tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post2033699273470256155..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: The cost of livingSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-6649828661876170392008-07-07T09:53:00.000+00:002008-07-07T09:53:00.000+00:00That's an interesting statistic about food expendi...That's an interesting statistic about food expenditure. Mine is nearer 40% of total income, which could be interpreted several ways!Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-32850204983041886982008-07-07T03:27:00.000+00:002008-07-07T03:27:00.000+00:00Another good Blitz book, "Few Eggs and No Oranges"...Another good Blitz book, "Few Eggs and No Oranges", the war-time diary of Vere Hodgson.<BR/><BR/>I found this blog after searching for comments on Warwick Deeping, whose novel, "Corn in Egypt", I found in my library's book donation recycling bin. (Go figure, librarians look in the trash for something to read.) <BR/><BR/>Published in 1941, It is about an accountant who, having received a legacy, leaves his job to go back to the land as the clouds of war gather.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-63190992335536884702008-07-05T15:25:00.000+00:002008-07-05T15:25:00.000+00:00The problem is that we have become used to unreali...The problem is that we have become used to unrealistically cheap food. In the 1960s, the average family in the UK spent 25% of their monthly outgoings on food. Now it's 9%. The increase in prices we have seen recently is simply the beginning of a return to more sustainable prices.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-5711478945569083462008-07-04T15:21:00.000+00:002008-07-04T15:21:00.000+00:00I agree, although I wouldn't fancy going back to t...I agree, although I wouldn't fancy going back to the bad old days of British cuisine.<BR/><BR/>I shall have to get An Underworld at War' - it sounds fascinating.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-72702073990641192272008-07-04T11:14:00.000+00:002008-07-04T11:14:00.000+00:00Well it's only in recent years that meat-every-day...Well it's only in recent years that meat-every-day has become fashionable. In the old days it was a Sunday Roast every Sunday with the leftovers of said roast being used for various other purposes during the week.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we'll all end up reverting to WWII cookbooks and 'Digging for Victory' again! Mind you, the nation was apparently a lot healthier during rationing, even than we are now.<BR/><BR/>Personally I'd rather have quality than quantity. In all things.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-15302120733915789982008-07-03T23:30:00.000+00:002008-07-03T23:30:00.000+00:00A follow-up book you might enjoy: the fascinating ...A follow-up book you might enjoy: the fascinating 'An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War' by Donald Thomas, all about the criminal life of Britain during WW2. It's especially interesting as the food shortages, etc, which you refer to had the effect of criminalising almost everybody, as a lot of people felt they had no choice but to buy and sell on the black market.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.com