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3. In the 1950s, we had many a peasant meal as dad's income was not that much. Being of Italian

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:25 AM

13 hrs ago

descent, we had, quite often:

peas & pasta (UGH!)

pasta fazoole (aka pasta e fagioli aka beans and pasta) - even worse! No sausage. Just beans and pasta.

Many a meatless/fishless day. And not just on Fridays or during Lent.

A pound of chop meat fed the six of us when made into meatloaf and half of it was saved for another day. I hated mom's meatloaf, too. Now I think back and realize it was like having less than a 2 oz burger!

I guess the depression lasted longer than I thought.

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