WWI Rations

ย Americans during WWI helped win the war by rationing their food and fuel. Public education campaigns encouraged Americans, even young children, do to their part in conservation.ย 
This ad was part of the Food Administration's campaign to encourage Americans to  replace their meat consumptions with fish, beans, and cheese. - History By Mail
No American was too small to help with the war effort.

This ad was part of the Food Administration's campaign to encourage Americans to  replace their meat consumptions with fish, beans, and cheese. - History By MailThis ad was part of the Food Administration's campaign to encourage Americans to  replace their meat consumptions with fish, beans, and cheese. - History By Mail

This ad was part of the Food Administration's campaign to encourage Americans toย  replace their meat consumptions with fish, beans, and cheese.

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 Coca-Cola is stating their compliance with the WWI food regulations. - History By Mail
This WWI poster was placed on a Clark Street streetcar line in Chicago. Here, Coca-Cola is stating their compliance with the WWI food regulations.
World War I advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture encourages Americans to kill rats. - History By Mail
This WWI advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture encourages Americans to kill rats, which are destroying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of food needed for the war effort.

Apple Brown Betty Recipe

Adapted from the โ€œSweets Without Sugarโ€ pamphlet distributed by the Federal Food Board of New York in 1918.

Start to finish: Approximately 1 hour
Servings: 10

5 medium apples
1 ยผ cups bread crumbs
4 tablespoons of melted butter or cooking fat
ยผ cup hot water
1 ยฝ tablespoons lemon juice
5 tablespoons dark corn syrup
ยฝ teaspoon salt
ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon

Grease a glass or ceramic baking dish and preheat oven to 350ยฐ F.

Pare the apples and cut them into thin slices. Toss the bread crumbs with the melted fat in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the hot water, lemon juice, corn syrup, salt and cinnamon together.

Distribute a third of the bread crumb mixture into the bottom of the greased dish and top with half of the sliced apples and half of the liquid. Repeat with another layer of bread crumbs, apples and liquid and top with the remaining bread crumbs. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.