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@;p me neither!
Dad was born in 1928 and my mom was born in 1930. Both raised to be frugal with everything. Mom taught us how to cook and clean from an early age at Dad's insistance (washing dishes at age 3!). Wasn't too keen on the cleaning but learned to cook whole meals by age 8. Mom was one of those cooks that could eyeball measurements, and that is how I learned. I can still measure 1 tsp salt in the palm of my hand.
I remember coming home from school to that sweet smell of fresh bread. Mom said she, being the oldest (of 9 kids) was the one who did most of the cooking when she was growing up. She had to learn how to kill a chicken, pluck it, dress and cook it by the time she was out of school in the afternoon till her dad came home. Glad I only had to cook the chicken! It smells bad when you pluck the chicken and I hurled the first time so mom sent me inside and I didn't have to do it again.
Gravy & biscuit, or soup was what she had to cook most of the time because there wasn't enough meat to go around. Mom said you can add a lot of different stuff to gravy and soup to make it different everynight.
Really makes you grateful for what we have now!
Vivian
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