WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942

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!

I only see one egg.

Including the block of sugar and the tray

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

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

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.

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.

One egg, but a pound of sugar.

Id be trading bacon for eggs

Damn, normally they only get one a month

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

Bro good bacon is like 10 pounds american

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

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

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

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.

We should teach people how to eat properly.

Although not from the UK, I grew up listening to my grandfather and my older relatives retelling the years of rationing during the great war.

First things first, it wasn't equal, as who had money would find ways to get more food to their houses. My grandmother often mentioned the pantry in the houses she served at were always stocked, regardless of rationing.

The average citizen would get their ration of goods but although you could live on it, you would be somewhat uncomfortable if you didn't had any way to suplement your diet. Rasing pidgeons in the city became common fare, more than what already was, and many people started raising rabbits, that can sustained on hay, to eat and sell.

Gardens in every space available became common, to put more vegetables and potatoes on the plate.

It was in the country where people felt the rationing less, being accostumed with surviving from what they farmed, raised and collected. And these were people used to hard work, hand labour. The basis for their day to day living was made up of large quantities of vegetables, dry salted fish (cod), salted and/or cured meats from the yearly pig families would raise, eggs and olive oil and bread. Fresh meat was an event often reserved for special occasions.

Let's learn and teach how to eat. No need to ration; we already produce more than what is really necessary.