The War Kitchen

So some general Ration Guidelines I was able to find for The UK, Canada and USA to get us started. Note there will be differences between countries and often amounts of the basic rations did change from year to year. All these countries used books that also came with stamps that allowed people to purchase additional items such as canned and fresh vegetables for instance. Point values often changed for items as well. Also keep in mind some foods were readily or easily obtainable with season while scarce at other times. In some cases price setting was used as the rationing means and some items simply were unobtainable. These are therefore some general overall examples of what people might be able to regularly receive. The United Kingdom Weekly Ration Per Adult Sugar: 8 oz (1 cup) Bacon & Ham 4 oz Meat to the value of 1 Shilling and Sixpence {around 1/2 lb. (8 oz) minced beef} Butter 2 oz Cheese 2 oz Margarine 4 oz (1/4 lb.) Cooking Fat 4 oz Milk 3 pints Preserves 1

 Welcome to The War Kitchen. Every Kitchen needs food. During World Wars food was rationed, even countries that were neutral had ration systems in place as trade was disrupted. Most young people alive today that I have met are ignorant on the subject of rationing. The children  of today are simply not being taught how devastating or disruptive a Worldwide conflict is. The rationing systems and what was rationed naturally varied between countries and went through changes in the course of the conflicts. Such systems were deemed necessary to insure resources such as food, fuel, metals, rubber and other items were available and used appropriately. Many governments in conflict also encouraged a grow your own or make your own approach for households across their countries. Developing and encouraging self reliance was also a way to ensure more supplies could go towards the War Effort while the public still had food or other items. Thus gardening, sowing, livestock raising were all enc