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New book! "A Square Meal: A Culinary History of theGreatDepression"
jmcquown > wrote:
> 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.
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> 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
>
I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
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jinx the minx
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