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I estimated from the photo: Vodka: 231 kcal/100ml * 500ml = 1155 kcal Meat: say 300 kcal/100g * 2.5kg = 7500 kcal Butter: 717 kcal/100g * 500g = 3585 kcal C
by owenversteeg 3y ago
I estimated from the photo:
Vodka: 231 kcal/100ml * 500ml = 1155 kcal
Meat: say 300 kcal/100g * 2.5kg = 7500 kcal
Butter: 717 kcal/100g * 500g = 3585 kcal
Cooking oil: 884 kcal/100g * say 300g = 2652 kcal
Sweets: say 387 kcal/100g * 250g = 967 kcal
Rice, uncooked: 364 kcal/100g * 1.3kg = 4732 kcal
Sugar: 387 kcal/100g * 2kg = 7740 kcal
Flour: 364 kcal/100g * 1.3kg = 4732 kcal
Total 1155+7500+3585+2652+967+4732+7740+4732 = 33063 kcal
That's 33063 kcal for a month, or 1086 kcal per day on average... how? Long-term, that's a starvation diet, and that's assuming you consume every gram of everything you get including the cooking oil, the vodka, and the unhealthy amount of sugar.
[edit] I see now that some products were not rationed, but still, this seems like a rather restrictive diet and indeed from the article:
>In mid-1981 thousands of Poles took part in several hunger demonstrations, organized in cities and towns across the country.
>Banners, held by the protesters, stated among others: “Our children are hungry”, “We stand in lines 24 hours a day”, “We want to split bread, not Poland”, “The hungry of all countries – unite!”, and “We are not going to work hungry”.
- Aleklart 3y agoOh these commies! Starved to death polaks so much they doubled in count. It is not what you allowed to buy at all, it is what you allowed to buy for low fixed price. Food stamps. Bread milk and pretty much everything else you can eat as much as you want. Meat can be bought on market, for much higher price.
- batter 3y agoHm... leftists tales. 'As much as you want' - As much as you can afford. And this is completely different story.
- msm_ 3y agoPlease stop rewriting history. Read the comments left in this thread by actual Polish people that lived through this, and reconsider if that really was a good system to live in. Let's learn from history instead of throwing away lessons we've painfully learned. Sincerely, a Polish person (by the way, I'm not a native speaker, but I believe "Polacks" is a derogatory term. I don't mind personally, but someone may be offended by the use of an ethnic slur. If that's not what you intended, "Poles" or "Polish people" are usually used instead).
- thealistra 3y agoBro, just fyi Polak is polishman in polish, source: I’m polish. Doesn’t really feel as a slur that warrants this reaction. Even if meant as derogatory
- pwgawron 3y agoVegetables were not rationed and available. Seasonal fruits were available. Milk, milk-based products, many grains and eggs were also not rationed. Life then was not easy for most, but there was no hunger. The hunger started in 1990's when the market economy has lead to the economic collapse for many and boom for the few.
- jacekm 3y agoOnly some items were rationed, you could buy other stuff like eggs, fruits, vegetables. The picture of a woman with rationed goods does not include for example bread - it was freely available at that time.
- tekla 3y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/04/15/poland-announces-near-total-rationing-of-food/dd054608-dab0-40fb-81b1-7a9695f59490/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/04/15/p... This news article says bread was extremely scarce even if available for purchase https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationing-in-communist-poland/ https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationin... It seems that wheat and wheat products were at times rationed
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