Communal Feeding in Wartime
Booklet published in 1940 to provide a quick guide to those who needed to feed large numbers of people at fairly short notice. It provides detailed instructions on setting up canteens and kitchens, what equipment is needed, and gives a range of simple recipes and menu cycles suitable for bulk catering. Diets for adults and children are included.
This makes fascinating reading! You want to make porridge for 1000 children? Start with 4.5 stone of oatmeal (that's 64lb. or nearly 30kg in real money), add to 60 gals of water and 28lb of sugar. After that it's easy.
And for a kitchen to feed 1000 you'll need 12 roasting tins, 4 large cooking forks, 4 vegetable brushes and 1 yard broom (with handle).
The adverts include the boiler that can make 500 cups of tea in 10 minutes!
The menus and recipes are surprisingly varied: vegetarian options are included, but most of it is good, plain, food (just what is needed after a day in the munitions factory or a night on ARP duty).
Digitised by: Nigel Callaghan, April 2006
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