What did wartime people eat?

Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and bread were hard to find….These were solid, heavy, belly-filling meals such as:

Bean soup and bread, followed by treacle pudding.
Toad-in-the-hole and potatoes.
Mutton stew and suet pudding.
Fish and potato pie, then baked raisin pudding.

What meals were eaten during ww2?

World War Two foods that changed the way we eat

Meat substitutions. Nowadays, if you’re vegetarian or vegan, there are plenty of meat substitutes.
Root veg.
Crumbles and pies.
Preserves and pickles.
Instant coffee and the American dream.
Affordable meat.
Toad in the hole.
Ready meals.

What did they eat for breakfast in World war 2?

Breakfasts will be porridge (made with 50/50 milk and water) with apple and pear compote. Lunches will be soup with homemade bread rolls. Snacks will be fruit, muffins, scones, vegetable sticks (carrot and celery) and homemade yoghurt.

What did Americans eat during WWII?

Americans used their ration cards and stamps to take their meager share of household staples including meat, dairy, coffee, dried fruits, jams, jellies, lard, shortening, and oils.

What fruit and vegetables were grown in WW2?

Among the varieties were potatoes, peas, pole and bush beans — but no broad beans because they got a ‘blight’ that killed other stuff — carrots, parsnips, onions, shallots (the finest thing for a real pickled onion), marrows, celery (he hilled it up to make the stalks white), salad stuff like lettuce, radishes, spring …

What food was not rationed in ww2?

Fruit and vegetables were never rationed but were often in short supply, especially tomatoes, onions and fruit shipped from overseas. The government encouraged people to grow vegetables in their own gardens and allotments. Many public parks were also used for this purpose.

What would Evacuees eat?

Sometimes carrots were used instead of sugar to sweeten dishes. During the Second World War, thousands of children were evacuated, (sent away from areas likely to be bombed), to the countryside. There, they were often better fed, as fresh fruit and vegetables and dairy products were more freely available.

What was the most rationed food in WW2?

Rationing began on 8th January 1940 when bacon, butter and sugar were rationed. By 1942 many other foodstuffs, including meat, milk, cheese, eggs and cooking fat were also ‘on the ration’.

What food was not rationed in WW2?

What did the French eat during WW2?

What French people ate during WWII

Margarine or lard for butter.
Chicory for coffee.
Roasted corn for coffee/tea.
Jerusalem artichoke or Swede for Potatoes.
Saccharine for sugar.

Did they eat strawberries in ww2?

Most of the corn was used to feed the chickens. The fruit bushes were the source for many of our ‘afters’ on Sunday. Black and Red berries, black and red currants (Mum turned these into a very passable sherry type wine), gooseberries, rhubarb, but no strawberries — Mum didn’t like them!

What did wartime people eat?