Only one 0.5 l vodka bottle per month? How did people survive back in the day?
Felczer on
Well this image is just misleading propaganda slop
Physical_Ring_7850 on
Where potato?
EspritLibre_404 on
Nothing says prosperity like rationed sugar and emotional resilience.
_Montague on
No eggs?
CainJaeger on
Nice propaganda picture but the reality was different.Everything was limited via pieces of paper that were your food allowance but they were pretty worthless since shops were mostly empty with stock neing gone basically the same day it arrived.No communism wasnt a good thing
Vhsbroken on
No potatoes?
pashtetova on
thats bullshit
ration stamps did not mean food rationing, just ammount one can buy at official prices
people could get any basic goods at higher “open market” prices or for hard currency
kamiloslav on
That’s how much you were allowed to buy. No way you’d be able to get all that in any shop back then
No_Order_8011 on
Oh wow, people that didn’t smoke and did not drink alcohol must have felt like kings with all the extra exchange currency.
Friendly_Gazelle7843 on
It’s not food ration. It’s restricted food they limited per person but you still have to pay for it
Grzechoooo on
False, vodka was unlimited.
0lam0t on
Lead and carcirogens
edijo on
These weren’t any kind of “food rations”. Just purchase limits in official stores. People had plenty of other ways to get food — they’d “sort things out” for themselves, like arranging a “private” pig slaughter, or getting a hen, goose, duck, or chicken. More generally, they bought food “from the countryside” or “at the market.” Alcohol and cigarettes were made privately too. Bread and dairy weren’t rationed, and they were ridiculously cheap. I remember “military” salted butter sold from barrels, without any limits…
Not_Again_07 on
Good thing it came with vodka and cigarettes
angelindarkness on
And that’s if you didn’t use your rations to get other items – I remember a story of someone who traded their food rations for material to sew a new dress. They just didn’t eat that month.
Immediate_War_6893 on
As a none Pole. Is she smiling in this picture or not?
fluffybuttsncats on
Although I was very young, I remember standing in a long ass line with my mom waiting our turn to buy our allotment of wędliny.
Often they would run out, and we’d go home empty handed after what seemed like (to me at least) hours of waiting. But when we did get it, it was SO exciting and delicious, and I do recall it always being fresh. So communism was at least good for making you appreciate things more, I guess.
blinkinbling on
While experiencing baby boom
megacide84 on
As a non-smoker and one that doesn’t use flour in my home cooking.
I suppose I could have easily traded my ration of cigarettes and flour for extra meat and rice, Perhaps some ground or instant coffee.
I tell ya…. People do fiend hard for nicotine. To the point of trading valuable items.
Left-Fennel5600 on
Kiedyś to się żyło, synek. Nie to co tera
Knarrenheinz666 on
To be fair, these are the goods that were rationed. Ok, a few a missing but it’s not like people went hungry.
Grasher312 on
Damn, I burn through like, 500g of any meat in about three days. Stretching what is barely over a two week ration for a whole month sounds dreadful.
Don’t know what’s the point of TWO SOAP BARS per person, I hardly burn through one over a month.
Objective_Date_9569 on
Good old times
Vree65 on
“What about fresh frui-” “SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR VODKA”
“Fun” fact these are almost the same rations collected by food banks in poorer countries (like here in Eastern Europe). They prefer cheap, portable, hermetically packaged, long expiration date foods (so fruit, even canned fruit, is usually out). You can survive on a diet like this but of course it is extremely unhealthy. The goal is usually just to help people survive during war or extreme poverty.
krzywaLagaMikolaja on
Fun fact, that’s Barbara Brzęczyszczykiewicz, and she’s was 37 when this picture was taken.
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Only one 0.5 l vodka bottle per month? How did people survive back in the day?
Well this image is just misleading propaganda slop
Where potato?
Nothing says prosperity like rationed sugar and emotional resilience.
No eggs?
Nice propaganda picture but the reality was different.Everything was limited via pieces of paper that were your food allowance but they were pretty worthless since shops were mostly empty with stock neing gone basically the same day it arrived.No communism wasnt a good thing
No potatoes?
thats bullshit
ration stamps did not mean food rationing, just ammount one can buy at official prices
people could get any basic goods at higher “open market” prices or for hard currency
That’s how much you were allowed to buy. No way you’d be able to get all that in any shop back then
Oh wow, people that didn’t smoke and did not drink alcohol must have felt like kings with all the extra exchange currency.
It’s not food ration. It’s restricted food they limited per person but you still have to pay for it
False, vodka was unlimited.
Lead and carcirogens
These weren’t any kind of “food rations”. Just purchase limits in official stores. People had plenty of other ways to get food — they’d “sort things out” for themselves, like arranging a “private” pig slaughter, or getting a hen, goose, duck, or chicken. More generally, they bought food “from the countryside” or “at the market.” Alcohol and cigarettes were made privately too. Bread and dairy weren’t rationed, and they were ridiculously cheap. I remember “military” salted butter sold from barrels, without any limits…
Good thing it came with vodka and cigarettes
And that’s if you didn’t use your rations to get other items – I remember a story of someone who traded their food rations for material to sew a new dress. They just didn’t eat that month.
As a none Pole. Is she smiling in this picture or not?
Although I was very young, I remember standing in a long ass line with my mom waiting our turn to buy our allotment of wędliny.
Often they would run out, and we’d go home empty handed after what seemed like (to me at least) hours of waiting. But when we did get it, it was SO exciting and delicious, and I do recall it always being fresh. So communism was at least good for making you appreciate things more, I guess.
While experiencing baby boom
As a non-smoker and one that doesn’t use flour in my home cooking.
I suppose I could have easily traded my ration of cigarettes and flour for extra meat and rice, Perhaps some ground or instant coffee.
I tell ya…. People do fiend hard for nicotine. To the point of trading valuable items.
Kiedyś to się żyło, synek. Nie to co tera
To be fair, these are the goods that were rationed. Ok, a few a missing but it’s not like people went hungry.
Damn, I burn through like, 500g of any meat in about three days. Stretching what is barely over a two week ration for a whole month sounds dreadful.
Don’t know what’s the point of TWO SOAP BARS per person, I hardly burn through one over a month.
Good old times
“What about fresh frui-” “SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR VODKA”
“Fun” fact these are almost the same rations collected by food banks in poorer countries (like here in Eastern Europe). They prefer cheap, portable, hermetically packaged, long expiration date foods (so fruit, even canned fruit, is usually out). You can survive on a diet like this but of course it is extremely unhealthy. The goal is usually just to help people survive during war or extreme poverty.
Fun fact, that’s Barbara Brzęczyszczykiewicz, and she’s was 37 when this picture was taken.
TYLKO PÓL LITRA?
Soap tasted better back in the days
If there was actually any meat in the shops.
somehow some people wish to return to those times