Making Wartime Food Delicious | From Book to Cook #02
Because of a rice shortage during the Japanese Occupation, people ate sweet potato and tapioca instead. Cookbook author Lee Geok Boi shows us what the human imagination is capable of by taking these humble root vegetables and turning them into two delicious dishes, using only ingredients that were available in Japanese-occupied Singapore. This video is part of "From Book to Cook", a brand new cooking show on Singapore’s old recipes found in the National Library collection. In every episode, our librarian-host Paddy Ong and a guest cook will make a dish or two from a vintage recipe. What happens when you put a librarian in the kitchen, armed with traditional kitchen tools and recipes from the past? Catch the series to find out! Like this video? Watch out for more in the Singapore Storyteller series, where we tell stories of Singapore, about the people who lived, the food we love, and the way things were. From our collections come your stories. #SGStoryTellers Timestamps: 00:00 – Teaser 00:08 – Opening titles 00:17 – Episode introduction 01:07 – Guest introduction 01:48 – Why people turned to tapioca during WWII 02:21 – Wartime rations 02:41 – Agricultural settlements in Endau and Bahau 03:22 – Black markets in Singapore 03:51 – The cookbook written by civilian internees 05:04 – Malnourishment among prisoners of war 05:48 – Geok Boi’s tapioca recipes 06:20 – Ingredients 06:44 – Let’s cook: Making tapioca and sweet potato noodles 08:02 – Tapioca noodles sold during wartime 09:53 – Lack of nutrients in tapioca 13:53 – Making boiled tapioca with grated coconut 15:05 – Let’s eat 15:25 – Total Defence Day 16:19 – Ingenuity in wartime cooking 17:39 – Closing Check out additional resources here: https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/videos/tapioca-tales Watch more from "From Book to Cook": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJlLW0qKYHTNpXqjX--1RVOqiTaoaa9Q9 - Visit our libraries: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/visit-us/our-libraries-and-locations Check out our eResources: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/main Visit the National Archives of Singapore: https://corporate.nas.gov.sg/ Check out Archives Online: https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/ Follow National Library Singapore on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibrarySG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationallibrarysg/ Medium: https://medium.com/the-national-library-blog Follow National Archives of Singapore on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalArchivesSG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalarchivessg/ #FromBooktoCook #SGStoryTellers #NationalLibrarySG #Singapore #History #Heritage #Food #Culture #LAB25
Because of a rice shortage during the Japanese Occupation, people ate sweet potato and tapioca instead. Cookbook author Lee Geok Boi shows us what the human imagination is capable of by taking these humble root vegetables and turning them into two delicious dishes, using only ingredients that were available in Japanese-occupied Singapore. This video is part of "From Book to Cook", a brand new cooking show on Singapore’s old recipes found in the National Library collection. In every episode, our librarian-host Paddy Ong and a guest cook will make a dish or two from a vintage recipe. What happens when you put a librarian in the kitchen, armed with traditional kitchen tools and recipes from the past? Catch the series to find out! Like this video? Watch out for more in the Singapore Storyteller series, where we tell stories of Singapore, about the people who lived, the food we love, and the way things were. From our collections come your stories. #SGStoryTellers Timestamps: 00:00 – Teaser 00:08 – Opening titles 00:17 – Episode introduction 01:07 – Guest introduction 01:48 – Why people turned to tapioca during WWII 02:21 – Wartime rations 02:41 – Agricultural settlements in Endau and Bahau 03:22 – Black markets in Singapore 03:51 – The cookbook written by civilian internees 05:04 – Malnourishment among prisoners of war 05:48 – Geok Boi’s tapioca recipes 06:20 – Ingredients 06:44 – Let’s cook: Making tapioca and sweet potato noodles 08:02 – Tapioca noodles sold during wartime 09:53 – Lack of nutrients in tapioca 13:53 – Making boiled tapioca with grated coconut 15:05 – Let’s eat 15:25 – Total Defence Day 16:19 – Ingenuity in wartime cooking 17:39 – Closing Check out additional resources here: https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/videos/tapioca-tales Watch more from "From Book to Cook": https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJlLW0qKYHTNpXqjX--1RVOqiTaoaa9Q9 - Visit our libraries: https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/visit-us/our-libraries-and-locations Check out our eResources: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/main Visit the National Archives of Singapore: https://corporate.nas.gov.sg/ Check out Archives Online: https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/ Follow National Library Singapore on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibrarySG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationallibrarysg/ Medium: https://medium.com/the-national-library-blog Follow National Archives of Singapore on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalArchivesSG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalarchivessg/ #FromBooktoCook #SGStoryTellers #NationalLibrarySG #Singapore #History #Heritage #Food #Culture #LAB25