World War 2 Food Rationing
Has anyone ever tried to see if they can go a month or 2 living on the rationing of World War 2?I plan to have a go starting tomorrow Rationing went on well into the 1950s. I had a ration card. Not that I can remember it. They are in a box somewhere in the house, along with ID cards and my father's dog tags. I can see what this years diet fad will be...
On a serious note, what did/do you actually get for rations? A typical ration for one adult per week was:
Butter: 50g (2oz)
Bacon and ham: 100g (4oz) Margarine: 100g (4oz)
Sugar: 225g (8oz).
Meat: To the value of 1s.2d (one shilling and sixpence per week. That is about 6p today)
Milk: 3 pints (1800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1200ml).
Cheese: 2oz (50g)
Eggs: 1 fresh egg a week.
Tea: 50g (2oz).
Jam: 450g (1lb) every two months.
Dried eggs 1 packet every four weeks.
Sweets: 350g (12oz) every four weeks
Does this sound about right? According to this website adding inflation from 1940 prices to today works out £7.67 for meat
Its not alot of food, you would need to be a good gardener and grow a bunch of stuff. At least in those days houses had a good sized plot, not like today Can I get an extra meat ration if I'm willing to collaborate? People ate a lot of sugar in those days. So OP do you have an allotment? And if so, what can you grow in a day data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 I don't intend to grow anything, I'm leaving that part of it out as no space to grow stuff,
I'm talking about going a month living on what they would have ate back then How much bread were people allowed? I don't see it listed above.