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I'm assuming they got carbohydrates elsewhere? That hardly seems like enough calories to last a working adult for a week. Also that's a ton of sugar it'd take me at least a month to go through that amount but also I don't drink tea like the Brits do.
Yeah, these are just the rationed goods. Bread wasn't rationed during WW2 for the Brits. Vegetables and the like also weren't rationed.
Bread wasn't rationed but the only bread you could get your hands on was "the national loaf", which my grandmother informed me was "saltier than unwashed seaweed".
Potatos and carrots were abundant so lots of people learned to make potato scones and potato dumplings to make their flour stretch further.
The ministry of food developed recipes to help people make their rations last.
Woolton Pie is one that stuck around because it was so versatile.
lmao
Makes one grateful to live in a more plentiful age!
Vegetables could also be grown in ones garden. My grandma kept her WWII garden until the 90s