This is such an awesome thread. I am in my mid 50's now raised my 2 daughters mostly single. Both like to cook and I have been trying really hard for the last 6 years or so to get them to cook their own food rather than eat fast food and prepackaged. I love cooking for my family and I have for a long time. Making food from scratch is just so much better than the fake gross stuff at the markets. I shudder to think of all of the "injected" garbage that is in it to make us sick and addicted. Lucille, I agree with you on the loss of beauty and tradition. Feminism tore into women's psyche diminishing what it meant to be a woman. There is no reason for us to not be paid what we are worth or work in fields that were untraditional. Those changes have been positive but the whole idea of I can be a man, act like a man, etc. Gross.....And let's not forget the change in masculinity. This has been horrible for men. Now it is men in skirts and men who can be pregnant, have boobs, whatever.....This has been an outright attack on humanity to eliminate males/females. Everyone will be and look the same, wear the same clothes....virtually indistinguishable other than facial features/hair & skin color. They will be eliminating natural births and going to machines that grow babies. I can see this science fiction garbage coming to fruition unless WE stand up now and say HELL NO! I pray this is turned around and we get back to the honest times you mention. Sorry if I got too political. Great post!