By Richard A. Beranty. MMMMMM sawdust bread!!! Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The crust was tough, and the bread itself was hardly ever fresh. All of the bread consumed by the troops had to be baked by post bakeries or the field bakery company. The World War II years were all about making do with less. They only thing I have done is to list the ingredients in a table for easier reading and to use standard abbreviations for weights and measures. The government put out propaganda to get people to like it. They didn't eat it themselves. A rumor that the bread increased people’s sex drives was almost certainly spread on purpose. The Germans Fed the sawdust bread to the Jews. Eventually, a person’s daily ration was equivalent to a small portion of bread, about the size of a bar of soap, or a handful of flour—much of it stretched by dust or other non-food items. The U.S. didn’t have near the same problems with sawdust in bread as Europe because wheat was so abundant, McDonald said. the fed it to the Jews because it did not have a lot of calories in it so they would probably die of starvation. Oct 29 2008 - 8:41am. There is a Russian saying “heard some ringing, but not knows, from where it goes”. In the kitchen, home cooks found thrifty ways to stretch the family’s food. The attempted crossing of the Rapido River in Italy by two infantry regiments of the U.S. 36th Division in January 1944 was one of the costliest failed attacks made by American forces during World War II. [4] On top of being smaller than the prewar loaves, the National Loaf was gray in color and had a texture like sawdust. [4] On top of being smaller than the prewar loaves, the National Loaf was gray in color and had a texture like sawdust. World War II In World War II , Ersatzbrot (substitute bread) made of potato starch , frequently stretched with extenders such as sawdust, was furnished to soldiers as Kommissbrot , a dark German bread baked from rye and other flours used for military rations , [5] [6] and also to prisoners of war . Are you kidding or seriously misinformed? These recipes are offered as I found them in the 1916 edition of the Manual for Army Bakers. Log in or register to post comments; PaddyL. On some days the markets never … A rumor that the bread increased people’s sex drives was almost certainly spread on purpose. MMMMMM sawdust bread!!! As days went by, rations shrank. World War II: For Liberty: A World War II soldier's inspiring life story of courage, sacrifice, survival and resilience - Kindle edition by Befeler, Mike, Lopinto, Lidia. I'm interested to have taste from the past.This bread is not as bread today,that was bread from WW2 when there was shortage of … Where did you get this idea? 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