Food supply catastrophe

[mikbone]

I remember in my youth when the fridge seemed empty other than mustard and the cupboards seemed empty other than cream of mushroom soup.  That my twin brother and I went through a 5# bag of dehydrated banana chips one day.

The worst diarrhea ever, for 2 days.  I still can’t stand the smell of dehydrated bananas.

My dad also used to mix Carnation dehydrated milk with water and whole milk to extend the use.  He claimed we could not tell the difference.

YOU SO CAN!

 

[Jamie123]

  On 5/2/2023 at 9:21 PM, mikbone said:

He claimed we could not tell the difference.

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During my childhood it was:

1. Heinz baked beans vs. store brand baked beans. My father (when he did the shopping) always bought the latter, much to our disgust. (Of course, now I'm the penny- pinching adult myself!)

2. Ditto Limeade: Corona vs. store brand. ("Corona" was a soft drinks manufacturer - nothing to do with Corona beer. Their soda was GOOD!)

3. Kia Ora vs. store brand orange squash (concentrate). Much the same story. "We all adora Kia Ora" as the  advert used to go.

We knew the difference!

Edited May 2, 2023 by Jamie123

[NeuroTypical]

Did anyone else grow up in a house that washed tin foil, and pressed it out "flat" and stored it in a drawer for later?

Edited May 2, 2023 by NeuroTypical

[classylady]

With a family of 7 kids we really drank a lot of milk. I had access to free goats milk and would mix it with the whole milk hoping the kids wouldn’t notice. They noticed! Didn’t like it!

[Vort]

For a period of time, my mother bought her six children raw milk. (Regular bovine milk, but unpasteurized, fresh from the cow.) For the first week, we complained that it stunk and tasted funny. After a week, we didn't think anything of it, until we went to visit Grandma and had regular "whole" milk. Tasteless and disgusting. We couldn't wait to get home to real (raw) milk that tasted so, so good.

[Carborendum]

When my dad's business wasn't doing well, we ate from food supply.  One major thing I discovered was:  I cannot stand dry milk.  But I had always used evaporated milk as the "cream" for Pero and Postum.  That seemed to be fine.

Interesting cultural anomaly:  My sister served her mission in Korea.  She happened to talk to some Korean women who had spent time in the US.  

Without going into details about the conversation they mentioned two interesting opinions from these women.

• They thought that the Caucasian face "looked funny."  Funny - strange.  Not funny-hah-hah.  So, no, they did not find white men attractive.
• White people tended to smell like milk.

Since I grew up largely in the US, I don't know what the "smell of milk" really is -- except for non-fat or dehydrated milk. I don't know if it was smell or taste. But the sensation was in my nose even though it came out of my mouth.  It was almost like an aftertaste.  Yuck!!

Edited May 3, 2023 by Carborendum

[Vort]

  On 5/3/2023 at 4:10 PM, Carborendum said:

• White people tended to smell like milk.

Since I grew up largely in the US, I don't know what the "smell of milk" really is -- except for non-fat or dehydrated milk. I don't know if it was smell or taste. But the sensation was in my nose even though it came out of my mouth.  It was almost like an aftertaste.  Yuck!!

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As a teenager, I once heard a smoker say that non-smokers stunk, in both breath and body odor. His actual words were "they smell like milk".

[mikbone]

Screaming Horrors!

[Ironhold]

  On 5/3/2023 at 10:46 PM, mikbone said:

Screaming Horrors!

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I have so much damage to my sinuses from injury, illness, and medical malpractice that it's affected my sense of taste and smell. 

I don't mind drinking shelf-stable or powdered milk. 

[mikbone]

Man I ate so many of these.

Another classic recipe, Baloney roll-up:

Bologna slice

Off brand Kraft American cheese

form into a roll - enjoy!

 

Edited May 4, 2023 by mikbone

[Jamie123]

  On 5/3/2023 at 10:46 PM, mikbone said:

Screaming Horrors!

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  Quote

RONNIE CORBETT: Sithee, does tha believe in reincarnation?
RONNIE BARKER: Well, it’s all right on fruit salad, but I don’t like it in me tea.

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[Backroads]

We rarely keep milk. Let alone dry milk. I lost my taste for it about ten years ago. The kids don't like it. My husband likes it for cereal, but he also hates cereal. My daughter's doctor asked if we at least kept cheese about for her dairy needs (we do). 

Milk in food supply? Perhaps we best get in that if we want to cook with milk.