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In reply to the discussion: Subsistence living examples from some of you older ones in days gone by [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)40. I'm not old, but I am glad during these times that I know how to cook just
about anything from very basic ingredients.
I am pretty resourceful and talented in the kitchen so I definitely won't starve. The strange thing is that I find I am much less hungry than I am when I am working in the workplace. I was always so hungry in the office.
One meal per day is fine for me now. Maybe it's because I am not as active or as stressed.
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Subsistence living examples from some of you older ones in days gone by [View all]
Blueplanet
Mar 2020
OP
I think there will be something like the old victory gardens this summer,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#1
A number of people where I live went back to the land in the 70's but didn't last long.
Kaleva
Mar 2020
#23
If you have cream, you can make butter in a few minutes without any equipment.
trackfan
Mar 2020
#24
I'm not old, but I am glad during these times that I know how to cook just
smirkymonkey
Mar 2020
#40