FOOD CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 13 July 1917, Page 1

FOOD CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND

An -Aiiierican lady, who is doing volunteer vrork \rit-h the xonyalescent woundedav ™- n > wrltes thus her relatives in -New xork concerning food conditions 111 tae meti'ojJoJis :• ihe iootl shortage is .really serious. Oi the starclile'ss diet for us who can atrord other things is right, ana it's great tor -yeducmg," i have paid.doctors again and again just to have them advise sucii a diei. 1 have gcn-e without sugar and potatoes tor weeks, and have had no more than -two slices or bread daily, and, jerking long hours., have been well, 'There seems to he enough meafr- Bread is the great difficulty, in supite ox all efforts, standard hour ;uid 110 bread "under 12 hours old 'being sold in the shops, the ssfce*' oi Dread increases. . I'm thiiikiiitr it's because- other icod is so high acd"ilie poor are living on bread and margarine, Thai also is scarce, people waiting m lines for it, Ju.-certain parts of the city.' Ureeus have .been *6d to. Sd a, pound ; potatoes unprocurable. Two or three times l have bought new potatoes at- Is 6d a pound, but they wc-i.t up'to 2s and I stopped buying. Spaghetti and macaroni nearly all gone, and again, oi course, isey come under uie flour allowance. Dried, beans that were od a pound are now Is, and many people are sutieriiig -from blood troubles irom improper fooo. ~ 1 hope now tnat- greens will soon be pientiiui and ciiea-p, they 'are so good for one. After tomorrow no more cakes: but as good cakes, (pi" 111 ones, no icing] are now 2s 6d eacn, *nd small at that, 1 wiil scarcely them. . At the canteen bread is cat a-quarter ox an- incti thick for all purposes, and halt ot one slice is given to each man. y» c .keep the prices down, as, oi course, iaou. is voluntary. For instance, to-day ou. menu consisted of roast- mutton, vaj minced beef, 7d; rice" [given as 'potato substitute), Lkl; yellow turnips, ham, Yd. Peach pudding, made of peaches and lineiy.-ground" cornmeal. ean-cu semoline maize Jiere, also £d. Ao su s <u used in this, either, sugarless custard seus at 2d, and stewed drieo iruit tlio same. 'i'Jie helpings are not. large, but cjuni. sufficient, i am certain. J\i ea must no >. show their passes to be able to seeui_ iood—that does away with waste in. Diue. and barracks. " The myi fretted a . lillj.. at first when the shortage was felt, uu_ ihings followed' one anotner so graduiu v that they didn't- realise just what was iiiijjpening. and, on the whole, they are a mighty uncomplaining and grateful lot.