Chick peas, garbanzo beans, hummos, chana, cici beans – all words that describe the same bean. The OED traces the name of chick peas from French (chiche) to Latin (cicer – where we get the name Cicero). The word “chick … Continue reading
During this Lent, we’ve been faced with a number of unique challenges, specifically that we were not only limited through our ration points, but through dietary restrictions. For those of you who missed my earlier entry, we have been doing … Continue reading
I was itching for something sweet and realized that our sugar ration wasn’t going to last all month if I made cookies or something equally sugar-intensive. So, I did some thinking and assessed the ingredients in the house and came … Continue reading
Each year, my family has been partaking in a Medieval Style Lent – no meat (chicken, pork, beef) and no dairy (butter/cheese) Monday through Saturday. On Sundays, you’re supposed to celebrate the sabbath, so there shall be meat and cheese … Continue reading
The Oslo Lunch was served to British Schoolchildren as an experiment during World War II to improve their health. It was cheap and took advantage of any vegetables that could have been grown in a small household garden. The makeup … Continue reading
This has been the easiest week of rationing as the house is still full of food since before rationing began. I am calculating our points from our shopping trip today as we ended up buying some additional goods at a … Continue reading
