During the War, the government published a series of pamphlets to encourage Americans to stick to rationing and to keep morale high in spite of wartime shortages. One such publication is "The ABCs of Wartime Canning". Now most of the recipes & tips in the...
Since this is my first post in December, I thought it would be appropriate to feature a Christmas-themed ration recipe. I returned to the Spry cookbook and found a suitable recipe for gingerbread. In keeping with the spirit of rationing, the recipe called for only...
Cover of the Spry Cookbook This week I experimented with my first ration-era recipe: Honey Rolls. I found the recipe in the Spry shortening product cookbook, and I must say the results were delicious! Now, it's true that shortening and other fats (like butter) were rationed,...