A Corny Story

I want to tell you a story about my father, actually about my grandmother. 

My family has an unusual way of eating our favorite family meal.  When my husband was new to my family, he thought our custom was strange until he tried it and heard this story...

My father was born in 1941 and some of his earliest memories are of the difficult and sacrificing times of World War 2.  Like most families, rationing was a part of his life and to help feed her family through the winter, my grandmother grew a garden and canned and preserved food.  I can only imagine how hard it must have been; it is so easy to take food for granted when it's constantly available in limitless quantities.  One day, Grandmother went to the cellar to take down a jar of peaches to add to the family's Sunday pancakes. When she found that she had none, she looked at her dwindling stores of food and took up what she had--a can of corn.  She mixed the sweet corn into the batter and served it to her family with pride.  My father's family looked at her corn pancakes and said nothing, they were so grateful for the food and fellowship of their family that they could find nothing to complain about.  They were grateful for all that they had and they found the pancakes delicious. 

So much of a family's history is tied to the foods they eat.  To this day, my family always eats our pancakes with corn kernels as a tribute to the ingenuity of my grandmother and the courage it takes to feed a family during times of struggle and hardship.  It might be a corny story, but I think of my grandmother every time I eat pancakes with corn and it makes me proud.

Here's what we ate today,

Breakfast
- S PB&J
- K Oatmeal w/ Brown Sugar
- C&G Eggs, Toast, Bananas and Milk (Connor's choice)
Total $1.08

Snack
- S Banana
- G Milk
Total $0.23

Lunch
- SKC&G Split Pea Soup, Carrots and Ranch Dressing
- C&G Leftover Mac & Cheese, Carrots, Milk
- S Tea
Total $1.62

Dinner
- SKC&G Pancakes with Corn, with Syrup and Margarine, Oranges and Blueberries
- C&G 1/2 Chocolate Bar
- K Tea
Total $3.55

Total Spend $6.48-Wow, breakfast foods make CHEAP meals!!!

Tomorrow, Hosting a Party for less than $40