Episode 5 Wartime Kitchen and Gardening

[@beekinder6953]

SELF DISCIPLINE I wasn't a war child, but my Gran, who raised me, was born in 1900, so I had to have a big spoonful of Cod Liver oil every Sunday night. Yes folks it was absolutely REVOLTING and I didn't know of any other kids who were forced to have it. BUT, it taught me to swallow medicine because it was good for me. I was also taken on long, long walks, taught to dig in heavy soil and a thousand other things that were done because IT WAS good for me. Self discipline in other words, doing what needs to be done whether one enjoys it or not! No complaints here, just gratitude for the care and guidance.

[@wehvgirlpwr]

This series is just a treasure!

[@janesmith1398]

There is also a flower garden and a kitchen garden series as well in case you didn't know.

[@wehvgirlpwr]

@@janesmith1398 Thanks! I will look them up!

[@samhenwood5746]

I love this series 🤗

[@aleks8888no]

What a treasure we had in Vera Lynn. May she forever rest in peace :)

[@curtissmith5875]

That older gentleman is a great gardener

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

I narrate my daily tasks in his voice.

[@neilsmith7547]

Harry dodson was a brilliant Gardner and Ruth mott reminded me of my nan. Always had a pinny on. God bless her. 😙

[@allandavis8201]

I am not old enough to remember the war or rationing but my grandfathers and my dad taught me so much about gardening that has stayed with me to this day, and the love of it as well, and from my grandmothers I got the art of cooking a meal with very little, being thrifty and using every little bit of food possible, I make clothing and shoes last and recycle everything I can, show me how many children today get that sort of nurturing, not as many as should or could do with it, I bet the nearest some of them get to a garden is looking out the window or on a computer game. Thanks for sharing this fantastic programme that I enjoyed as much this time around as the last dozen or so times. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ex-scientia4234]

Interesting comment about the introduction in 1942 of a new word - austerity. Well, since 2010 it’s been back in common parlance!

[@divaden47]

Love the way good old Harry, come rain or shine, wears a flaming tie!!! :P

[@karenbartlett1307]

Very good episode. Harry gave Ruth plenty of tomatoes and I thought Ruth sort of looked around to make sure she wasn't seen when she left the shed with them! The Brits could thank American Indians for the potatoes, corn, tomatoes and probably lots of varieties of squash and beans, if not all. They planted not in rows but in hills. After a mound of dirt was made and fertilizer put in (fish) they put three or four kernels of corn in the middle of the hill, then beans around the kernels, at the base to grow up the cornstalk, then squash around the beans to fan out along the ground in a vine.

[@gjclark2478]

Jeez, potatoes came from South America......... When we talk of corn, it means grains (usually wheat) corn still means wheat today. Your "corn" is actually maize ........ Which we feed our cows in winter as it's shite. Btw, I take it you are claiming credit for something you have the world, whilst wiping out indigenous peoples ( and claiming credit) while stealing THEIR land.....well done 👏👏 🙄🙄

[@erxmzk]

This series has helped me to realize that I have been doing everything wrong in the garden...no wonder I never get a harvest

[@homesteadtotable2921]

Hop on over to Charles Dowding's or Huw Richardson's youtube channels. Both have amazing gardens, with a lot less work than Harry Dodson's generation did. Charles Dowding especially promotes no dig, no till gardening.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

You gotta use the metal side of the shovel. I've seen you out there with chopsticks.

[@kellymurphy7444]

Thank you. I appreciate the effort it takes to upload these. We have enjoyed them!

[@carolking6355]

Wonderful.❤

[@cocofluff]

I love that kids reaction to cod liver oil...he was not having it! He acted like he was betrayed. I'm sure his mom never got that into his mouth again without a fight. :)

[@annpartoon5300]

cod liver oil and malt was the answere for me like soft toffee in a jar

[@charlottewilliams2939]

Don't blame him-It tastes vile!

[@cherylT321]

Charlotte Williams. Anything that’s good for you always does!

[@barbaravick5634]

cocofluff He was betrayed.

[@judithreynolds1657]

Wow, it was terrible! I still remember, can’t be forgotten...

[@bitsnpieces11]

I remember making a "banana essence" in high school chemistry class with Methanol and Sulfuric Acid which I then warmed GENTLY. After it cooled it smelled VERY MUCH like banana. I didn't try tasting it but it might taste OK.

