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chowmama

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46. Waste food? Oh, hell no!

Mon May 12, 2025, 10:40 PM

May 12

I think if your parents were from a wartime and rationing background, that wasn't a thing. We'd have had to sit at the table until we ate them.

Ironically, Mom continued to save every scrap, in the refrigerator until it became moldy and she could justify throwing it out. When we visited as adults, we always tried to get her to let us clean out the fridge. She felt guilty about every discarded bit. Next time we came, it would be just as bad. At least they never ate any of it.

And as a kid, I had strategies to keep from eating the food I didn't like. Our kitchen table had structures underneath it that were effective shelves - a lot of food got surreptitiously shoved under there. And once I wore a plastic 'crafts' apron to the table because I knew she was serving overboiled canned mixed vegetables. I hated them. Those pockets held a lot. Not knowing what else to do, I buried the whole mess in the hamper, under the other dirty laundry. It must have been awful by the time she found it.

But she never admitted to cleaning it up or emptying the underside of the table. Dad would have gone volcanic. It just quietly disappeared.

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When you were a kid, did you eat your sandwiches with the crusts on or cut off. I ate mine with the crusts on as it was [View all] debm55 May 12 OP

I ate the crust Americanme May 12 #1

Thank you very much Americanme. debm55 May 12 #4

Crusts on--my Mother would have smacked us for doing otherwise. hlthe2b May 12 #2

Oh. Thank you very much hlthe2b debm55 May 12 #5

yup Skittles May 13 #66

Mine would not have smacked us, mine would have laughed. OldBaldy1701E May 14 #67

I'm being non-literal about the "smacking..." In my time, a stern comment was considered a "smack down..." hlthe2b May 14 #68

In my house, it involved actual smacking. OldBaldy1701E May 14 #69

My mother trimmed the crusts Glorfindel May 12 #3

That's a good idea. I never thought of that. Thank you Glorfindel debm55 May 12 #6

With the crusts on .... anciano May 12 #7

Thank you anciano. I never ate the end pieces. Don't know why, just didn't. debm55 May 12 #8

I live the crusty end pieces too! SheltieLover May 12 #32

I believe that the crust is the best part of bread JoseBalow May 12 #9

me too!! nt KarenS May 12 #10

Thank you KarenS debm55 May 12 #16

Thank you JoseBalow. I like the crust on Italian and French bread, but not on white bread debm55 May 12 #13

Me, too. I always ate the crust first. I loved it. Midnight Writer May 13 #51

in line with others here ... my mother would have nipped that nonsense in the bud, 'tout suite' ! stopdiggin May 12 #11

Thank you very much, stopdiggin. debm55 May 12 #14

Crusts on! My mother had been a T4 in the WACs in WWII (technician rank equal to buck sergeant). rsdsharp May 12 #12

LOL Thank you rsdsharp debm55 May 12 #15

Crust on. nt Phoenix61 May 12 #17

Thank you Phoenix61 debm55 May 12 #18

The crusts justaprogressive May 12 #19

Thank you very much justaprogressive. debm55 May 12 #20

As Is ProfessorGAC May 12 #21

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC. debm55 May 12 #23

Both of my parents lived through the Great Depression SheltieLover May 12 #31

Thank you very much SheltieLover. I understand debm55 May 13 #65

Crust on. Crust off was for "pinkies up" tea parties surfered May 12 #22

HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAH. thank you surfered! debm55 May 12 #24

the crust on. never heard of that one AllaN01Bear May 12 #25

Thank you very much AllaN01Bear. The white bread from the store, I disliked. Other bread crusts I liked. debm55 May 12 #40

Crust on. My Mom would never have allowed me to throw good food away. patphil May 12 #26

Thank you, very much patphil. debm55 May 12 #39

Crusts are the best part. Srkdqltr May 12 #27

My Grandmother baked our bread. markodochartaigh May 12 #28

Thank you markodochartaigh.There were some in grade school that had their crust cut debm55 May 12 #38

Crust on. SheltieLover May 12 #29

Thank you so much, I missed you too. debm55 May 12 #36

I'm a crust eater TexLaProgressive May 12 #30

Thank you so much TexLaProgressive. debm55 May 12 #35

wow...my husband had an aunt stillcool May 12 #33

Thank you stillcool. debm55 May 12 #34

are you from New York? stillcool May 12 #37

HAHAHAHA, no I have live south of Pittsburgh. I do like a harder crust. debm55 May 12 #41

I never even heard of that till was an adult!.... electric_blue68 May 12 #42

Thanks electric_blue68 debm55 May 12 #45

We kids had no choice. Part of it was there were six of us. marble falls May 12 #43

Thank you very much marble falls. debm55 May 12 #44

Waste food? Oh, hell no! chowmama May 12 #46

Thank you chowmama for sharing your post with us. debm55 May 12 #47

Crust on radical noodle May 12 #48

Thank you very much, radical noodle. debm55 May 13 #57

Crusts on. area51 May 13 #49

Great idea, area51. debm55 May 13 #64

My Mom wouldn't have let me waste the bread dai13sy May 13 #50

Very true, dai13sy. Thank you. debm55 May 13 #63

I ate the crust. boonecreek May 13 #52

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much boonecreek debm55 May 13 #62

We ate the crust. Emile May 13 #53

Thank you very much, Emile. debm55 May 13 #61

It never even occurred to me that a sandwich could exist without crust. surrealAmerican May 13 #54

HAHAHAHHHAHA. thank you surrealAmerican. That is so true. debm55 May 13 #60

Crusts on. Aristus May 13 #55

Thank you Aristus. debm55 May 13 #59

Crust On beemerphill May 13 #56

Thank you very much, beemerphill debm55 May 13 #58

I eat the crust. werecat2020 May 16 #70