Simple, delicious minced roast beef (in a shepherd’s pie? Scandalous!) filling topped with creamy mashed potatoes

Pork ribs roasted with a simple and delicious honey and blackberry sauce

Hearty, simple soup that’s reminiscent of spinach

A simple gumbo recipe with okra, beef, ham hock, shrimp, and crab that’s packed with flavor

Braised kangaroo with cloves and black pepper from an WWII Australian rationing cookbook

Boiled pork loin with a delicious, slightly sweet rye bread crumb and cinnamon crust

A thick vegetable and meat stew with suet dumplings

An early version of boeuf bourguignon: A wonderful red wine sauce served with stewed beef

Farro and pork cooked with a wine sauce as it might have been eaten by a Roman centurion stationed at Rome’s northernmost fort in Britain

A US army recipe from 1946 made with corned beef and just a hint of spices

Crispy and tender pork belly marinated in dill seeds, cumin, lovage, asafoetida, and garum with some optional gilding

Simple lamb curry served with rice, plain pinto beans, and white bread as eaten in Folsom Prison

Simple and delicious marinated roast pork loin with caraway and garlic

Fragrant, bitter, lamb-forward stew made with cardamom, cinnamon, and mastic

A very salty no-cook recipe for SPAM with cream cheese filling

Slow-cooked steaks with tomatoes and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy

Simple and surprisingly flavorful beans that are boiled then baked with red pepper and bacon

A simple canned corned beef and mashed potato pie as it was prepared by British army cooks in World War I

500 year old biryani that is packed with fragrant spices, rich ghee, and fluffy rice

Wonderful baby back ribs marinated with ground coriander and sapa and roasted over onions