"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/9/2014 5:09 PM, wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 14:02:14 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/8/2014 12:39 PM, 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
>>>>>
>>>> Didn't lots of people also plant "victory gardens"?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>
>> No, not in England.
>>
> It may have started with the US, but they certainly did have Victory
> Gardens in England. From Wiki:
>
> "Victory gardens were planted in backyards and on apartment-building
> rooftops, with the occasional vacant lot "commandeered for the war
> effort!" and put to use as a cornfield or a squash patch. During World War
> II, sections of lawn were publicly plowed for plots in Hyde Park, London
> to publicize the movement."

I know they did. I've read books about them.