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. > > ================ > Tom Holloway > tom.holloway@u3a.org.uk > tom@holloways.org <=== private email > http://timewitnesses.org > 01926-771772 > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/