Due to the fact that I am on the benefits of potato at the moment, I have found a copy of the Ministry of Food’s leaflet Number 27 and tonight’s dinner has been Potato and Bacon cakes. Luckily, I had a couple of rashers of bacon spare and the potatoes. The recipe goes as follows: Peel, boil and then mash 1lb of potatoes and add 6 tablespoons of fried onion, 1 ½-3 Oz fried Bacon, 2 teaspoons of meat extract, ½-1 teaspoon salt and a pinch of pepper. Form this mixture into cakes and cover with milk and breadcrumbs and bake in a medium oven until firm.
The results for me were mixed but this was a very economical and quite satisfying dinner. Firstly, after working a ten hour day I did not have the inclination to convert the measurements so pretty much used my culinary judgment. Secondly, I didn’t have milk, breadcrumbs or meat extract so went without. However, I believe this is in the spirit of rationing as I am sure our predecessors in the war went without most things and had to work with what they had. To be fair they tasted like potato cooked with bacon and onion, but I quite enjoyed them. The main thing also was that I was starving after returning to work and these were really filling.
Now, I know their appearance is questionable on reflection, but I am sure they could be made to look much more picturesque if you wanted to take the time to mould them into proper cakes. The recipe makes 8, or 4 if you want to be greedy like me and my partner.
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