First you need to understand that all food was confiscated from the villages. Every grain of wheat.
My father said to strip the bark from a tree and peel off the outer crust. Chew the inside rind. You may get some sap out but even the chewing helps satisfy the hunger. Then he said to pull grass out to eat the roots. If in winter you can use snow to wash and cook the roots.
My mother was taken to slave labor camp when she was 13. The women had only potato water to eat. There was a German woman from nearby farm who had pity on them and sent her sons to sneak in a food item under the guise of taunting them. Mom explained the boys would sneak in a handful of flour or an apple, etc and the women in the camp could devise a 'meal' with it.
Now grown and in US I was helping my mom in the kitchen and I will never forget her words "You will never go hungry because I taught you 100s of things you can make with a little flour and if you have an onion, an apple, a potato..."
First you need to understand that all food was confiscated from the villages. Every grain of wheat.
My father said to strip the bark from a tree and peel off the outer crust. Chew the inside rind. You may get some sap out but even the chewing helps satisfy the hunger. Then he said to pull grass out to eat the roots. If in winter you can use snow to wash and cook the roots.
My mother was taken to slave labor camp when she was 13. The women had only potato water to eat. There was a German woman from nearby farm who had pity on them and sent her sons to sneak in a food item under the guise of taunting them. Mom explained the boys would sneak in a handful of flour or an apple, etc and the women in the camp could devise a 'meal' with it.
Now grown and in US I was helping my mom in the kitchen and I will never forget her words "You will never go hungry because I taught you 100s of things you can make with a little flour and if you have an onion, an apple, a potato..."
Wow! Thanks for sharing! You should write a book, even your short paragraph was fascinating! So glad your parents were able to survive. ❤️