The Food of WWII

So another favorite WW2 "Foodie" item is finding period menus
I have worked in some crazy busy restaurants. But working in one in Bombay that caters to Chinese and European food? Sorry guys I tried calling for delivery but no answer.






They are also serving pigeon dishes prepared four different ways under the "Birds" category



Thanksgiving in Karachi India


Escalloped Corn and Creamed Peas is old school as you can get

 

..Americans throw away so much food....I learned to eat all my food and enjoy it more, by reading about the starvation in WW2....I try to teach my kids to clean their plates--and a lot of times they have a spoonful left...I tell them a spoonful is a lot

Food Waste FAQs

 

....Guadalcanal = Starvation Island to the Japanese--mostly because of supply, of course:

what would be a mess kit?
Diary of a Japanese Veteran: "My Guadalcanal - Part II"

 

..I never ''liked'' lobster....like a lot of ''fish'', it doesn't seem you get ''enough'' food, especially from the effort involved......
here's a link for when you are bored:
100 Fun Facts About Lobsters

 

Study the Second World War and you will never look at a slice of buttered toast the same way again.

 

..speaking of buttered bread, we were doing some exercises in Virginia .....we lived and ate in big tents....we were only allowed so much chow..we were always given portions, but there we could have as much bread as we wanted....I really got to love buttered bread there ..I love it now, especially with spaghetti .
...we came out of the chow ''tent'' one time, and up the way one of the tents was on fire...it was an Army base and we had gasoline [ IIRC ]''stoves'' for heat --well, of course, a fire started ---one Marine burnt his hand getting the gas can away....
.well, that's my butter bread story

 

And a fine story, too.

 

we did have a corporal just like that...a drinker and smoker and--hahhaha--he also started a fire when he fell asleep
..this was about 30 years ago, but I remember him being on the ledge outside his window...he was lucky he didn't fall 1 story down
..back to food--we had Midrats on the Navy base we guarded.....so they had late chow for the personnel going on midnight shifts/etc, closing at midnight......with our duty hours 8- midnight, we would double quick time hurry to get everyone off post so they could get some chow...Marines jumping into the back of the pick-up truck fast .....my favorite midnight chow: cheeseburger and eggs

 

My favorite midnight chow: Fried egg on pancakes with maple syrup.

We had a cook who could make really good pancakes. He'd sprinkle chopped bacon into the batter as they cooked--if you asked nicely. Perfect way to end a swing shift.

 

-- Bill Mauldin

 

..humans do some crazy things

 

OK, jba, I made these from your recipe for Cheese and Olive canapé. It's Superbowl time!




(Blended cream cheese and chopped olives on home-baked sourdough rye bread, topped with slices of pickled beet. They aren't all that elegant the way I've prepared them, but they are tasty! Another win for the Allies!)

 

November 29, 1942. For many Americans, the war just got real.....

 

US Marines with coffee after fighting for Engebi Island