"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...

> I have my mom's 1944 edition of The Good Housekeeping Cookbook which also
> has a fair number of recipes that reflect the WWII rationing; e.g.,
> "Butterless, Eggless, Milkless Cake", which actually is pretty
> good...dark,
> spicy, and full of raisins. Apart from that, there are good cake and pie
> recipes that I have used many times.
>
> It's a fun read to understand a very different generation of cooking.


It's amazing how resourceful people were during that war, in terms of
finding ways to deal with rationing. In comparison, it's disgusting nowadays
that if it's suggested that people should use less gasoline, it's considered
unpatriotic.