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PODCAST: British Ration Week Episode 1: Introduction (Patreon)

Published:
2018-01-20 12:01:00
Imported:
2026-06

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Did you know that under World War II rationing, the health of the British public improved by virtually every objective measure? Caloric intake increased, lifespan increased, and infant mortality decreased. Despite being an island nation under severe submarine blockade, the United Kingdom managed to not just provide food for its millions of inhabitants, but actually build and maintain the public trust in government rationing. How did this happen? We will explore the question all week, while Ian eats a diet of only what a typical British family would have eaten during the dark days of the Blitz.

Day 1 Menu:

Breakfast: Oatmeal Porridge, tea

Lunch: Leek & Potato Soup, bread & margarine, water

Tea: Vanilla Depression Cake, tea

Dinner: Cottage Pie, ale

For the recipes for today's dishes - and lots of other details about the experiment - please see our data page at InRange.tv: 

http://www.inrange.tv/british-rationing-recipes/

nRange is entirely viewer supported:

https://www.patreon.com/InRangeTV

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Dom Hogan

How did this happen? The classic answer is that foods that are cheap nowadays- high fat, high sugar- were hard to produce in WWII. There are going to be so many references to Ginn Goodman Langlands!

Sons of Lorgar

That and that centralized, science based advise and coordination.

Matt136

Dear Ian, I highly appreciate the content and would like to see this video as well. Unfortunately, the music in this video is a strong and annoying distraction to what you have to say. Trying to focus on the actual information you want to transport to me as a viewer gets frustrating very quickly. I had to quit watching after 3 minutes. I am highly interested in the videos, the music I find really annoying. If I may ask that: please do not put background music in the videos again.

Dom Hogan

Erik- you are right- but even then there were debates (how iron was prevented from being absorbed in whole meal bread, efficacy of calcium additions,

Andrew Bethards

InrangeTV’s approach to diet and weight loss on the new year is to recreate British war time rationing. This is precisely the reason I watch, a 1-stop resource for all your entertainment and educational needs.

Andy

Ian and Karl have finally gone crazy. This is a bridge too far. Has British food really changed that much since then? (ignoring curry etc)

Mark Curley

I found that the background music enhanced the experience for me and It did not distract. Maybe because I saw it on the video. Not to dismiss Matt's experience, but maybe others can chime-in?

Marc Paris

Interesting topic. An additional factor helping to improve the British diet was Victory gardens. The British people ate more and a greater variety of vegetables during the war than before the war

Mike

I've also heard that there was an increased consumption of offal (due to the good meat going to the military), and offal is generally nutrient rich.

Dom Hogan

More offal by weight could be bought for the ration limit (one shilling thruppence) than, say, a steak.

David Heck

Very interesting and enlightening topic I am comparing my grandmothers descriptions of US rationing vs brittish for differences.

Will Rodger

I'd say the main thing with the music is it occasionally crescendos to a few loud notes. Generally it's not too bad and I like when Ian and Karl try new things, but I think in this case it would be better to have more even-keeled music like soft jazz as opposed to big band.

LYSANDER SPOONER

Centrally planned diets, what is not to like