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Famine-fearers last week were told by the U.S. Department of Agriculture they need fear not. This year's food production, now expected to set a record, is also expected to be topped in 1944. But 1944's civilian larder will be about as limited as 1943's, with canned fruits and vegetables at a premium and red meats and dairy products likewise...
...first impression is that of quantity. Cartons piled to the roof, boxes and cases of rare spices and sauces which barely put in their appearance in the family larder all fill the eye. Then gradually a few details become clear. There is a distinct impression of a close trinity of material--tile, wood, and iron. Tile walls and floor glistening white view with wetly scrubbed tables marked by the deep scars of many knives, while both stand in contrast to the sombre mass of iron stoves and pots, worn, rubbed and fiercely...
...pastor himself soon discovers that "poor as church mice" is an apt description. When the family larder is down to non-subsistive proportions, he writes a sermon on the five loaves and two fishes, in the desperate hope that someone in the congregation will be bright enough to take the hint and invite the family to dinner. He visits the marriage-license bureau, hoping to turn an honest wedding fee (generally...
...Europeans were not merely scantily nourished but acutely undernourished. The Poles were getting only 800 calories a day, the Belgians 960, Norwegians 1,500, Hollanders 1,900, the Germans from 2,250 to 2,600, the British 2.800. These figures, based on the average daily rations permitted, overlooked the larder-bare fact that actually very few people in any of the countries are lucky enough to find or be able to buy the amount of food they are entitled...
...chops for lunch yesterday, you ate what was for most British civilians a week's ration of meat. Britain's larder is lower than it has been since the lean days of 1917, when food stocks fell within six weeks of exhaustion. For the first time since World War II began, Germans are eating better than are Britons...