We are spoilt for grocery choice thesdays and don't realise it.

A housewife poses with a week's worth of groceries in 1947 (except milk). It cost $12.50. Of this she feeds herself, husband, 2 kids and a cat.

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Matt85 · 36-40, M

i think about rations quite often. yes, we are much better off today.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Matt85 Only in the sense of having more choice. The general health of the population in the UK was probably better under rationing than it is now, certainly dental health was better than both before and after.

Matt85 · 36-40, M

@ninalanyon I guess that is the upshot of having more choice.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@Matt85 Yes, our willingness to choose what is good for us has not grown at the same pace as the quantity of stuff that is bad for us. And unfortunately big business has been allowed to create a nutritional landscape that makes it difficult for many people to choose anyway.

meggie · F

@ninalanyon that is very true. Hardly any obesity too. And nothing at all was wasted.