Originally Posted by
vintagemotif
Miriam, Your mom sounds like she was a frugal and talented lady from all of your tales about her.
My mom is so frugal it scares us all to death. You know how chicken comes packaged? She washes them out and re-uses those things - she finds all kinds of uses... She put Christmas cookies on them and gave cookies to all the neighbors. She re-uses zip bags. She leaves meat out of the freezer (for hours) to thaw. Oh and that is just the tip of the iceberg....
They have the 'flu' sometimes... My sister is staying there. She says she prays over the food a lot. Worst of it is, my other sister's hubby works for a MAJOR grocery store in town and is the head of food safety... He freaks out when ever he goes over there. He always asks, 'who brought the meat' or he brings the meat. We have had to find creative ways to do family dinners. Mom always used to provide the meat. Nobody will eat hers. She is 86 now and still frugal and a whole lot forgetful.