Re: [timewitnesses] Re: bananas

From: Bob Bettison (bettison@PS.GEN.NZ)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 21:22:13 PDT


Hi to all,
Toms response was very interesting and intriguing. Can anyone supply a
recipe for Toms banana pie?
Was it as tasty as Tom infers?
Regards,
Bob Bettison
Franklin U3A
New Zealand.

Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:25 AM
Subject: [timewitnesses] Re: bananas


> Simon Herbert asked me......
>
> > Would bananas have been available in London/Britain at the time children
> > were evacuated during WW2?
>
> Definitely not. They were rare enough (and expensive) even before the war.
> During the war they were completely non-existent.
>
> I do remember, however, the relish with which we ate our wartime banana
> pie - made with parsnips and banana essence. After that delicious treat
> (served with condensed milk) the only attraction that _real_ bananas had
was
> the opportunity to unzip them - something you couldn't do with parsnips.
>
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