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Or sometimes the leftovers of all three mixed together. They weren't mixed or anything.Īnd every dinner had a side of microwaved corn, peas, or lima beans. Mac and cheese and fish sticks, which seems super normal to me even now, but a lot of people think it's a bizarre combination. We had tuna and noodles, which was like your casserole, but with the sauce made from scratch (pennies cheaper), and not baked, so no potato chips and it was done faster. Yes, the chicken was crispy on top and soggy on the bottom, and I liked it that way. As in frozen hash browns in a 9x13 casserole dish, lots of salt and butter (or more likely margarine), and then chicken patties on top, baked. Sometimes made with canned salmon if there was a deal. Tuna patties, basically just like crab cakes, but made with much cheaper canned tuna. However, we had a few meals that apparently were not the usual: By the time I was born my parents were able to stop shopping at the bulk unbranded canned food store (which didn't even exist by the time I was born so I don't know quite what it was like). I don't think I quite grew up in poverty, but I know now that there were times when the budget was stretched tiiiiight.
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