News, highlights and banter from the team at BBC Genome – the website that shows you all the BBC’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) Join us and share all the oddities, archive gems and historical firsts you find while digging around… 2016-12-16T12:00:00+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome

2016-12-16T12:00:00+00:00 2016-12-16T12:00:00+00:00 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/d6a47fdd-a641-4506-b209-f215141e2bbd <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04ln0ln.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04ln0ln.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>The ad by the Ministry of Food suggested various Christmas recipes using the available ingredients.</em></p></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>The <a title="BBC Genome - December 1944" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f34a34983df04b838fb31a15b44896d2" target="_blank">1944 Christmas edition</a> of Radio Times magazine included the usual Food Facts ad by the <a title="BBC History - rationing" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/topics/rationing_in_ww2" target="_blank">Ministry of Food</a> about how to make the best out of what was available at the time to make "Christmas Fancies."</p> <p>More advice was available on radio thanks to The Kitchen Front, a daily programme devised by the BBC and the Ministry of Food to "talk about what to eat and where to get it" - the idea was to give wartime housewives hints and tips on the best and most resourceful ways of using their rations.</p> <p><a title="BBC Genome - The Kitchen Front" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22kitchen+front%22#search" target="_blank">Browsing through the episodes</a> provides a good glimpse into wartime daily life - suggestions on how to make <a title="BBC Genome - The Kitchen Front" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/59075d1835724421887a1475f169409d" target="_blank">mincemeat without suet, </a>talks from <a title="BBC Genome - The Kitchen Front" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d1a2b87607c74ec2bb0eee066acade90" target="_blank">women writers</a>, guest appearances by <a title="BBC Genome - The Kitchen Front" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0fa434f1c5f444c396c24c952b0e08d3" target="_blank">"men in the kitchen"</a> and, of course, <a title="BBC Genome - The Kitchen Front" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3ec8c4b67f5b4520a9f6a2916de40eca" target="_blank">some comedy</a> to take the mind away from it all.</p> </div> <div class="component"> <div id="smp-0" class="smp"> <div class="smp__overlay"> <div class="smp__message js-loading-message delta"> <noscript>You must enable javascript to play content</noscript> </div> </div> </div><p> <em>Frederick Grisewood on The Kitchen Front, March 1941.</em> </p></div>