What the positives and negatives on the ww2 diet on rationing?
Negatives it could be a bit monotonous. Hard work to make it interesting, lots of bottling of fruit, jam making, storing eggs in isinglass in big crock pots, root veg and apples such as Bramleys stored in trays in a cold place, making cheap cuts of meat interesting (they cost less coupons – meat was rationed). Positives, less fat consumed as cheese and butter rationed, seasonal vegetables used in imaginative ways, casserole with potato ‘pastry’, much less wastage, any left over food fed to pigs and chickens. Less red meat eaten, no white bread there was a national loaf, sort of wholemeal. People took more exercise, few cars, petrol rationed, more walking and cycling, had to ‘dig for victory’ – grow as much fruit and veg as possible, keep chickens, share a pig with a few neighbours. Cameraderie prevailed, everyone mucked in and helped each other.
