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fruitloops313

This got me thinking this morning. Waaayyy back when, growing up in a very small town in Germany , food shopping was an almost daily thing. I would go either with my mother or grandmother " into town "early in the morning. We would walk !! We would stop at the butcher to get our meat cut, then on to the baker for the bread. I loved the bakery, because they always gave you a hot roll, fresh out of the oven to munch on. Then it was on to the daily farmer's market for fruits and veggies. As I got older, I was allowed to ride my bike to do all this !!! I saw my first packaged loaf of white bread when I came to the states in 1978, and I hate it to this day,lol. The funny part is that I remember everything about these trips, the noises,the smells in the bakery and so many conversations. I don't believe that my son remembers much about our grocery shopping trips here:(

Pamela777

What precious memories u have! Thank u for sharing them. You're right, things are so different today. I'm a grandma of 4 now and see what those grandbabies live like, the things they experience, and wish sometimes we were living like when I was a kid - I just love your post!

neanderthin

Yup, early childhood involvement with food in and out of the house is a casualty of the 2 person income and especially now with a good percentage of those 2 person incomes down to single person parenting (divorce). Basically one of the big factors imo that has led North America down the overweight and undernourished road.

fruitloops313

Thank you Pamela777, and we always thought we had it so bad as kids,lol. Neanderthin, I totally agree with you