[@renahollwedel3302]

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful program! So full of useful information, my mother was born in 1927 , she is full of Americans ww2 info. I just love and appreciate the British ways they worked together to make do ! Thank you again

[@joshuabrande2417]

Enlightening, enjoyable, and the music superb. Thank you for presenting this.

[@Sarah-zg5qs]

These days are returning. I hope people are learning how to preserve food, so they will always have some.

[@randomasmr4045]

Agreed. I have a small garden that I preserve with but this year I've gone bigger. Heirloom seeds are hard to get right now, but I got what I could. I would like to try preserving meat but will have to conquer the raging fear of pressure canning that I have lol.

[@natashawatkins5651]

Indeed I'm preparing our garden through winter for spring and have started pickling our eggs as was always wasting them.. now to learn some more information about other ways of preservation

[@bokhans]

Sarah yes Brexit can make this a reality for the U.K. citizens sooner than they think. 😬

[@charitysheppard4549]

@@randomasmr4045 Don't be afraid of your pressure canner. They are a lot safer than they used to be. I was a little afraid of mine the first time I used it, but after that first time, you become an old hand. There are great channels here that help give you confidence. Facebook has some great groups too. Don't forget you can also pressure can leftovers of soups, stews and chilies. It's a great way to preserve those things that don't take up freezer space.

[@HBudianu]

Thank you for uploading this. It's really good to watch. It's more uplifting than other war documentaries/series as it shows the hard work and courage of the British at home, too. Thank you England for your courageous fight. God bless you.

[@mistydawnoliver6717]

Love this series. Watching for the upteenth time

[@quadsman11]

What a darn shame to miss out on your episode #4, I have been enjoying the series ! Unfortunately not enough folks are taking gardening seriously. Neighbors need to be working on co-op gardening ! Victory Gardens keep people from staving !

[@oldplaner]

If you go to Wartime Farm and Garden on FB, you can play Episode 4. They have other videos as well. Wartime Farm is another great series with Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands

[@quadsman11]

oldplaner Sure appreciate your reply, but KZbin is about the extent of technology for me. I don't have a Facebook account, and to be honest, I probably won't. I have this gut feeling that Facebook is not a good thing ! While I certainly know it has done a number of good things along the way. I am paralyzed from my shoulders down, and dependent on my nurse for just about everything. So I might be able to watch the episode on her Facebook page. Thanks again friend !

[@oldplaner]

quadsman11,I downloaded a movie editor and removed the little bit of copyrighted film. It was footage of bombing devastation in London and a bit about the pig clubs. I added a couple of pig club posters for a bit of filler

[@rawshop]

Can you tell me where I can get all episodes with Ruth Mott?

[@gmiernik]

I'm sure you got it by now but just in case it is up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppWkqGWVocaNjqc hope it helps if you have not yet found it

[@dencollie]

How did they make this? Really looks like genuine footage! Ty!

[@SirenaSpades]

This is a great series. Lots of interesting things new tips!

[@barbarabrantley4779]

I remember having cod liver oil poured down my throat. Quite a few bottles during one miserable summer when I had been ill. For years afterward I wouldn’t eat fish. The very smell caused me to gag. Thank God for fish oil in capsules. Or I’d never take it.

[@annpartoon5300]

and being taken to where they were repairing roads standing there breathing in the coal tar

[@1caramarie]

I was born soon after WWII ended and I remember being given cod liver oil. I haven't had it in a very long time, but I remember that I used to like the taste of it, so I'm guessing it was flavored.

[@euniceswan2751]

With orange juice.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Born in '41 , when I had codliver oil, which wasn't often, it was followed by a spoonful of Malt, boy was that sweet.

[@carolinecoffey5404]

This is so cool to watch should be shown to all families so interesting

[@patriciaphillips8229]

When the Queen passes the world will have lost the last ruler who really remembers all the memories that are recalled in these wonderful pieces of film. What a 😢 😞 sad day that will be. PattyRN

[@popazz1]

The Queen has never 'ruled', she reigns, big difference. And there are other monarchs and former monarchs who experienced WWII.

[@popazz1]

@@rowbearly6128 Oh behave,lol. Murderer, yeah right,hahaha.

[@rowbearly6128]

@@popazz1 An erudite and eloquent rebuttal there...maybe a little research into the depleted uranium ammunition factories she is the major shareholder in, the Govt. mandated use of said against a foe with no armored contingent in their forces, the use of said against villages etc..Grow up kiddo, learn to use the internet for something other than posting childish comments..maybe .one day, you'll have something worthwhile to add..

