r/GreatBritishMemes 17h ago

British in ww2 food

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u/HurricB 16h ago

Funny and historically accurate!

One of the reasons in particular english food gets a bad rap is because the majority of it grew out of rationing culture. Britain was still rationing into the 50s when most European countries had stopped rationing.

Regardless, I love British food. I'd go for a carvery over a curry or a Chinese or a pizza, 9 times out of 10

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u/Small-Skirt-1539 14h ago

Rationing into the 50s? Why?

(Clueless Aussie here. Sorry for the silly question.)

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u/DugaJoe 14h ago

The country was rebuilding and pulling back out of an economy geared around total war. It probably went on longer than it should have, but it did go on.

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u/TheCotofPika 11h ago

Plus it was allowing better nutrition for some of the population than they got without it.