tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post7067137445754364281..comments2024-03-27T14:18:47.272-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: This Week In My Home: Settling Into a New Seasonterricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-51223988055336643032015-10-06T03:30:56.367-04:002015-10-06T03:30:56.367-04:00I watched the same family u-tube of the family in ...I watched the same family u-tube of the family in the 50s. I also had watched PBS 1940s House, The War time Farm series and also the War time Kitchen and Garden series too. The farmers could hunt for wild berries, mushrooms and game etc. They had to give all the cows milk to the ration boards. They were only allowed to keep any if it spoiled. Everyone was on the same rations, farmers, city people and even the King. Each show series added to my knowledge along with some documentary clips I also found on u-tube. The British had been mainly raising cattle as grain imports were so cheap prior to the war. Then with the blockades they had to make up for the huge percentage of the foods they were before importing for their people.Germany had hoped to starve them out. To do that that meant they had to kill much of their farm animals as they needed too much of the land to live on that was now needed for food production. Even their pets in many instances had to go. They were not sure they could turn around the country to feed so many when they had not produced much for years. Each year they had to produce more, then more. Even after the war they had to produce more again to feed the European countries that had been ravaged. So they then too had to keep their rations going at home. Britain after the war was bankrupt. As I said each series was from different perspectives and all talked of some of the same things while going more in depth on others. So worth the watch. I also learned many frugal things I had not seen anywhere else. <br /> I have never tried the CVS way of saving and such but sure admire you for doing such a splendid job! It looks and sounds very complicated to me!! :) SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-585042873321762852015-10-04T20:10:39.823-04:002015-10-04T20:10:39.823-04:00Meals sound wonderful.. I too, am ready for fall ...Meals sound wonderful.. I too, am ready for fall meals.. <br />Hope you have a blessed week. JudySew Blessed Maw [Judy]https://www.blogger.com/profile/15474519379303505290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-79112882088519991492015-10-04T17:06:17.258-04:002015-10-04T17:06:17.258-04:00Your leftover chili and chicken and rice could mak...Your leftover chili and chicken and rice could make some nice quesadillas. <br /><br />All of the painting is finished here. We have a new ceiling fan to put up and pictures to rehang. Then we can finish moving back into the rooms. We did move back into our bedroom on Friday and it is so nice to be 'home'!Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.com