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8. I'm not old enough to have lived during the Great Depression but I can confirm food insecurity is a thing

I grew up in a middle-class household. We moved around a lot; dad was a contractor that bought land in new subdivisions, built a couple of houses and moved on. Eventually we settled down into our own home.

Mom and dad divorced when I was in early elementary school. Mom worked as a waitress, and tried very hard to save the house (dad moved out; she bought out his share of the house). It meant that we ate a ton of potatoes. There weren't any snack foods. We usually had a few cans of food in the pantry. I can't begin to say how many potatoes we ate. I'd argue we dropped slightly out of middle class at that point. I used to have to go over to the neighbors to "borrow" some ingredients for a meal.

I keep a very deep pantry. I will be donating as much as I can.