On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 3:53:40 AM UTC-4, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 20 Sep 2018 10:00:02p, graham told us...
>
> > On 2018-09-20 10:58 PM, graham wrote:
> >> On 2018-09-20 8:44 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>> On Thu 20 Sep 2018 07:05:18p, graham told us...
> >>>
> >>>> On 2018-09-20 5:33 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >>>>> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
> >>>>> news > >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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
> >>>> We lived only 30yds from one of the 2 village bakeries. Bread
> >>>> was bought every weekday, possibly Saturday as well (it was a
> >>>> long time ago). I don't know how Mum did it on Dad's wages but
> >>>> we always ate well. Always butter, never margarine, and *never*
> >>>> mince/hamburger.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> A loaf of bread a day is a lot of bread unless you have a large
> >>> family.
> >>>
> >> Dad took sandwiches to work and I think a lot was wasted as
> >> stale.
> >
> > Furthermore, the baker sold small, one pound loaves as well as the
> > standard 2lb.
>
> That all maks perfect sense. I just wondered. There were only the
> 3 of us and we didn't make a lot of sandwiches. I don't think we
> went through more than one loaf of bread week. My mother did a lot
> o baking...quick breads, cakes, pies, etc. Every faily is
> different.
>

To be sure. I grew up in the 1960s, in a single-parent household in the
Detroit suburbs. I saw a lot of convenience foods (to the extent we could
afford them on my mother's pay as a secretary). No village; no village
bakery. Shiny modern grocery stores.

Cindy Hamilton