"The front is tight and the rear is tight" was the norm of the Kuomintang government during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and this phenomenon was unique among the main belligerents of World War II, which could almost make Hideki Tojo across the sea cry.
At that time, how much to eat in Chongqing and other places in the rear can be seen from the development of Sichuan cuisine. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, famous chefs from all over the country gathered in Chongqing and Chengdu, and Chairman Jiang did not implement food control, so Sichuan cuisine was greatly developed during the War of Resistance. Officials of the State Government can easily carry out their own food journey, what bamboo forest small meal canned intestine white meat, three-way fat sausage mutton, Wu scribe hand noodles, Kuixing Loukou Zhide beef fried sauce noodles, Huangcheng Dam roast goose roast duck, ancestral hall street chicken bean blossoms, Chen Ma Po beef tofu outside the north gate, summer sox street dwarf scribe, rising street burning noodles, 24 spring Yangzhou dumplings, Wufangzhai, Chenyuan, Shoujing Street and Nanxin Street buns, commercial changfu hall Tangyuan and Lai Tangyuan, Da Ke Lou's hemp cakes, The dumplings of holly tree dumplings, the clean noodles of Chunxi Road, the sausages of the upside-down King Buns, the brine dishes of Huaxing Street Plate Restaurant, the roasted meat of Li he sen, and the peach slices of Wei Yu Xuan are all delicious and inexpensive. Sichuan cuisine also closely follows current events, and famous dishes such as the bombing of Tokyo are born. Eels from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, dim sum from Guangdong also exchanged with Sichuan cuisine, and the gastronomy industry in Sichuan and Chongqing became the biggest beneficiaries of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and Chengdu, with a population of just over 400,000, developed nearly 3,000 restaurants during the War of Resistance, so that an average of 130 people had one. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the acceptors of the state government also became accustomed to Eating Sichuan Cuisine, resulting in a surge in Sichuan cuisine restaurants in Nanjing and Shanghai.
Compared with China, Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Japan, the Soviet Union and other countries during World War II have become gastronomic deserts. Britain implements a food rationing system, no beef fried meatloaf, no sugar cake and tea without tea and other convenience foods are popular in the United Kingdom, Buckingham Palace to entertain foreign guests and even use lunch meat that American soldiers do not eat, chocolate and other snacks can only be bought on the black market, so that American soldiers can use chocolate to date British girls. France became the logistics warehouse of the German army, and the German army could even take all the wines except the first-class wineries at will, and World War II was the dark period of Famous Agricultural Products such as French wine and cheese. Because the French surrendered quickly, Germany cut two-thirds of France's arable land, stole three-quarters of France's wheat production and 70% of its milk, and did not allow the French to go to the sea to catch fish for seafood. The Dutch and other German occupations are not much better, and Hepburn's figure is the best proof.
Germany and the Soviet Union fought hard during World War II, and the diets between their peoples were greatly reduced during the war. The food sufferers of World War II were also Japan, whose traditional food tempura said goodbye to the Japanese people in 1939 because of the shortage of oil. After 1939, the Japanese implemented a rationing system for clothes, rice, and charcoal, and in 1940, even matches were distributed in a monthly quota. The war became bigger and bigger, and the Japanese radio was one after another, but the life of the Japanese people became more and more difficult, and by the end of the war, it even developed to the point that money could not buy food on the street. Before 1938, there were more than 2,000 cafes selling Western food throughout Tokyo, and every 16 families had a cake and bakery, and as the war progressed, these Western restaurants and shops disappeared. On December 1, 1939, Japan imposed the "White Rice Prohibition Order", which prohibited the sale and consumption of pure white rice, and added wheat grains, soybeans, and potatoes to the rice balls, so that the traditional Japanese sushi also disappeared.
In 1944, Japan began to ban the cultivation of watermelon, melon and other fruits, strawberries, peppers, peanuts were also greatly restricted (it is estimated that the Japanese Navy still has to eat), in The Second World War during the Watermelon has become a luxury that only admirals can buy and give away (said Yamamoto Isoroku). By 1944, the Japanese food supply had become three green onions and one piece of fish every five days per person, and traditional Japanese restaurants could not continue to open.
So it's always okay for rich Japanese people to start a gang at home, right? You underestimate the diligence of Hideki Tojo, the prime minister and minister of the interior who looked through Tokyo's trash cans after work to see who was secretly eating high-end food. The Japanese gendarmes under his command followed suit, rummaging through the garbage cans of the Japanese all day long and classifying all those who dared to secretly eat high-end food as non-nationals.
Therefore, throughout the Period of World War II, when it comes to food progress, in addition to the United States, which is the Republic of China, the United States relies on a strong food industry, and the Republic of China relies on ... This is really not an honorable thing.