i would bake a cake and if she found out it was a betty crocker cake, she would say, no. she was a staunch patriot, believe me. that is where i got my patriotism, from her, and from my grandparents and my parents to we all served in some way for the war effort. ms. cabana: for those that couldn't make tongue taste good, -- i still don't know if i could try that -- for those who needed guidance to make delicious desserts, i actually asked her later in the interview, how do you make delicious desserts with sugar rationing? that was a whole different conversation. there were a lot of cookbooks that were published as special wartime edition cookbooks that would help families creatively use what they had to produce quality foods that didn't taste like you would think there should probably taste. cooking with little sugar, little butter, or new cuts of meat became part of the war effort, and you can tell she is still very proud of her part in that war effort. here are some examples of recipes that use substituted items. for example, brown sugar and corn syrup were used in place