[Gravdigr]

I ask old people occasionally "What's changed most in your lifetime?". Late Grandmadigr didn't hesitate.

She said "The way you cook."

Up until the fifties, she cooked big meals for a lot of people. While her sister-in-law was preparing breakfast, Grandmadigr was building the fire in the oven, and getting things ready to start cooking for lunch & supper. She said that sometimes she was preparing items for supper, and the sun wasn't even up yet. All of this food was prepared fresh.

I asked once "How do you feed that many people three times a day?"

She said "Taters." I asked "Didn't people complain about getting potatoes so often?", and she replied "Nobody ever complained about what was put on the table, or, how it tasted. They was too happy to get to eat to complain about anything."

I don't know if they were that hungry, or, it was just that nobody fucked with Grandmadigr.