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Post by carol on Aug 26, 2020 0:08:51 GMT -5
During the war The Waltons always seemed to have enough coffee as they were always drinking it and they always seemed to have enough sugar as they always had some sort of dessert. I can see how they would have all the eggs they needed since they raised chickens and milk and butter since they had Chance so they wouldn't have to worry about ration coupons for those items but for coffee and sugar they would have needed ration coupons for those items.
Only once do I remember them talking about gasoline ration coupons. Erin gave hers to Cindy so she could go meet Ben when he returned from the war.
There was also an episode where Ike had to appear before the ration board.
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Post by Brenda on Aug 26, 2020 5:36:13 GMT -5
I watched the episode The Attack on MeTV yesterday, and they mentioned a shortage of sugar, but you are right. Shortages and ration coupons didn’t seem to be much of an issue for the Waltons.
After my aunt died in 2007 at the age of 94, we found some WW2 ration coupons in her house. She had kept them for over 60 years.
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Post by wacokyd on Aug 26, 2020 11:03:46 GMT -5
During "The War" (as it was reffered to then), rationing had exceptions. If you had a job such as newspaper delivery, you had a "B" sticker on the car which allowed you to get more gas. My brother bought a scooter to deliver papers to save up on the gas for his car so he could take trips to nearly empty vacation places like Sequoia National Park. As for sugar, I have a distaste today for many desserts because we were used to things made with much less sugar and many pastries today like rubarb pie taste way too sweet for comfort.
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Post by carol on Aug 26, 2020 13:48:11 GMT -5
I watched the episode The Attack on MeTV yesterday, and they mentioned a shortage of sugar, but you are right. Shortages and ration coupons didn’t seem to be much of an issue for the Waltons. After my aunt died in 2007 at the age of 94, we found some WW2 ration coupons in her house. She had kept them for over 60 years. My mom still has her WW2 ration coupon books. She found them in my grandmother's house when they cleaned it out after grandma was moved to my uncle's house due to her Alzheimers..
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Post by Easton on Aug 26, 2020 13:49:31 GMT -5
I think rationing was on the show only when it was integral to the plot. Otherwise, the writers and directors seemed not to know it existed.
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Post by carol on Aug 26, 2020 13:50:17 GMT -5
During "The War" (as it was reffered to then), rationing had exceptions. If you had a job such as newspaper delivery, you had a "B" sticker on the car which allowed you to get more gas. My brother bought a scooter to deliver papers to save up on the gas for his car so he could take trips to nearly empty vacation places like Sequoia National Park. As for sugar, I have a distaste today for many desserts because we were used to things made with much less sugar and many pastries today like rubarb pie taste way too sweet for comfort. So John may have had the "B" sticker because his truck was used to haul lumber for his business.
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Aug 26, 2020 14:01:42 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house?
I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war.
Another time they made molasses to sell.
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Post by carol on Aug 26, 2020 23:53:38 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house? I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war. Another time they made molasses to sell. I believe each person in the household was issued coupons. How many for each person I don't know. I would imagine children and adults probably got coupons for different items.. Children for instance probably didn't get coffee or gas ration coupons.I know in my mom's ration book, she was a small child then, there are a few coupons for milk.
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Post by patriciaanne on Aug 27, 2020 10:07:48 GMT -5
Of course, there are alternatives to sugar -- like molasses, sorghum, honey. We don't see honeybees on The Waltons' property, but that would have been an option.
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Post by wacokyd on Aug 27, 2020 14:35:51 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house? I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war. Another time they made molasses to sell. The larger the house, the more the food coupons so if you had alot of small kids who didn't eat much, it was a bonanza for having a large dinner on the table. As for nylons, there was NO product available made with nylon for the entire war so women either wore old nylons (sometimes withe repairs on them) or so called nylons made with a synthetic material. Why the ban? Perhaps nylon was needed for making parachutes.
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Post by patriciaanne on Aug 27, 2020 14:47:59 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house? I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war. Another time they made molasses to sell. The larger the house, the more the food coupons so if you had alot of small kids who didn't eat much, it was a bonanza for having a large dinner on the table. As for nylons, there was NO product available made with nylon for the entire war so women either wore old nylons (sometimes withe repairs on them) or so called nylons made with a synthetic material. Why the ban? Perhaps nylon was needed for making parachutes.
Well nylons are vile things anyway. It's too bad they ever resumed making them.
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Post by goodnight on Aug 27, 2020 18:38:49 GMT -5
Didn't Jim Bob and Yancy try to develop auto fuel from alcohol. And I think that Jim Bob's reasoning was gasoline rationing. That's the episode where Jason was singing about moonshiners while they were working. Maybe they should have got Boone Walton to help.
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Post by Easton on Aug 27, 2020 21:11:50 GMT -5
^ That is the secondary story in Season 7's The Beau. That's the one in which Marcus Dane shows up to 'woo' Grandma.
Yancy and Jim-Bob make the moonshine when Ike is forced to limit gasoline to $3 due to lack of deliveries. They suspect that rationing is on the horizon.
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Post by goodnight on Aug 27, 2020 21:40:52 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house? I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war.Another time they made molasses to sell. I recall another episode where the girls were talking about leg make-up to use it you couldn't get hose.
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Post by carol on Aug 28, 2020 0:23:59 GMT -5
Could they have had more coupons because of all the people in the house? I know Erin complained about nylons or pantyhose once and Elizabeth was like its worth doing without if it helps the war. Another time they made molasses to sell. The larger the house, the more the food coupons so if you had alot of small kids who didn't eat much, it was a bonanza for having a large dinner on the table. As for nylons, there was NO product available made with nylon for the entire war so women either wore old nylons (sometimes withe repairs on them) or so called nylons made with a synthetic material. Why the ban? Perhaps nylon was needed for making parachutes.
Women also had leg make up. They drew a line up the back of their leg to simulate the seam of the stockings.
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