234 Dumplings for Dinner FOOD FACTS next year. Housewives won't find it easy Water-logged fields at planting time and parched soil during the long dry summer —it's been one of the worst years for potatoes in history. That's why we're two million tons short—three months' supply. There's only one reasonable thing to do—share out what we have. It's too bad so long after the war to have to start producing a Ration Book for potatoes, but it's a lot better than having none at all for three months to give the family filling meals, but here's a suggestion—good old-fashioned English dumplings.