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Chentzu's avatar

I still save bacon grease.

I have always made stock from bones, it’s amazing that soup bones cost more money now.

I have always made meatloaf with oats.

My mother had a huge garden on our half acre lot. I learned how can just about everything and what to freeze to last through the winter.

You forgot using vinegar to rinse your hair. It leaves your hair so soft.

I was adopted in Taiwan by an older American family in 1950. My father was in the Navy and both parents had gone through the depression so I learned so many things that people laugh at now.

C Leonard's avatar

This was exceptional!!! Thank you so much for the much-forgotten self-reliance that has been thrown to the wayside, about the time we need it the most. Thank you for all the recipes with clear instructions and back-story.. All around enjoyable and so needed again!!! Great job!