Wartime recipes

January 6, 2021

Chocolate Mint Pie

A mint-y, chocolate-y, fluffy pie that everyone enjoyed!

Dessert, Maritimes, Pastry, Recipe, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

January 2, 2021

Christmas Feasting 2020

The meals and activities at the end of 2020. Looking forward to 2021!

1930's, Dessert, Jellied dishes, Maritimes, Meat dishes, Nova Scotia, Vegetable dishes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

January 2, 2021

Creamed Carrots and Peas

An easy way to add some variety to your vegetable dishes!

Maritimes, Recipe, Vegetable dishes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

January 2, 2021

Normandy Beef Hash

A very quick and tasty way to use up those leftovers!

Maritimes, Meat dishes, Recipe, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

January 2, 2021

Lobster Newburg

Super easy to make, this dish features in two historic cookbooks, but I’ve given my family recipe for it here!

1930's, Nova Scotia, Recipe, Seafood dishes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

December 9, 2020

California Beets

A great glazed beet recipe with some unique flavours!

Recipe, Vegetable dishes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

November 12, 2020

Stuffed Cabbage

Stuffing a cabbage with bologna – what wartime cooks came up with to use leftovers and feed families.

Maritimes, Meat dishes, Recipe, Vegetable dishes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

October 28, 2020

Hurry Up Rhubarb Pudding

A wartime recipe for a chomeur, with rhubarb. Quick, easy, and tasty!

Dessert, Maritimes, Recipe, Wartime recipes

by Agnes

October 28, 2020

Wartime Recipes from the Maritimes: 1939-1945

This was the first historic cookbook that we purchased, and the source of the name for this blog. While we made that namesake recipe several years ago, we had not made further dishes from this book. Until now … Here are a list of the …

Cookbook, Maritimes, Wartime recipes

by Agnes