This morning we had one of our special training sessions that wasn't so much work related. It was a food themed one for Christmas with war (and post-war) rationing as the theme. It was quite surprising to learn how widespread rationing had been across the States and for how long. The assistant who put together the US government statistics also found some great photos.

But the food was good too. 'Mock apricot' cake (made from carrots and surprisingly like apricot if you had a good imagination), 'Mock crab' - a paste made from cheese and tomato and egg, a satsuma even.