Well, "the world of our grandparents" isn't really gone. Not at all. Most of us have gone to ground while keeping the skills alive.

Buffed & toned arms come from kneading bread dough by hand, wielding a rolling pin & wooden spoons, hefting ceramic bowls & cast iron skillets, and bucking "economy size" larder staples.

This Spring, when blueberries & strawberries were on sale, I bought quite a bit. Some we ate fresh; the rest dehydrated in a very slow oven. No need for extra kitchen gadgets.

Right now there's a $2.99 turkey tenderloin defrosting for Thanksgiving dinner. It was at its pull date & marked down from $9.99. The $.59 bag of fresh whole cranberries will be made into cranberry relish, cranberry muffins, and a topping for bread pudding.

There's also a skillet of slumgullion bubbling in the kitchen! What is slumgullion? A 1-# packet of ground beef, a tin of tomato paste, a chopt onion, and spices. That will be lunch if anyone is hungry today, and lunch for several days after.

Also going to learn how to make tortillas this weekend. The bag of corn flour was on sale for $.99 so why not! And, the recipe is on the bag ;-)