{"id":242,"date":"2015-04-12T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T03:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2015-04-12T22:21:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T03:21:50","slug":"eggs-in-wartime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Eggs in Wartime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thewartimekit-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B005IPS8SS&amp;asins=B005IPS8SS&amp;linkId=64XMTSAZK6THH42F&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-eggs1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-eggs1.jpg\" alt=\"dried eggs1\" width=\"377\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ww2_land_army_girls_eggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ww2_land_army_girls_eggs-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"World War Two. England. March, 1944. Land army girls with a large basket of freshly laid eggs as they breed chicks at redlands poultry farm at South Holmwood in Surrey.\" width=\"256\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ww2_land_army_girls_eggs-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ww2_land_army_girls_eggs.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As rationing was implemented, it became obvious that if there was not enough food to feed people, there was not going to be enough to feed animals. Since there was a shortage of grain\u00a0to feed chickens,\u00a0millions of commercially-farmed hens had to be killed and sold as food. \u00a0This ultimately led to an egg shortage, and rationing was implemented allowing a person one fresh egg per week; extra allowance was allowed for those with special circumstances such as giving expectant mothers and vegetarians two eggs a week.<\/p>\n<p>With egg rationing, people\u00a0started keeping chickens in their back yards\u00a0because that meant one could have\u00a0unrationed eggs. But, there was a catch: if you raised chickens,\u00a0\u00a0you had to give up your egg ration, but you were given a\u00a0grain ration instead for your chickens. Saving, cooking, and grinding\u00a0vegetable\u00a0scraps\u00a0and feeding those scraps to backyard chickens became the norm for many families.<\/p>\n<p>Families also kept eggs fresher and storing them for longer periods of time with the pointy side down in a rack, and the rack inserted into a pail filled with\u00a0waterglass\u00a0(a liquid mixture of sodium silicate). Waterglass sealed the pores of the eggs and allowed them to stay fresh.<\/p>\n<p>As eggs continued to be rationed, by July of 1942, powdered eggs became available courtesy of the United States. The allowance was one tin, or packet, of dried eggs every two months. One tin was equal to 12 fresh eggs. Powdered eggs had a long shelf life; they could be hydrated on a one to two\u00a0basis: one tablespoon of egg to two tablespoons of water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-egg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-243\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-egg-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"dried egg\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-egg-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dried-egg.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Food issued a leaflet explaining the use of dried eggs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wartimeeggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-244\" src=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wartimeeggs-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"wartimeeggs\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wartimeeggs-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/wartimeeggs.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Ministry of Food leaflet No. 11<br \/>\nThis dried egg mixture is pure fresh egg with no additions, and nothing but the moisture taken away.\u00a0 It is pure egg, spray dried. Eggs are a very highly concentrated form of food.\u00a0 They contain first-class body-building material. They also help us to resist colds and other infection because of their high protective properties.<br \/>\nEggs are easily digested, and for this reason are especially good for children and invalids.<br \/>\nDried eggs are just as good as fresh eggs, and should be used in the same way.\u00a0 They are very useful for main dishes.\u00a0 Here are some recipes for a variety of appetising dishes in place of meat, fish or cheese and which are particularly suitable for dried egg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>HOW TO RECONSTITUTE DRIED EGG<br \/>\n1 level tablespoonful egg powder +\u00a02 level tablespoonful water equals 1 egg<br \/>\nMix the egg and water and allow to stand for about five minutes until the powder has absorbed the moisture.\u00a0 Then work out any lumps with a wooden spoon, finally beating with a fork or a whisk.<\/p>\n<p>TREAT LIKE FRESH EGGS<br \/>\nAfter reconstituting the egg use at once.\u00a0 Do not reconstitute more egg than necessary for immediate use.<\/p>\n<p>METHOD OF COOKING<br \/>\nUse in recipes exactly as fresh eggs, beating as usual before adding to other ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><em>STORAGE<br \/>\nKeep the egg powder in a tin with a tight fitting lid, and store in a cool place.\u00a0 Do not keep dried egg in a refrigerator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As rationing was implemented, it became obvious that if there was not enough food to feed people, there was not going to be enough to feed animals. Since there was a shortage of grain\u00a0to feed chickens,\u00a0millions of commercially-farmed hens had to be killed and sold as food. \u00a0This ultimately led to an egg shortage, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewartimekitchen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}