On 2015-08-25 5:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:

> My maternal grandmother did that, too! I got the impression she started
> cooking that way after grandpa retired. They were living on a fixed
> income. He received a monthly pension and social security. I gathered
> it was just easier for her to shop and cook that way just for the two of
> them. But yes, you could tell what day of the week it was by what she
> was cooking for dinner.

I think there are a lot of people like that. They are not into cooking
the way some of us are, or they are catering to a crowd that just wants
the same thing all the time. I am not saying that the food my paternal
grandmother cooked was not good. It's just that it was the same thing.
If we went on Sunday it was roast beef with mashed potatoes, Yorkshire
pudding, carrots and a green vegetable. If we went on Saturday it was
macaroni and cheese casserole and roasted ham. My parents lived with my
grandparents for a while early in their marriage and my mother told me
about the weekly menu.

I can't imagine a food regimen like that. My mother was a pretty good
cook and was always trying new things. The closest she came to a weekly
regimen was that we almost always had a had a roast on Sunday, either
beef or pork. There were inevitably leftovers. If it was beef the
leftovers would be served as hot roast beef sandwiches, preferably with
French fries, or Shepherd's pie. But let's not open up that beef/lamb
can of worms.