tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621915200928222891.post3914728832545915484..comments2024-03-28T10:02:22.881-06:00Comments on Paul Stramer - Lincoln County Watch: SOS Uncle JessePaul Stramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988514858739600958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621915200928222891.post-74767999003829211732022-02-28T14:46:44.442-07:002022-02-28T14:46:44.442-07:00I am so thankful I was raised around grandparents ...I am so thankful I was raised around grandparents who were born in the late 1890's and 1900 because my youngest years were spent living like they did. They made being frugal seem like normal and I learned skills that I will need to teach my youngins in the family to survive. Most of them have never had to want for anything so what's coming is going to be a real shock to them. They've always made fun of me for my old-fashioned ways but I'm about to be really important to them...what a shock. Grannie Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807380104547416067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621915200928222891.post-15132098613566889522022-02-28T10:08:42.326-07:002022-02-28T10:08:42.326-07:00WOW, i will be 69 in 2022, and we had those meals ...WOW, i will be 69 in 2022, and we had those meals all of the time, meals of the poor, grilled cheese sandwich, matzafry i think it was called, tv dinners-right out of the freezer, salami and eggs, there were tons if them meals of the poor, and leftovers!!!! we never thru out anything, and leftovers was often the meal of the day! not kidding about that. and when kids were bad back then, often enough, we went to bed without dinner! Now i know why. AND repair was often, get new, oh ya!!! and get new clothes, only for those that came first, everyone else in the family got, hand me downs!!! who here even remembers HAND ME DOWNS, new clothes, oh ya keep dreaming, and would wear till they wore out, then wear them some more!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420594120209480098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621915200928222891.post-4326330732153800612022-02-28T00:33:05.347-07:002022-02-28T00:33:05.347-07:00No need to beg for these times to come, they are i...No need to beg for these times to come, they are in full speed on the way.<br />Hard times for everyone but especially for those who didn’t learn to fix things rather than to buy new which option will many times not anymore available.Ralfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008150254260951834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621915200928222891.post-13655918996234037432022-02-27T21:50:50.995-07:002022-02-27T21:50:50.995-07:00SOS, I know that intimately and there are at least...SOS, I know that intimately and there are at least 3 different meats to use: hamburger, chipped beef or sausage. I'm 84 years old and learned from my mother how to make it taste good by adding onion and garlic powder with butter to the milk before the corn starch to thicken it and lots of black pepper!! My husband was in the US Army and thrived on this concoction over toast every morning that I had time to fix it for him. Naturally, real butter was nearly impossible to get during the "war" but if you were lucky you lived in the country near a dairy and was one of the farmer's friends. Grandma churned cream and made our butter. Oh, was that ever good! That stuff we get now is nothing like the REAL THING. We always had a garden while growing up and Mom would can our harvest (before freezers were invented) and we raised chickens for eggs and meat. That made us popular too. Non and Gram made sure we knew how to sew, knit, crochet and make clothes or Rag Rugs. We saved everything! rubber bands, aluminum foil from gum wrappers, tin cans, glass bottles, old tires, pots and pans. Recycling before it was popular. We had to fix anything that was broken and repairable. What a concept! My niece and sister are putting up a greenhouse now. My daughter has chickens so we never run out of eggs. A neighbor raises beef cattle and another raises hogs. Steak and pork cops nearby.<br /><br />I miss the Good Old Days even though it was hard work all the time. Bring them back please Patsy AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18417970813317921616noreply@blogger.com