It’s #FoodnFlix time and
this month Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla chose The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The title
seemed vaguely familiar. I hunted down a
copy and got to watching and it was a delightful movie!
It is set post-World War
II in England and follows a medley of characters as the reminisce about the war,
hardships, and friendships that evolved – and of course potato peel pie was
mentioned! With rationed food, the only
offering one member had to bring to the book club (or literary society) was
potato peel pie with potato peel crust, potato filling, and potato topping!
There was other food in
the movie to be sure, but before I set out to cooking, I remembered where I
heard the title – it is the book of the same name, which I thought an odd name,
so I passed on it without finding out what the book was about. After watching the movie, and liking it, I knew
I had to try the book before creating a recipe!