On 8/20/2016 12:45 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> 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
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> 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.
>
Citation, please, jinx.
There was no government rationing during the Depression in the United
States. People grew what they could, preserved what they could, shared
what they could. They ate very simple meals and stretched the
ingredients to feed their families.
My father was not lying when he said he and his siblings carried hot
baked potatoes in the winter to have for lunch at school. Grandma sent
them off with potatoes and a small packet of salt. Butter was scarce
but sometimes (Dad said) there was a knob of butter for the baked potatoes.
Jill