Transcript Food During WWII

A. Z.
E. C.
What Food Was Eaten
During WWII?
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
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
Cheerios
• Cheerioats old Cheerios name since
1945
• Cheerioats were first ready-to-eat
cereal.
• Cherri O'Leary was first mascot
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
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
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
What Soldiers Ate
• They ate MRE’s
(meals ready to eat)
• If there were no
MRE’s they ate
bread and water
• Soldiers ate K-rations
which tasted worse
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)
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)
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
Bibliography
Floyd, Matt, et al. "Food of the Homefront." Food During WWII. 29
Nov. 2007
<http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/mchs/home_front_food.htm>.
Olver, Lynne. The food timeline. 28 Nov. 2007. 29 Nov. 2007
<http://www.foodtimeline.org/>.
Simkin, J. "Digging For Victory." Spartacus Educational. 29 Nov.
2007 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWdig.htm>.
Simkin, J. "Rationing." Spartacus Educational. 29 Nov. 2007
<http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ 2WWrationing.htm>.
Wikipedia. "Homefront During World War II." Wikipedia. Wikipedia
Foundation, Inc. 29 Nov.
2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_front_during_World_Wa
r_II>.
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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