ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDo people eat this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square171linkfedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down18
arrow-up1700arrow-down1imageDo people eat this?lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square171linkfedilink
minus-squaressfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 days agoIt’s a wartime / depression era food, not something you’d make by choice, typically Cause bread was cheaper than say meat or cheese or what not
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoFirst appeared in an 1861 cookbook, target for this was sick people. Would be easy to keep down, carbs and fats to nourish more than just a broth.
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoIve had it a couple of times, for a laugh, while broke as a joke. Only just discovered that i didnt invent it though.
minus-squaressfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoIncidentally a UK paper a few years back called it “the cheapest british meal” and invited someone to send in a cheaper meal and they’d get an award. They got flooded and had to pick the winner at random.
It’s a wartime / depression era food, not something you’d make by choice, typically
Cause bread was cheaper than say meat or cheese or what not
First appeared in an 1861 cookbook, target for this was sick people. Would be easy to keep down, carbs and fats to nourish more than just a broth.
Ive had it a couple of times, for a laugh, while broke as a joke. Only just discovered that i didnt invent it though.
Incidentally a UK paper a few years back called it “the cheapest british meal” and invited someone to send in a cheaper meal and they’d get an award. They got flooded and had to pick the winner at random.