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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom was a child in the depression.  The cost of food
for a family during the depression was 25% of your
income. https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/spending-on-food-reaches-a-new-historical-low-and-its-nothing-at-all-like-the-great-depression.

Up until 1952, the cost of food for a family averaged
22% of your income.

Food in USA is now a very low percentage of family income.
Food costs average 5.6% of family income now.

Mom always carefully parceled out foods at family meals
but she came from an era when food for the family was
a costly part of the family budget.

Children were expected to eat what was prepared for a meal.  If the children did not like the meal that an adult
spent a fair amount of time preparing then the child
would get a chance to eat again in 4 hours.  There
was not a lot of the extreme catering to children that
you see now. The all day snacking for children
did not exist in Mom's time.  You ate breakfast, lunch,
and dinner.  You did get a good dessert after dinner
Yea!

[b]If your 60-70-80-90 year old family members are
less generous with food it may be because they grew up
in a time in which food was a major (25%) of the family budget and families had to be very very careful with
food costs in order to still pay the rent, heat etc. [/b]

[/quote]

I'm a pp with the brother who ordered pizza for his twin daughters.

This is not what's going on in my mom's house.   My mom is in her early 70's.   She doesn't "carefully parcel out food at family meals"--the meals have plenty of food (often too much!) when they finally are served. 
With her it's more about the expectation that you must STARVE all day before that so you don't ruin your appetite.

But no, it's not about money with her.   She buys very extravagant/luxury foods too.  [/quote]

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