3. June, 1946. A shipment of bananas arrives. Government makes it priority to give bananas to children, many of whom have never eaten one
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14. Conversely, the leveling effects of war hit hardest the culinary habits of aristocrats and would-be aristocrats like Waugh.
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15. It's no accident that Waugh's wartime novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) filled with food porn, lavishly described remembered meals.
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@HeerJeet How much is due to Chuchill/British govt purposefully taking food away from Bengalis et al (as in the 1943 Bengali famine)?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I remember reading about CSLewis and the BBC broadcasts that he made, sandwiched in with food programmes about growing veggiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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