first hand experiances?

[J White]

Just wondering if any on here are of the age to tell me more about how
rationing worked during WWII? I have just heard stories from my parents
and grand-parents, remember seeing what was left of books of coupons
or something when I was pilfering through the "junk drawers" when I was
a kid, one of my favorite things to do then. What all exactly was rationed?
I understand rubber (tires), gas, even food, but would like to hear more.
Maybe give us younger folks some perspective on what it was really like.
I remember my mom telling me about some of the local kids who had been
playing with gunpowder, and injured themselves, concocting a story that
German spies had captured them and tortured them or something to that
effect - said folks all beat the bushes looking for Germans for awhile before
the kids fessed up.

[crappiefishergirl]

i wasn't around then, but my parents were young adults during WWII. from what i learned from my mom's lecturing over waste, was that butter, bread, gas, just about everything. so mom's had to get creative with their cooking to make food last...Casseroles came from this era. Casseroles were a way to stretch meat and use the grains and pasta that were passed out.

[snal]

I've heard stories about the rationing from both sets of grandparents. They couldn't figure it out. Both sets were born and raised, and lived, in western NC. They made their own butter, bread, lard, ect....and gasoline was always a luxury that they rarely needed.
They weren't poor....until the feds did a study on the people of Appalachia...and told them they were.