Can we go Back? I Think we Can!

 Good morning to all.  Hope you are all well and safe.  Thinking about so many of you that are going through so much.

Wash, rinse and repeat!!!!  LOL!  That is the weather - same old thing.  Although this morning did not feel quite as bad outside to me.  It will change.  Hot again today.  It is just what it is.

Yesterday there was conversation about teaching some of the older ways and sharing recipes and ideas to the younger ones.  It is amazing how far away from healthy eating that we come in just our lifetimes!  Seriously, the worst thing I remember having that wasn't REAL food was Kool-Aid now and then.  That was a treat.  Usually we drank milk, water or iced tea.  Mom made all our treats, dad grew a garden, mom canned and froze, meat was a side (not a main course).  She cooked from scratch.  Basically, at the grocery store, she purchased baking items, and meat.  We didn't have convenience food.

Dad grew a huge garden, and he was pretty much ahead of his time.  It was all natural, no chemicals.  He had a huge compost pile, and he would get horse manure from a place down the road, once a year.

We knew exactly what our FOOD was - it was 'real' food.

Before me they had chickens, for meat and eggs.  They also had goats, as my older brother couldn't drink regular milk as a youngster.  I remember daddy going rabbit hunting and he fished a lot.

We always had "ingredients" that became our meals and snacks.

Mom 'taught' me how to cook.  I say taught - but really, I just observed and learned.  Did that with canning as well.  Learned from daddy the gardening part.  She showed me how to take care of a home.  Washing, ironing (which I no longer do), mending, cleaning, cooking, baking, etc.

I was lucky.

I know many of you that are younger, maybe didn't have that, as both parents may have worked when you were younger.  My mom didn't work until I was in Junior High - except a part-time job at night (at a bakery) or around Christmas (at Ayres), when my sister could watch me.  She did sewing and alterations for lots of the neighbors, and I remember her telling stories of doing laundry for others, before I came along.

Yep, my folks did all of these.  We didn't have a lot of money, but they could sure stretch it.  AND we never knew we didn't have a lot.  So many pretty clothes and such, as mom made them.    I have to laugh at #1!  Back in the day, a person would never be seen with holes in jeans.  That didn't start until I was late in high school.  The hippy years!  Now people spend big money to get holey jeans.  I still can't stand it.  A hole in the knee, just drives me crazy and is so uncomfortable.  I mend jeans!

There was no GMO stuff, daddy saved seeds from heirloom things.  If it grew, it grew - if it didn't, well you didn't have it that year.  We didn't have preservatives and chemicals in OUR food.  I just cannot see good things happening in people's bodies with all the garbage that gets put in them.

Most of the things we buy today, would never have been considered food back in grandma's day.  All those words you can't pronounce?  They aren't food.

Sure, I do eat snacks one in a while - but I try my hardest to eat real food and to cook it myself.  Since I have really concentrated more on that way of eating, than all the junk, I feel better.  I have less aches and pains (really) and can actually do more.

I love that some are really taking back their health and that of their families.  I love that folks are wanting to learn some of the old ways.  Hopefully each of us, can impart some wisdom to help.  That is one of the reasons I blog - it isn't just about stretching a dollar, but just living a better, healthier, and more fulfilled life.  I hope someone comes here and learns something each day.

Teaching and learning are both so important.

Well, off to get busy.  Hope you have a great Wednesday.

Be safe and well - and SMILE!

Learn something today!!!!!!