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lark

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58. Living on the coast was better. We had fresh fish & fresh shellfish often.

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 12:25 PM

Jan 2020

We also grew a lot of our own veggies, always tomatoes, carrots, beans, green peppers & jalapeños and we had a pecan tree so always had those as well. My mom was raised during the depression and they had no money to buy food, had to grew their own, so really always appreciated fresh food, It wasn't common back in the day, but mom was ahead of her time in that way.

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