So I watched a TV program recently that talked about how rationing lasted for 9 years after the end of the second world war.
I looked up why and it was partly because America stopped exporting food to us when we voted in a Labour government and partly because we were helping to feed all the countries in Europe who had been occupied and starved by the Nazi regime. People in the Netherlands had been surviving by eating grass and pets.
So it kind of puts in to context why we have the reputation for having rubbish cuisine, we had no ingredients to cook with for nearly 15 years.
I looked up why and it was partly because America stopped exporting food to us when we voted in a Labour government and partly because we were helping to feed all the countries in Europe who had been occupied and starved by the Nazi regime. People in the Netherlands had been surviving by eating grass and pets.
So it kind of puts in to context why we have the reputation for having rubbish cuisine, we had no ingredients to cook with for nearly 15 years.