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Wartime food from my childhood:-

庐 Pigs' trotters very tasty and real meat fell off the trotters (not the plastic type we have today)
庐 Tripe and onions (which I detested) often served with a white sauce 鈥� not much colour on the plate so quite uninteresting
庐 Rabbit stew was my favourite meal quite delicious with the vegetables and gravy 鈥� beware the bones though
庐 Pearl barley and dumplings 鈥� pearl barley I think was used to thicken and the dumplings to fill you up 鈥� I enjoyed the meat, vegetables and gravy but the dumplings and pearl barley not so much
庐 One of my favourite 鈥渟nacks鈥� was dripping toast (or on bread) with salt and pepper and I especially liked the brown jelly from underneath 鈥� can鈥檛 imagine eating this today!
庐 Miss Muffet junkets were a favourite pudding and when you could get them bananas 鈥� but we hardly ever ate a banana on its own 鈥� it was considered more filling to have it as a sandwich . This has stayed with me and if I eat a banana on its own today I still think I should be having bread with it.
庐 We grew different vegetables and fruit in our garden and so food was always fresh (and only eaten in season) 鈥� rhubarb, gooseberries, strawberries, apples and blackcurrants. Some neighbours kept chickens so eggs were fairly plentiful.

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