Food rationing WWII - Basque region of Spain and England compared

I've been working in the vegetable garden all day so I am thinking about food. We have such an abundance available to us. (I live in the northwest United States) But it hasn't always been so. I've read a bit and thought a bit about the food rationing observed during World War II. I'd like to read more and learn more.

In "The Basque History of the World" by Mark Kurlansky he mentions what the Basque ration was during the war, at least in Bilbao where they had access to chick peas (aka garbanzo beans) because they controlled the import of Mexican chick peas.

The ten day food ration per person was
 1 pound of rice
 1 pound of chick peas
 1 pound of vegetables
 and 1/2 pound of cooking oil.

The government also provided a dark whole grain bread which apparently the people didn't like. The book didn't say how much of that they were allowed. It didn't say what kind of vegetables were in the ration either though the chapter is called "The Potato Time". People had to scavenge for whatever else they could find. Can you imagine living on just that for 10 days?

I just realized that in making a new recipe today from the Penzeys spice catalog which came in the mail I almost used up a 10 day ration. It calls for
16 oz rice (2/3 white or brown, 1/3 wild)
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. yogurt
1 c. chopped celery
1 c. chopped tomato
1 c. chopped cucumber
2 TB parsley
1/2 tsp seasoned salt
1/2 tsp pepper
The recipe calls for 1/2 c. chopped peanuts but in honor of the Basques I am putting in chick peas (aka garbanzo beans) - not a pound though, 1 can of chick peas, drained and roasted and then cooled.
Of course there will be two of us, and we won't eat it all at one sitting, but still..it almost takes my breath away to think of using up almost a 10 day wartime ration in 1 recipe.  They would not have had the luxury of yogurt and mayonnaise either.

In England they had a bit more food. This is from the lovely blog 1940's Experiment.https://1940sexperiment.wordpress.com/

"Weekly ration for 1 adult

• Bacon & Ham 4 oz
• Meat to the value of 1 shilling and sixpence (around about 1/2 lb minced beef)
• Butter 2 oz
• Cheese 2 oz
• Margarine 4 oz
• Cooking fat 4 oz
• Milk 3 pints
• Sugar 8 oz
• Preserves 1 lb every 2 months
• Tea 2 oz
• Eggs 1 fresh egg per week
• Sweets/Candy 12 oz every 4 weeks

In addition to this a points system was put in place which limited your purchase of tinned or imported goods. 16 points were available in your ration book for every 4 weeks and that 16 points would enable you to purchase for instance, 1 can of tinned fish or 2lbs of dried fruit or 8 lbs of split peas.

… (remember that in addition to this people were encouraged to incorporate lots of fruit and veggies into their diets and grow even more in their back gardens!)"

 England, like the other English speaking countries (and possibly other countries ) encouraged home and community gardening so people could provide as much nutritious food on their own as possible.

The lady who writes that blog has lived on that ration plus what a good sized garden would have produced in the way of vegetables and she lost quite a bit of weight and improved her health by following that plan.