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Skriven 2014-01-22 23:37:42 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 8991 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: putting up  was: Thig
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to NANCY BACKUS on 19 Jan 14  21:29:50 <=-

 RH> I'm not sure how my mom financed her schooling but it was managed,
 RH> somehow. After she got her Master's, she out earned Dad but it didn't
 RH> bother them. It enabled them to pay for our college with minimal loans
 RH> and they paid the loans off for me (don't know about my siblings).

Our college was paid for by Daddy teaching at RIT so we got tuition
free... at least for those of us that went there.  The ones that went
elsewhere had to take care of their own... but it did make for no loans
hanging over us later.  Richard's mom paid for most of his, too, so we
were in a position to do similar for our son.  Helped, probably, that
there was only one of him... at least on that score...
 
 RH> My folks were thrifty shoppers as well. There aren't (weren't) any
 RH> bakery thrift stores in M'ville but Mom & Dad did hit them up in
 RH> Kingston or Oneonta (after they got the freezer). Their day to day
 RH> bread was the cheap white sandwich stuff; they've not upgraded much in
 RH> that regard since all of us have left home.

I think that Daddy may not have liked cheap white sandwich bread very
much, there never was a lot of it in the house, and he was doing the
buying...   
 
 NB>> One gets into patterns that persist even when the dire straits ease up
 NB>> and the reason for the pattern isn't so insistent...  ;)

 RH> Yes, I've seen that. Part of it is due to the fact Dad remembers the
 RH> Depression and his dad was a blue collar laborer. Money was rather
 RH> tight while he was growing up, and continued to be so until Mom started
 RH> working. Eased off a bit then, more so as kids left home and fewer of
 RH> us to have to feed & clothe.
 
The Depression may not have had quite the same impact on my Dad...
Granddad was career Navy, so there was steady work, and Grandmother's
family was apparently fairly comfortable, so there was something to fall
back on for them, growing up.  Not that any of it ended up with us... ;)
We may not have been squeaky penny pinchers, but we were taught how to
live frugally... so that Daddy's income would stretch to cover the
essentials, including Christian school... 

 NB>> We weren't allowed to go thru one in a meal, though... it was always
 NB>> carefully rationed out by Daddy, who always served out the entire meal
 NB>> for the family (and guests, if there)...

 RH> And he probably did a good job of it. 

He did... to an extent...  At least to the extent that the food always
stretched way further than most people could have done... ;)  It wasn't
always large enough portions for a growing teenager, or, for that
matter, for a young married husband of the oldest girl when we came for
a meal now and then...  Wasn't until my brother got well into the teen
years that Daddy caught on...  I'd have to feed Richard either before or
after a meal with my family so that he wouldn't go hungry.. ;)

 RH> My dad portioned out most meats (and spaghetti
 RH> or similar) but we could take our own veggie and potatoes. We just
 RH> knew we had to make sure there was enough for everybody. Even if
 RH> you didn't like the veggie, you still had to take a reasonable
 RH> helping--and eat it. Mom portioned out the dessert.

We were expected to eat what was served out... Daddy, if he knew of
particular likes/dislikes, might make adjustments accordingly, but
otherwise that was what you got... Usually the veggies and rice or
potatoes would get completely divvied up...  a roast would likely go for
another one or two meals.. you got one small slice usually... 
 
 RH>> we made it thru those times, lived to tell others about it. (G)
 NB>> Yup... and managed to at least modify some of the patterns in the
 NB>> process as well... :)

 RH> Yes, probably easier to go from less to more than more to less tho.
 
Probably..  :)  My biggest issue, once I was on my own, was figuring out
how to scale down the recipes I knew... from serving 10 to serving the 2
of us... but "us" was more 4-5 servings from what I was used to...  ;) 
We've gone through periods of leaner and fatter years, though... we've
been able to make the adjustments both ways as needed...  :)

 RH> I've done that as well. Made a big casserole thing for Life Group
 RH> today but since there weren't as many attending, had some left over. I
 RH> split it into a container for the freezer and one put in the fridge for
 RH> tomorrow's supper. It was a simple one of ricotta and cream cheese
 RH> mixed with sour cream; a mix of browned ground beef; onion, bell pepper
 RH> and tomato sauce seasoned with s&p, garlic powder & oregano; and spiral
 RH> noodles. Original recipe had cottage cheese instead of ricotta & less
 RH> bell pepper, plus said to layer pasta, cheese mix, pasta & ground beef
 RH> mix. I mixed it all together (split between 2 13x9 pans) and it tasted
 RH> just as good, have to bring in copies of the recipe now. (G) Served

Sounds pretty good...  and like you could have saved yourself some
effort by just bringing copies with you to begin with...  :)

 RH> with tossed salad and the lemon pound cake (made with half sugar, half
 RH> stevia for baking). Only a couple of slices of that came home. (G)

Is one surprised...?  (G)

 NB>> At least with food allergies, there's generally equally appealing
 NB>> alternatives so that one isn't too badly miffed...  :)   For other
 NB>> things, there's remembering Who is really in control...  ;)

 RH> Yes, and taking things as they come, one day at a time.

Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof...  :)   Much better not to
worry ahead of time for things that haven't arrived yet...  :)

ttyl           neb

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