[happymomof4]

I grew up on a farm. We raised beef cattle. We had a huge garden. So I learned to can and freeze all kinds of things. The only things my mom really bought at the store was milk and bread. We got the milk from a farm. My grandmother always made her own bread. My mother never did that.

We would buy cases of chickens at the auction 1 time a year. We would pre them for the freezer. We would butcher our own steer, pigs and deer. My parents sold the farm after I graduated from high school. I miss that kind of life--sometimes.