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 recipes we’ve tackled, under their colourful chapter titles:

Guns Instead of Butter!

Two Pounds per Week

• Banana Meatloaf
• Roosevelt Chicken

No More Lobster, Please!

• Creamed Lobster (although I made my family recipe, which is slightly different!)
• Scalloped Oysters

Victory Gardens

• California Beets
• Creamed Carrots and Peas

Eat Hash and Like It!

• Stuffed Cabbage
• Normandy Beef Hash
• Macaroni and Beef Casserole

Victory is Sweeter than Sugar

• Hurry Up Rhubarb Pudding
• Chocolate Mint Pie
• Cranberry Maple Syrup Pie
• Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream
• Toastaroons (cookies)
• Washington Pie
• Cranberry Chiffon Pie
• Cranberry Bread Pudding

Of Course I Can!

In the Spirit of Rationing