Sugar became the first household staple rationed as part
of the US war effort on this day in 1942.

The government issued ration books with tear-out stamps
allowing every American, kids included, to buy 26 pounds
of sugar per year, about 8 Oz per week—using stamps from
War Ration Book One.

On April 22, 1967, a McDonald’s franchisee in Uniontown, Pennsylvania,
debuted a double-decker burger that would soon be known around the
world as the Big Mac. The price…45 cents.

“The Big Mac resulted from our need for a larger sandwich to compete
against Burger King and a variety of specialty shop concoctions,” noted
McDonald’s mastermind Ray Kroc in his 1977 autobiography Grinding
It Out. “

The idea, was originated by Jim Delligatti in Pittsburgh.” McDonald’s
took the Big Mac national in 1968.        

      
    
    
   

Raymond Albert Kroc
(October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984)

Michael James Delligatti
(August 2, 1918 – November 28, 2016)

The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930, by Canadian-born
baker James "Jimmy" Dewar for the Continental Baking
Company in Schiller Park, Illinois.

Originally filled with banana cream, this sponge cake
was designed to use idle pans when strawberries for
shortcakes were out of season

James Alexander Dewar
(February 5, 1897 – June 30, 1985)

Bert Lahr, was a actor and comedian. He was best known for his
role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas
farmworker "Zeke", in the 1939Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation
of The Wizard of Oz (below).

The federal government under Roosevelt (above) decided
to limit the production of certain crops such as wheat to “stabilize” supplies and prices.

On this day in 1943 In a wartime rationing effort, the US
government banned the sale of sliced bread—in theory,
to conserve wax paper and the steel used in bread-
slicing machines.

After huge backlash, they rescind the order in less than
two months.