In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 17:39:34 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
> >In article >, says...
> >>
> >> "Tara" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/mock-g...es-of-the-war-
> >> > rations-diet
> >> >
> >> > http://tinyurl.com/l5qn9ux
> >> >
> >> > http://1940sexperiment.wordpress.com/
> >> >
> >> > "There is a website, called The 1940s Experiment, whose proprietor,
> >> > Carolyn Ekins, who was born and raised in the UK but now lives in Canada,
> >> > is attempting to lose a hundred pounds by following a wartime rations
> >> > diet, specifically made up of the foods eaten by the British public
> >> > during World War II. "
> >> >
> >> > Tara
> >>
> >> Yes. I have seen that. I have a British cookbook of that era and I have
> >> made several dishes from it. Not sure how such a diet would help with
> >> weight loss though
> >
> > Fat, sugar, meat and dairy were all strictly rationed, a fixed amount
> >per person per week. Vegetables were not rationed.
> >
> > Janet
>
> Of course that was if it was available. I remember being bored to
> tears queuing with my mother or aunts for a chance for a treat.

My mother left the ration book in the pram and the pram outside the
shop with me in it, while she queued inside.

When she came to retrieve the ration book I had eaten it....

Janet UK