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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 3731320" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>I was aware of that. The war started in 1941, as well. For the US, anyway. First off, there wasn't any money to buy stuff, and then there wasn't any stuff to buy because it was all going to the military. I believe I still have some of the rationing coupons from my mom's family. She was born in 1939, and just barely remembered rationing. Grandma was thrifty, and tried to teach all the grandkids to be thrifty, too. We gave her a hard time about it, sometimes. She used to work as a cook, among other things. Grandpa met her when she was cooking for a logging camp, and at one time she cooked for the Carillo family restaurant in Whittier, CA. She made a huge batch of tamales once, just before I enlisted in the USAF, and had corn husks hanging from the laundry line and all around the kitchen drying. We accused her of washing and saving them. Had her really flustered. She was actually only drying the ones that didn't get used and we knew it, but it was fun to mess with her! <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillM, post: 3731320, member: 45785"] I was aware of that. The war started in 1941, as well. For the US, anyway. First off, there wasn't any money to buy stuff, and then there wasn't any stuff to buy because it was all going to the military. I believe I still have some of the rationing coupons from my mom's family. She was born in 1939, and just barely remembered rationing. Grandma was thrifty, and tried to teach all the grandkids to be thrifty, too. We gave her a hard time about it, sometimes. She used to work as a cook, among other things. Grandpa met her when she was cooking for a logging camp, and at one time she cooked for the Carillo family restaurant in Whittier, CA. She made a huge batch of tamales once, just before I enlisted in the USAF, and had corn husks hanging from the laundry line and all around the kitchen drying. We accused her of washing and saving them. Had her really flustered. She was actually only drying the ones that didn't get used and we knew it, but it was fun to mess with her! ;) [/QUOTE]
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