I feel like I'm a dying breed

[gallinamama]

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Why are your chidren humiliated? Buying raw stuff to make a meal from scratch is not a poor thing... I am not rich but I am not poor either... and I have always cooked from scratch...As did my father...and my inlaws... It is something that you are familiar with.

If anything any good chef (just watch the food channels).. will tell you that food is much better cooked from scratch... Millionaire eat this way all the time...very few , I would think, would eat a hungry man or a pizza roll...

I am not into pizza rolls...(

) my grandchildren on the other hand love them...again

Your children should hold their heads up high because they have parents that care about them... and want the very best for them...When my children were growing up they thought that they were out of the ordinary a bit too... They ate, anything and everything I put in front of them... stews, veggies, homeade soups, and some ethnic dishes we will not get into....

Their freinds would go to Micky D's and or Taco Bell and they didn't until my oldest was about 11... AT that time we had a paper route that they helped me with on the weekends... They still remember going to Hardee's for the breakfast..that was their treat/ they didn't have the toys that the other kids had... but they appreciate what the work for and get today...

Your children have been given a blessing in disguise... It will help them when they are older.... You are doing a great job.

 

[WriterofWords]

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If man is still alive....

 

[michickenwrangler]

One of DH's friends is truly a dying breed. He logs with a team of draft mules. He raises his own hay and hogs and beef steers. EVery fall, he goes out to Colorado with a string of saddle and pack mules and bows and arrows he made by hand and hunts elk. He brags that he's never bought meat in his life. DH is somewhat in awe of him. Whenever I watch Mantracker, I always try to encourage DH that he and that friend should become "prey" on there.

 

[scbatz33]

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That's odd. Every Wal-mart Superstore I've been in has a MASSIVE range of produce available -- beautiful looking and tasting produce & even a small selection of organic produce. I've shopped in Walmart supercenters for produce across the country. Perhaps your store is an anomaly.

I shopped at Price-Chopper last night and brought home a beauty of a cartload of fresh produce (to the tune of over $100 but we're talking a LOT of produce). This particular Price Chopper isn't in a ritzy area, either. They have (and need) security guards to keep from getting robbed...

Must be something about the area where you live... 'cause fresh produce abounds in stores around the US - lovely, beautiful fresh produce. You just have to be ready to pay the price that's asked.

(Breakfast this morning: Banana-Mango-Peach-Strawberry smoothie...not an artificial ingredient in it. Just fresh fruit, 1/8 cup of milk, and a few ice cubes made from 3-stage filtered water...)

Go to the Georgetown. KY Wal-Mart......trust me the selection bites. I too have shopped in stores all over the country I drove a big rig for over 5 years, it is by far the worst one I've been to. Right behind the one in West Atlanta. For that matter the one on New Circle Road Lexington KY isn't so great either.....

All Wal-Marts are not created equal. Management plays a HUGE roll in how well a store is stocked and what kind of variety they have.

And some areas have better selections than others. It's not about price.

 

[4 luv of eggs]

I grew up in suburbia but farming was always gnawing at me. I have my dad to thank for that. He was born in Frazee MN in 1916, his grandfather being one of the settlers. He showed me as best he could. He taught me how to read storms and he was better than any meteorologist. I was taught to fish at age 8 and I have little fear of anything that walks, flies or crawls. I adore thunderstorms thanks to him. I never had the true farming experience but I have taught myself to cook from scratch, crochet, hook rugs, embroider and many other old fashioned crafts. I envy those that grew up on a farm. What a rich life that truely is.

A few years back, I went with a friend to an Amish farm to pick up a piglet for a pig roast. I was thoroughly enthralled by their homestead and enchanted by these beautiful people that glowed with health. Bare footed, small statured and polite. I suddenly felt that I wanted to appologize to them but I didn't know for what. I just wanted to stay.

Now I have a few acres, more than I've ever had and I want the whole experience. I hope it's not too late to learn.

 

[darkmatter]

Woodmort........we seem to be few and far between...heh? My grandmother went west on a covered wagon, my parents told me of the great depression make do or do without and my in-laws told me of the Blitz in England. My Son knows how to hunt, cook, laundry, and garden---although the garden bit doesn't appeal to him much yet. His girlfriend visiting never had a home cooked meal made from scratch in her life. I see I still have a purpose in trying to teach what I know, seems most are treehugging fuzzy bunny worshipers and look upon me as a version of Satan. ( I kinda look the part)But I'm still trying.

 

[Royd]

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If man is still alive....

If woman can survive...

 

[Katy]

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If man is still alive....

If woman can survive...

One of my favorite songs as a youth and I can't for the life of me come up with the next line!

 

[Wolfwoman]

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If man is still alive....

If woman can survive...

They may find....

 

[Beth G.]

Wow, it's very nice to read input on here! I live off the land as much as possible and would like to do more but, have a few things I can't bear without if ya know what I mean. But as batz said once you do it, you get used to it. I keep telling my husband lets sell off everything and go buy a plot in some rural area. Lets truely live off the land! He is considering it b/c the hussle and bussle of Connecticut is really starting to wear us thin. If we had to we could do it b/c of our skills together. We hunt with our bows, we fish in creeks, go crabbing on the docks, and grow our own veggies. We even cook over an open campfire as much as possible. Unfortunately he is afraid b/c I have a medical condition and I need medical benefits for all my medication treatments. Otherwise I think our dream of truely living off the land would come alive. Keep up the good way of life Y'all!!