Summary: Fictional piece showing how to use grated potato as a substitute for suet in cooking in Britain, 1918.
Description: A working class man expresses dissatisfaction about dinner, protesting to his wife that their neighbour still makes suet puddings and dumplings. Sneaking a look through the neighbour's window on the following morning, his wife sees that her neighbour uses grated potato mixed with flour as a substitute, to compensate for the wartime shortage. That evening she presents her husband with a pudding.
Alternative Title:FILM TAGS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Edwards, Henry1882-09-181952-11-02 (Production cast)
White, Chrissie (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: propaganda, British - practical (object name)
society, British - sustenance (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
Class (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 149 ft; Running time: 3 mins
