British Pea Week! | The Archivist Presents | #355

It’s British Pea Week! I’m recovering from Covid and don’t have much appetite, but I do fancy some nice pea soup... Here’s a great public information film encouraging folk to eat more veggies to boost Vitamin C. Girl with building blocks with vitamins and pictures of food and vegetables on them. Sailing ship at sea. Sailor runs up yards. Montage of drawings of fruit and vegetables. Man picking root vegetable. Heart of cabbage cut in front of baskets cotaining other vegetables. Man picks up baskets and carries then away. Pan across allotments with people working. Cabbage cooking in pan. Saucepan boiling on stove. Raw cabbage being sliced. Caption with Spring showing vegetables - turnip, spring onion, radish and leek. Summer - Broad beans, cauliflower, watercress and lettuce. Autumn - Peas, runner beans, cabbage and mustard cress. Winter - Celery, sprouts, endive and spinach. COMMENTARY: Vitamin C outs up our vitality, especially in winter. In the old days sailors on long voyages often suffered from a disease called scurvy. This was found to be caused by a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. In 1795 the Admiralty issued a standing order saying that evey man aboard ship must have an ounce of lemon juice per day. We now know that fresh fruit and vegetable juice are valueable because they are rich in Vitamin C. We cannot produce ot import enough fruit in wartime but we are growing more green vegetables to take their place. Some of these are richer in Vitamin C than fruit. Vegetables that are rich in Vitamin C are all the cabbage family such as caulis, broccoli, spinach, mustard and cress and water cress. Through the Campaign to grow more vegetables the nation is self supporting in Vitamin C. Vitamin C can be lost in bad cooking, and this is what happens if you cook your vegetables for too long or in too much water. YOu will get more value out of green vegetables if you eat them raw as part of your salads. Remember your garden will provide you with green vegetables all year round. For fitness Vitamin C! For Scotland only. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive. Story number is: BM44902 Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: