Originally Posted by
travelmad478
I'm only 55, but have the cooking habits of someone who came of age during the Great Depression, for some reason. This does not extend to all things (I like to get a new car every decade, for instance), but I do tend to keep items that still function for as long as possible, within reason.
Same here (51) but with more expensive/exotic ingredients these days
. The "some reason" is likely that it's the way our grandparents lived through the depression and our parents were raised and acted the same because of it. And I love that you save your chicken and bacon fat too. It's the one thing my wife believes in wasting - and it pains me to see that luxurious fat go into the garbage. It also reminded me of another great bacon fat story that involves my brother-in-law, which I'll save for another time!