The Wartime Kitchen and Ration Book Cooking - Day Three: Eggs and Egg in a Nest: WW2 Mock Fried Egg Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How eggs were rationing in ww2? ›

After the US joined the war in December 1941, essential supplies began to flow in increasing volume to Britain. Rationing was implemented allowing a person one fresh egg per week; extra allowance was allowed for those with special circ*mstances such as giving expectant mothers and vegetarians two eggs a week.

An English Breakfast during WWII. Breakfast tended to be porridge with milk if available but some families would use melted lard! OMG. A special treat was toast or bread and jam (we always had jam apparently – my grandmother would make it, but so little sugar, she relied on the fruit.

Rationed Foods. The categories of rationed foods during the war were sugar, coffee, processed foods (canned, frozen, etc.), meats and canned fish, and cheese, canned milk, and fats.

Dried eggs can be used instead of fresh eggs for all purposes except boiling. Egg powder can be used in cakes and puddings. Use 1 egg and 1 dessertspoon vinegar for every 3 eggs given in a cake recipe.

1940s: Mint, orange juice, and apple butter

A sample brunch menu includes: orange juice topped with mint, creamed ham and mushrooms, waffles de luxe, maple syrup, apple butter, coffee, and milk.

Composition of the breakfast (Breakfast unit): 1 can of ham, veal, eggs, biscuits, 1 bar of fruit paste, 1 bag of coffee, a pack of 4 cigarettes, chewing gum, 3 pieces of sugar, tablets of purification of Halazone water, 1 key to open the can.

Meat (March 1940) was first, followed by fat and eggs, cheese, tinned tomatoes, rice, peas, canned fruit and breakfast cereals. Remember this was a world where even in the pre-war days of plenty, olive oil was sold as a medical aid and dried pasta was confined to a few Italian shops. Rice was mainly for puddings.

A: Millions of ration books were issued during World War II. They were intended to prevent the hoarding of such goods as coffee, sugar, meat and other items in short supply due to the war. Ration books generally sell in the $5 to $25 range, but unlike savings bonds, you can't cash them in as you wish.

Also known as the 14-Man Ration, the 'compo' ration came in a wooden crate and contained tinned and packaged food. A typical crate might include tins of bully beef, spam, steak and kidney pudding, beans, cheese, jam, biscuits, soup, sausages, and margarine.

What did the stamps in Book 3 of war ration mean? ›

BOOK 3 - Introduced October 1943

These books contained brown stamps, which were used for meats, canned milk, canned fish, butter, cheese, lards and fats. Examples: 1 pound of pork chops - 7 points. 1 can of condensed milk - 22 points.

Hershey's Field Ration D Bars: Sustaining Soldiers Since World War II. The Hershey's Field Ration D Bar holds a special place in the history of military candy. Invented during World War II, these bars were specifically designed to provide soldiers with a high-calorie, non-melting, and stable source of sustenance.

Bruce and Forrest created one of the most popular, and loved candies of all times! M&M's were given to the soldiers of WWII as they would not melt, and give them some much-needed fuel. The US Army was M&M's very first big customer.

Children's rations were slightly different to adults. Children were entitled to extra food that was considered essential for healthy growth, such as milk and orange juice. The National Milk Scheme provided one pint of milk for every child under 5. Fruit and vegetables were not rationed but were in short supply.

During WWII, the Ministry of Food in UK published instructions for preserving surplus eggs in Water-Glass, a solution of sodium silicate. Eggs were rationed, so only people who kept hens had surplus eggs, usually from Spring to Autumn, as most hens do not lay in Winter.

Several factors, including food shortages, rising energy costs, and bird flu, are contributing to the ongoing egg shortage. Llyr Jones, whose 32,000 hens supply Tesco, claimed that factors like last year's skyrocketing energy prices caused several farmers to leave the business.

Powdered eggs were used in the United Kingdom during World War II for rationing. Powdered eggs are also known as dried eggs, and colloquially during the period of rationing in the UK, as Ersatz eggs. The modern method of manufacturing powdered eggs was developed in the 1930s by Albert Grant and Co.

The end of the war saw additional cuts. Bread, which was never rationed during wartime, was put on the ration in July 1946. It was not until the early 1950s that most commodities came 'off the ration'. Meat was the last item to be de-rationed and food rationing ended completely in 1954.