Waste Not. Want Not.

Half an apple, small piece of bread.
We were cautioned all the time,
Save a little here, take a little there.
Never waste a  dime.

And grow we did.
Strong and sometimes tall,
The Waste not -Want  not - strategy
Didn't seem to hurt at all.

 We're older now, and
Times again are lean.
Looking back - we wonder how
Our mom could be so keen.

Count your pennies,
I hear her say,
Waste not - Want not -
Is the rule of the day!

Stretched Swedish Meatloaf

Serves 6

Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbs ground chuck
1/2 c chopped onion
1 tsp Swedish mustard
1/2 c catsup
2 tbs Milnot
2 Eggs
3 slices Limpa bread

Place ground beef in large bowl. Soak bread in water..squeeze heartily. Add w/ eggs to meat. Add remaining ingredients. Mix very well. Shape into rectangular loaf. Place in pan 1 hour at 350 degrees. Smakar gott!

Stretching a Buck

Every night, in good and bad times, we sat down to dinner. That was a form of discipline in our house and the time when we could all be together. When we had meat, like pork chops, the children would split a chop three ways. We inevitably argued for the bone, as we figured we would get more that way. Many were the times that I noticed Mumma passed up the meat. “No, tanks, I'm yust not hungry for meat.” She never expected us to sacrifice without herself leading the way.