Well, as to the kids now, they wouldn't know what to do if we should have a real depression. My husband and I could. We could have beans and cornbread, sauerkraut, cooked cabbage, all kinds of stuff that is fairly cheap. Rice, . I could take the money they eat out on one meal and cook for 2 or 3 days. But that is the way we were raised. We had 3 big lots of garden and we picked corn, raspberries, blackberries, goosebarries, beans, spinach potatoes, radished lettuce, you name it. we canned it. Oh, for that fresh food that hasn't been treated with every chemical around. Just my humble opinion.ha.