We settled down to our bread with cheese and chutney, and dates and apples, with a few pots of lemon curd, jam, or marmalade. We really appreciated our food because we had all been war-time children, brought up amid strict rationing. None of us had seen a banana or chocolate until we were in our mid to late teens, and had been brought up on one egg and a tiny bit of cheese that was to last us whole week. Bread, along with everything else, had been strictly rationed, so Mrs B's delectable provender brought murmurs of delight."
Jennifer Worth
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