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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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With rationing in this day and age of I want it now and shall have it now regardless of if I can afford it or not
Was reading something about the war and thought to myself that I would need a lot of new skills to be able to cope if everything was rationed again
we're not exactly a make do and mend society now are we? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Funny that i was just watching upstairs and downstairs and they are on about rationing
Could we do it now mmmmmm think we all would adapt really it would be hard though xx  |
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I think the problem with make do and mend nowdays is that lots of the stuff people buy isn't built to be mended. DVD player turns up its toes - throw it away and replace it. Shoes getting down at heel - buy new shoes.
I even tried to get a duvet laundered recently and the wifie insisted I should just buy a new one 'cos it'd only be a few quid more than having it laundered. |
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"funny thing is everyone was so much healthier in terms of diet in the war years and you look at the old pics and the women looked so great ...
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You're right. I have wartime pics of my mother in uniform. She looks fabulous and so do all her comrades. Mind you, the pics are in black and white  |
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I tried this experiment where you bought only what was available with your rations etc, ration cookbook full of recipes that are supposed to have things in them but havent....
mock hare soup
eggless mayonnaise
etc
It saved me a packet and they were really nice meals. Some of them I use still, and its handy when the cupboards are getting bare as ive a head full of forgotten recipes. |
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I think that's part of our inbuilt coping mechanism. My mother didn't see the horrors first hand but saw many casualties and never spoke about it, prefering stories of comradeship and humour amongst her ATS chums, many of whom kept in touch until they died. |
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