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“Our war food”, war cookbook, 1916

“290 new war recipes examined and approved by the Imperial-Royal Ministry of the Interior in terms of the general interest in provisions.”

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University Library of Vienna
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Universitätsbibliothek Wien

Verwendet bei

  • Chapter

    On stretching, diluting and thinning

    To compensate for bottlenecks in the provision of basics, improvisation was in demand. All manner of substitutes featured in the kitchens of the Monarchy, and became a symbol of a failure to provide basic services.