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Posted on 10/22/2004 11:46:24 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 World War II had a great impact on daily life in America. Among the many new realities of the time were air-raid drills in schoolrooms, scrap-metal and rubber drives, and rationing of food and other goods imposed by the Office of Price Administration. American women, who had been called to duty in the workforce and possibly also had spouses overseas, grappled with another new hardship: grocery shopping with ration stamps. This was no easy task.  Shoppers received stamps of different colors for different types of food—some good for thirty days, others valid a week at a time but could be held over until they expired the last week of the month—and point values of foods were subject to change, so planning at home often proved difficult.  Thankfully, shoppers were not without help. In 1943, the 128-page Coupon Cookery was published. Its author, Prudence Penny, counsels readers how to provide their families with “sound nutrition plus appetite-appeal within the bounds of Uncle Sam’s allowance.”  Prudence Penny’s Coupon Cookery, front cover. Murray & Gee, Publishers: Hollywood, CA, 1943. “An investment that will pay for itself many times over in money, time, patience, nutrition value, and good meals!” —Museum Library. The book, which sold for $1.50, contains a number of tongue-in-cheek illustrations featuring a perky-looking, apron-clad housewife, and patriotic poetry is peppered throughout. Its dedication begins, “To the housewives of America/ those soldiers, tried and true/ who are struggling on the homefront/ to serve good meals to you!” Good nutrition is presented as the ultimate patriotic statement, as is good cooking: “U. S. needs US strong!” “Wars may come and go, but real, red-blooded American Homemakers will put up a struggle to preserve that cherished custom of Good Eating!”  It may not be convenient But we don't admit defeat For in spite of War and Rationing America must eat It may take a deal of cunning And a bit of laughter, too To keep the meal-time pleasant When the coupons are too few! To cook “Good Meals, In Spite of It All” required a little magic. — Coupon Cookery, p. 21. In addition to advice on organizing and “s-t-r-e-t-c-hing” ration points, Ms. Penny’s book includes tables for keeping track of different foods’ point values and hundreds of recipes designed to make the most of available ingredients—for example, “Pork Knuckles in Sour Cream,” “Liver Gems,” and “Hearty Lima Molds.” In the chapter “Prudent Tips and Penny Savers,” readers are reminded that tough cuts of meat can be made more enjoyable by long, slow cooking, and learn how to substitute baking powder for eggs. Coffee, which was strictly rationed, could be stretched by being mixed with Soyfee, an unrationed coffee substitute. And through it all, of course, readers were urged to turn in cans for scrap metal.   The extreme economies suggested by this book may seem to some as antiquated as its bright, booster-ish turns of phrase and old-fashioned recipes. But those who lived through World War II witnessed a unique period in American history—when civilians across thousands of miles were unified in their actions and struggles by a single purpose. Prudence Penny’s book is an intriguing and irreplaceable symbol of that era. Story by Alyssa Shirley Morein       |
I've heard what my dad and his family and my mom and her family went through. My In-laws told me a little about what it was like in the States. Not a whoile lot of good times anywhere in the world in the 30's and early 40's.
LOL! Good one!!
Try and do that today.
WOW! You need to find some place that has dirt, not rock. ;-)
Hope the hand isn't too bad.
No jackhammers around huh?
LOL.
Isn't it fun to shop for the Troops? It really makes you feel good.
LOL. Thanks for the laughs today Matt.
I bet. And then some. I think no matter where our folks lived during those times, Poland, Germany, America...they all had it worse than our generation and hopefully we learned from them.
LOL. Me too. I bought a car after 9/11. Hey, the dealers were all offering 0% and I had to help the economy. What else could I do?
In today's UK Guardian (Saturday, October 23, 2004), columnist Charlie Brooker finished a long and libelous berating of our president with the following sentence:
"John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?"
I contacted--and I invite you to do so if you share my outrage--
British Embassy, Washington, DC 202-588-6500
British Embassy, Press & Public Affairs Officer ("Steve") 202-588-6593
There is no red line for today's leftists; they transit effortlessly from gunshots and union invasions to assassination solicitation.
While my father was in the Pacific on USS Saratoga (CV-3), my mother was issued Ration Coupons for me and my sibs.
Here is a mailing and sugar rationing stub for yours truly:
They sold the house listed soon after the war.
For the duration of the present conflict this household is giving up ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and any image, replica, likeness or facsimile of John Forbes Kerry, his minions, lackeys, apologists, plastic surgeons, hairdressers, manicurists or ballet instructors.
Incredible Phil. They should string up Brooker.
Thanks for sharing your stamps with us.
Sounds like your rationing won't hurt too much this time. :-)
Well you know the Irish weren't thought highly of then so I can't say as I blame them.
"John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?"
And I thought our MSM anchors and news columnists were bottom feeders. Letting the British Embassy have my thoughts on their "columists".
Thanks for sharing your Ration coupons with us Phil. Everyone has mades the thread very personal today. :-)
For the duration of the present conflict this household is giving up ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and any image, replica, likeness or facsimile of John Forbes Kerry, his minions, lackeys, apologists, plastic surgeons, hairdressers, manicurists or ballet instructors.
I'm so sick of seeing Kerry, Edwards and their minions spouting the talking point of the week I could scream. Thank God there's only a few more days of this. Then we'll get to hear all the whining about how the Conservatives "stole" the election again. ARRRRRRRGH!
What?!?!?!? White Europeans were discriminated against?!?!?! How can that be? I thought Americans only discriminated against non-whites, third world types?
LOL.
BTTT!!!!!!!
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