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Sometimes it was pretty heavy on the rice and beans, but there was always enough.

There was plenty of food. I’d like to point out how Americans help immigrants and other countries more than feeding their own.

No

There was always enough food.
I was fortunate in the fact that my parents did their due diligence and planned (somewhat) ahead. They were not rich but we ate well, and always had an extra place at the table for childhood friends whose parents didn’t pan as well.
It taught me humility, generosity, and the value of hard work and common “cents”.

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Before my Mom met my stepdad we didn’t have much. She was divorced with four kids and Dad didn’t pay child support. Mom bought Mac and Cheese with coupons for 30 cents a box.

Then on the farm we had more than enough. The deep freezer and cellar were always full.

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Props to anyone in the 20% of >100k income who answered no. Worked their way up from very little.

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Yes but my parents worked multiple jobs to provide that and we fished and hunted for meat.

Raised by a single mom who never finished elementary school and had a hard time keeping a job...there were times when we didn’t have a lot of food. Cheap TV dinners, PBJ sandwiches, soup, cereal and whatever else she could come up with. Sometimes grandma would pay for groceries or the heating bill.
She never let me know how bad it was during those times. I didn’t understand until I was on my own.

Yes as a kid in my parents' home, no as a young adult just barely getting by on my own. They were the best of times, but they were often hungry times.

Yes - my mother was very creative by the time the Depression and WWII were over. I sold the ration books and cookbooks after she passed away.
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Thankfully

Yes....it was only in college that RAMA NOODLES became supper. (No breakfast)

No, there was not.

Yes but just so. My father didn't have a lucrative job until 1979 but we still loved to fly on a vacation each year which we could ill afford, so sometimes lunch was very frugal, or soup was served so we don't eat too much of the main dish. We didn't starve but there IS a difference between full and truly sated.