Meatless Dinners + Air Raids

Burton Mail : Articles from WW1 [Held at Burton Library]

July 1916

THUSDAY JULY 6TH 1916: MEATLESS DINNER RECIPES

Selection from last week’s contributions. Here are a few more selections from the recipes for a meatless dinner which were sent in by competitors last week.

SAVOURY BEANS AND CHEESE

1/4LB haricot beans

1/2lb grated cheese

2oz margarine

Salt and pepper

A few breadcrumbs. Cost 7d

Soak the beans in water overnight, boil till tender. Mash or pass through a sieve, stir in grated cheese and margarine, add pepper and salt to taste, scatter the breadcrumbs over the top of the dish and bake in a moderate oven for 20mins. Serve very hot.

RICE AND EGG SAVOURY

2 Eggs

2oz butter

4oz boiled rice

Pepper and salt

½ teaspoonful of meat extract

Buttered toast. Average cost 6d

Melt the butter in a saucepan dissolve the extract in a little hot water, pour in the butter, rice, eggs and seasoning, stir over fire until hot, when cooked heap on squares of hot buttered toast.

MONDAY 31ST JULY 1916: OUR READER VIEWS.

Air raid warning

Sir- As you know we had a visit from Zeppelins in this country on Friday and we in Burton received no warning whereas both Derby and Swadlincote blew their sirens. My point is this, if the population of Derby and Swadlincote can be warned why can’t we? I know our officials will say the War Office has been approached and has declined to notify the approach of hostile aircrafts but are the ratepayers of Burton to be trapped through not having warning. I have yet to meet one person who does not want a warning. Yours etc. A BURTONIAN