What a Family of Four Actually Ate on a 1943 Ration Book

My guide, The Ration Book Kitchen: https://joan-guide.vercel.app My mother’s 1943 ration book tells only part of the story. I’m putting a family of four’s week of food on the kitchen table, ounce by ounce, to show what the coupons covered—and what filled the gaps. I’ll weigh out the bacon, butter and cheese, explain why meat was rationed by price rather than weight, and look at how unrationed bread helped stretch a week’s meals. I’ll also work through roughly what that food cost, with kitchen scales, a pencil and the back of an envelope. Chapters: 0:00 Three ounces of cheese and a ration book 1:36 My mother's kitchen in 1943 2:22 Coupons for flavour, other foods for filling up 3:52 My guide 4:09 The dried-egg mistake 5:04 A family of four on the scales 6:15 Fats, sugar, tea and treats 7:05 Milk, eggs and points 8:12 What went on the plates and what a week cost 9:39 What the health records show 10:51 Five jobs for your kitchen #WW2History #Rationing #1943 #FoodHistory #HomeFront