Dh and I often talk about meals we had as children, how they were filling, but low cost meals, no fancy meals but basic foods that were in season. A shopping trip was for a meal already planned not to browse. New products were rare and impulse buying was limited because simply there wasn't much to be tempted by.
Meals were planned around seasonal availability not cravings, so the basic ingredients, were root vegetables, cabbage and onions, and these from my Grand dad's allotment. Meat was made to last several meals, rather than fresh every day!
There was no such thing as snacking, because there weren't any, no yogurts, packet chocolate biscuits or fruit drinks. In my day a snack was an apple! Biscuits were for visitors or an after dinner treat, not to be eaten throughout the day.
And of course there was no waste, as left overs were to be eaten not ignored. Where there was left overs they became the next meal or tomorrow's lunch.
Eating out was not part of my childhood, only if we had been asked to join with friends or relatives for a special occasion. Take Aways were unheard of, perhaps fish and chips on a Saturday, but that wasn't a regular thing.
None of this was considered healthy eating or being frugal, this was simply how we lived.
My grandmother's cawl ( soup) could last for days. I happily ate homemade jam with bread and butter for tea and I loved bread and dripping! I don't think I was hard done by, my gran made cake and that was a Sunday tea treat along with tinned peaches with Evaporated milk.
No wonder there were no over weight children, no high sugar food stuffs and we ran about all day long, even on rainy days. We were healthy by default and no one complained about not enough money for food.
It was a way of life, we were healthy and slim!
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