My Grandmother (95) has used the same bookmark in her end of school cookery book since 1946, it was issued by the Ministry of Food due to post-war rationing.

by MrFuckofPureFuckHall

19 comments

  1. And yes, she continues to make tripe dishes to this day. Tripe and bacon Roly-Poly isn’t too bad once you get over the greasiness of the suet and rubbery tripe…

  2. That is in remarkably good condition and good rules to live by still.

  5. An elderly relative of mine has a medicine cabinet which has bandages in it from the boer war(yes, really). Last time I saw her I was feeling anxious so she offered me a valium- we checked the date on the perscription bottle and it was from 1985(I’m born in 1988). I still took it.

  7. I find the graphic on the front fascinating. It looks like a 3D CGI model but it obviously can’t be. Just a very smooth painting I guess?

  8. I’m sure a museum would love that stuff when its time. Proper interesting, real stuff.

  9. I love the fact that it was common knowledge to have have a ‘pig bin’ in 1946. How many people kept pigs in the UK at that time?

  10. This is definitely r/mildlyinteresting if not r/interestingasfuck material 👏 To be honest, we should still live by these four rules. And now I have eggy bread and bread pudding in mind…🤤

  11. I am glad that my lifelong campaign to ensure all the bread gets eaten is pleasing to my ancestors

  12. The book looks fascinating as well is it just called the Manual of Modern Cookery? Is there an author cos I’d love to track one down!

  15. I love the recipe for boiled ham.

    Take a ham
    Boil it until it’s cooked.
    Serve.

    10/10 quality book.

  16. They must have needed reminding at times that they had actually finished the war on the winning side.

  18. I’m a little confused by the ‘airy’ part

    Basically all the research I can find is the more air, the faster it stales/hardens

    Outer pieces in a loaf will stale faster than inner ones, and a tight seal with the air pushed out a bag lasts *much much* longer than an unsealed one. Both for mould and stale bread

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