[Sca-cooks] Re: pantry foods was Cooking Spam

[Stefan li Rous]

Johnna Holloway commented:
> There was an era when everything was canned at home...
> if it existed and could be eaten later they canned it...
> Too many Home Ec courses....and the Depression of the
> 1930's also warped the senses... something about never
> letting anything go to waste ever again...

Not unlike many other regions and times, such as the period we
study. The threat of famine is a wonderful incentive to eat things
that wouldn't otherwise be eaten.
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