WW2 Rationing Recipes - American

[Mini Horses]

NO coffee in those rations. Hope some people had fruit growing to make wine.

 

[sumi]

I find it strange that eggs were so scarce and heavily rationed. Chickens are way easier to keep and feed than cows, but milk and butter was available in decent quantities.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I wondered the same thing.

 

[Mini Horses]

Remember these rations were for the masses and MOST were the city folk. Country Bumkins often had plenty to eat! Besides they often had no way to get to town for the rations. I was surprised at the dozen of dried eggs and that there was no grains or dried beans. Any thoughts?

Of course, during wartime, if you were near the troops you may have had supplies taken. They'd eat a chicken, then no eggs. My grandparents lived so far in the holler they'd never have found them, had the actual fighting been in the USA.

 

[Marianne]

I don't know about USA egg rationing, but in Britain, all eggs, milk, etc went to the military. If you had milk that soured before it was collected, you could make cottage cheese from it, otherwise, the military needed it. But it was rare that they let you keep the critter. The grain that fed the one critter would feed a lot of people. They wanted country folk to use their fields to grow people food, not critter food.

 

[Britesea]

That's the same reasoning behind the people who want the whole world to be on a grain-based diet. They don't stop to think about how much the animals add to the tilth and fertility of the soil.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Agreed. There are lots of documentaries and studies that point out how controlled grazing actually reverses desertification and erosion.

 

[Britesea]

but it doesn't fit their agenda, so they ignore those studies.

 

[Mini Horses]

Ya want to get me riled? Just try to take my animals!!!

 

[Marianne]

Uh, almost vegetarian here. No sane eco friendly person is trying to take away your cows. The 'beef' is with the big industries who ignore sustainable land practices.