Day 13 Lockdown - Rationing

Rationing

Welcome! 

I have been working on today's blog wracking my brain for a good subject for today. It then popped into my head: rationing. With the situation we are in at the moment, I thought that it would be a great idea to see how much food people had back 80 years ago! Hope you enjoy!

In the beginning of WWII, a new food distributing system was introduced to make sure everyone got the same amount of everything; provided you could normally pay for it. Almost every food - and household items - were rationed. Rationed means everybody gets the same amount. Just how did it come about?

The first world war caused havoc at home. There wasn't enough food to go round. A team of people in 1940 were ordered by the government to create a system for food. They managed the creation with ease and soon, rationing began in Britain.

This is a typical weekly food ration for an adult:

* Bacon and ham     4oz

* Other meat (beef, chicken ect..)    value of 1 shilling and 2 pence - equivalent to 2 chops

* Butter     2oz

* Cheese    2oz

* Margarine   2oz

* Cooking fat  4oz

* Milk        3 pints

* Sugar       8oz

* Preserves  1 lb every 8 weeks

* Tea           2oz

* Eggs         1 fresh egg

* Sweets (if wanted)     12oz every 4 weeks

It may not seem like it, but this is very little. Ration-books were handed out too: 

What you would do was walk into grocer's shop, give them your ration book, you get your items and then the book gets stamped. So organized; not like now!

Lockdown Survival

Today I had a lax day. I didn't do very much work but I enjoyed myself. We have a Nintendo Wii and I use it every day for all different things. Maybe you could do something like that or Joe Wicks, it's fancy dress tomorrow! Bye!

#onesockdays