Comments on: Cheap eats, recession style http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html Digging my way out of debt Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-419 Paul Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:50:13 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=510#comment-419 I'll politely disagree that our grandparents cooking was not healthy - it was healthy - because back then everything they used was "organic" and not processed or refined - because non-organic foods and refined/processed foods didn't exist. And yes, because they actually exercised when they worked... I’ll politely disagree that our grandparents cooking was not healthy – it was healthy – because back then everything they used was “organic” and not processed or refined – because non-organic foods and refined/processed foods didn’t exist. And yes, because they actually exercised when they worked…

]]> By: baselle http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-414 baselle Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:51:14 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=510#comment-414 I love the church lady cookbooks and other pamphets. I agree that the ingredients weren't the healthiest (but they were organic on the sly and ate local), and the spicing in many cases was ... bland beyond extreme, but many of them also had tricks for substituting ingredients. A good recession/depression cook takes what she has, whatever she has, and makes a meal out of it. I love the church lady cookbooks and other pamphets. I agree that the ingredients weren’t the healthiest (but they were organic on the sly and ate local), and the spicing in many cases was … bland beyond extreme, but many of them also had tricks for substituting ingredients. A good recession/depression cook takes what she has, whatever she has, and makes a meal out of it.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-413 Michelle Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:55:40 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=510#comment-413 I agree that their diet wasn't the greatest - but they did all that hard labor so it never showed up on their waistlines! :) BTW - my favorite recipe from my great-grandma's cookbook are for her oatmeal raisin cookies - it calls for cream straight from the bulk tank and lard. They are tasty like you wouldn't believe, but man ... I agree that their diet wasn’t the greatest – but they did all that hard labor so it never showed up on their waistlines! :)

BTW – my favorite recipe from my great-grandma’s cookbook are for her oatmeal raisin cookies – it calls for cream straight from the bulk tank and lard. They are tasty like you wouldn’t believe, but man …

]]> By: Fern http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-412 Fern Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:45:44 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=510#comment-412 Yeah, except that the way our grandparents cooked was NOT healthy, for the most part. Lots of cheese, butter, whole milk and red meat. They just didn't know that much about nutrition back then Yeah, except that the way our grandparents cooked was NOT healthy, for the most part. Lots of cheese, butter, whole milk and red meat. They just didn’t know that much about nutrition back then

]]> By: RAJEEV http://www.debtreduction101.com/2009/03/29/10510_cheap-eats-recession-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-411 RAJEEV Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:30:10 +0000 http://www.debtreduction101.com/?p=510#comment-411 Great post.. truly agree with you.. the key to cost saving is not to die of hunger or go on cost cutting spree like a freak ,but, to do things basis cost benefit analysis . CBA over long term will help you reduce your cost tremndously. Great post.. truly agree with you.. the key to cost saving is not to die of hunger or go on cost cutting spree like a freak ,but, to do things basis cost benefit analysis . CBA over long term will help you reduce your cost tremndously.

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