[@popazz1]

@@rowbearly6128 Hahahahahahahahahahaha, yeah, whatever, 'kiddo', whatever.

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

I loved cod liver oil as a kid id eat the capsules and chew them they were like candy for me. My mother had to pry the bottle from my hands and hide it so i wouldnt have handfuls. Lol. Shed use to bribe me with them. If i did something she wanted i got one tiny capsule so each day she gave me 2 chores the non fun horrid ones and then ide get my two daily capsules i never knew they were medicine or unfun or considered gross haha. Then again ive always had a rather old taste like black licorice dried apricots etc

[@wolfsbaned6240]

I was exactly the same!

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Thanks for the video😀

[@MrDaiseymay]

This is is the ONE series, of the several televised, that I missed episodes of. Having bought all the DVD's of them anyway, I confidently thought I'd buy this, on DVD too---they never issued it that way. MOST BIZZARE, AND THE BBC ISSUED A BOOK INSTEAD.---GOOD, BUT NOT THE SAME .

[@happydays1336]

I've read that lots of people are baking bread and fixing home cooked meals during the COVID-19 restrictions. I've had a hard time finding white bread flour, but have about 1600 lbs of whole grains stored so that's good. I have both a hand and an electric grinder. This sounds like a lot of wheat, but you're supposed to have 300 lbs per person stored to last a year. I garden and can, freeze and dry fruits and veggies. I also have found free fruit for the picking in the classified ads. I have a bunch of vegetable seed packets in the fridge to plant in my grow boxes. As a result of this preparation, I haven't had a single bit of anxiety when it comes to feeding my family during this pandemic.

[@randomasmr4045]

Doing the same here. Have been trying to get powdered milk for almost 2 months now but they've been cleaned out of it (along with flour, yeast, sugar etc.) every time I go. Bc I live 30 min away, I don't go check every day...but am surprised that I haven't found any. I don't think people are really realizing that staples are thinning out and prices going up.

[@happydays1336]

@@randomasmr4045 There still is meat at our local grocery store so we bought some with no restrictions. Supposedly meat will disappear from groceries shelves soon or at least will be rationed. Walmart is already rationing it. There is finally bread flour. I bought a 25 lb bag of it as usual. The weirdest thing that has been out of stock for almost 2 months is Diet Dr. Pepper. Just this past week they had it which made me happy. (I like combining it with some home canned grape juice which is very yummy!) My husband checked to see if there was any hand sanitizer but there wasn't. He said the only size the store had was a gallon jug. You won't believe the price: $67. I bet it sold for $5 before COVID.

[@happydays1336]

grocery shelves, not groceries shelves.

[@jeepstergal12]

Maybe it's because we grow tomatoes outside in the States, but picking them is hardly an onerous chore. I live the scent of tomato vines, and it is a joy to oluck the fruit and put it in my basket

[@kellyherbert5092]

I have been watching these from part 1 and intend to finish...love these!...and I know this is a fictionalized account, but what happened to the little boy that came with the mother? It would be interesting to see the children's part in all of this as well.

[@kellyherbert5092]

Well, I take that back...had I watched through to end before commenting, the boy shows up. But noticed in the last two parts, only two dishes were set at the table for the two women

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@kellyherbert5092 He was in the outhouse.

[@sueclark5763]

Could be, as was done often in those days, he was fed and put to bed early???

[@brooksanderson2599]

The "Greatest Generation." We will need their character and determination to survive climate change. Thank you!

[@MegaMackproductions]

XD climate change? You think our greatest threat is Climate change? My friend, you're in for a shock!

[@brooksanderson2599]

@@MegaMackproductions I am on the front lines of climate change here in mid-latitude Saltillo, Mexico where drying, heating, and expanding Hadley cells have doubled the number 90F+ days (we are a mile-high like Denver) since the 60s and 7 years out of 10 produce drought. Based upon tree ring analyses, Prof. Gary Paul Nabhan, U. Arizona, Tucson, has stated that the 2011 to 2013 drought in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico was the worst in 1400 years. We lost some 1.7 million "ganado" to include sheep and goats and adjacent Texas lost some 500,000, 000 trees to drought and fires. Ref. my website: I "retired" here 6 years argo to teach people, for free, how to find, harvest, and conserve water to cope with human-induced climate change drought. old geologist

[@MegaMackproductions]

@@brooksanderson2599 First: northern mexico and the southwest are deserts. Drought hits them all the time Secondly: if there was a similar drought 1400 years ago how does that support the hypothesis that climate change is man-made and not a natural climate cycle?

