1 hour ago, heidih said:
That brought to mind Ruth Reichl's mother's "Everything Stew" https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/may/12/foodanddrink.shopping3
A really great article. Thank you, I enjoyed that. I won't say that my mother-in-law's food was actually dangerous but it certainly was stomach-turning. Another of her favorite tricks was to save bacon grease in great big tins in her pantry and that was what she used to make pies, cookies and cakes. Everyone that knew her was either on a diet or too full when they got to her house to eat any kind of sweet.
