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Food During WWII

• A. Z.
• E. C.

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What Food Was Eaten During WWII?
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Rationing

• Became a routine of daily life
• Housewives stood in long lines for food at their
  shops
• Britain introduced rationing when Germany
  attacked its merchant ships
• A strategy was used by food inspectors to employ
  people to encourage breaking the law at shops

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Rationing (cont.)

• Buying food without coupons was illegal
• Shop at Romford was known for selling
  black-market goods
• Romford had a system of men to signal police or
  inspectors

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Cheerios

• Cheerioats old Cheerios name since 1945
• Cheerioats were first ready-to-eat cereal.
• Cherri O'Leary was first mascot

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Coca-Cola

• President Woodruff ordered that men received
  Coca-cola for five cents
• Went with soldiers and Europeans had their first
  taste
• Production was limited due to rationing
• Coke nickname developed in 1945

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SPAM

• Sent to Britain and Russia for quota 15 million
  cans a week
• Saved troops from starvation
• Introduced to Hawaii during Pacific battles
• Is still eaten today at Hawaii

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Victory Gardens

• Every man and woman in Britain kept an allotment
• Lawns / gardens were changed to vegetable gardens
• People were encouraged to keep chickens, goats,
  and pigs
• Over 1.4 million people kept allotments

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What Soldiers Ate

• They ate MREs (meals ready to eat)
• If there were no MREs they ate bread and water
• Soldiers ate K-rations which tasted worse

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Other Food Introduced

• Corn Dogs, 1943 (Fletcher brothers most common
  creators)
• Nachos, 1943 (means flat-nosed in Spanish)
• Chicago-style pizza, 1943 (truly invented by Ike
  Sewell and Ric Riccardo)

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Other Food Introduced (cont.)

• Rice Krispies treats, 1941 (made before Rice
  Krispies cereal)
• Spice cake, 1942 (sugar rationed, so Karo syrup,
  honey, and molasses replaced it)
• Lord Woolton pie, 1941 (pie made out of
  vegetables no meat)

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Interesting Facts

• Fat used in making nitroglycerin, chemical
  compound in dynamite
• School meals began in the war
• Pigs kept for food were popular since they could
  be fed off kitchen waste

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Bibliography

• Floyd, Matt, et al. "Food of the Homefront." Food
  During WWII. 29 Nov. 2007     
• od.htm.
• Olver, Lynne. The food timeline. 28 Nov. 2007. 29
  Nov. 2007 .
• Simkin, J. "Digging For Victory." Spartacus
  Educational. 29 Nov. 2007     s.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWdig.htm.
• Simkin, J. "Rationing." Spartacus Educational. 29
  Nov. 2007    2WWrationing.htm.
• Wikipedia. "Homefront During World War II."
  Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov.
  2007     during_World_War_II.

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Reflection

• We learned that many common and popular foods
  that we eat today were created or eaten during
  World War II, like Cheerios and Coke. A lot of
  our favorite foods today were introduced back
  then. People during WWII were very resourceful
  and made delicious food with little and
  restricted ingredients.

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