[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: was Renewing/ hard times /refelctions
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: tanksr@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:29:00 EST
Our grandmothers must have been neighbors Ken <G>.
During the depression my Irish grandmother would start boiling water for
potatoes and my Italian grandmother would boil water for pasta. There
wasn't always meat with dinner. It didn't hurt anybody.
(Is it any wonder I favor carbs...I was doomed from the start!!! It's
genetic I tell 'ya!)
On the Irish side we had dogs. English Setters. Some nights they ate
stale bread moistened w/ the water the potatoes were boiled in, but they (and
the children) always had their spoonful of cod liver oil
(blllleeeaaaaccchhhh...I can't even smell the stuff!)
But the dogs had glorious coats and the children were healthy and grew up
knowing not to waste.
And just one more observation...and this has nothing to do with dogs; in
either household there might not be meat with the potatoes or sausage with
the pasta but there was ALWAYS money for the collection box at church, always
something to give to "the poor". My parents (children really) didn't
consider themselves "poor" in those days, didn't know enough probably. Either
that or too proud to think it. They were rich in other ways to be sure.
We might be going back to that.
I can't make a small pot of soup. I can't tell you the times I've tried,
only to reach for a bigger pot half way through. I could feed an army on
not a lot of dollars with soup. That too, thankfully, is genetic.
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/)
In a message dated 12/18/2010 4:03:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
tanksr@xxxxxxxxx writes:
We did the same with our property taxes and got them lowered. Every little
bit counts. As my Grandmother used to say "count your pennies and the
dollars will take care of themselves".
Ken
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