WE’LL EAT AGAIN

MUTTON TURKEY, FARMHOUSE SCRAMBLE, CORNED BEEF AND OATMEAL PIE… IT’S BEEN 80 YEARS SINCE SECOND WORLD WAR RATIONING GAVE BRITISH MEALTIMES A NEW CULINARY TWIST

Words: NATASHA TIDD

It wasn’t a happy start to 1940. Britain was still at war – and on 8 January, rationing was introduced. Britain was one of the last countries to enforce rationing, with Germany having rations in place before it even went to war. It had also been implemented in the First World War – but understandably people weren’t thrilled to see its return. One of the reasons rationing came so late to Britain was because of a huge Daily Mail public campaign. Still, with ever fewer countries able to supply Britain with its food, rationing became an inevitability. When the news broke, the Daily Mail was outraged, thundering that there could be no bigger blow to the people, even if “Dr Goebbels were asked to help to devise a more harmful piece…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2020

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