KITCHEN TRIVIA FROM THE SECOND DECADE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

1910 through 1919 was the second decade of the twentieth century. A terrible thing for all Americans was WWI from 1914 to 1918 resulting in the following:

• The war brought serious food shortages which caused soaring prices making life hard in the American kitchens. 
• More Americans planted gardens for their food.
• Eggless and butterless cakes became popular from necessity.
• Meals without meat often became necessary.
• Rationing of sugar in 1918.
• Vegetable shortening often replaced hard-to-get lard.
• America saw a rise in processed foods such as Oreos, hamburger buns, and Hellmann's mayonnaise.
• Self-service grocery stores were introduced in California in 1912.
• Piggly Wiggly was the first supermarket chain after it opened in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916.