"The Wartime Kitchen and Garden" is being posted to
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*The Wartime Kitchen and Garden*

Illuminating series narrated by Peter Thoday in which head gardener Harry
Dodson and cook Ruth Mott recreate the home front of World War II.

*Episode One*
We begin during the 'phoney war', as flowers are cleared out to make room
for vegetables and the larder is filled. Plus help is on hand from a land
girl and an evacuee.

*Episode Two*
Rationing began in January 1940 and quickly encouraged 'creative' cooking,
so Ruth rustles up breast of lamb in egg and breadcrumbs. Meanwhile, Harry
gets to work building some giant compost heaps and shows his land girl,
Annie, how to make glass cloches.

*Episode Three*
During the summer of 1940, cooks were donating their utensils for weapons
manufacture and gardeners were 'digging for victory'. In this edition, Ruth
makes a chocolate pudding with carrot as a sweetener. Plus find out more
about the cardboard wedding cake.

*Episode Four*
Inspired by the 'pig clubs' which emerged from the ruins of a blitzed
Britain, Ruth makes brawn from half a pig's head - not a task for the
squeamish! Plus Harry uses an uncomfortable period backpack to spray his
potato crop.

*Episode Five*
Focusing on austerity measures, Ruth asks Harry to buy a few tomatoes 'under
the counter'. She also gets to work on making a mock banana using mashed
parsnip.

*Episode Six*
Even when the tide of war began to turn in the allies' favour, there was no
let-up in the domestic situation back home. Ruth bakes salt cod with boiled
nettles, and Harry grows and cures tobacco.

*Episode Seven*
By the time of D-day, Britain was into its fifth year of war, and keeping
healthy had become a national preoccupation. In this edition, Ruth makes a
'Swiss breakfast' of oats, raw carrot, apple and raisins. Meanwhile,
shrapnel shatters the glasshouse and damages Harry's tomato crop.

*Episode Eight*
By 1945 there had been no improvement in the food situation, and the winter
brought with it the worst fuel crisis of the war. Ruth saves on gas by using
a steamer to make elderflower fritters, while Harry cultivates haricot beans
and celebrates VE day.

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Bob
http://www.kanyak.com