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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 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
>

I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.

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On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>
> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>
When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?

S Viemeister > wrote:
> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>>
>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>>
> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
>

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to feed 6
people, or last more than one meal.

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On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> S Viemeister > wrote:
>> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>>>
>>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>>>
>> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
>>
> Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to feed 6
> people, or last more than one meal.
>
Ah. That will confuse many people.

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> S Viemeister > wrote:
>> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>>>
>>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>>>
>> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
>>
> Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to feed
> 6
> people, or last more than one meal.
>
Ah. That will confuse many people

------------------------------

It makes sense to me. Many people in the old days had to ration things out
so they lasted until the more became available.

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On 8/20/2016 4:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message
> On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>> S Viemeister > wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>>>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>>> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>>> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
>> Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to
>> feed 6 people, or last more than one meal.
> Ah. That will confuse many people
>
> ------------------------------
>
> It makes sense to me. Many people in the old days had to ration things
> out so they lasted until the more became available.
>
Yes, but 'there was rationing' is not the same as 'people carefully
rationed their food'.
To me (and many others), 'there was rationing during the Depression'
would suggest _imposed_, rather than _self_ rationing.

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 8/20/2016 4:19 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message
> On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>> S Viemeister > wrote:
>>> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
>>>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
>>> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>>> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
>> Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to
>> feed 6 people, or last more than one meal.
> Ah. That will confuse many people
>
> ------------------------------
>
> It makes sense to me. Many people in the old days had to ration things
> out so they lasted until the more became available.
>
Yes, but 'there was rationing' is not the same as 'people carefully
rationed their food'.
To me (and many others), 'there was rationing during the Depression'
would suggest _imposed_, rather than _self_ rationing.
--------------

True.

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On Saturday, 20 August 2016 15:19:56 UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>
> On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> > S Viemeister > wrote:
> >> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
> >>>
> >> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
> >> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
> >>
> > Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to feed
> > 6
> > people, or last more than one meal.
> >
> Ah. That will confuse many people
>
> ------------------------------
>
> It makes sense to me. Many people in the old days had to ration things out
> so they lasted until the more became available.


Things that are dirt - common today were precious commodities, e.g. oranges were given as Christmas presents, a square of chocolate was an eagerly - anticipated treat, chicken was for Sunday dinner, etc....

Clothing, too...who today darns socks? When you see that in old movies, you think, "Gee, why don't they just go out and buy a new pair?", the answer of course being that a simple pair of socks for working people took some purchasing power...

When I was a kid my mom sewed a lot of our clothes, the sewing machine was as much or more a part of life as a television set or a refrigerator...

Then, of course, Ms. O, there are the stories of thrifty Scots men patching their torn French Letters, but of course I know you've no knowledge of that, I'm practically sure...

;-D


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"The Greatest!" wrote in message
...

On Saturday, 20 August 2016 15:19:56 UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
>
> On 8/20/2016 2:02 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> > S Viemeister > wrote:
> >> On 8/20/2016 1:12 PM, jinx the minx wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I did not say there was government rationing during the depression.
> >>>
> >> When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
> >> with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?
> >>
> > Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Making 1 pound of meat stretch to
> > feed
> > 6
> > people, or last more than one meal.
> >
> Ah. That will confuse many people
>
> ------------------------------
>
> It makes sense to me. Many people in the old days had to ration things
> out
> so they lasted until the more became available.


Things that are dirt - common today were precious commodities, e.g. oranges
were given as Christmas presents, a square of chocolate was an eagerly -
anticipated treat, chicken was for Sunday dinner, etc....

Clothing, too...who today darns socks? When you see that in old movies, you
think, "Gee, why don't they just go out and buy a new pair?", the answer of
course being that a simple pair of socks for working people took some
purchasing power...

When I was a kid my mom sewed a lot of our clothes, the sewing machine was
as much or more a part of life as a television set or a refrigerator...

Then, of course, Ms. O, there are the stories of thrifty Scots men patching
their torn French Letters, but of course I know you've no knowledge of that,
I'm practically sure...

;-D


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Greg
----------------

LOL I most certainly do not!! Incidentally I am a Yorkshire lass,
transplanted into Scotland decades ago <g> I came here because I got a good
job you see <g>

But yes, a sewing machine was a big part of my life too) and yes, I did
darn socks)


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On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:39:07 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>When you use the word 'rationing', do you mean that people were careful
>with food and didn't waste anything? Or am I missing something?


during World War II, the US Government needed tanks and bombers to
kill the enemy, the car factories in Detroit were converted to war
production. My Grandfather purchased a new car just before they
stopped making them so the value of his car went so high that he sold
it and started walking. Foodstuffs were rationed so that the military
could supply the troops. You could only buy so much gas for your car
per week. The Army needed gas in their jeeps and trucks to pull
artillery across Europe to kill enemy forces. America had to build
296,000 warplanes to defeat her enemies. They shot down our planes and
we had to send more. It was terrible. Finally, they gave up.

William