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Rations were so small you had to make do as best you could with whatever you could get hold of. Fruit and vegetables were not rationed officially, but stall holders would ration so much per customer according to the number you were buying for. If you saw a queue you joined it and then asked "What are we queueing for?" and hoped there was still some left when it was your turn.This was especially true at the bakers. If the bread had run out you would go hungry until the next day.
Vegatables were only seasonal English varieties. Once there were bananas and I got one for my young daughter. Another time there were oranges - again only one per child in the family.

'Woulton Pie' was named after Lord Woulton. It was shepherds pie without the meat. You put in a tin of baked beans instead, added you other vegetables and topped it with mashed potatoe.

Once I only had 1/2penny left because I was waiting for the Army pay they sent from my husband's money. I asked the greengrocer for 1/2lb of potatoes. He was willing to give me 1lb and I could owe him, but I said no because then the next week I would be short of money. He gave me the 1/2lb of potatoes and it made a meal for my daughter and I. Just the potatoes and nothing else to go with it.

You could sometimes get horsemeat unrationed but I could never buy it or eat it. Salt fish was sometimes available and also unrationed. You had to soak out the salt first before you could cook and eat it.

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