@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year agoWeekly wartime ration for two British civilians, excluding bread, fresh vegetables, and some canned goods, WW2, 1943imagemessage-square32arrow-up1169arrow-down18
arrow-up1161arrow-down1imageWeekly wartime ration for two British civilians, excluding bread, fresh vegetables, and some canned goods, WW2, 1943@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square32
minus-square@Mojojojo1993linkEnglish15•edit-21 year agoAssuming you grew your own vegetables, maybe could fish if you had any skill. I feel it’s missing eggs. Fantastic protein source. No bread ? Are you supposed to make it yourself? I see it excludes bread. What kinda cans would you get ? Beans spam maybe
minus-square@Mojojojo1993linkEnglish3•1 year agoOh I know. I remember doing WW2 at school and we made Victoria gardens. So I suppose they’d have chickens too
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoWouldn’t citizens be expected to raise their own chickens, which would provide eggs? That’s how it was in the US so I assume it’s the same overseas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoMy Mum had a pet pig when she was a kid during the war. They had to eat it.
minus-square@Mojojojo1993linkEnglish3•1 year agoMore than likely. Suppose it would be much harder in Tennants and maybe in the north. Not sure what temperature chickens can handle n
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoChickens do fine in cold climates for the most part
minus-square@Mojojojo1993linkEnglish1•1 year agoI assumed they would be fine but I suppose you’d need to protect chicks and again have space for them. Unlikely to have them in built up areas. Maybe communal areas for cities
minus-squarePugJesusMlinkfedilink3•1 year agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a2756298.shtml
Assuming you grew your own vegetables, maybe could fish if you had any skill.
I feel it’s missing eggs. Fantastic protein source. No bread ? Are you supposed to make it yourself?
I see it excludes bread. What kinda cans would you get ? Beans spam maybe
They called them Victory Gardens
Oh I know. I remember doing WW2 at school and we made Victoria gardens. So I suppose they’d have chickens too
Wouldn’t citizens be expected to raise their own chickens, which would provide eggs? That’s how it was in the US so I assume it’s the same overseas.
My Mum had a pet pig when she was a kid during the war. They had to eat it.
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More than likely. Suppose it would be much harder in Tennants and maybe in the north. Not sure what temperature chickens can handle n
Chickens do fine in cold climates for the most part
I assumed they would be fine but I suppose you’d need to protect chicks and again have space for them. Unlikely to have them in built up areas. Maybe communal areas for cities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/98/a2756298.shtml