Will Your Kids Eat That?

After talking to several people I was assured that The Hillbilly House Wife had MANY GOOD ideas to help maintain a frugal home that have absolutely nothing to do with my menstrual cycle. . So being the fair minded person I think I am I decided to give it another try. I went back on the web site this morning in hopes of finding some really good penny pinching ideas for my family.

I was immediately drawn to post which tries to explain how an entire family can eat on just $45 a week. Sounds pretty good, huh? I read on and clicked on the weeks menu. Breakfast didn't look so bad. I don't eat breakfast anyway (I know its the most important meal of the day.) Lunch left a little bit to be desired yet still edible. Then on to dinner or as we here in the South like to call it SUPPER. The suggested dinner menu is as follows: Pinto Beans; Onions; Hoecakes; Collard Greens; Iced Tea. Will your kids eat that?

Let's start with the Iced Tea, one of the seven people living in my home will drink tea. I guess everyone is on water. I can live with that, water is good for you. Onions? Even my husband won't eat onions. And Collard Greens!! My Mother-in-law is the ONLY person I know who will even look at collard greens, let alone eat them. I could possible force a few pinto beans and hoecake down my family. Only to have them return to the kitchen an hour later with the ever familiar "I am still hungry." The menu also includes items such as Creamed Tuna & Peas over Rice,Lentil Chili, Baked Custard, and the ever popular lunch of Batter Bread; Margarine; Spinach; Milk. Now either I have extremely spoiled and culunarily (is that even a word?) challenged children or this woman really doesn't feed her family on this menu. If she did I am sure a riot would ensue.

If I tried to feed my husband these items we would have been divorced many years ago. On second thought if I cooked this menu I would be super model thin, because I wouldn't eat any of that junk either. So, maybe despite my inability to provide edible meals for my husband he would stay with me for my body. Much to my delight, this is something we may never learn.

FYI:
hoe·cake / ˈhōˌkāk/ • n. a coarse cake made of cornmeal, originally baked on the blade of a hoe.

I will be completely out of character and reserve all comment on that!!!