WARTIME IN BRITAIN: GRANNY'S KITCHEN. During the war, butter was one of the shortages. At one time, the allowance was very small, and I used to pour off the top of the milk and shake it up until it changed to butter. The addition of a little salt completed the preparation. After some weeks of this, the chore of shaking the bottle became a bore, so I adapted a small electric motor by the use of Meccano to do the job. Queueing was a constant chore, for meat, vegetables and virtually every necessity of life. The butcher was a very powerful fellow! People would do anything for a little extra ration. In contrast to today's customs, every scrap of food was fully used: no crust was left, potatoes were scrubbed rather than peeled, and plates were always scraped completely clean. RK
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