The Washington Sate dairy responsible for the outbreak was FILTHY, with cow feces a foot deep. No-one should have bought milk from them after seeing their barn. Certified raw milk producers are scrupulously clean and their animals are much healthier than the miserable creatures who produce the pus-laden milk pasteurized to make it edible.

Good raw milk is equivalent to sushi-grade fish. Our farmer’s bacteria counts were consistently lower than the legal requirements for pasteurized milk.

Please educate yourself before forming an opinion. Thanks!

Also recognized Jolly Green Giant, Barbasol, Bird’s Eye packaging.

I don’t think any shopper today would buy a “Grade C” product, however.

Think about the careers that are chronically undervalued and underpaid in our society: nurse, teacher, librarian (all require college work above a BA, usually a masters), also secretaries who really do a lot of work and keep everything running smoothly…..anyway, the thing these careers have in common is that they are traditionally women’s jobs. Now that (thankfully) women are free to enter any career path, these careers, and the work of a “housewife” are very seriously looked down upon, which to me is just latent sexism. We assume that because teachers are traditionally women, they must not be as smart or important as lawyers who were traditionally men. Not so.

Anyway, long rant just to say that, like many of the commenters here obviously know: work that goes towards running a household is time consuming, diverse and very important. Let’s give it and those who do it more respect.

I was also a little perplexed by the assumption that uneaten food at a meal would get thrown out. During the war, didn’t people use every scrap they had?

My high school offered home ec as an elective, which my parents forbade me to take. (Not that I wanted to!) My mom said she could teach me cooking & sewing, and school could teach me physics and algebra.

I learned how to balance a checkbook in 6th grade math class. That seems a much more appropriate place for budgeting and other money skills.

For most, it is our second biggest monthly expense!

I personally view grocery shopping (and getting the best deals) as a weekly challenge, and it has actually made it kind of fun.

Good info..thanks for the tips

Besides, our increasingly sedentary lifestyles are partly to blame as well. Think of how much time people spend in front of TV or computer screens these days compared to decades ago. Most kids don’t even walk to school anymore, let alone play outside as much as they did decades ago.

It’s funny how small the shopping carts are, as well as the size of the market itself–no supermarkets yet? Even so, I was surprised by how well almost all of the tips still apply today. Strange that no matter what else changes, we still struggle with these basic actions.

What a great way to express what a homemaker does (male or female); Isn’t it amazing that what was once considered a full-time job is now expected to be part-time?

Your wife can make those “over-ripened” bananas into banana nut bread. Google a recipe. They don’t have to be thrown away!!

This video was amusing. Yes, some of the “tips” were helpful and applicable to today’s conditions. The “grades” of products is something I don’t see anymore today… Maybe I don’t pay attention, but I haven’t seen ‘Grade A’ lima beans in my canned goods section. Also, I haven’t seen a meat section that carries ground beef like that ever.

It would be interesting to see this updated for the modern “purchasing agent”. I need some tips that help with my specialized diet and lack of grocery store choices in my area. Not eating red meat means that I can only go to stores that have the ground turkey and a significant amount of meat substitutes (egg plant, fresh veggies for good vegetarian meals…etc.) when I do serious grocery shopping. In my area, that means a 15-20 minute drive. Unfortunately, the smaller stores in my area haven’t picked up on the healthier items I need…

That aside, it’s funny. The tips ARE still the same today in many ways. If anything, I think it’s harder now. Many of the primary shoppers now, unlike then, are also working outside the home, so there’s less time to compare and plan. And I think it’s safe to say that there are a LOT more choices available now!

That said, in some ways, that makes it easier. If it weren’t for price wars, I’d probably be paying $3 a liter for diet soda!

My, she looked young, too. There were times in the 1950s where the median age at first marriage was in the teens for US women.

Maybe he did such a bad job on purpose so she would never ask him to buy groceries again? Really Henry, oysters? What were you thinking?

I hope the Slinkman’s survived this difficult period of their marriage.

Still I love these movies cause they are so earnest. And the advice, although hokey, makes sense today. I always plan my meals and shop with a list. I usually allow myself 1 impulse buy (favorite impulse buy -tapioca pudding).

“A man can’t possibly know how to shop properly, right?”

Haha! It’s a trick question…

I came to realize that buying bigger is sometimes WAY, and I mean WAY more expensive – much to my surprise!!

Great article, thank you. Stumbled!

This line made me laugh! My grandfather used to grow his own vegetables and preserve them — in addition to working full time.

My mom made preserves as a hobby, and as gifts for him.

one thing I did notice in this film is the size of the carts. Those things are about 1/3 the size of the behemoths that they have in grocery stores now a days! I think that also says alot about buying habits now vs. habits in the 50′s. Also there isn’t an overabundance of choice on products, only a handful of manufacturers for each item.

I suppose that is how progress works!