Here’s a 1941 instructional film from the Ministry of Food (see an earlier post on the Ministry of Food here). Entitled Two Cooks and a Cabbage, it champions the cause of frugality in the wartime kitchen.
Category: films
A Video on Lefse … and a New Commenting System
Many of you left kind and helpful comments on the site — thank you! Unfortunately, the Blogger commenting system devoured them. So I’ve installed JS-Kit, a commenting system that is quite user friendly and hopefully more dependable. Please let me know if you experience any problems using it.
Below is a video on making lefse from Gwen Katula, a lefse expert!
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=6425031173734126972&hl=en&fs=true
Great Depression Cooking
Check out the Great Depression Cooking series from Clara Cannucciari! Here’s a video of the first part, where Clara prepares pasta with peas:
The Austerity Kitchen 