A year later, Winston Churchill writes his Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, on the eating lessons that he found on the second day of March, 1941.  In his letter, Churchill admonishes the minister on his provision of food stuffs allowed to be eaten, although these were only his "personal views", but some which could be easily observed.

   I still think that from the point of view of economy it would be better to allow and even encourage in the restaurants the eating up of scraps of all kinds through these being well and tastily cooked, rather than to compel people to plump for the solid simple dishes.

   When a person has the choice of having a piece of cheese or a side of roast beef, most will choose the latter.  They [sic] way not to get fish eaten is to put it into competition with game or meat.

   I should also have thought that an exhortation not to leave anything on the plate, and to take small portions with, if necessary, a second helping, would be a wise step. However these are only my personal views.

Winston Churchill