"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> 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.

My one grandma made a lot of different desserts. But she wasn't into
cooking dinners. She would make a huge amount of something and we'd eat it
all week. She did vary the vegetables though.