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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:09 PM Original message |
My Grandma told me that around the times of the Depression |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nana told me they used to buy 10 cents worth of chopped meat |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I am too. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
87. My grandfather wouldn't even |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
178. my grandparents had farms and they ate well but there was no money |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Strangely, I find myself stocking up on rice, dried beans, lentils. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I have about 10 bags of beans and a big bag of rice |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. I have been too...I'm willing to admit it |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
68. Today's "white gravy" = ramen noodles. |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
121. Things look bad to me |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #121 |
172. Can I ask... |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #172 |
222. I just visited my mom and peeked in her pantry. She was raised in an |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #222 |
250. A quake |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #250 |
254. I live at the base of Mt. Tabor so I'm closer than most to a volcano! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #254 |
265. Man |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #265 |
270. Well, howdy quakerboy |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #121 |
207. damn right |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
201. Just remember that all of those things require access to plenty of potable water. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
232. Lentils are amazing. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I ate depression food as a kid. Milk toast for dinner. Never had store bought cereal. |
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LostinNY (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
85. Milk Toast |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
173. That's a lovely story... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
185. My mother was also obese as an adult, because she so often went |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had to look up White Gravy.. is this it? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That is it. |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. I think it tastes better if made with drippings. My grandmother kept a |
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Tresalisa (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. I remember my mom carefully saving the drippings |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
120. Heck, my wife and I still save the drippings. :) nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
98. My grandma did that too! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #98 |
107. My mother used to use bacon grease to fry onions |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #107 |
114. DROOL! |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #107 |
268. Fresh squash fried in a little bit of bacon grease with a couple strips |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #98 |
152. containers of grease |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
127. The basic principle: |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
186. My mom fried bread in the bacon fat |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
198. You have to be careful of drippings. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
261. I save ALL my drippings from bacon, chicken, beef, pork, whatever..... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
113. My family used fatback instead of expensive bacon for making their |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
157. That's the kind I remember. |
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Amelie (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
258. We ate white gravy with everything |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. a.k.a. white sauce, a.k.a. bechamel |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. That's it, but it's better if the butter or fat is stirred into..... |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. aka Cream Sauce |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. That's it... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Any kind of melted fat will do. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
189. Now I use olive oil with the flour and 1% milk |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #189 |
257. Sounds good. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. looks like white sauce to me---add some grated cheddar and cream cheese & |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
72. Unless, during those time, one lived on a farm... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
118. My mom used to crumble bulk sausage in a skillet and |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
124. If you have chicken or beef |
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cognoscere (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
139. Technically, it's white sauce. More technically, it's called Bechamel. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #139 |
169. And if you brown the butter and flour |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
145. In other words, bechamel sauce. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
164. And it is wonderfully adaptable - |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #164 |
191. Creamed chipped beef nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #191 |
195. That's it! I remember it coming in a little glass jar. Armour brand. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #195 |
223. we had that once a week. my dad insisted. his favorite meal from his army days |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #195 |
225. It still does (come in the glass jar). There's a jar in our cupboard. (NT) |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
176. that's it |
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Libby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
181. If you were really poor, you diluted the milk |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
228. It is so funny that you aren't sure what white gravy is... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #228 |
231. Well thats because growing up |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #231 |
241. I understand that. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #241 |
243. Well traditionally |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #243 |
244. Pardon my ignorance. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #244 |
247. Natto may look bad, and smell bad...but |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. My greats lived a whole winter |
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cameozalaznick (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. My grandmother told me about going... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
102. I have family photos... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. My late grandmother sewed my mother dresses from flour sacks. |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. I still use the feed sack dish towels... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #64 |
90. Actually, although there is nothing good about poverty and fear, I like the idea of reusing cloth. |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
154. My dad told me he wore clothes made from "feed sacks" and I asked "wouldn't that be itchy?" I |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
209. they are likely hemp sacks, that is why they lasted so long |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
197. Actually, some of the flour/feedsack materials |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #197 |
215. thanks - here's an example of an article about them |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think that U.S history has been so distorted by the Republicans |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. I think you are correct here. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. The issue is Americans has simply stood by and let it happen |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
142. They've been scared away from liberalism. We need to bring them back. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
101. Dan Rather wrote a book called I REMEMBER of growing up during the |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
153. dust bowl, welcome to now. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #153 |
170. Yep - all those windbreaks that were planted in the 30s & 40s to hold the soil |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. My mother was born in 1921. Her father died the year she was born |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
104. I had times when I lived from paycheck to paycheck on a loaf of bread and a jar of |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #104 |
122. Back in my just poor days, (after the homeless period)... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #104 |
226. You haven't failed him in any way. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #104 |
229. I know all about that nothing to eat in the house comment. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
162. My paternal Grandmother died in 1911. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am but one generation removed from the great depression. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I wash out my zip locks and reuse them |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I got tired of washing them |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
