I'm sure my parents reacted to same about food since they both grew up during the depression. Dad was #5 of of 12 children on a rural farm.
Mom and Dad had a huge garden and we had lots of fresh veggies, apples for Apple sauce, plums and currents for jelly. Dad went hunting every year and Mom knew how to prepare deer and ducks so it wasn't gamey. The best was when Dad bagged an elk. Mom made potato sausage one year ( I helped). I loved the process but I don't know if i really helped that much.
We picked wild chokecherries for jam and syrup. Mom made her own bread and dinner rolls.
Of course I don't remember the health issues, but Mom was very protective of me, right up to the day she died. I have her Betty Crocker cookbook from the early '50s.
My sister was just 17 months older than me and we are best friends especially now that our children are grown and on their own.
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