Quoting Michael Loo to Ruth Haffly <=-

Actually a farm would probably have eggs, onions, pork and butter on
hand--a cow or tw, likewise with pigs, a flock of chickens and a garden patch. No brainer.

Not likely to eggs, pork, and butter. Possible to
onions. We were talking about 18th-19th century
Russian peasants, who if not starving were likely
to be close enough.

Ever read Michener's "Poland" and the description of the annual
kielbasa?

"She started to cry because it had been more than a year since she
and her husband had eaten anything but cabbage and kasha and beets."

https://tinyurl.com/poland-page-124



Cheers

Jim


... If it doesn't have meat, it's a snack.

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