Weekly Food Ration for One Adult
Below is an example of a weekly food ration for one adult during the war
|
Food |
Ounces |
Grams |
|
Butter |
2 |
50 |
|
Tea |
2 |
50 |
|
Bacon / ham |
4 |
100 |
|
Cooking fat |
4 |
100 |
|
Meat |
1 shilling & 2 pence worth Equivalent to £3.10 today (which was enough to buy poor quality meat for a week) |
|
Milk |
3 pints |
|
Eggs |
1 |
4 weekly Food ration for One Adult
|
Sweets |
12 ounces |
350 Grams |
8 weekly Food ration for One Adult
|
Jam |
16 ounces (1 lb) |
450 Grams |