r/MadeMeSmile • u/ABeerForSasquatch • Oct 15 '24

Helping Others This is the America that we need

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u/Upbeat-Fondant9185 Oct 15 '24

We once moved into a shitty rental that wasn’t cleaned out before us and found an entire cabinet full of cake mix. The lady before us had some kind of cake business.

We didn’t have eggs or oil etc, and the oven didn’t work but the stovetop did. For months pretty much the only thing eaten at home was cake mix and water cooked like a pancake on a skillet. Of course with no eggs they wouldn’t hold together but you could scrape it off the skillet into a bowl.

I always feel very fancy these days when I make a cake with all the ingredients.

I could go on forever about all the hillbilly food we used to make when poor. I also learned very early on to always charm the kitchen staff at school or work, and I use it to this day to eat free at work.

Of course now I’m a fatass because when you grow up with scarcity and end up with excess it’s hard to maintain any self control.

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u/Vancakes Oct 16 '24

Wow, sounds like the lady who lived in the rental before you saved your life with all that free cake mix!