133. That's brilliant. I'm saving this entire page to my hard drive. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I quit washing them only about 5 years ago. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
69. me, too! Been doing it since 1970's |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
224. i do too...but only if it wasn't something gross. |
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spedtr90 (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Great book - Children of the Dust Bowl |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
81. I am as well. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
147. was looking for this |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. sdocial fabric of the depression |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Do you think that this is the precise reason WHY they have spent so much time dividing us? |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. I've been thinking about that a lot lately |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
95. Then its our fault if we buy into that, isn't it? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Great comment, 90-percent! My Mom, born in 1910, taught us many lessons about |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I chased down a man on a Thanksgiving a few years back |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
91. No. A wingnut would pull out his semi-automatic and shoot the dude. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
110. There are so many beggers on the streets any more and some of them are |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
126. she sounds really wonderful |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
274. Similar to how I grew up although we lived in a family owned business yet she |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Ronald Reagan pushed that menatility on Americans |
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Mulhane (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Think Agribiz will sell cheap here? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. get this---even my repug bro said he is disgusted with corporate welfare & GE's zero tax payments |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
93. I was wondering if anyone would bring this up. What I remember most is stories of my grandmother |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #93 |
138. I wish I could rec your post, bobbolink, because you are so right |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #138 |
166. Thanks......however, when I see these threads, and how seldom it even occurs to people, I know we |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #166 |
182. I went through Katrina |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #182 |
188. And, sadly, that is how this lesson is going to be learned, and look how many deaths it took for |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #138 |
177. Nobody seems to remember that the 'rugged individualist cowboy' |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #138 |
183. I just got this quotation yesterday from SOJO, and I think you will enjoy it, also: |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #138 |
219. The Marlboro Cowboy died of lung cancer |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #219 |
255. Yep, I remember that. That's why I said what I did. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #93 |
264. Finally. We agree. You are exactly right. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
227. bravo jimmy |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sounds like my family in the 50s. |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I still eat bread and milk gravy. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I made mine tonight with pork chop drippings |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Boil chicken giblets, chopped up in gravy on toast, yummy! We kids loved this, my dad |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. The stories I got were of my Grandfather who |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We would eat fried potato sandwiches, |
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M155Y_A1CH (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
73. Where are the big government work projects??? |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
125. There should be thousands of them |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
161. Obama has stated that it is not the role |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
275. Wow. Amazing story. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. Something my dad used to make that he also said |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
84. That's what my dad did to pancakes |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
210. Which reminds me (pancakes, that is). My mom went through |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
111. Milk toast. Used to have it when I was a kid. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
205. When I was very small, we'd break up bread in a bowl & sprinkle |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #205 |
211. tomatoes and onions are easy to grow, supposedly also potatoes |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #205 |
218. Potatoes are definitely a gift from the gods. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
253. UNFORTUNATELY |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #253 |
271. Back in those days we baked our own bread, which is |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because during the Depression they didn't use "1984" terms like "food insecurity" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That was my wording obviously |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
103. So true. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. Great thread |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. I heard Depression survival stories my entire life. |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
108. Here in Chicago the city ordinances still allow keeping chickens. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
163. A peck is 1/4 of a bushel |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. With my parents it was cornbread and gravy. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. My Grandpa told me that his most memorable Christmas |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. I still have my dad's favorite marble. :^) |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. I had a great aunt who took in my grandfather and my mother, |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Those times left so many scars. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #79 |
251. Hoping that you are well, Lars39.. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #251 |
260. I'm fine....Almost 7 yrs out from diagnosis. |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Corn Bread, Collard Greens w/ apple cider vinegar, Ham Hocks and really sweet tea |
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oldbanjo (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
132. I love cornbread and greens |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. K & R !!! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. oh man, i got stories.. |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. My parents came of age in the middle of the Depression. In the midwest, |
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JustAmused (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Sounds familiar |
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jxnmsdemguy65 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Sadly, because of an imploding economy and Peak Oil.... |
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jkirch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
46. My Mother, born 1911.. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
146. Thank goodness I've never been that hungry |
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jkirch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #146 |
184. She also told me that... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. When my father was alive I used to make a casserole which was |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. Courts in the 20's ruled that children of the age of 8 had a right |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Hammer v. Dagenhart, 1918. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Is it better now? The history of the court is the history of powerful special interests |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
272. It seems rare in history to see unselfish sharing Republicans. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. My grandmother ran a farm. When she was 90 I used to say all the family |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
55. My grandfather was born in 1920. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
92. You should seriously write a book about your grandfather. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
150. Thank you for that story |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
155. distantearlywarning |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. My parents were born in 1926. The Depression was vivid and difficult, |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. I remember eating that a few times as a child. |
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Tresalisa (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. As kids, my siblings and I used to love hearing our parents |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
65. My Dad was a child of the Great Depression. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
67. My Father was 10 years old in 1933 when his Father died. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. My mother's father was a farmer and they still didn't have enough to eat |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
76. Great Depression Cooking with Clara videos |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #76 |
88. I was going to post that link, too. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
