We are spoilt for grocery choice thesdays and don't realise it.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
A week's worth for four? Really? The family can't have eaten much at all, even if the children had smaller appetites than their parents'. Where was this photograph taken - Britain, still partially under WW2 rationing in 1947?
Those tins hold about two portions, three at a stretch.
That ration of fresh vegetables is barely one day's, for four people. There is no fresh fruit, but some of the tins might contain fruit.
Any bread? I can't make out the labels on the three packets right front.
The bags along the front are not labelled, or their labels are hidden. Did they contain flour? If so that would accord with the caster-sugar, many eggs, a surplus of salt and three packs of what might be cooking-fat on the left, as baking ingredients.
Those tins hold about two portions, three at a stretch.
That ration of fresh vegetables is barely one day's, for four people. There is no fresh fruit, but some of the tins might contain fruit.
Any bread? I can't make out the labels on the three packets right front.
The bags along the front are not labelled, or their labels are hidden. Did they contain flour? If so that would accord with the caster-sugar, many eggs, a surplus of salt and three packs of what might be cooking-fat on the left, as baking ingredients.
@ArishMell It was taken in Georgia for Life magazine, apparently.
That was all I managed to read because the rest of the article is behind a pay wall that I'm not prepared to pay for.
That was all I managed to read because the rest of the article is behind a pay wall that I'm not prepared to pay for.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@HootyTheNightOwl Thank you.
I've followed a lot of links to magazines or newspapers only to find I need set up a "subscription". I know we need pay for them in real ink and paper but frankly I don't trust that subscription model and anyway would not want it for only very occasional use!
I wonder what the original article using that photograph was actually telling its readers.
I've followed a lot of links to magazines or newspapers only to find I need set up a "subscription". I know we need pay for them in real ink and paper but frankly I don't trust that subscription model and anyway would not want it for only very occasional use!
I wonder what the original article using that photograph was actually telling its readers.