Certain staple foods were never rationed, including bread, potatoes, fruit, vegetables, and fish
Evidence
Rationing in Wartime Britain (World History Encyclopedia)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Post-war Britain rationed nearly all basic foods including fresh produce — David, Elizabeth, Book of Mediterranean Food, 40; By mid-1942 most foodstuffs were rationed, except fresh vegetables, fruit, fish and bread — Rationing in Britain during World War II: A resource for Key Stage 4
Related
- By mid-1942 most foodstuffs were rationed, except fresh vegetables, fruit, fish and bread (similarity 0.95)
- Post-war Britain rationed nearly all basic foods including fresh produce (similarity 0.91)
- Postwar British rationing made basic cooking ingredients scarce or unobtainable in 1950 (similarity 0.82)