ANZAC Biscuits for ANZAC Day.

ANZAC Day today, so I am flying the New Zealand flag and eating Anzac Biscuits cooked yesterday by my wife.

New Zealand flag flying over South Somerset on ANZAC Day.

The famous biscuits were originally made to send to the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) serving in Gallipoli during the First World War.

ANZAC Biscuits made to a Second World War recipe.

My wife used a Second World War recipe which came from a little gem of a book entitled Eating For Victory - Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations, (Michael O'Mara Books Ltd., 2007).  The book cover states: "Never before published in book form this nostalgic collection of original facsimile leaflets helps to show how millions of people in Britain made do with food shortages during the Second World War."