Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Bring the past to life through food. Historic Cooking is a bi-monthly show where we recreate dishes from history and reimagine them with a modern twist.
Episode 3 š„§ Wartime Sausage Rolls
In this episode we bake some wartime sausage rolls from a recipe written by a British Army cook in 1941.
This cookbook was found in a loft in Radford, Coventry and later donated to Coventry Archives. It is extremely detailed and features a range of recipes designed to feed 100 men.
Our Chef and host, Tom has produced a scaled down recipe for these beef sausage rolls in addition to a modern pork roll and a vegetarian/vegan version.
Grab the recipes here and start cooking: culturespacecoventry.com/historic-cooking
Behind the scenes: youtu.be/wAMwiyOpn1U
Tomās Coleslaw Recipe: youtu.be/wh8ZgTEaTow
Gloria & Lil's: gloriaandlils.selz.com
ā¬ā¬ā¬Chaptersā¬ā¬ā¬
0:00 Intro
01:19 WW2 Beef
04:56 Tasting WW2 Beef
06:25 Modern Pork
11:04 Tasting Modern Pork
12:48 Veggie & Vegan
17:27 Tasting Veggie & Vegan
18:06 Outro
šļø Wartime Cooking šļø
At home, citizens had to endure rationing. Less food for the population meant more food for the armed forces fighting in Europe and beyond.
Meals were prepared in field kitchens, producing large quantities of food to feed the hungry soldiers. Food was both a way to keep soldiers healthy and avoid malnutrition, but food could also be an excellent morale booster.
Follow Tom on Instagram: instagram.com/knitslips
NEXT EPISODE: Roast Dinner
#HistoricCooking
This video was filmed during coronavirus restrictions. All three staff involved were in a support bubble together and treated as a single household.
Bring the past to life through food. Historic Cooking is a bi-monthly show where we recreate dishes from history and reimagine them with a modern twist.
Episode 3 š„§ Wartime Sausage Rolls
In this episode we bake some wartime sausage rolls from a recipe written by a British Army cook in 1941.
This cookbook was found in a loft in Radford, Coventry and later donated to Coventry Archives. It is extremely detailed and features a range of recipes designed to feed 100 men.
Our Chef and host, Tom has produced a scaled down recipe for these beef sausage rolls in addition to a modern pork roll and a vegetarian/vegan version.
Grab the recipes here and start cooking: culturespacecoventry.com/historic-cooking
Behind the scenes: youtu.be/wAMwiyOpn1U
Tomās Coleslaw Recipe: youtu.be/wh8ZgTEaTow
Gloria & Lil's: gloriaandlils.selz.com
ā¬ā¬ā¬Chaptersā¬ā¬ā¬
0:00 Intro
01:19 WW2 Beef
04:56 Tasting WW2 Beef
06:25 Modern Pork
11:04 Tasting Modern Pork
12:48 Veggie & Vegan
17:27 Tasting Veggie & Vegan
18:06 Outro
šļø Wartime Cooking šļø
At home, citizens had to endure rationing. Less food for the population meant more food for the armed forces fighting in Europe and beyond.
Meals were prepared in field kitchens, producing large quantities of food to feed the hungry soldiers. Food was both a way to keep soldiers healthy and avoid malnutrition, but food could also be an excellent morale booster.
Follow Tom on Instagram: instagram.com/knitslips
NEXT EPISODE: Roast Dinner
#HistoricCooking
This video was filmed during coronavirus restrictions. All three staff involved were in a support bubble together and treated as a single household.
