re: #69 jaunte

I have some of my grandparents’ old WW2 ration books, with the little 1” x 1/4” stamps that read “butter”, “sugar”, and “milk.” It was as if they only had about eight food items.

Yes there were also stamps for flour, meat, gasoline and cooking oil.

When Mom and Dad got married they used their whole month of flour and sugar ration stamps to make their wedding cake. And for the whole month they ate bacon, eggs and sweet potatoes 3X a day.