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Alright, where are the anti capitalist tankies defending this?
ah 12 packs of cigarettes and a half a litre of vodka. a complete balanced breakfast.
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I was trying to figure out how to make it work for week but a month?
Their priorities were fucked up. Cigarettes and alcohol, obviously, but more sugar than rice? Huh?
Also, lots of meat but no other food groups?
Elsewhere in the comments it’s mentioned that these were just the rationed things; there were unrationed foodstuffs.
Vodka and cigarettes are not necessities. Different times, obviously. If the vodka was being made either from potatoes or grain, even if of lower quality, those would be better put towards adding extra available calories for people.
p.s
This made me remember being told there was a time, my country being at war then, where cigarette packs were distributed to soldiers with a banner stamped on it that stated “Have a cigar and relax”.
Neither is meat or butter
That is around 970 calories a day if you take 1/30th of each edible item on the Table.
It’s not enough, but surprisingly almost half the needed amount.
If Poland is anything like the US, families were expected to keep a garden where they grew many vegetables and fruits, and often kept chickens.
Are you referring to ‘Victory Gardens’ in WWII?
If so, that’s a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, since Poland had been at peace for over 35 years.
0.5 liter of vodka? What were they supposed to do the other 29 days of the month?
Let alone the rest of the first day?
That’s like, half a days worth of vodka
And far too few darts
Meet the black market.
How many cigarettes do I get if I trade in all my soap, washing powder, flour and rice?
Seriously. It’s what I’m buying for myself for a gaming evening if I don’t want to get drunk.
I wonder how they used it. Fancy baked goods the first days, then a rush to bake long lasting good before the perishables spoil? Did widowers ask family to bake with their rations?
More on the history of this photograph here: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/food-rationing-communist-poland/
Who the hell writes like this, felt like a student that had an x word paper due and added literally every adjective they could think of to pad it.
Thank you for the effort, that was an interesting read.
I find it funny that a lot of people seem to be assuming that this is everything that they were allowed to eat. Fruits and veggies have been completely banned, in this world! Haha
Fruit is often hard to grow, but simple veggies like potatoes and onions are a no-brainer. Garlic too!
Four and a half kilos of carbohydrates and sugars, goddamn.
For a month, that’s only about 600 kcal/day from carbs. Maybe potatoes are unrationed.
A loaf of bread is about half a kilo of flour, that’s not much for a whole month!
I wonder why it’s 1.3kg. The soviet union adopted the metric system, so it seems like an odd choice. Maybe Poland had a historical measure that size.
lot of problems, but not diabetes
Is that like for a whole family?
Well, the kids usually take the vodka.
The meat and sweets for the adults, the ciggies and vodka for the kids
Individual, I believe.
500 ml of vodka? Bullshit, there was plenty of vodka and it was distilled legally and illegally.
For a month, that’s only about 600 kcal/day from carbs. Maybe potatoes are unrationed.
No see. US imperialism is bad therefore communism good.
