RECIPE
Second World War Potato Piglets
ELEANOR BARNETT makes the most of simple ingredients in this nutritious and creative meal
Wearing a green hat and chewing a piece of straw, the anthropomorphised potato character, Potato Pete, proudly jaunts across the front of his self-titled recipe book, published by Britain's Ministry of Food during the Second World War. “The more you serve me the better I can serve you,” he tells a smiling housewife on the first page. “Follow me madam I'll show you a thing or two…”
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