Nothing Counts but Victory! (05/08/2024)

WNW wartime cook book 2 — The images featured are of "The Wartime Cook Book." The second image reads "The Wartime Cook Book. 500 Recipes Victory Substitutes and Economical Suggestions for Nutritious Wartime Meals." The third image is a recipe page that has 6 different bread recipes.

WNW wartime Cookbook 3 — The images featured are of "The Wartime Cook Book." The second image reads "The Wartime Cook Book. 500 Recipes Victory Substitutes and Economical Suggestions for Nutritious Wartime Meals." The third image is a recipe page that has 6 different bread recipes.

During WWII, an entire mobilization took place, from the farm and home to the factories. Part of the mobilization included rationing food so everyone could eat. With Europe’s agricultural production being war-torn, the U.S. was forced to feed not only troops and civilians from this country but those from other countries. Rationing evolved from this need to support the Allied Forces. Home front mobilization encouraged recipes that used available food, with as little rationed food as possible. This week’s What’s New Wednesday celebrates the home front recipes that evolved out of need. From 1942, "The Wartime Cook Book," edited by Ruth Berolzheimer compiles over 500 recipes that used substitutes for economical meals. Some of the recipes include chopped liver, thrifty soup, black soybean soup, pig hocks and sauerkraut, spareribs with sweet potato stuffing, Boston baked beans, blueberry corn meal waffles and carmel orange cake. All the recipes used less rationed foods and more creative ingredients to cover the deficit. "The Wartime Cook Book" shows the mobilization of all people for victory and “Nothing Counts but Victory!”