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Why did you save all your coupons instead of getting your share each week? I was fortunate being born after the war ended.
posted by
adnohr
on January 7, 2023 at 3:20 AM
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You ate them of course and being you, shared them with the family.Mother may have crushed some of them up as they were probably mostly sugar and that would have helped with her sugar rations. She probably made a cake. I was born in '45 just before the European war ended.
posted by
Kabu
on January 5, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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Mama never let us have many sweets, so I don't remember if they were
rationed here. I do remember she stockpiled sugar so she'd have enough to make jelly and can peaches in season. She complained about how fast we grew out of or wore out our shoes because leather was also rationed - I guess they needed it for army boots and gear. It's amazing what a person remembers from childhood.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 5, 2023 at 9:15 AM
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During difficult times, we especially want to give children as much of a normal time as we can. Sweets can do that.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 5, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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Good Morning
During wartime, things are difficult for everyone, and children are included. I wish there were a way to shelter children from the war. I feel so sorry for everyone from Ukraine because they have suffered the loss of homes and a way of life that is no longer there. I don't see how they could ever get things back to the way they were. This post about candy makes me think of the way things are in places that have been affected by war.
posted by
Goldiec
on January 5, 2023 at 7:38 AM
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I love this but I had to look up cachou sweets as I had never heard of such a thing
posted by
TAPS.
on January 5, 2023 at 7:36 AM
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