Food in WW2

Food in ww2

people in world war 2 got a pore amount of food but it was enough to keep them alive. The farming methods of the 1930s needed to change radically at the outbreak of ww2. The way people got food is by a food book called a rationing in which got coupons every time to time. Unfortunately the Governor said allot of things were banned just like icing on birthday cakes. Women had to kill rats and mice and ate over 2 million. The reason why people ate rats is because they fort rasion books were unfair. Every person got given ration book. There were lots new recopies such as turnip pie and parsnip, carrot pie. Some of the of the most common food was cheese and fish. In ww2 they didn't have supermarkets so instead they went to different shops for different food. The Dig for Victory campaign encouraged people to transform gardens, parks and sports pitches into allotments to grow vegetables.Children helped by doing the weeding and those on farms by picking fruit. picking fruit. Many people also kept: ducks and rabbits to eat and chickens for eggs.

People in world war 2 had a poor amount of food but it was anough to keep them alive the farming methods of the 1930s needed to change.

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