I didn't find out until I was in the military that whaT Mom called "Cream Tuna" is SOS. In our case the second "S" was Sunshine Saltine crackers and Cream Tuna was a treat. I also loved the Mac and Cheese. You can get it today for 49 cents on sale so what does that make it then? 5 cents a box? Feeds four. But that was just sometimes. We ate well. Meatloaf, occassional hamburgers and hotdogs, Sunday roast, sometimes steak. I always had an appetite but I never went to bed hungry.

My Dad worked unbelievably hard, usually to the shop by 6AM and home around 9 or 10 PM. He'd get a coffee and donut for breakfast as he was usually gone before any of the rest of us got up. Home for an hour at lunch and an hour at 5PM. He was 6' tall and the most he ever weighed was 175. All muscle. Mom had to keep him well fed above most every other concern and we kids benefited from that greatly.