Wasnt the reasoning with all the sugar to save it up for special desserts and canning? You could use it to can some not rationed fruit for extra items over the winter.
Love this! I have lurked so often on your blog and only just found you are on youtube 💕 I've decided to join you, starting my first week tomorrow so I've been measuring out my ration allowances tonight ready to go 👍
I was hopping maybe you could give more info on your website about make do and mend and beauty for duty..... I m home schooling 4 children and would appreciate as much information as possible and downloads are always nice. If you have them. I think your doing amazing and im considering trying what your doing as i myself could do with loosing a few pounds. Keep up the good work
There's a couple things about wartime rationing in the UK that I really didn't understand. One is, why so much sugar? All the really high food value I am so deeply rationed but sugar? I don't use that much when I'm not trying. The other thing is, why didn't the government allowed or encourage them to raise chickens? Rabbits are lovely but they require special food and all they're good for is meet. Chickens can lay eggs. They will eat scraps, and they multiply like crazy.. That was another thing I didn't understand. Why weren't they allowed to use their scraps as they saw fit?
@@tenthousanddaysofgratitude still seems out of balance. I've always wondered why the gov't didn't encourage chickens. They multiply quickly, lay eggs, and live on scraps.
@SunnyMorningPancakes have you ever had chickens? I have. They don't have a specialized diet. They eat scraps and pretty much anything you don't eat. During the War, the British were allowed unlimited feed for the rabbits. Chickens can live on field corn. I just never understood why. Because chickens are far more practical. With the rabbit, you raise it, feed it, and kill it. It's the end. With chickens you have eggs for years. And they have chicks. Who also lay eggs.
I have friends who have raised chickens and other birds. They need to have enough calcium to ensure they can produce healthy eggs as well as grit. They also need more space than rabbits. (I'm speaking historically, when rabbits were very much in hutches the size of two shoe boxes) As I said rabbits eat 90% hay with some grass and will eat leafy green kitchen scraps. I'd say both are a good option for protein production depending on the home environment. Although I suppose the other downside of chickens for meat (again at that time) would be a lack of in home refrigeration. Rabbits are game animals and are usually hung before eating whereas with a chicken you can't really leave it around for long.
Meat, cheese, fats, sugar, tea and milk amounts are for 1 week and points are for 1 month. In addition to that you can freely buy bread and vegetables, lots of potatoes@ But yes limited choice. Average calories consumed per person each day during WW2 was around 2300. Manual workers ate more , they were given an extra 8-12 oz of cheese per week xx C
So sorry, I didn't realise that I'd not got it on the downloads page, it's been added now but you can also download it from this page xxx the1940sexperiment.com/2022/06/05/living-on-ww2-rations-experiment-free-download/
Thank you all for turning up during the Premiere, loved the brief chat! xxx The live chat has disappeared which is a shame though! C xxxx
Wasnt the reasoning with all the sugar to save it up for special desserts and canning? You could use it to can some not rationed fruit for extra items over the winter.
Yes and they even upped the sugar allowance during harvesting time on occasions so people could make jams etc. Xxx
Love this! I have lurked so often on your blog and only just found you are on youtube 💕 I've decided to join you, starting my first week tomorrow so I've been measuring out my ration allowances tonight ready to go 👍
I’ve been looking through your website a lot lately in prep for our 1940’s week in March.
Lovely video as always ❤️ happy for you that it's working out!
I was hopping maybe you could give more info on your website about make do and mend and beauty for duty..... I m home schooling 4 children and would appreciate as much information as possible and downloads are always nice. If you have them. I think your doing amazing and im considering trying what your doing as i myself could do with loosing a few pounds. Keep up the good work
I was just a bit late for the live show :( but you're doing well!
This looks like my ordinary stock except I was given some dried cherries too. Hope all is well for you and your family.
Thank you Karen, yes all is well just very busy. My eldest has moved back in and it's a tight squeeze xxx
There's a couple things about wartime rationing in the UK that I really didn't understand. One is, why so much sugar? All the really high food value I am so deeply rationed but sugar? I don't use that much when I'm not trying. The other thing is, why didn't the government allowed or encourage them to raise chickens? Rabbits are lovely but they require special food and all they're good for is meet. Chickens can lay eggs. They will eat scraps, and they multiply like crazy.. That was another thing I didn't understand. Why weren't they allowed to use their scraps as they saw fit?
Sugar was for preserving and pickling the harvest and for special event home baking like Christmas. Mostly for canning and pickling.
@@tenthousanddaysofgratitude still seems out of balance. I've always wondered why the gov't didn't encourage chickens. They multiply quickly, lay eggs, and live on scraps.
Rabbits live on hay. Chickens need more specialised food.
@SunnyMorningPancakes have you ever had chickens? I have. They don't have a specialized diet. They eat scraps and pretty much anything you don't eat. During the War, the British were allowed unlimited feed for the rabbits. Chickens can live on field corn. I just never understood why. Because chickens are far more practical. With the rabbit, you raise it, feed it, and kill it. It's the end. With chickens you have eggs for years. And they have chicks. Who also lay eggs.
I have friends who have raised chickens and other birds. They need to have enough calcium to ensure they can produce healthy eggs as well as grit. They also need more space than rabbits. (I'm speaking historically, when rabbits were very much in hutches the size of two shoe boxes)
As I said rabbits eat 90% hay with some grass and will eat leafy green kitchen scraps.
I'd say both are a good option for protein production depending on the home environment. Although I suppose the other downside of chickens for meat (again at that time) would be a lack of in home refrigeration. Rabbits are game animals and are usually hung before eating whereas with a chicken you can't really leave it around for long.
Not much food for a month is it?!
Meat, cheese, fats, sugar, tea and milk amounts are for 1 week and points are for 1 month. In addition to that you can freely buy bread and vegetables, lots of potatoes@ But yes limited choice. Average calories consumed per person each day during WW2 was around 2300. Manual workers ate more , they were given an extra 8-12 oz of cheese per week xx C
I can't seem to find the download in the list. What is it called?
So sorry, I didn't realise that I'd not got it on the downloads page, it's been added now but you can also download it from this page xxx the1940sexperiment.com/2022/06/05/living-on-ww2-rations-experiment-free-download/
@WW2 Ration Book Recipes Thank you so much! ❤️