>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 > > We were interested to read about this. However, we are puzzled by the fact it was sent by Myton School, because here we don't recognize RK. We are a school called Myton. Is there another Myton School using Granny's Kitchen ?
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