Mostly this was because I cooked everything yesterday, and didn't need to prepare anything for tomorrow. But I'll take a day off any way I can! The suggestions for "holidays at home" actually talk about how important it is for mother to have a holiday as well, and not spend it all cooking for the family. It then goes on to say that this should be achieved by doing the cooking in advance.
Breakfast was bacon turnovers. Cooked bacon, potatoes, sage, and a little cheese wrapped in pastry. They turned out really well, the pastry was just wholemeal flour and lard but turned out very nicely and the filling was tasty. They would be good to wrap up and take to a bomb shelter or out on night duty too.
Lunch was a vegetable curry. A roux of flour and fat was made, with a spoonful of curry powder. Then made into a sauce with stock. The cooked vegetables were added and it should all be simmered for another 30 minutes. That seemed liable to result in very soggy over cooked veg to me, so I'll admit I cut that part down! One recipe was just for "curried carrots" with no other vegetables but We had potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and green beans in ours. Since rice was only available on the points system I didn't think British Restaurants would have much, so we ate ours without. It made a very nice, flavourful sort of stew - if not very curry like to modern eyes.
Friday is fish day and we celebrated the end of the working week with a trip to the fish and chip shop! Chip shops stayed open during the war serving fish and chips as well as meat pies (which were mostly spam) Of course I'm sure modern chip shops have larger portions of fish, and probably nicer batter with white flour being easily available. But it's the closest we can get, so it will have to do!
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