Children 16 and under get a small ration of bread.
By the reign of Aurelian, the state had begun to distribute the annona as a daily ration of bread baked in state factories, and added olive oil, wine, and pork to the dole.
As in the gulag, where survival could come down to receiving the thicker part of the soup or an extra ration of bread, or simply owning your own bowl, there is no room in his stories for the non-essential.
And with the ration of bread we received a small piece of margarine or sausage or a spoonful of sugar or preserve.
They miss the dignity of having control over your life and not having to stand in line for a scrap of bread, or a ration of food," Ms. Farrow said.
When her cries subside, the narrator eats her family's entire ration of bread for the next several days.
At first Teichmann devours his ration of bread, but as his strength ebbs he learns, like the others, to make a crust of bread into a seven-course meal.
Later, Gyuri discovers that his bunkmate has died, but finds himself unable for days to tell the guard of the fact so that he can take the pitiful extra ration of bread.
They had stuck together for three years, "always near each other, for suffering, for blows, for the ration of bread, for prayer," but the rabbi had lost sight of him in the crowd and was now scratching through the snow looking for his son's corpse.
To be specific, we think a ration of 50 per cent.