[@brooksanderson2599]

@@MegaMackproductions I anticipated your reply. Thanks! Almost no single atmospheric event can be ascribed to human-induced AGW. The point is that, on a human scale, droughts that severe in this region are rare. However, you should have known that scientists search for causes supported by evidence. Stating that the region is desert and droughts happen all the time answers nothing. Deep ice cores at the French Dome C and Russian Antarctic stations penetrated some 800,000 years of layered Pleistocene and Recent ice. Analyses of contained "air" bubbles found that CO2 concentrations ranged from about 180ppm during glacial advancs and 280ppm during glacial retreat. There were 8 advances and retreates of about 100,000 years each. At no time did the CO2 content of the bubbles exceed 300ppm. The glacial cycles are linked to the known Milankovitch cycles of Earth orbital excentricity, axial tilt and precession. Because those external forcings were physical and external to the Earth system (Gaia) CO2 concentration changes related to plant growth, LAGGED behind Earth's position in the cycles. Currently, atmospheric CO2 concentration is about 414+ppm, rising rapidly, and LEADING plant´s ability to absorb the extra CO2. Desertification, deforestation, and ocean acidification are also contributing significantly to plants inability to cope with rising CO2 levels. The Present atmospheric concentration of CO2 is completely out of sync with the Milankovitch cycles. We are in the Sixth Extinction. old geologist

[@luciobrazil007]

I think society will collapse and it will be good for the planet and those who are able to survive

[@adrianh332]

That kid needs to pull himself together, doesn't he know there's a war on? 😉😂

[@fenrichlee2867]

haha!!

[@ferdonandebull]

We forget that war time rationing in England lasted until 1953

[@evangelinamurray147]

In Britain not just England

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@evangelinamurray147 Isn't Britain just another name for England?

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Er..no! England is a country within the British isles.or Great Britain. England, Wales, Scotland. Then the United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland. Thinking that Britain is only England causes great offence to our beloved Gaelic neighbours! Who most definitely are not English!

[@fenrichlee2867]

I well remember the day in 1953 when sweets came off rationing. the corner shop, and yes it was on a corner! was full to queuing with us School kids with enough pennies to buy two, three or four ounces of boiled sweets - Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth!

[@cbass2755]

Omg!! The cod liver oil! My Mom tried that with us. She lined up all of us, gave my brother one tablespoon and Omg! He ran down the hallway bouncing off the walls until he got to the bathroom and puked!! 🤣🤣🤣…..then it was my turn…😰🤢🤮 That stuff never stopped repeating all day! I refused to take it anymore, and so did my brothers! We protested!! Lol…..

[@fenrichlee2867]

I've started taking cod liver oil again, and I'm 78 - Fancy!!

[@laylahalgharib3150]

I remember cod liver oil and Father Johns cough meds. I actually liked cod liver oil. Now I take fish capsules and Omega Three CS.

[@bessiemann7468]

I remember my Mother talking about war times that there was shortages of everything

[@genkiferal7178]

Science has proven that dark leafy greens are one of the most nutritious things you can eat - far more so than tomatoes. Tomatoes have beta carotene and vitamin C and a touch of vit E in the seed, but so do dark leafy greens.

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

The passive-aggression is so thick when she's buying those tomatoes.

[@gmiernik]

I was born in 82 and grew up with out today's luxuries. (iPads cellphones microwaves and one stop supermarkets) In Poland. I can't imagine being plucked out of 2019 and thrown back to those historic war days. A year ago I was asked to send in a cheque, spent some time on the phone to get details on how I could just email the money...ended up at the bank seeking help on how to fill that little slip out. I'm a lazy bum I grocery shop online and get it delivered. I love tomatoes but growing them? That's what the supermarket is for, ya if I time traveled back to those days I wonder how many days I would survive before finding a bridge and taking the plunge. It's creepy what my grandparents had to go through, I love my grandmother but now I realized why she is how she is and why she questions things like my freezer full of TV dinners and her hot topics is why some of the food in my fridge and pantry has past its dates.

