FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - New book! "A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression"

Janet

In article -
september.org>, says...
> >> I heard something about Depression Era cooking on NPR recently, but
> >> it seemed that the recipes were really bland and sad.
> >> They didn't want people "enjoying" their rations too much...
> >
> > John, rationing was during wartime. There was no rationing in the USA
> > depression, just a lack of funds and jobs.
> >
>
> You are incorrect. There most definitely was food rationing during the
> Great Depression.

You're confusing shortages and poverty with govt food rationing. They
are not the same thing.

Janet UK