Recipe Cards

Recipe card for, "Shopping Hints," and "Cooking Hints"

This category within the cookbook, “Shopping Hints,” identifies seven tips to remember when grocery shopping. The suggestions are adaptable based on the seasonal availability of ingredients and their prices. An example of this is the suggestion to “Use foods 'in season,' when the price is lowest.” It encourages the consumer to be aware of cheaper options and products that were promoted in grocery stores, in order for families to stretch their budgets during wartime. The second category, titled “Cooking Hints,” provides useful strategies when cooking a meal. The hints may be obvious, but they encourage the conservation of leftovers to form other meals, such as using leftover vegetables or vegetable water to make soup. This section shows cooking methods, such as suggested ways to cook vegetables, and how long they should be cooked for. These seemingly simple methods become helpful when determining the amount of time a product should be cooked for, and how this differs between products. These hints demonstrate that Canadians were in a period of need and that saving money on food was an important way to keep the family budget intact. 

Recipe card for, "Suggestions for Meals"

“Suggestions for Meals” offers recommendations for meals that can be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Each of the suggested meals includes elements of different food groups, but the recommendations include a limited variation of meals. The differences between lunch and dinner are minimal due to the lack of recipes within the cookbook, resulting in the suggestions being very broad and generic. An example of this is when it states, “Soup, with or without vegetables.” Although the meals are not specific, the section provides prices of foodstuffs, which allows the consumer to understand the estimated costs of each ingredient and dish. By providing the prices of ingredients, it shows that the CMA is determined to suggest meals that are affordable for families in Canada, while ensuring that the basic food groups and dietary standards are met. We can see that though food products were limited, Canadians were able to establish basic and easy meals for the family while sticking to a budget.

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