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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       |
Morning Aeronaut
Hi Feather.
Hi Sam.
I remember the coupons but also some kind of tokens which were red and kinda cardboard also separated like stamps. They may have been for meat. I associate them with my Mom,always a frugal shopper,in Baltimore. One time she was preocupied with shopping and I ran across a busy trolley car street to see a friend. Never did that again. Blackouts and Civil Defense wardens were commonplace. Our victory garden was not successful. A few radishes which is when I learned to eat them
Durning one of my Internet runs, a flash of lightning hit a telephone and lit up the phone in the living room.
It came near close to ruining our modem.
Thankfully no harm or foul and the modem and everything is working OK.
On this Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 23:
1752 Nicolas Appert inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)
1844 Louis Riel Manitoba, leader of insurrection of Metis
1905 Felix Bloch US physicist (Nobel 1952)
1906 Gertrude Ederle US, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1910 Hayden Rorke Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie)
1917 Robert Bray Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West)
1918 James Daly Wisc, actor (Medical Center)
1923 Frank Sutton Clarksville Tenn, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC)
1925 Johnny Carson Corning Iowa, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust)
1927 Dezs” Gyarmati Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1931 Jim Bunning Phillies pitcher (perfect Game against Mets 1965)
1935 Chi Chi Rodriguez golfer (PGA Seniors-1987)
1938 John Heinz (Sen-R-Pa)
1940 Edison Pel‚ Brazil, soccer player extraordinaire (NY Cosmos)
1940 Jordan Christopher Youngston Oh, actor (Return of the 7)
1941 Greg Ridley bassist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
1942 Michael Crichton US novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker)
1946 Miklos Nemeth Hungary, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 Dwight Yoakum country singer (If There Was a Way)
1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun)
1962 Doug Flute WFL/NFL QB (Generals, Bears, Patriots)
Good morning it's raining here in Memphis. Hubby has gone to get a hair cut and to VOTE for GW!
it was planted/cultivated/harvested by the coeds of Texas State College for Women (now: Texas Women's University).
the college girls raised so many TONS of tomatoes & other vegetables in 1944 that there wasn't enough RAIL transport space to haul them to the canning plants! this was a HUGE operation.
btw, my mother STILL won't eat SPAM, duck,goose,lamb or mutton. she always says, "i ate more than my share of that stuff during the war".
free dixie,sw
it was planted/cultivated/harvested by the coeds of Texas State College for Women (now: Texas Women's University).
the college girls raised so many TONS of tomatoes & other vegetables in 1944 that there wasn't enough RAIL transport space to haul them to the canning plants! this was a HUGE operation.
btw, my mother STILL won't eat SPAM, duck,goose,lamb or mutton. she always says, "i ate more than my share of that stuff during the war".
free dixie,sw
Good morning alfa6.
Good morning guys. Actually I knew I had some WWI stuff in there when I added information in the 2nd post under the title "other food rationing tidbits". I was thinking of calling the thread "Food rationing during war time", but changed my mind since 95% of it was WWII. I should have had a line drawn to divide the "tidbits" but I didn't.
Don't worry about the 'correction', we appreciate that folks are reading the threads enough to catch them! :-)
I did admit to being somewhat anal about it. I had also forgotten about the Victory Gardens of WWI.
That's what happens when one is tired and testy.
Oh well, off to work I go
Thanks for the ping ;o)
Read: 2 Kings 13:14-19
Epaphras . . . greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers . . . . I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you. —Colossians 4:12-13
Bible In One Year: Jeremiah 1-2; 1 Timothy 3
We know little about Epaphras except that he was so concerned about the spiritual welfare of the people in Colosse that he is described as "laboring fervently . . . in prayers" for them (Colossians 4:12). When I was a pastor, I saw this kind of enthusiasm in the way new converts prayed and witnessed. But all too often, many of them gradually lost their zeal.
I believe it was King Joash's lack of enthusiasm that made Elisha so angry (2 Kings 13). The monarch had obeyed the dying prophet's command to shoot an arrow toward the east. He had heard Elisha's promise that God would bring his nation complete deliverance from Syria. Joash had obeyed the command to strike the ground with a bundle of arrows, which he did three times. So why did the prophet angrily tell him he should have struck the ground five or six times?
I believe it was because he felt Joash was following his instructions in a half-hearted manner. The king should have been far more enthusiastic in his response to God's wonderful message of victory over Israel's enemies.
The king's nonchalance cost him dearly. He won an incomplete victory. I wonder how many spiritual victories we forfeit because of our lack of zeal. —Herb Vander Lugt
Thank you AJC for sharing your family's story on planting a Victory Garden. Back then everyone chipped in with whatever they could to support the effort. Probably the most patriotic time in America.
My mother had to wait until she was 21 to enter the Navy so in the mean-time her and her girlfriends sewed buttons and embroidery on clothes for the troops.
I fear this country will never be that united again.
Thank you AJC for your kind words.
Mentioning Grant I was reminded of the picture of him that moved me the most. Although it is not at the height of his 'glory' and instead just a few weeks before his death, I think it reminds us of the 'humaness' of these great men of the Civil War on both sides and how real they were.
Howe, N.Y. "Gen. U.S. Grant writing his memoirs, Mount McGregor, June 27th, 1885." 1885 June 27. By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present, Library of Congress.
I have a thread I'm working on about the gas/rubber rationing. Lots of posters about the black market during those times.
My father used to tell us of growing up in a 'holler' during the depression in WVA and harvesting dandelions to add to the ruffage. Said they got a huge bag of sugar and flour once a month, had their own goats for milk and of course their own chickens. When war time rationing of food came around he was in the service but for those back home I expect it wasn't too much of a hardship for those who had lived through the depression. It just may have been worse for city folk. :-)
Good morning EGC.
Hi Aeronaut.
Hey feather. You awake? LOL.
Still cloudy and cool. Sam says that's the outlook for the fall and winter here but promises it won't get near as cold as it did back east. :-)
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