Pan Potatoes

Potatoes were ubiquitous on tables throughout Britain in the Downton era, and recipes for them were plentiful. Boiled and roasted were the most popular ways to prepare them, but potato straws, potato waffles, and crisp fried paper-thin slices were also common. During the war years, eating potatoes was encouraged because the British crop was abudant.

Wartime cookery books and Ministry of Food leaflets provided ideas on how to to use potatoes in nearly every way you can imagine. In Ma