— Savings and Savoury Dishes

Edinburgh, The Patriotic Food LEague, 1917. Paperback. A scarce wartime cookery book published by the Patriotic Food League, presenting economical recipes. A scarce work.Published during the First World War, this work contains all manner of hints on how to save economically on food preparation.With recipes such as pot haggis, tripe, red pottage, invalid rabbit broth, mulligatawny soup, gruel and bird's nest pudding.Other pamphlets published by the Patriotic Food League include 'Hay Box Cookery', 'Simple Recipes for Open Fires', 'Diet for Children', 'Hints to Housewives', 'Cereal Food Preparations' and 'Peas, Beans and Lentils&apos.The fourth impression.Including a selection of recipes loosely inserted, both handwritten and from newspaper clippings. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, worn, front wrap is held by one cord only and may detach with further handling. Loss and lifting to the backstrip. Light edge wear to the wraps, alongside spots and handling marks. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Tidemark to the front paste down and front endpaper. Small label to the front paste down. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .