One person's weekly rationing allowance in England in 1951.

[winetourdriver01]

And the general level of health and fitness was a great deal better than it is today! Also, no cars, everyone walked everywhere, or used public transport, no television, so people engaged in active outdoor pastimes, I could go on...

[Scrivener7]

1. Wow.

[MerryHolidays]

2. Wow is right! Today, this would be one meal at a Denny's nt

[Meadowoak]

3. That's more than you can buy here with SNAP.

[jimfields33]

8. Depends on income.

But that ration is not a lot.

[riversedge]

4. umm.. no fruit nor veggies whow

[sarge43]

7. Were they unavailable or not rationed? n/t

[sl8]

13. They weren't rationed. nt

[James48]

5. The UK had rationing until 1954.

It wasn’t until 1954 that the last of rationing ended in the UK.

[lark]

6. There are almost no fat French people.

They walk, bus, train or tram everywhere. There are no elevators and everything is built multi-story, even the grocery stores, and you walk up and down stairs everywhere you go. It's really quiet because of the lack of cars too so bird sounds and people sounds are louder, more clear. Their food is lots more simple, way less additives, and way more fresh. When you go to a grocery store there, half of the store is for produce and cheese and only half for packaged goods. The only fast food is McDonalds, and even those are better, the beef is much better and the lettuce and tomato are fresh.

[Prairie_Seagull]

12. It is very apparent to me on my virtual walks around Paris.

I use a pad on my treadmill. While not VR I suspect this is coming. However while using my pad and walking videos i have at times found myself in Paris and it is literally hard to find a fat person. Once in a great while you will find someone with a few extra pounds, once in a while and that's it.

This is not unusual on my virtual walks in other cities as well. There is clearly something amiss here in the US.

[patricia92243]

9. My understanding they were still eating dogs into the late 50's. I can see why.

[True Dough]

10. They used that cooking fat

to deep fry everything else you see on the table!

[hunter]

11. Anybody want to trade rations?

I'm not going to use the bacon, butter, cooking fat, tinned beef, tea, sugar, or margarine.

[sl8]

14. Apparently, vegetarians could "trade" meat products for extra cheese.

If the Wikipedia article is accurate, there were some allowances made for vegetarians and others with dietary restrictions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom

[hunter]

16. My parents were completely oblivious to the U.S.A. meat and dairy rationing of World War II.

Their aunts and uncles and cousins were ranchers and dairy farmers.

What's the output of a cow or two? Off the books. Fresh California meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and nuts as well.

They even had relatives in the coffee and tea import business. My grandma's uncle traded California cheese and dried fruit for coffee and tea.

It was rationed gasoline and car tires, especially the car tires, my older relatives reminisced about. My grandma and her sister told many stories about car tires on U.S. 101.

[Harker]

15. Sure!

Spoon over the tea, and you're welcome to everything else I have in my allotment.

[IcyPeas]

17. was milk rationed?

[GenThePerservering]

18. That's pretty easy to look up

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Rationing-in-World-War-Two/

[Sogo]

19. Why were they rationing in 1951?

[Hekate]

21. England was battered by WWII in ways the US was not. I can't remember how long they still had...

…bombed-out buildings, but it was quite awhile.

[Hekate]

20. Source? Link?