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jinx the minx

Janet > wrote:
> 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
>
>
>

Regardless of any formalized government rationing system there was still
informal rationing that was done even if only done at the local or home
level.

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jinx the minx