How is your lettuce getting on? Ours has popped up in the cold frame and we're optimistic. Your bread has been looking amazing so the sourdough starter is certainly paying off!
Oh yes, I think the survival bunker mentality is definitely an American thing. It gets inculcated relatively late, I think. I only remember becoming aware of it around 8-10 years old, when living with my maternal grandparents, who were children of the Great Depression and were definitely prepared - or at least thought they were - for EVERYTHING. Always extra clean drinking water in the garage, regularly replenished, and extra tins of petrol. Fully stocked larder, kept up to date with tinned, preserved, and dried goods. And those are the more - benign, shall we say - elements of the preparation.
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Date: 2020-04-11 09:57 pm (UTC)Oh yes, I think the survival bunker mentality is definitely an American thing. It gets inculcated relatively late, I think. I only remember becoming aware of it around 8-10 years old, when living with my maternal grandparents, who were children of the Great Depression and were definitely prepared - or at least thought they were - for EVERYTHING. Always extra clean drinking water in the garage, regularly replenished, and extra tins of petrol. Fully stocked larder, kept up to date with tinned, preserved, and dried goods. And those are the more - benign, shall we say - elements of the preparation.