[@oldplaner]

Hunger is the best sauce and a great incentive to grow your own food in lean times. There was little choice if a person wanted to eat.

[@amandaforeman703]

I was also born in 82 and I can say that I love gardening and love learning about the victory gardens ! My great grandmother grew up during the Great Depression , so I was well aware of doing what you had to , to eat early on in life . She taught me a lot ! Brilliant series !

[@popazz1]

I was born in 1960, just 15 years after the end of WWII, and I recognize what you're saying regarding food wastage. The times I've found green furry items lurking in my fridge which are not instantly recognizable as food,lol. I recall my mother, and grandma, warning me that I wasn't leaving the table until I'd eaten every last morsel on my plate, usually with a lecture about what it was like when food was rationed. It is so easy to just stock up on freezer food thinking it'll last forever. Then there's the faster pace of life, folk just don't find the time to cook from scratch. We certainly do have it so much easier today.

[@proudmarinemomma827]

I was born in 1970. Things WERE very different back then. My grandparents survived the dust bowl, Great Depression and World War II, in Oklahoma. My grandpa was in the military. The fight for survival was great and I commend anyone who had the fortitude to fight and survive that time period.

[@smithsmith2844]

All the growing and putting by started before the great depression. This series makes me missy aunt's huckleberry pies we had at Thanksgiving even more. Sadly my aunt and uncle no longer are with us. My uncle would like this show he survived three navy ships going down in WW II.

[@smithsmith2844]

That miss my aunt's pie.

[@tessdurberville711]

The poor little boy! I have taken cod liver oil and it is not pleasant. My nanny always gave me something sweet afterwards.

[@SandyKH]

But they didn't have much sweet to give them...

[@pattythompson1739]

Did use of DDT start during the war or afterwards?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

It had been used a lot in the '30s, but was stopped for the most part during the war, and then resumed with a vengeance from the late 40s well into the 60s.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Then a book called ''SILENT SPRING'' reporting the mass deaths of Birds, proven to be caused by DDT. banned the stuff world -wide.

[@barbaravick5634]

Oh Lordy, I hope no one follows those canning instructions. They're really not good for anything except a large crop of botchulism. (sic)

[@homesteadtotable2921]

Maybe add that for safe home canning instructions, get a hold of a current edition of Ball's big book, or some other current issue, contemporary book on the subject? I remember an older gentleman in my area not too many years ago (okay, so maybe 10 years ago), who canned venison like he thought he remembered his mother and grandmother can them, but did it completely wrong and was hospitalized with botulism. The doctors in a big city hospital hadn't seen a case in so long they didn't recognize it until a family member remembered him mention he canned some meat, and they were able to narrow the suspected causes down and get the antidote from the CDC.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

I don't understand why bottling and canning aren't properly described here. Growing up in the fifties, I didn't know any housewife who didn't know the correct procedures.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

I suspect that the rising popularity of home freezer and the ease of freezing produce caused many women to cheerfully put it all behind them.

[@olderman2142]

For the most part men were real men. Women were were beautiful, resourceful and accountable. No obesity , no excessive tattoos on men , and none on the the ladies. No Walmart no Starbucks or Facebook etc. The skills and basic morals of yesterday have been lost over the last 60-70 years. God help us.

[@olderman2142]

@Adrian Heath . Sounds like your father was a very intelligent and insightful man. I was a educator (skilled trades instructor for the Job Corps system) for awhile..about 10 years. 16 -24 year old youth. They said students didn't care about what you knew until they knew you cared. I embraced that ... I can report that the vast majority youth in that program didn't care about being anything beyond getting high , cheating the system , rap music and sex let alone being a real contributor to society. . I understand that this is a small sampling of youth. There are approximately 140 of those centers across the U.S. tens of thousands of youth. Hundreds of millions $ if not into the billions spent since 1964 on that particular LBJ program. Heck they don't have to be 16-24 yrs old I know plenty of 40 year olds that care about nothing other than themselves . They couldn't raise a garden, , fix anything around the house , catch a dinner ... let alone be a Anatomy Teacher. I wrote that comment 5 months ago before the current "pandemic" I wonder how we will fare in another 5 months or 10 months. If things continue down this current path. I'm still afraid most folks do not have the skills , values or intestinal fortitude to carry on as folks did in this video. I hope I'm am wrong.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@olderman2142 Well said, while I was complaining (to myself) for having to queue ( wait inline) for twenty minutes, I recalled my mother's wartime experiences, of having to queue every day for over an hour, just for megre rations of food, and sometimes, joining queues ,and not knowing what was on offer, and then being told, all has been sold.

