Ozark kitchen photo from 1936

This Lake of the Ozarks kitchen photo was taken in March 1936 by Carl Mydans for the Farm Security Administration - Office of War.

I could not determine if the photo was purchased or if the whole Ozark cabin was purchased (I believe it was the latter). Back in 1936 the nation was in the Great Depression so not just Ozark cabin homes looked this stark.

The woman of the house was impressively creative as she made her home homey with newspaper wallpaper.  She even cut scallops along the newspaper over the window to give it a curtain look.  The child looks quite happy and proud of the home.  The laundry tub and washboard on the front right of the picture was a common way to wash clothes in those days. 

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Old Mother Hubbard Went to Her Cupboard

drawing  by Stan Simpson

In grocery stores and food markets, 2010 will bring a new consumer reality—or, rather, a continuance of the new reality that began with the economic downturn of late 2008.

More people will continue to cut down on meals at restaurants and opt to cook at home, where more homemakers will evolve from "food assemblers" to actual cooks.

Consumers will display less brand loyalty and be more willing to switch back and forth based on sale prices.

And more of us will discover and patronize the burgeoning "big box" grocery store formats like Save-A-Lot, Grocery Outlet, and ALDI   source

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Free-for-the-Picking Green Salad 9

See the bundle of collard greens freshly washed and in a strainer: well, the person who eats these greens, raw or cooked, will receive a walloping clear-off-the-chart charge of nutrients Vitamin-K, Vitamin-A, Vitamin-C, and manganese.

Those are only the nutrients that are so readily available in collard greens that the nutrients will actually feel like they 'kick in' and you are good to go. Look at some of the other nutrients in the chart.

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