PugJesus@kbin.socialM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down16
arrow-up1347arrow-down1imageWW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to [Dormant] moved to !historyphotos@piefed.social@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoId be trading bacon for eggs
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoTrading ration cards was actually very common! I imagine the only Brit who didn’t like tea or sugar was living like the king.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agothat would be tough even for me. im not a big tea fan but I don’t think there were many other sources of caffeine or just water flavorings.
minus-squareRelentlessArts@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoDepends at what point during rationing, but it wouldn’t be too hard to get coffee at all. And even then you had the lucrative black market. You would obviously be worse off than your peers who liked tea though.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoOeuf
Id be trading bacon for eggs
Trading ration cards was actually very common! I imagine the only Brit who didn’t like tea or sugar was living like the king.
that would be tough even for me. im not a big tea fan but I don’t think there were many other sources of caffeine or just water flavorings.
Depends at what point during rationing, but it wouldn’t be too hard to get coffee at all. And even then you had the lucrative black market. You would obviously be worse off than your peers who liked tea though.
Oeuf