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| RMMee Moderator Quote | Reply | | Fish & Chips posted on: 3/12/2006 7:25:13 AM A query from the main site: "Can you please tell me why Fish & Chips were not rationed in the war? This has become a topic of great conversation in my family." I didn't realise that they weren't, so can anyone give an explanation. (Educated guesses are acceptable, but the real answer would be even better.) |
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Fish & Chips
replied on: 3/12/2006 4:58:41 PM Observer 19 Jan 2003 "The importance of fish and chips was always officially acknowledged and through two World Wars the British Government bent over backwards to keep fish and chips off the ration card and supplies strong. The damage to morale if they had failed to do so was considered unthinkable" |
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RMMee
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replied on: 3/18/2006 12:27:57 AM Another thing to remember is that just because it wasn't rationed didn't mean that you could get it. I have read somewhere that word used to spread rapidly when the local chippie had actually got a supply of fish in. So perhaps it was just unecessary to ration. It wasn't just fish and chips that weren't rationed - it was anything in restaurants. But, to make sure that it wasn't only the rich is got the benfit of this, there was a limit put on how expensive any restaurant meal could be, and a maximum of only three courses! |
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