tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post1666386044059215267..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: The Ration Book DietShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-77260857242474692362012-02-04T18:20:04.818+00:002012-02-04T18:20:04.818+00:00Rick, I agree that we were a very lucky generation...Rick, I agree that we were a very lucky generation, coming along after WWII when the US economy boomed. I think every good parent tries to help their children achieve a higher level than they reached themselves. This may not be possible for the kids coming up in the present economic situation. Whether they feel owed or not, I can't say as I don't have kids.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-61682905800349225042012-02-04T18:16:41.399+00:002012-02-04T18:16:41.399+00:00I was just saying recently...the problem with soci...I was just saying recently...the problem with society today is we have never had to get through a big war. People today have no idea what it's like to truly suffer. And when I say people I mean western modern cultures. I know my FIL went without meat for ages when he was little during the war...not that in today's society we need meat but back then it was a basic. Your post reminded me of a book I read a few years ago about a group of women growing a victory garden...I will need to try to remember the name of it.<br /><br />Also...have you considered getting an ereader? I find it very handy rather than having to renew books and forgetting and getting fined etc etc. I dont begrudge the money to the library but it's the keeping track of someone else's book that stresses me out lol!Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-47547709530949876662012-02-04T17:51:05.768+00:002012-02-04T17:51:05.768+00:00We of our generation in this country are lucky we ...We of our generation in this country are lucky we did not have to experience rationing. As my Dad outlined in his book, things dudring the U.S. depression and then the war were pretty dire, especially for people living in the cities and could not grow their own food in any quanity. Actually, looking back I think our generation was a bit on the spoiled side by our parents, trying to give us what they did not have. And now we have raised a real spoiled, "you owe me" generation.Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-70531894472523527732012-02-04T09:14:19.367+00:002012-02-04T09:14:19.367+00:00BigLittleWolf, thank you for the kind words.
Terr...BigLittleWolf, thank you for the kind words.<br /><br />Terri, I gather the strikes back in the 60s and 70s were really disruptive and sometimes violent. There are still one or two strikes a year these days, when everyone has to drive to work because the Metro workers are on strike, etc. I'd be annoyed, but it sort of amuses me. I never in my life experienced a strike action in Oklahoma or Utah! It just seems to be part of the culture here.<br /><br />Carolyn, Bill's sister and his niece are both beautifully accomplished sewists (in Sydney) but hardly anyone I know here in Britain can sew at all, though quite a few of my friends in the US learned to sew in school and kept it up. I'm always astonished when I hear people say they 'don't cook'. I'm afraid my opinion of them plummets!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-90375840560907174922012-02-04T02:26:07.104+00:002012-02-04T02:26:07.104+00:00How interesting.
My grandparents cam over to Austr...How interesting.<br />My grandparents cam over to Australia from London after the war, and talked occasionally of their memories of the blitz; it was a horrific time. They emigrated here very much with a make do and mend attitude that was also very strong here. But that attitude has been maintained in my country, and I find recent UK immigrants barely know one end of a needle from the other, which is quite weird in modern Australia.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-56633903189800115082012-02-04T02:14:37.082+00:002012-02-04T02:14:37.082+00:00I had an American rationing cookbook when I was a ...I had an American rationing cookbook when I was a young married mother and it truly did stretch our food budget, as well as teach me alot about the realities of the war in the US. My knowledge of the hardships in Great Britain during the war is all from my reading, but I had vaguely known that the economy didn't really return to "normal" until the early 70s.<br /><br />I wonder if you could find a copy of that book, used, on Amazon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-48226283027848588582012-02-03T19:53:46.411+00:002012-02-03T19:53:46.411+00:00Those books sound interesting. I enjoy the life s...Those books sound interesting. I enjoy the life style advice from past eras. I used to have some of the series by Amy Vanderbilt with information on how to decorate, throw a party, cook, etc. in the US, during the 40's and 50's. In the party book, you are told to remember that your guests might want their cigarrettes with a filter, so be sure and supply both kinds. So cute.<br />But for British life style information, the Victorian age is my favorite. (Even though I know I would have been the lowest of the maids, if I'd lived in that time.)Berylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386043271411304736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-73086164117409807562012-02-03T18:38:16.156+00:002012-02-03T18:38:16.156+00:00Illuminating and thoughtful post. Much "food&...Illuminating and thoughtful post. Much "food" for thought here, for all of us, on both sides of the pond.BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.com