There is a lot of Costco items on your shelves. Is that the Des Moines stocking up you're talking about? :D
Also--asks she with a black thumb--do people not grow any vegetables for themselves, like in a victory garden sort of situation--asks she who has no idea what a victory garden actually is? Or is there just too much to deal with to bother with a vegetable garden in addition?
Okay, this may be a stupid question, but why no fresh produce? I can think of a dozen possible reasons, but honestly don't know.
When I was a kid in NYC, being poor meant cooking your own food. It's where I think I got my skills from learning at the feet of grandmothers from the south who had to make a lot of a little. But they all grew their own food before moving north, and only cooked from fresh ingredients which were cheaper (back then) than canned or frozen or preserved.
Now, it seems like there's a certain luxury in getting $20 smoothies from Erewhon and ordering take out daily....
Bringing back the memories of the jello salad and the Amish market
Also, the turkey story needs to be told!!!
There is a lot of Costco items on your shelves. Is that the Des Moines stocking up you're talking about? :D
Also--asks she with a black thumb--do people not grow any vegetables for themselves, like in a victory garden sort of situation--asks she who has no idea what a victory garden actually is? Or is there just too much to deal with to bother with a vegetable garden in addition?
Okay, this may be a stupid question, but why no fresh produce? I can think of a dozen possible reasons, but honestly don't know.
When I was a kid in NYC, being poor meant cooking your own food. It's where I think I got my skills from learning at the feet of grandmothers from the south who had to make a lot of a little. But they all grew their own food before moving north, and only cooked from fresh ingredients which were cheaper (back then) than canned or frozen or preserved.
Now, it seems like there's a certain luxury in getting $20 smoothies from Erewhon and ordering take out daily....