Someone who grew up in Europe immediately after the devastation of World War II writes about the two staples that were not on ration and that could be home produced; one was potatoes and the other was bread. "We could grow our own potatoes and we could make our own bread," he writes. "And sometimes we would even make bread out of the potatoes. So, while we may have lacked many things we always had sufficient potatoes and bread."

Earlier in John chapter 6, we read about food rationing of another kind. Then it was an absence of food for a hungry multitude. Jesus solved that problem with five barley loaves and two little fish. A boy's lunch, in the hands of Jesus, became enough food for all who were gathered. There were even twelve baskets left over. Through those loaves, Jesus solved the pr…