How Much Food Were People Actually Rationed During World War II?
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During World War II most of the world was facing severe hardships. Everything from food to clothing to furniture was metered out in the most efficient ways possible. While all at-war nations had some kind of rationing system, there were very stark differences between countries in how food was rationed and which foods were available, even between nations working closely together like the U.S. and Britain. So, how much food were folks actually allowed?
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My dad was to old to fight in WW2 (he was a pharmacist mate in WW1) but he was put in charge of the ration distributions and accountability during WW2. My mom said he would go down to the railroad yards and work out of the box cars.
More evidence that people should incorporate prepping as a normal part of their lifestyle.
that's going to take a hard punch in the face for 70-98% of the population ...
This is good, but there are some silly minor errors in this, that better research would have revealed to you. The UK had "ordinary rations" but they also had a point system for many items, which allowed people to have some choice to get other things such as canned goods, oatmeal, dry beans, and other things that were in somewhat short supply, and the US point system was modeled after the UK point system and customized to suit the US. The US version, for example, included meat on the point system instead of the UK system of a money allowance. The UK had much more price fixing at the customer level than did the US (the US did it more at the commodities level), so the point system for meat worked for the US and the price amount worked better in the UK. Fields were not bombed, as a general rule, lol. The targets were cities, ports, and munitions factories, right? The food disruption after the war had to do with many factors, but I would say the top ones were labor shortages, equipment shortages (tractor factories, for instance, had been changed into munition factories, and then often destroyed through bombing), with roads, trains, ships, bridges, and transportation in general being in disarray, and sometimes changes in property ownership and experience because of deaths, and then there was also the big fact that Europe was starving. Europe had far less food during the last years of the war than did the UK. As they did get the food system restarted, the first food had to go to feeding themselves and displaced persons and not for export, so it took a long time. Before the war some estimates were that the UK was importing 70% of its food. Hitler effectively cut off much of the supply, all of it from Europe. The US in contrast, before the war, only imported 10% of its food, because we produce more food than we eat. The rationing in the US had more to do with supplying its allies and filling the gap that Europe previously supplied, and also in supplying their troops, again with a labor shortage after the US entered the war. In other words, it was strategic rationing to help win the war by helping our allies, and not done because we were short of food to feed our own.
Have no idea why been watching these old vids from the 40 and 50s. Interesting stuff
One egg per one adult a week, WOW...I need some chickens..
Best to get ahead of things before hand if you can.
life without cake will be hell
We got chickens about a year ago due to shortages here.
There are 2 animals that are legal to keep in your city in Kentucky (even urban residences!): chickens and goats. Probably for the eggs and milk.
What's funny is that this wartime rationing system was more fair, equal and effective than many Communist markets were. Look up the video "Shopping in the Soviet Union" if you don't believe me. Here everyone got some stuff, there it was often "first come first served, if you're in the back of the line, you're out of luck".
It was not 1 egg per adult per week,it was an allocation system,depending on ever how many eggs were available
In the USA, poultry and poultry products (eggs) were not rationed. The OPA urged Americans to substitute eggs dishes, in place of meat, at least once a week.
My grandmother refused to eat meat during the war, since beef being sent over to the troops, the meat in the market freezers was horse meat
we would NOT be able to survive this kind of rationing again. hell, i bet there'd even be riots.
Everyone we are told was healthy on Rationing ...Maybe those going to food banks could learn from this and see if they could manage eating this way..
Maybe it was the food bank we went to when I was a teen and young adult… lived in a poor town. but you really didn’t get much and produce was one day from being rotten. Mostly breads and sweets. It wasn’t that easy to meal plan
why just someone using a food bank? Why not Everyone?
They put sawdust into the bread ...sometimes the bread took on a grey or brown color
unfortunately, I don't recall ever asking the question of any of my family that lived through this. But given that my family owned a chain of small, rural grocery stores, I wonder if rationing impacted them in the same way. I do know that when my mother was growing up, it wasn't uncommon for them to have mystery cans for dinner. When labels would fall off cans, they couldn't be sold, so they would bring them home and add them to whatever they were eating that night.
My family lived in the country in Canada. Both parents lived threw rationing. Logging area, but every one had chickens, cows, pigs and massive gardens. I remember my grandmother making mustard and vinegar.
What both my parents remember effecting them the most was things like sugar, or spices. They used a lot of black stap molasses as a sugar substitute. And most sugar went to canning.
Dad was taken out of school at 13 to work as a lumberjack. No men to do the job. They were well fed.
Mom was sent to work in a factory in Frederickton, NB at age 12. Saturday afternoon and Sunday off. Twelve hour shifts.
She took the train home.
In town she was much more effected by the rationing system than at home. She filled up at home.
The 1 egg pp per week was for Britain, not the USA.
one egg per week. Fuck that. I love eggs, especially scrambled in the morning.
A question how did they manage to can foods when metals were needed for the war
Metal cans were used for troops. Glass Ball jars, or Mason jars were used for home canning. Jars included the bail jar, also a reusable glass lid and thick rubber gasket for Mason jars. I wouldn't mind the latter today, especially for tomatoes.
Alternate packaging, most commonly “glassine” or paper was used for dry products. There was a limited amount of metal available for cans and each month you were issued 48 points to use for “processed” foods. The OPA published point charts which were published in the market & papers.
I assure you that the powers that be had more food than the commoner.
That's what I looked like at that time.
Am here bcus of the ukraine n russian war smh am scared
Me too.
@@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness Me too, and it's March 2023
Looks like the U.S. didn't have rationing. My brother was 11 before he saw a banana. We were a lot healthier, just shows what pigs we are now.
I find it comical that rationing in Britain lasted until 1954, 9 years after the end of the war. I guess that's what communist central economic planning will get you. Germany was totally destroyed by the war, but they embraced free markets and rationing there ended in 1950.
Interesting comment. I read that rationing in the UK finally ended when they changed their government to the free market.