective nations populations survived food shortages because of war. Sadly it is daily more relevant to real living now.  It is easy to think a conflict far away will not effect you, but they do and can. The current invasion of the Ukraine will have immediate and dreadful impacts on people’s lives in that region. A refugee crisis is unfolding as I write this. Innocent good people who never did a wrong thing in their lives will die. People who never dreamed of harming anyone Ukrainian or Russian will now have too. Trade, food supplies, the ability to produce food (farming disrupted), power needs for heat and cooking, clothing and shelter shortages, medical care shortage and transportation chain disruptions will all happen. The people of the Ukraine will need help. Other Governments will be forced to make decisions… and war unfolds. More than likely here in th

  Corn Bread 1 3/4 cups corn meal                             1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 cup flour                                            1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder     1 1/2 cups milk                                     2 tablespoons shortening Mix thoroughly dry ingredients, add milk and melted shortening; beat well and pour into well greased pan or muffin tins and bake in hot oven about 25 minutes. From  "Best War Time Recipes" Royal Baking Powder Co. New York Copyright 1918

  Gelatin is a useful food ingredient and is in many products but if you have a food restriction it maybe problematic. Most food restrictions are either secular ethics based or religious law based. So a quick run down on navigating the great Gelatin Debate… to eat or not to eat that is the question?   All Gelatin comes from an animal source. If you object to eating animals this means in general you will need to avoid any product containing Gelatin. There are some substitute plant based possibilities but regular forms of Gelatin will not be acceptable.   For a very long time Gelatin was considered Kosher in the USA because of the manufacturing process but people became concerned that pork bones or skin might be used so now one must look for a certifying organization to know it is Kosher. Thus if you follow either a Kosher or Halah diet you will need to be careful about your Gelatin source or use one of the plant based substitutes. Some Gelatin brands use pork, so finding Gelatin that is