Early American food and necessities

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Back during the virus event and today as it's recurring again, there was and is a shortage of toilet paper. Unreal how the store shelves in some stores are just bare of toilet paper. One other item back several months was the disappearance of yeast or packages of yeast. Marge bakes a lot, so we bought her yeast in bulk to have a good supply. But it got me to wondering how the old timers back in the homesteading days handled the need for yeast or lack of yeast. But also many of the other items we think are indispensable. So I've done a little searching.

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