77. That's how my family lived in the 80's in Southern California. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #77 |
112. No, they don't think it's going to happen here. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
78. Bread & Gravy is better than crackers crumbled up in buttermilk - ugh |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
80. My grands planted huge gardens. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
82. Eating like that is why school lunches were initiated. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
236. Recruits from regions with poor soil were rejected because they had health problems |
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haikugal (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #82 |
269. Many |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
83. White bread, soaked in milk & green onions=dinner |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
86. The extreme couponers show |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
89. this is a great thread..... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
94. We must be cousins... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
96. K&R |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
97. My mother was in tears watching Cinderella Man when they |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
99. My parents both grew up in the Great Depression, |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
100. This white gravy that you speak of has become a staple in a lot of homes,heck |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
105. My dad was born during the depression |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
106. Hubby's not depression era but was very, very, very poor. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #106 |
116. Gleaning was a common way for the poor to supplement their diets at one time |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
109. K & R! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
115. One of my uncles used to sing a silly song about bread and gravy. |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
117. Hell, that's how my SIBLINGS grew up ... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
119. Have any of you seen this YouTube channel? |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #119 |
187. I've seen them all. Love her show. |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
123. You realize that Kosher foods are one of the first food safety programs? |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #123 |
130. For those who stock up on rice... |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
128. Accidental unrecommend, sorry about that |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
129. Depression Soup |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
131. My dad, his brothers and sisters and the whole family ate |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
134. One of the biggest differences between then and now |
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mike3121 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
135. My father worked for Dodge during the Great Depression |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #135 |
266. My dad was beaten that day alongside Walter Reuter. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
136. And now people fight about using food stamps for a cookie |
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dbflah (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #136 |
248. stamps for cookies..... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
137. My parents grew up during the Depression. My dad didn't have it |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
140. The Audacity of Hope |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
141. but but but kids today have it so much tougher.... |
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MsPithy (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
143. I had a teacher who was young in England during WWII. |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
144. Grilled cheese and tomato soup. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. tomato soup with water |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #148 |
156. During tough times, there's never enough on your plate to throw any away |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #148 |
179. I remember when my dad got his overseas teaching job in 1960, after |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #144 |
233. I LOVE grilled cheese and tomato soup, although |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
149. teach them to grow their own food and preserve it n/t |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
151. I'm told my grandma cooked a mean roast groundhog... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
158. "the fat cats were living high on the hog in their new mansions, hoarding their money" |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
159. For dessert |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
160. Go online and google depression cooking. You will see a whole bunch of |
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jb5150 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
165. My father was born in 1917: |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
167. My grandmother was a young child during the depression |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
168. Béchamel |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
171. There's a lot we can learn. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #171 |
212. Thank you for the post. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #212 |
267. Thanks for the comment. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
174. I live in the South |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #174 |
196. Ate a lot of kale, collards, mustards, fish from the creek. |
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joanbarnes (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
175. My mother talks of a slice of bread and ketchup as a treat. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
180. My father told the story of his pet rabbit when he was about 8 to 10 |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
190. Great thread - thanks for starting this. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
192. My aunt said they used water. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
193. My father-in-law wore a pair of girl's shoes for awhile |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
194. Instead of ribeye, it is fatback, Collard greens, and cornbread. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
199. My Dad had great stories, my maternal grandmother had scars |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
200. So many of you seem to think that this is stuff from the "past". |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #200 |
239. Surprises me also |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
202. Strange.... |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
203. My father was born in 1907, my mother in 1911 |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
204. In the 50s, when we were low on money |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
206. Congrats to you. My grandmother had passed, but my aunts |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
208. Great Depression Cooking with Clara - on YouTube |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #208 |
263. Thanks |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
213. Back then, the food was actual food, too, not foodstuffs. No GMO. nt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
214. my mother's family had buttermilk and cornbread |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
216. I ate sauce made from tomato paste and water and the cheapest |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #216 |
262. A close friend just had her gas shut off. |
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NEOhiodemocrat (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
217. My father was born in 1909 and my mother in 1913 |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
220. My grandparents told stories about the bad old days |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
221. My grandparents grew their own vegetables, killed deer, squirrel, rabbits, birds to eat. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
230. My mom remembers being cold as a kid during the depression . . . |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
234. And you find this odd why? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
235. My stepfather hunted jackrabbits to feed himself, six siblings, and their mother before 1934 |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
237. I've read every story on this thread, and it makes me proud |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
238. All you young-uns talking about grandma and grampa |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #238 |
240. Can I recommend a single post? |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
242. Great Thread! I've learned a lot just reading through |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
245. Bread was the filler. |
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Twostones (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
246. For meat |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
249. You can afford white gravy??? Wow! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
252. The fare you describe as paultry and un-nutritious is just the opposite. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
256. There is something bothering me in this long, rewarding thread. Many |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #256 |
273. We can't do anything where I live. The dust storms are |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
259. I never had it bad, like my grandparents did. |
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