History Task
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Today we are going to travel back in time to World War 1…
During History, we will continue to explore food in the past, travelling back in time to World War 1 to find out about peoples diet.
In our previous History task, we explored food rationing and found out about some of the types of food eaten during World War 1.
Our History focus today is:
To study the changes in diet from the past and find out similarities and differences in our food today.
Watch this video to recap on food rationing:
Explore more information about diet and meals in World War 1 HERE
Task
Your task today is to design your own food menu from World War 1.
Use your research and findings to help you select appropriate meals during that time.
You may like to include starters, mains and deserts.
Record this on a piece of paper or in your homework book and upload a picture of your work. You may also like to type this up on the blog.
Extension
Can you find a recipe for one of the dishes included in your menu. Write down the ingredients required and method to make your chosen dish!
Clemence
Penelope
Chloe H
Helena
Louis
Chloe K
Sebastian
Jiana
In 1918, new laws set by the government introduced rationing, a way of sharing food fairly. Sugar, meat, flour, butter, margarine and milk were all rationed so that everyone got what they needed. Each person had special ration cards, even King George and Queen Mary. The cards could only be used at certain shops.
This is my world war 1 menu, I made it on an app called pages.
I found a recipe for the chocolate potato pudding.
Ingredients :
2 table spoonfuls mashed potato
1 table spoonful cocoa
1 table spoonful sugar
Almond or Vanilla flavouring
Method :
1. Mash the potato thoroughly.
2. Mix the cocoa, sugar, and flavouring.
3. Use a spread in place of jam.
Thank you Clémence and Reuben. I have yet to find some flour, I wonder if I should use mashed potatoes instead..
In World War 1 every one ate stuff like oats and stuff like that and 15 million people died in the world died because of world war 1. The government said to them that they need to share food. They gave them some ration cards. The ration cards can only be used at certain shops.
Starters:
Potato and leek soup
Main Meal:
Toad in the hole or fish and potato pie
Drinks:
Water or milk
Deserts:
Treacle pudding or suet pudding
Great menu Patrick, especially Toad in a Hole.
Ingredients
Potatoes
Onions
Carrots
Leek
Tomatoes
Peas
Butter
Method
Heat oven to 220C. Wash and slice all vegetables into large roasting tin. Spread everything out to a single layer, add butter and roast for 45 mins. Toss once or twice until the vegetables are roasting and brown round the edges. Place the tin on a low heat, then add the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer and gently stir. Serve from the tin into a serving dish.
Sounds delicious, Chloe!
Julian Edward Darwen’s WW1 Restaurant
Menu
Starter
Potato bread with apple sauce
Courgette sprinkled carrots and turnips
Mushroom and pepper ( red ) paste
Main
Billed beef with biscuits
Potatoes ( 3-12 pp ) and bean soup
Broccoli pizza
Broccoli sprinkled over mushed and dried potatoes with cooked
pepper
Pudding
Biscuits and jam
Olives
Sprouts ?SOLD OUT ?
Great selection of food, Julian. Shame about the sprouts ?
Menu
Starters:
Tea / milk / sugar
Main meal:
Meat and potatoe stew andvegetables
Deserts:
Apple pie
Menu:
Starter:
Milk + a pinch of sugar
Main course:
Leek + potato soup
Desert:
Apple tart
Wow Well done Class Three on your menu’s! I can see you have researched the food dishes carefully in World War 1!
Menu
———-
Starter
———–
Bean soup and bread
Main
——–
Toad in the hole
Mutton stew
Biff stew
Fish and potatoes pie
Dessert
————
Raisin pudding
Suet pudding
Treacle pudding
Apple pie
Side
——
Potatoes
Bread
Cheese
They eat Beans soup., Bread before them up. Fresh fruit and veg, Beat bread Hard to find there were long queues outside shops on Sundays to eat meat. Will put in the eat fish pudding.Pudding is Treacle pudding Potato pie,Then baked raisin pudding. Toad in the hole and potatoes.
World War I people only had one meal a week with meat usually on a Sunday.
Food they had
bean soup and bread
toad-in-the-hole and potatoes
Mutton stew
fish and potato pie
Pudding they had
treacie pudding
suet pudding
baked raisin pudding.
Hello Miss Jones, this is my menu:
Menu
Starter
– Porridge with cream,
– little pieces of meat
– bits of bread with butter
Main
– Meat sandwiches
– Egg with beans on toast
– Bread
Desserts
Rock cakes
ENJOY!!!
Dear Year 3,
I am so impressed with your research and thoughtful menus. I have posted any photos of your work on the Blog as Miss Jones is working at the Hub today. I know Mrs Casey has loved reading your menus and Miss Jones is looking forward to seeing them later. Well done!
Orla has completed her history task and we have uploaded it.
Excellent work Class Three! I have just enjoyed reading through all of your menus! Very impressive. I can see you watched the video and researched into popular food dishes during this time. Would you like to make any of them?! 🙂