310 FOOD FACTS RATIONS FOR ONE It's less easy to manage on a single ration than it is to cater for a family when one has three or four Ration Books to juggle with, but given imagina- tion and ingenuity, it is possible for those with one Ration Book to avoid monotony and eat well. Sometimes you will buy your meat ration in one piece, pot-roast it, and eat the remainder cold with some appetising trimming. Sometimes you will grill or stew your three chops, or make pie, pudding and casserole out of your 1s.