The Potting Shed

lloyd · 5 Star Club Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 2648

Very early stages as yet, but with me being off sick ths week, it may be a good time to start it. The recipes are not always allthat "healthy" by todays standards, (in those days the daily lifestyle burned off the cholesterol, etc), but in all cases very thrifty. I could post a few in here if anyone is interested.

agapanthus · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:31 am Post subject:

Yes please Lloyd:)

agapanthus · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:36 am Post subject:

Thinking about wartime, I have 5 or 6 of my fathers diaries of his time in the war. He was stationed in Egypt...they make interesting reading. Always wanted to type them up.

lloyd · 5 Star Club Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 2648

You should, Aggie. CP is reading a library book right now which is a synopsis of diaries from a woman who started writing aged 13 in 1904 and ended aged 85 in 19.....whatever. All good stuff.

muntjac · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:52 am Post subject:

i have the ration book cookery recipes and history book ,by english heritage ,great little read ,and i do use the recipes in it as my mom did ,it needs writing down mate before it is all lost
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lloyd · 5 Star Club Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 2648

That's how I feel too, we have a generation who lack this info, and I think there's a market for it as society is now trying to become more self reliant, and make their own rather than buy their own.

n · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:43 am Post subject:

If it's all in an excercise book, and in handwriting, maybe a facsimile, rather than a typed copy?

n
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lloyd · 5 Star Club Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 2648

I'm thinking maybe a mixture, some facsimilies, some typed, (her handwriting was a wee bit shaky toward the end) interspersed with the anecdotes, pictures, photographs, articles, etc. Whaddya reckon?