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WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)
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[–] piskertariot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One egg, but a pound of sugar.

[–] Primarily0617@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

tea

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s still funny, the amount of work it takes to produce that one pound of refined sugar vs the one egg.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

And the bacon!