Lest we Forget: Remembrance Sunday and The Wartime Kitchen Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What do people eat on Armistice Day? ›

As the day is a holiday off from school and work for many, the people of France often spend it with family. Common foods consumed on Armistice Day include pastries like crepes, éclairs, crème brulee, cream puffs and macarons.

Lest we forget—lest we forget!'

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy son's sons …."

The phrase is used to warn people not to forget those who have lost their lives at war, while we live through times of relative peace. You may see it written on poppy pin badges and other remembrance-related items. It is also inscribed on some soldiers' graves and war memorials.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them. The Last Post is sounded. (A Piper Lament may be included in Scotland.)

In 1922, Armistice Day was made a statutory holiday in France. To honour the fallen at 11 a.m. on November 11, every French city has a military gun salute, and wreathes are placed at WW I memorial statues, or graves. Also, there is a bugle call "for the dead".

In France, the bleuet de France is the symbol of memory for, and solidarity with, veterans, victims of war, widows, and orphans, similar to the Commonwealth remembrance poppy. The sale of "bleuet de France" badges on 11 November and 8 May is used to finance charitable works for those causes.

: it should not be forgotten. She's a talented singer and, lest we forget, a fine musician as well.

If my memory serves me right, the above title is taken from a poem I had studied for secondary school leaving examination 36 years ago. The poem was written by the Ghanaian, Kwesi Brew.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead.

What did the wicked witch say about poppies? ›

Poppies!! What's not to love about the The Wizard of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West and her love for the poisonous Poppies..as she said in the film: And now, my beauties, something with poison in it, I think. With poison in it, but attractive to the eye, and soothing to the smell.

The purple poppy remembers animal victims of war and human violence. Animals cannot volunteer and have no choice in becoming involved in war when they serve alongside human military personnel. Like humans, animals living in war zones suffer from the effects of war – injury, stress, lack of food and water.

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in life eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord. God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those whose names we will never know.

“Those we love don't go away; they walk beside us every day.” “Your presence is missed, your memory treasured.” “Rest in peace, dear [name].” “Fondly remembered, deeply missed.”

By the First World War (1914-18), Army food was basic, but filling. Each soldier could expect around 4,000 calories a day, with tinned rations and hard biscuits staples once again. But their diet also included vegetables, bread and jam, and boiled plum puddings. This was all washed down by copious amounts of tea.

Americans were encouraged by the U.S. Food Administration to find replacements for these meal staples to help the war effort; use oats, buckwheat and cornmeal rather than wheat or poultry, and fish rather than beef. These staples were needed to produce the food rations of U.S. war fighters.

Daily rations were meant to include fresh or frozen meat, but many meals would have consisted of tinned food, like this 'Maconochie' beef and vegetable stew. Named after the company that made it, it was a familiar aspect of the British soldier's diet.

In the war, schools also had food shortages and had to cut back. Sadly, there were a lot of poor families who ate only one meal a day. They got by on tea, bread and jam. They may have had only one meal a week with meat, usually on a Sunday.