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Tasty foods invented in terrible times
From frugal to favorite
Some of the most delicious recipes were invented out of necessity. Faced with a lack of certain ingredients, creative bakers scraped together whatever was in their larder so they could still put bread – or cake – on the table. Resourceful wartime cooks used their rations and their imaginations to come up with tasty meals and make each scrap of food stretch as far as possible. Here are some of the best dishes that were born from hardship and are now firm favorites.
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Hoover stew
A combination of elbow macaroni, tinned tomatoes, sweetcorn, beans and chopped hot dogs, Hoover stew emerged during the Great Depression in the 1930s. It was often served in soup kitchens in ‘Hoovervilles’ – shantytowns built by
Tasty canned food recipes just as good as fresh
Just open a can
Canned food is a store cupboard staple in most households but do you know which is the most used? The US-based Canned Food Alliance has released data on the best-selling canned foods in America so we’ve compiled 30 genius recipes to use your favorites in new ways. Working our way down to the most popular canned food, some of our ideas may surprise you but they all taste great and are pretty quick and easy to make.
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Tomato sauce: tomato risotto
Tomato sauce from a can is more like passata (puréed and sieved tomatoes) rather than like ketchup. We love using it in this oven-baked risotto. It takes just 10 minutes to prepare and the rest of the time it’s in the oven,