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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]With imports of food declining because of the U boat attacks on shipping and the advance of the German army across Europe , the British government set up a committee of nutritional experts to advise the War Cabinet on a strategic food policy. The committee issued a report with the effect that each person in Britain could easily survive on twelve ounces of bread, six ounces of vegetables, a pound of potatoes, two ounces of oatmeal, an ounce of fat, and six-tenths of a pint of milk per day, supplemented either by small amounts of cheese, pulses, meat, fish, sugar, eggs and dried fruit. Food prices were fixed at a standard rate so there was no over-charging, in order that the poorer people would not go without. Everyone was expected to adhere to rationing, including the Royal Family, although those that lived in the country enjoyed some benefits - extra eggs and vegetables, for example. Everyone was allowed 16 points per month to use on what ever food items they wished. This was later increased to 20 points per month. Of course the items purchased still had to be paid for. Milk was also in short supply, due in part to the slaughter of many dairy herds during 1940 in order to allow more land to be used for the growing of vital food crops for the nation. There were of course concessions for fresh milk, such as children and pregnant mothers - as described elsewhere. Also if the parents joint income was below that set by the government of £2 per week then milk was free. The standard price for a pint of milk was 2d (Approx.1p) People learned new tricks, like bottling fruit or shaking the top off the milk to make a tiny piece of butter. Did it taste like butter? Not really, but it was better than no butter at all. Tea was reused as many times as possible (no tea bags those days). Eggs were too precious to use in cakes and so dried eggs were used instead. Even liquid paraffin was used in place of fat sometimes in cake mix.[/quote]
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Iceboy53

Rationing and Kitbags
replied on: 7/22/2006 3:16:43 PM

With imports of food declining because of the U boat attacks on shipping and the advance of the German army across Europe , the British government set up a committee of nutritional experts to advise the War Cabinet on a strategic food policy.

The committee issued a report with the effect that each person in Britain could easily survive on twelve ounces of bread, six ounces of vegetables, a pound of potatoes, two ounces of oatmeal, an ounce of fat, and six-tenths of a pint of milk per day, supplemented either by small amounts of cheese, pulses, meat, fish, sugar, eggs and dried fruit.

Food prices were fixed at a standard rate so there was no over-charging, in order that the poorer people would not go without. Everyone was expected to adhere to rationing, including the Royal Family, although those that lived in the country enjoyed some benefits - extra eggs and vegetables, for example.

Everyone was allowed 16 points per month to use on what ever food items they wished.
This was later increased to 20 points per month.
Of course the items purchased still had to be paid for.

Milk was also in short supply, due in part to the slaughter of many dairy herds during 1940 in order to allow more land to be used for the growing of vital food crops for the nation.
There were of course concessions for fresh milk, such as children and pregnant mothers - as described elsewhere. Also if the parents joint income was below that set by the government of £2 per week then milk was free. The standard price for a pint of milk was 2d (Approx.1p)

People learned new tricks, like bottling fruit or shaking the top off the milk to make a tiny piece of butter. Did it taste like butter? Not really, but it was better than no butter at all.
Tea was reused as many times as possible (no tea bags those days). Eggs were too precious to use in cakes and so dried eggs were used instead. Even liquid paraffin was used in place of fat sometimes in cake mix.

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