Famine food of vegetal origin consumed in the Netherlands during World War II

Background: Periods of extreme food shortages during war force people to eat food that they normally do not consider edible. The last time that countries in Western Europe experienced severe scarcities was during World War II. The so-called Dutch famine or Hunger Winter (1944-1945) made at least 25,000 victims. The Dutch government took action by opening soup kitchens and providing information on wild plants and other famine food sources in "wartime cookbooks." The Dutch wartime diet has never been examined from an ethnobotanical perspective. Methods: We interviewed 78 elderly Dutch citizens t... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Vorstenbosch, Tom
de Zwarte, Ingrid
Duistermaat, Leni
van Andel, Tinde
Dokumenttyp: article/Letter to editor
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Schlagwörter: Dutch famine / Emergency food / Recipes / Tulip bulbs / Wild plant collection / World War II
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26838501
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