Fifty-seven years of life has prepared me for many eventualities, even a recession. I know how to schlep baskets and pillow cases full of dirty clothes to a laundromat, and if funds are low, wash them, bring them back home and hang them out to dry. Heck, when times were really rough, a sink could become a washer and hands could substitute for the spin cycle. Used bread bags and margarine containers can be used to store leftovers. I can stretch a meal for as many souls as turn up to eat it. In the past I could create a whole bunch of meals with a pound or two of hamburger. Give me a few potatoes, an onion, some condensed milk and butter and we'll have a mean pot of potato soup. But I would rather throw on a pot of pintos, preferably with ham to season them. Take those same potatoes and onion, throw them in a cast iron skillet with a little cooking oil, and create heaven for the tongue.
Beans, fried potatoes, corn bread and home grown, sliced tomatoes will rival any hoity-toity dinner on the finest menu of the best restaurant in town. For special occasions add some green onions, banana pudding or strawberry shortcake. Top it off with a nap for cheap entertainment, and let the broke times roll.
Don't get me wrong, I love prosperity as much as the next guy, but bring on the high carb, lean time meals, and I will be happy in my poverty.
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Simple potatoes and onions cooked in olive oil is a favorite of mine. Have you read the Tightwad Gazette? It has loads of cheap, hearty recipes.
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