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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 78 points 10 months ago

Or as we Americans call it, "brunch".

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 71 points 10 months ago

The Brits referred to American GIs in the UK as "Overfed, oversexed, and over here" (some versions have 'overpaid' instead of 'overfed')

To which Americans developed a response - that Brits were underfed, undersexed, and under Eisenhower!

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 29 points 10 months ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 10 months ago

Y’know in France, one egg is un oeuf.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 10 months ago

Wait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand?

[-] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago

Yes but it's eggceptional.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Yes it is. That is an ostrich egg.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

I could only express my feelings on this if I was an anime character!

[-] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Including the block of sugar and the tray

[-] Winter8593@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 77 points 10 months ago

Yeah, these are just the rationed goods. Bread wasn't rationed during WW2 for the Brits. Vegetables and the like also weren't rationed.

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago

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”.

lmao

Makes one grateful to live in a more plentiful age!

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Vegetables could also be grown in ones garden. My grandma kept her WWII garden until the 90s

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That amount of sugar would last me years, and I drink tea everyday, just not with sugar.

[-] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 2 points 10 months ago

I would assume most of that sugar is going into cakes and puddings. If you're only getting one egg a week, it's probably put to more use in baking than eating straight up.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I get it. I made a concerted effort to stop using sugar in foods, and I've been quite successful. Carrots are a great way to add sweetness, so I go through a ton of those orange beauties.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Carrot cake surged in popularity during WW2 for that reason.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Carrot cake is so good! Too bad it took a world war to make it popular.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

1 egg per week? My wife would riot

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

If you had kids in the household, you got more eggs on your ration cards, same with milk when it became rationed. Housewives would find ways to combine the entire households rations to feel like more for everyone. One egg and a rasher of bacon per person doesn't fill anyone, but if you have a family of 4, suddenly four eggs and 4 rashers of bacon, in a potato bake/ flour stretched quiche is a filling meal, and you might get 6-8 serves from those 4 peoples rations.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

I would have to find a neighbor with kids and see if they would take a swap of my portion of ingredients for the end product.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

Yeah, rationing was easily one of the most hated things on the British home front. Rationing continued several years after the war and more or less directly led to the Labour government losing to the Conservatives over the issue of continuing rationing.

[-] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Things that were less obvious to the general public were rationed until 80s, maybe even early 90s. Certain types of fluids for machinery hydraulics, certain types of alloys, a large number of purified chemicals for a wide range of industries and uses.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago
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[-] piskertariot@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

One egg, but a pound of sugar.

[-] Primarily0617@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago
[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

It’s still funny, the amount of work it takes to produce that one pound of refined sugar vs the one egg.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

And the bacon!

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[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago

Look at that bacon quality compared to the majority of the shit they try to pass off as bacon these days.

Fuck corporations

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Can you shut the fuck up? My god, those poor CEOs need all that extra money, otherwise they would be embarrassed when their rich buddies learn they can’t afford a seventh mega yacht.

Have a heart ffs

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Apparently people don't know sarcasm...

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[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Bro good bacon is like 10 pounds american

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[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

One egg + yearly supply of tea

British rations check out

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

That's only a year's worth of tea by American standards. For a brit that'll last a couple hours, tops.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

After Brexit, they're allowed two eggs.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yes but more importantly they don’t have to contribute anything to the other eu nations! Cutting the nose off to spite the face always works out for the owner of said face after all

[-] deanimate@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I don't get anywhere close to that in a week apart from the egg so I would have been trading the excess for some playstation games

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

We are in a climate emergency. We should ration it again

[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That would go over very poorly.

Half of the people in the USA doesn't believe your statement. Among those that agree with your statement, most wouldn't be willing to take that drastic of steps to combat it.

Rationing would destroy the farming world financially. Supply stays the same, but demand is reduced by government mandates.

The cost of meat and dairy would drop which would bankrupt many farms. They can't just switch crops, most beef is raised in ranches where there isn't enough water to grow consumer crops. Then there's the issue that about 35% of US corn production is fed to livestock. Limiting meat would also cause the price of corn to drop. Causing further chaos in the farming world.

[-] Iamdanno@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

There is no point in individual rationing until the 7-10 largest impact corporations are brought to heel first. If they are going to guarantee that we are all fucked, then I'm going to enjoy myself while I can.

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

No, no. We can overconsume till the very end knowing no limits of our greed.

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