Reply #43: My mom and dad were somewhat like that when it came to food.

[Thothmes]

She canned every summer, stocked up at every sale. Reused aluminum foil. Once counted 14 2# cans of coffee on the shelf. She was born in Western Oklahoma in 1924. Her parents migrated to Washington State after loosing there farm in 1937. According to her, as the environment deteriorated
in Oklahoma during the 30s, their farm produced next to nothing. No rain, no garden, no chickens, no hogs, no cows. I suspect that real hunger during those years shaped her outlook for the rest of her life.