"Gregory Morrow" wrote

? This was a real problem at that time
> in the UK, too. In fact strict rationing in the UK during the war
> actually
> helped to *improve* the general health because the rationing program was
> designed along strict scientific and nutritional guidelines, rations were
> designed to nutritionally maximise the number of calories consumed.
>
I was a teenager when WWII broke out in the UK and remember rationing well.
My mother used to spend much of her day lining up at the various shops,
trying to get the rations (and often unsuccessfully). It's hard now to
believe what we were allowed - and I question your statement about the
guidelines, since often food was unavailable. Here's the list of rations,
which continued for years after the war ended:
The things still rationed in 1948, three years after the war, we
Bacon and Ham 2 oz. (57 gm) per person a fortnight
Cheese 1½ oz. (43 gm) a week
Butter/margarine 7 oz. (198 gm) a week
Cooking fats 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Meat 1s. (5p) worth a week
Sugar 8 oz. (227 gm) a week
Tea 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Chocolates and sweets 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Eggs No fixed ration: 1 egg for each ration book when available
Liquid milk 3 pints a week
Preserves 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Points-rationed Foods 4 points per week


Bread, soap, bananas, and potatoes were also rationed during this period. In
1951 people could still buy only 10d. (4p) worth of meat each week.

Two new commodities were rationed after the war. Bread was rationed from
1946 to 1948 and potatoes for a year from 1947. The points system ended in
1950.


Rationing continued in this country for 14 years until 1954, when meat was
finally derationed.



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