Source 3. Daily rations kcal average adult consumers in nine European countries, The survey below is based on a sample of 2, people from different occupational, regional, sex, and age groups in the UK, interviewed between 9 and 26 June Do you know what your daily calorie and protein intake is? And where does the food you eat originate from?
This is displayed on most packaging these days. Record the protein and calories of each item you eat tomorrow and compare it to the wartime diets described above. Source 1. Churchill delivered this address shortly after the first foodstuffs were rationed. The table shows how different income groups in the UK were affected differently by the rationing.
Generally speaking, middle-class food consumption standard deteriorated while the poorer sections of the working class were the main beneficiaries of the wartime policies. Comparing the situation in Britain with other European countries during the war, one observes that rations in those countries were considerably lower. This large discrepancy also resulted from the fact that in most occupied countries, unlike Britain, all foodstuffs were rationed, and not much was available to buy outside of the rationing system.
In these countries, people relied much more on the black market to provide for their basic needs. The differences between occupied countries are also telling of how the Germans perceived their inhabitants. Most other occupied territories in Western and Eastern Europe had to cope with much less. For example, Belgium already had to deal with food shortage and hunger as early as the winter of as it was much less prepared for a self-sufficient wartime food supply.
Shortages of food and other primary resources started in France in the first year of the war as well. Source 4a. The Ministry of Food distributed many recipe leaflets during the war, encouraging people to make the most of their rations. To reach the masses, the Ministry also published ration recipes in the local and national press. By encouraging people to make creative use of their rations, these recipes discouraged dissatisfaction with the rationing regime, thereby improving morale.
Cosmetics or toilet preparations were never rationed, but official production was cut by 75 per cent of prewar output to economise on labour and raw materials. According to the Board of Trade, which was in charge of controlling domestic consumer goods, the industry actually produced over half of prewar output in The possibility of prohibiting the industry entirely was discussed in Instead, the Board introduced increasingly tight regulation, and legislation governing the control of cosmetics was changed eight times in six years.
One example was the appearance of a product called Laddastop following the prohibition of nail varnish, which required scarce solvent-based substances, in Marketed to stop ladders in silk stockings, Laddastop was pink and sold in small bottles with a brush for application. The predicament was resolved by a Ministry of Supply order which prohibited preparations containing the banned solvents in bottles less than half a pint in size.
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska is an associate professor of modern British history at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Sign in. Back to Main menu Virtual events Masterclasses. Food was in short supply for a variety of reasons: much of the processed and canned foods was reserved for shipping overseas to our military and our Allies; transportation of fresh foods was limited due to gasoline and tire rationing and the priority of transporting soldiers and war supplies instead of food; imported foods, like coffee and sugar, was limited due to restrictions on importing.
Every American was issued a series of ration books during the war. The ration books contained removable stamps good for certain rationed items, like sugar, meat, cooking oil, and canned goods. This site uses cookies to improve your experience. By using this site you agree to receiving cookies under our Cookie Policy. Potato Pete. Comments - 1 Sylvia Wright. The first cookery book I bought when we were first married in was by Marguerite Patten.
I still use it today.
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