[goat granny]

any grease from cooking was put in a coffee can and the stores bought it by the pound for the war effort...The whole country worked to defeat the nazi and japan...You would also grow victory gardens in the back yard...

I still have my old ration book someplace. There was one book for every member of the family...mine still had some stamps in it.

[GeronL]

I bet there was a lot of trading back then, someone who didn’t need sugar trading it for something they did want.

[bgill]

I have some of my grandparents’ ration books, poll tax receipts, etc. Gas and foods were rationed. I'm thankful to have been half raised by them. Hunting, gardening, raising livestock, cooking from scratch, sewing and making do with what you have. They owned the newspaper and had a ranch so made it through the Depression better than most but it was still tough. They'd do a lot of bartering with local businesses as payment for advertising as cash money was scarce. I'm looking at granny's piano she got from bartering. The stool doesn't quite match but that helped with the deal.