Wow we were poor

[Sangersteve]

The conversation went like this,

What did you eat when you were a kid?

As I remember we were in a food desert

!0 miles from the nearest store and no convenience stores in the late 50's

My grandmother didn't drive

We had a milkman and raised chickens, and a large garden and root cellar

We canned vegetables, jellies and pickles, made sauerkraut.

Some nights we had a little meat, I remember eating a lot of eggs.

Supper almost always included bread of some kind and white gravy

No TV

How did we ever make it?

[GFB]

Sounds like you were not necessarily “poor”..but certainly had a simple life..which was not such a bad thing.

[planosteve]

Most people in town had a garden. Some raised chickens. My in-laws lived about 10 miles from town. She fried the best chicken I ever tasted.

[GRANDPA]

When I was a widdle kid, I thought we were getting poor because Dad traded in the family 1953 Chrysler Imperial for a 1957 Oldsmoblie Fiesta 88 hardtop station wagon with hand-crank windows. Even in our 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom house with acreage, I had to share a bedroom with my little brother. Yeah, I had it rough as a real Leave It To Beaver kid.

[jellowrestling]

When I was a widdle kid, I thought we were getting poor because Dad traded in the family 1953 Chrysler Imperial for a 1957 Oldsmoblie Fiesta 88 hardtop station wagon with hand-crank windows. Even in our 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom house with acreage, I had to share a bedroom with my little brother. Yeah, I had it rough as a real Leave It To Beaver kid.

In our 3-bedroom house, I shared a room with my 3 brothers. Sister had her own room.

[planosteve]

My old neighborhood looks today exactly as it did when I was growing up. Except most don't have vegetable gardens. I lived across the street from school and I was late most days.