Guess we'll be the next generations saying 'remember when we weren't allowed to go out for months, places were closed, shelves were empty, things were limited ..rationed, there was no toilet paper, soap, disinfectant, etc.'?
We may be saving those things & someone find them long after we're gone and wonder why did they save all this?, being too frugal, living like generations continued to live long after they lived through Wars and Depression as parents or their children. And the younger generations not there may roll their eyes, shake their heads saying 'poor things, that's how they get,' and 'that'll never happen ..again.'
In many countries there is no refrigeration. The meal you get at 6pm was cooked that morning at 6am. It's been sitting there all day. I've never gotten sick.
My parents were the teenagers of the Great Depression and they would tell me stories about how difficult it was for so many people. Especially the run on banks to remove money [that was before banks were insured].
Both my parents grew up on farms, so the family rarely went hungry. They would barter bushels of crops for other things they needed. Dad said he and his brothers would pop up corn [the farm raised various types of corn] and use it like cereal with milk and sugar.
For transportation, my Dad had his horse.
Toilet paper? Well, no indoor plumbing back then on the farm. There was always the Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog that one would rip out pages, and the Montgomery Ward's catalog.
Both my parents were very fugal. My Mom could make clothing last for over 30 years, she didn't fuss about "today's" styles. So glad I learned from my parents. The next generation is so buried in their cellphones, they aren't listening.... [sigh].
I just bought them on Tuesday afternoon. The sell by date was 3/30. They were pork loin chops stuffed with Apple stuffing (Nob Hill sells them already stuffed in the meat dept.). I opened the package and they were kind of stinky. I thought perhaps I was just sensitive to smells & I had been feeling a bit sick yesterday. I went ahead and baked them...and the kitchen ended up smelling stinky. Like stinky feet. It was a funky smell. They looked normal when they were done. Against my better judgement, I decided to eat it. I cut off a piece and spit it right out because it tasted as funky as it smelled! Straight to the trash they all went!
Some one change the date on those pork chops just so they could make money and didn't bother to lower the selling price a few days before the chops went bad!
I never buy any meat that is stuff with anything! I am not sure why I don't. I guess if I want stuff chops or stuff NY strips I do it myself!! Maybe I just don't trust people to do what they should!!😱
I am sorry that your pork chops didn't turn out. It sucks when you have to throw meat out:(
Lilhelp, I do think this will be a defining and life changing event for those of us who either don't get the virus or survive it. I also think the talk of recession isn't anywhere close to what we'll experience, more like another Great Depression. But we won't even be able to stand in bread lines.
This has accelerated so quickly that's it's literally terrifying. I think it will change a lot of people, some in good ways hopefully.
I've always been thankful my parents, especially my Mother taught me these things, and to always live this way. And now, I'm more thankful than ever. She did a great job!
Praying we who grew up like this also taught others what we all are so blessed to have been taught. And that others who weren't taught may listen when we tell them, and that they learn and live their lives this way, too .. quickly.
If the pork chops were left out long enough to spoil, the "good by date" would have been effective if not for human error.
In fact once I reported seeing a guy working in the butcher counter w/o wearing gloves. Yuck.
They were so much more adaptable than many groups of people today.
and yes it could have been a misprint. The chops looked fresh and pink like normal but you never know. Lesson learned though. No more stuffed chops.
I’m bored and just had a thought! Now would be a great time to bring drive-ins back to life! Good idea, no? Bring your own snacks. Buy your ticket online and print it or scan a bar code on your phone. No human contact needed! I think drive-ins are pretty hard to find in America these days.
Great minds think a like! I thought the same thing. We have one or two drive-ins in my state, but they are to far for us to go to:( I loved going to the drive ins when I was a kid:)
Great idea😄
Back when I was a teenager, there was a northeast electrical blackout. We lived in upstate New York. It didn't phase my Dad, he pulled the car up to the house, ran an electrical cord from the cigarette lighter through the nearest window and had a light bulb on the end of the cord. And my folks got out their camping gear to heat up coffee. Gosh, I still have that old grey metal camping coffee percolator.
I think people in those days had something that we (most of us) just don't have. My dad was one of those people that no matter what was going on he always remained calm.
Once when I was 7 yrs old my mother was gone and my dad was home with my brother and me; the kitchen caught on fire in the middle of the night. I woke my dad up scared and he just lead us kids out of the house and once we were safe, he went back into the house and put out the small fire. He had us kids come back into the house and we all went back to bed! The next day, I woke up and there was my dad cleaning up the mess. He was amazing when it came to disasters. In fact, I don't remember him ever panicking! He was my rock!