The Ministry of Food at the Imperial War Museum
The Easter holidays are rapidly approaching. Hurray! Always a favourite holiday as there is a chance of sunshine and an almost cast iron guarantee of chocolate.
If you’ve got some time to do something different, then how about offsetting the chocolate gluttony with a trip to the Imperial War Museum, for the Ministry of Food Exhibition. We often hear about how healthy everyone’s diet was during rationing, and this exhibition gives a really great view on how frugal and inventive people got.
Meet characters like Potato Pete, learn what the ABC of cookery was and what advice they issued out for your garden. Even the cafe has had a makeover to try and take into account the cooking of the day, with things like beetroot and cocoa cake and scones with mock cream. Tickets are £4.95 for adults and £2.50 for kids, who I think would love this exhibition.
So you can head round the exhibition, stop off for tea, and then head round the shop as well, which has some good looking gifts (love it when museum shops get it right). For this one, they’ve got everything from seeds to loose leaf tea, and perhaps the “turn over a new leaf” prints could become the new Keep Calm. There’s also a great recipe book to accompany the exhibition, written by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, very on trend for today’s credit crunch, frugal cooking moments.
There’s no great rush to see it as it’s on until January, but if Easter does look like it’s going to be less than sunny, then it would make a great day out. You could then follow it up with huge amounts of gluttony to remind you to be thankful that there is no longer rationing in place! If anyone has been, would love to know what you thought!
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