I was raised on a farm by my grandparents.
One thing was for sure money could be in low supply but food was not.
We had cattle pigs chickens rabbits ducks .
We didnt eat a lot of beef as it was the farms money maker . but chicken pork and rabbit were in good supply for our dinner table. Lots of veggies in the summer and canned goods in the winter we made ourselfs. We made our own buttet maple suryp and vinegar and oil with greens were common table fare.
Red eye gravy vegtable with a tomato base and a bit of hamburger.lots of cornbread biscuits.ocasi9nally some bologna or Goose liver for sandwichs from the store. We made our own icecream our own wine and moonshine apple butter .
We kept our surplus eggs in 5 gallon bucks with water and hydrated lime in the root celler where they would stay fresh for a year so we had eggs during the winter.
We cured and smoked our own hams and sides of bacon for year round use.
Even as a little kid I had to jelp feed critters make butter work in the garden carry in wood and coal for the cook stove and coal heating stove .
When I say kid im talking from about the age of 5.
Kids today really have no clue what life was like and are often spoiled not knowing discipline or work .