"Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
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> Cheri wrote:
>> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
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>>> I was pretty poor growing up, and we usually bought sliced loaf bread
>>> at the "day old" store of a local bakery (sunbeam or colonial brands),
>>> and kept it in the fridge. It was very cheap compared to the same
>>> branded bread at the grocery stores, and often no more than a day or
>>> two older.
>>>
>>> They had those damn junk cakes too, and they *never* go bad, what with
>>> all the chemical preservatives. Ma would let us have a few. You
>>> couldn't tell the difference from a fresh one bought at the fanciest
>>> stores.
>>
>> My mom always bought the day old, something like 4 loaves for a dollar
>> back then. There were a lot of us, so it saved money. We ate what was
>> served...period!
>>
>> Cheri
>
> It was probably less than that in my childhood. I remember buying moms
> cigarettes for 30 cents or less, and later, when I was old enough to
> drive, gasoline was about 25 cents.
>
> That's how life was then, and I didn't have a problem with it, and I still
> don't today.
>
> We were never forced to eat anything, but if we didn't want the food we
> could walk away. Sometimes, if I wasn't very hungry, I would only eat till
> I was full. We were never punished for that.


We weren't either, but they did have one rule, you could take as much as you
wanted, but you had to eat what you took. I only got caught on that one once
with home canned cherries, I sat at the table for a very long time before
they gave in. LOL

Cheri