Happy things, 4, I think...

[j_cheney]

Do you know what these are?


I spent a good part of this morning cooking...
-Eggs with Hashbrowns
-Baked apples
-Broccoli and Beef Stir-Fry
-Amish Friendship Bread
-2 lbs of bacon
(plus I have chicken mole marinating for dinner)

I can pretty much go to a store and buy whatever I want. I don't have to have the above ration-tickets. That pleases me. No matter how tough it seems right now, on the whole this country has seen far more difficult days.


These are my mom's, BTW....(if you don't want you name up there, I'll take it down, mom.) I hope we never have to use these again.

Comments

[displacedtexan.livejournal.com]

We have much for which to be thankful.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Sometimes a bit of perspective helps...

Ration Books

[(Anonymous)]

The reason I had ration books left is that although you had to have the ration stamps to buy shoes, sugar, gasoline, etc., you still had to have the money to pay for them - and many times that was in short supply. My mother canned a lot of our food on the farm, but there was one of the war years she had to can her peaches without sugar. Those were not popular! - MOM

Re: Ration Books

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Ew! It's hard to imagine how those would taste, but I'm thinking not pleasant...

[alaneer.livejournal.com]

Wow, my parents told me about those, but I've never seen any.

We are fortunate. Thanks for the reminder.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

My mom made a note higher up...the reason that they had some left over (almost a whole book) is that they didn't have the money to buy any of the things in the book anyway....so no using the coupons. Makes me grateful, too.

A million eggrolls?

::shudders::

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Yes, it hasn't gotten that bad yet.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of this is perspective. I'm pretty fortunate, so I can help out VN....there were times when no one had anything.

War Years

[(Anonymous)]

Those were the days when rubber, steel, aluminum & many things we now take for grantd were to be reserved for the war effort - you didn't replace a pan that wore through - you bought a patch for the hole. - MOM

Re: War Years

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

It's hard to imagine actually using a pan until it wears out....much less patching it...

[ckastens.livejournal.com]

Well said. I hope you and yours have a great time for the holidays!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Y'all too!!