WW2 trip - packed lunch

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Hi. Looking for some inspiration. My son is going on a world war 2 themed school trip in the next couple of weeks and they have to bring a traditional 1940s packed lunch. Any ideas that he will actually eat? Thanks all xx

Jam sandwiches. Spam

Jam sandwich, a little Rock cake?

Bread and dripping.
Carrot cake.

jam OR butter but not both, that's what my DM told me
A national loaf was sort of half wholemeal I think, you could try that?
Cold sweet tea in a bottle to drink
An old wrinkled apple as no British fruit in season yet
spam (possibly, you'd have to check that)
scrambled egg made with dried egg if you can find it - again, my DM grew up not knowing how to make scrambled egg with real eggs!

food wrapped in greaseproof paper

Spam or corned beef sandwiches, boiled egg, scone, plum,

Thanks. He hates rock cakes etc. Hates jam and spam... will wrap up whatever sandwiches in paper and give him an apple but he'll be starving if that's all he has. Any other snack ideas??

Cheese?
Plain biscuits?

www.teachitprimary.co.uk/history?resource=17141

Having a bit less to eat than normal is probably partly the aim of the exercise. Chuck an extra sandwich in if he really couldn't function with one sandwich and an apple.

Meat paste sandwiches.
Cold jacket potato in reference to 'dig for victory'

potato sandwiches?

Apple
Boiled eggs
Raw carrots
Bread and butter

Marmite sandwiches, plain cake. We had to do this for DS who has food issues and would starve rather than eat a sandwich with jam, spam, meat spread or corned beef. Marmite was a WWII staple apparently. We found a brown paper bag and sent it in that.

If I was the teacher I'd be checking all linchboxes afterwards to see that nothing had been wasted, too.

linchboxes????
lunchboxes

Spam, jam or fish-paste sandwiches with margarine. Plain biscuits, rich tea or marie. Leaky bottle of orange squash. I speak from experience!!

Thanks everyone!

A hard-boiled egg would be an indulgence, given that it was an egg a week for much of the war.

Would he eat veg like radishes (currently in season, just) and carrots?

These are surprisingly nice!

Not if you keep chickens

Lemonade in a glass bottle

When my dd did it he had a jam sandwich, shortbread biscuit, apple wrapped in baking paper with string then in a brown paper bag

Say he lives in the country and has a farm! Then you have might chicken, eggs, cheese and root vegetables plus lettuce, peas and beans and even cucumber and tomatoes (although a bit early in the year for them). People in the country often kept their own pigs. So a reasonable choice of salads or sandwiches could be made if you had a farm! The farm workers were well fed to keep up vital production. This could be a valuable part of his learning! Wrap it in brown greaseproof paper and string. Take British grown fruit: imports were impossible. My Mum says they hardly saw an orange or a banana for years! Although fat was rationed, you could have a bit and make some pastry. So a fruit tart would work, although sugar was rationed. That does not mean that you could not have these foods at all, you just had very litte.

Every farm had an area given over to growing veg. Our farm had at least 2 acres. City people had far less options regarding food.