WWII Food Scarcity: What Was Hardest to Find?
Megane Runolfsson
2025-05-14 19:31:32
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Here is an example of a ration for one adult during the war: Bacon and ham 4oz, Butter 2oz, Cheese 2oz, Margarine 4oz, Cooking fat 4oz, Milk 3 pints, Sugar 8oz, Jam 1lb every two months, Tea 2oz, Eggs, 1 a week, if available powdered egg packet every four weeks. Because bananas were imported i.e. brought from countries abroad, they were one food item which was not available at all during the Second World War. Other fruits which many children never saw until the war was over were oranges, lemons, pineapples and grapes all of which were also imported.
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