"15 Disgusting Foods Your Grandparents Probably Loved"
On 8/26/2015 10:20 AM, Rusty wrote:
> On 8/25/2015 5:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/25/2015 1:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> My other grandmother was a passable cook but had an extremely limited
>>> repertoire. She had a weekly menu, by which I mean that she cooked 7
>>> different dinners. There was the Monday night menu, the Tuesday night
>>> menu, the Wednesday night menu..... It was the same thing every week.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I am in my 80's and my girls still tease me how when they were younger,
> we had the same meals every day of the week. Sunday was chicken, which
> they helped make a different recipe each week. We had a cook book "100
> ways to cook chicken" Tuesday was leftovers, Wednesday was "Prince
> Spaghetti Day" (an old commercial at the time), Thursday was meatloaf
> and Friday was fish sticks or tuna-noodle casserole (which they hated).
> Saturday was pizza and is still the same to this day. Being just the
> two of us now, I am more adventurous and have been trying new recipes.
> I'm thankful they have those memories.
>
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