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Breads made of orache and bran, fried in machine oil, were used as food in besieged Leningrad.[citation needed]
A famine food or poverty food is any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of hunger and starvation, whether caused by extreme poverty, such as during economic depression or war, or by natural disasters such as drought.
Foods associated with famine need not be nutritionally deficient, or unsavory. People who eat famine food in large quantity over a long period of time may become averse to it over time. In times of relative affluence, these foods may become the targets of social stigma and rejection. For example, cultures that consider cats and dogs to be taboo foods have historically consumed them during times of famine.[citation needed]
The characterization of some foodstuffs as "famine" or "poverty" food can be social. For example, lobster and other crustaceans have been considered poverty food in some societies and luxury food in others depending on the time period and situation.[citation needed]
A faminefood or poverty food is any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of hunger and starvation, whether caused by...
strip is facing starvation and famine. Airstrikes have destroyed food infrastructure, such as bakeries, mills, and food stores, and there is a widespread...
Indian famines, including the Bengal famine of 1770, the Chalisa famine, the Doji bara famine, the Great Famine of 1876–1878, and the Bengal famine of 1943...
The Bengal famine of 1943 was an anthropogenic famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during...
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The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic...
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Bark bread is a traditional food made with cambium (phloem) flour. It has a history of use as faminefood. Bark bread seems to be a primarily Scandinavian...
used as faminefood in historical times. A history of Scotland written in the 1800s recounts a description of various snails and their use as food items...
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