The good old days
When I asked my grandmother about her childhood she got very excited. I guess she likes talking about it. Well my grandmother likes talking in general so that's probably it. But here is her story.
My grandmother was not very rich and our family were farmers, but they got around there were not as much options as today but there was enough and they always got what they needed. The food wasn't always the best but she always ate everything that was put on her plate. I guess that's why she always wants us to eat everything and keep eating untill all the food she prepared has been eaten. Sometimes when not all the food of one day has been eaten they prepared it again the next day. My grandmother still does that sometimes now. She learned to cook by her mother, she helped around the house and cooking was one of the things she helped with.
Food at school was pretty much the same as today. She took sandwiches to school and her class ate in a classroom together. She made her own sandwiches in the morning because her parents were busy. She liked school and thought it was important, mostly she liked learning new languages. She was good at it and it came easy for her. Sometimes I still notice that when friends call she talks in French and almost everything she watches on tv (except 'Familie') is in French or even German. My grandmother didn't get to go to school like us, she had to quit at the age of 16 because she had to start working at the farm and because of that she had no time for school. She likes working but it was very hard and she sometimes wonders what would have happened would she have stayed in school.
My grandmother was not very rich and our family were farmers, but they got around there were not as much options as today but there was enough and they always got what they needed. The food wasn't always the best but she always ate everything that was put on her plate. I guess that's why she always wants us to eat everything and keep eating untill all the food she prepared has been eaten. Sometimes when not all the food of one day has been eaten they prepared it again the next day. My grandmother still does that sometimes now. She learned to cook by her mother, she helped around the house and cooking was one of the things she helped with.
Food at school was pretty much the same as today. She took sandwiches to school and her class ate in a classroom together. She made her own sandwiches in the morning because her parents were busy. She liked school and thought it was important, mostly she liked learning new languages. She was good at it and it came easy for her. Sometimes I still notice that when friends call she talks in French and almost everything she watches on tv (except 'Familie') is in French or even German. My grandmother didn't get to go to school like us, she had to quit at the age of 16 because she had to start working at the farm and because of that she had no time for school. She likes working but it was very hard and she sometimes wonders what would have happened would she have stayed in school.
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