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

@@MrDaiseymay Good boys remember the advice from their parents... If the parents were worth their salt. Good girls too...👣

[@bokhans]

Older Man 🤯🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@CampingforCool41]

People have been making comments exactly like these about how the good old days were so much better and how the youth have made the world so much worse since time immemorial. You can find comments exactly like these from ancient Roman letters, it’s hilarious. It’s always an illusion of age, an inability to accept that cultures and tastes change and that it really doesn’t matter in most ways.

[@charliesimpson2974]

Why are they not identified in the credits?

[@theclumsyprepper]

I need to try canning tomatoes this way.

[@Music-eq5le]

not unless you want to become very ill. find a modern method and follow the instructions. This episode didn't show a safe way of preserving tomatoes.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Pressure Canning!

[@MrDaiseymay]

Why? are they naughty?

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@MrDaiseymay If you can be naughty, why do others have to be good?

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@MrDaiseymay No.... They are so pure they are Sick of themselves and wonder why they are still on earth!!

[@sophiecat2161]

Can't a cloth be used to pick tomatoes?

[@amydecker6207]

No kidding. I have never had that much stress picking anything out of my own garden. 😂😂😂

[@rainspringing]

Pruning tomatoes in humid environments gets on you just the same. If you use enough de-greaser soap and a scrub brush, within a few hours of getting tarred up, it does come off. Just may need to rinse and redo the soap plus scrubbing a few times to get it all. Hands and arms will sting, especially all the nicks and cuts of day to day, but you're not stuck with that tar. Or need to waste a tomato to get it off. lol I wouldn't touch a cloth of any kind, or my clothing if possible, until after a full scrubbing. Harder to get cloth completely clean of the sticky tar. For actually picking the tomatoes, if you are trying to keep the stem on, scissors work well. Then it's mostly about cleaning the gunked up scissors, and only light tar on the skin. I did find it curious he was worried about green shoulders on the tomatoes, in the general sense, but all those varieties were perhaps not meant to have them at full ripe. His repugnance, or his portrayal of repugnance, for the tomato tar is completely understandable. Especially for a man of his station who's been growing flowers and trees until the war.

[@maclin52]

funny how Joyce's son disappeared in the series. Wonder where he went?

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

After seeing him taking the cod liver oil he might have been in th outhouse most of the time..😀

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@SAnn-rf3oz LOL Ann! Probably so!

[@MrDaiseymay]

could be for many reasons, to do with the war--evacuation, holidy with relations. ill, schooled further away.

[@karenbartlett1307]

@@MrDaiseymay He wasn't in the script.

[@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br]

Ruth is a friend of mine 😺

[@popazz1]

Today we have an entirely different relationship with food. Processed and frozen and so much more variety of tinned produce. Now we're inundated with cookery programmes on TV and social media educating us about the joy of fresh produce like it's a new invention,lol. And then there's the issue of a type of rationing which exists today in the form of food banks caused to some degree by austerity. Generally speaking, though, we do tend to have it a whole better than our parents/grandparents.

[@janetaleman8592]

what is that black stuff she is putting in the bowl in the opening of the program?

[@allab876]

I believe its from another episode. Its cooked stinging nettle. 😉

[@bunnyfoofoo9695]

Please get a commercial pressure canner. Read the instructions thoroughly before using. Do not can food and try to save it for later using these methods.

[@larryr.johnson3048]

Are any of the publications still about?

[@larryr.johnson3048]

I would love to read and perhaps try them out.

[@HomemakingMaven]

There is a book which accompanies this series titled “Wartime Kitchen and Garden” by Jennifer Davies. I purchased my copy from Amazon. It has even more homefront history and recipes than the series. A great book!

[@ginacable5376]

The war time food facts ruth uses is on Amazon just bought a used copy.

