tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post3742785674594136338..comments2024-02-26T08:15:33.336+00:00Comments on Frugally challenged: Fifties Fast FoodFrugally challengedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-81600829083345773062017-09-26T09:46:10.397+01:002017-09-26T09:46:10.397+01:00I am from the South, too, and Sunday dinner was mi...I am from the South, too, and Sunday dinner was mid-day.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-82156096428931154212017-09-22T15:16:12.616+01:002017-09-22T15:16:12.616+01:00Coal fires did - and ours still do - cause a lot o...Coal fires did - and ours still do - cause a lot of mess. Being an industrial town I grew up in, the factory chimneys didn't help either. (I'm a southerner and our mid-day meal was dinner too!)Lesneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139947264337493961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-60776737856239651532017-09-19T10:17:40.774+01:002017-09-19T10:17:40.774+01:00I really do enjoy reading your posts and the comme...I really do enjoy reading your posts and the comments that follow. Thank you for making the effort.<br />When I had my daughter we lived in a farm cottage with no electricity, everything was washed by hand and mangled and I actually cooked on gas. Can't believe things have changed so much! Mxmandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897831198080775573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-25704589854383469392017-09-13T14:46:20.944+01:002017-09-13T14:46:20.944+01:00I remember growing up in the 50's and we didn&...I remember growing up in the 50's and we didn't have a car, washing machine or electric dryer. We took the city bus everywhere except grocery shopping which we rode with my grandfather. My mother washed our clothes in our kitchen sink which was huge and not divided. She hung them out on the line to dry and she ironed them. She cooked a lot from scratch but didn't do bread. She loved convenience foods -- chips, cookies, soda -- and we always had it in the house. She definitely did more hard physical labor than I have ever done though. Boyett-Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02066753762645278933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-81274125393161646902017-09-12T17:15:37.119+01:002017-09-12T17:15:37.119+01:00I remember helping mum every Monday to do the wash...I remember helping mum every Monday to do the washing. We had a single tub and mangle at first but the we got a Hoover twintub, we were the bees knees! Whites first, followed by the not to dirty coloureds, then finally the filthy work clothes. Most things were made from scratch but having an older brother who worked for Jacobs biscuits was a definite bonus. Living Alone in Your 60'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848266282669835475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-73267984522928618222017-09-12T14:49:25.405+01:002017-09-12T14:49:25.405+01:00It is really hard without washing machines, dryers...It is really hard without washing machines, dryers and dishwashers. I do wash dishes by hand, yet, if I am too tired, or not in a mood, then there is dishwasher. Laundry is not much work anymore. Folding the clothes is the only time consuming thing I have to complain. all these are considered luxuries in the past and they are just the daily life for us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762601955664242613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849067128981431752.post-23537310665861569822017-09-12T12:05:43.648+01:002017-09-12T12:05:43.648+01:00I think when people talk about stay at home mom...I think when people talk about stay at home mom's today and compare them to stay at home moms from their own, or their grandparents day, they are very different. I don't begrudge anyone havin ghe financail means or the finalcial juggling skills to be able to make it work to have a parent at home with kids and taking full care of the home, but it is very different than when there were no modern conveniences like yo describe. I'm sure there was often caretaking like we think of today with children often only squeezed in amongst the must do chores. SAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485146123969622896noreply@blogger.com