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Janet

In article <1890456931.493400481.445508.jinxminx2-
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> 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.

Now you're confusing people in the Depression necessarily "making do
with less", with rationing.

There was nothing informal or local about food rationing; it was
compulsory and imposed on all, rich and poor.

Janet UK