[@susanlansdell863]

Look for Marguerite Patten on Amazon. She was a cookery demonstrator for the ministry of food during the war and there are several books of her recipes and reminiscences available.xx

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

A lot of the little booklets printed by the government of the time have been reprinted due to the resurgence of interest, like 'make do and mend' which was printed originally by the ministry of information,a quick Google search for British wartime recipe pamphlets or whatever should get you there.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Joyce is Ruth's gopher.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

She needs to earn her keep.. doing a few errands for Mrs. Mott isn't that big a thing to ask of anyone staying for free.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Just an observation.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

@@Nunofurdambiznez Are you saying the families that took in city people didn't get extra rations? They had to have. There is hardly any people who do things out of the goodness of their hearts. Back I then as well as now. Earning their keep sounds like the cast system.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

🇮🇳 India.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@SAnn-rf3oz It doesn't matter any longer, the moment is past.

[@1caramarie]

When picking tomatoes, always wear those cheap "surgical gloves" and/or have a towel that is only for drying tomato picking hands, because they will stain no matter how often you wash them.

[@rainspringing]

Pruning gets on you just the same. If you use enough de-greaser soap and a scrub brush, within a few hours of getting tarred up, it does come off. Just may need to rinse and redo the soap plus scrubbing a few times to get it all. Hands will sting, especially all the nicks and cuts of day to day, but you're not stuck with that tar. I wouldn't touch a towel of any kind, or my clothing if possible, until after a full scrubbing. Harder to get cloth completely clean. For actually picking the tomatoes, if you are trying to keep the stem on, scissors work well. Then it's mostly about cleaning the scissors, and only light tar on the skin. I did find it curious he was worried about green shoulders on the tomatoes, in the general sense, but all those varieties were perhaps not meant to have them at full ripe.

[@Alexis_9339]

White vinegar gets it off relatively easy.

[@briannemorna4268]

Rubbing a bit of green tomato juice on your hands removes it immediately. Just crush a small unripe tomato on your hands.

[@neilsmith7547]

Britain was the best in the world then. Different now.

[@trishgreydanus7004]

How is he growing tomatoes on top of a table in like 6 inches of soil????

[@pheart2381]

Some varieties dont need deep soil. Some work well in containers,dwarf or bush varieties.

[@angiekrajewski6419]

Cod liver oil!!! Berk!!!!

[@mistydawnoliver6717]

I know walnut hulls would have tanned those legs

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

Black market tomatoes😂

[@MrDaiseymay]

and everything else

[@charliesimpson2974]

Who are Joyce and Annie?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Watch Part 1.. will explain it all

[@cbass2755]

Aw….can you imagine not knowing how to eat a banana? That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever seen…..

[@tompahdea9263]

I am surprised that by the time that the Yanks arrived, at least those from the south, did not introduce Green Fried Tomatoes?

[@MrDaiseymay]

We had our limmits, the worst food of all was a South African Fish called ''SNOEK' ( snook) , cheap and plentiful, but very few liked it--apparently.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Tomatoes vitamin C level increases as ripeness proceeds. Green tomatoes would be a waste of potential vitamins at a time when all foods had to be evaluated for nourishment potential.

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Except that British summers being what they are we al have a glut of green tomatoes and they can't all sit on the window sills! I think most women have just made chutney with them if they can. Very welcome to liven up monotonous food in winter,or little Christmas presents.

[@elizabethcarver9902]

Are harry and ruth married in real life?

[@sarahnicole4223]

They passed away someone commented on another episode.

[@robertbray3685]

Ruth and Harry were not married to each other. Ruth was a widow who had been married to Bill Mott. He had died in 1959. Harry was married to Kathleen, who he always called Jane. She died in 2016.

[@InFltSvc]

I never understood this. All the food in the world that everyone was consuming on a daily basis, so for comparison sake, let’s say there’s 1000 people living in a country and only 200 of them are men that go to war where the hell does all that food go for 200 men? why was there no food to go around I don’t understand that

[@TessaBear]

To the men at the front lines. Gotta make MREs out of some thing.

[@dimpletoadfoot8631]

This is the Tomatoes episode

[@margaretlouiseable]

That explains why the food was so bad when my family was there in the late '60's. Most disgusting food ever. Sorry. Ya'll have always felt comfortable criticizing my country. We're cousins after all.

[@HolyInquisition]

Unfortunately, Americans still think our food is bad, and are pleasantly surprised when they visit and it doesn't taste bad. We have a lot of ethnic food now, plus we don't have GMO nor do we jack up our food with a million preservatives like American food. I think that's why some our food tastes strange to Americans. They are used to fake flavours and sugar in everything.

[@Narrowway7]

@@HolyInquisition sounds amazing.