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Dessert? We did not typically have desserts following meals. Except maybe fruit. There was pie for Thanksgiving & Christmas, cake & ice cream on birthdays, and ice cream for the 4th and other summer outings.

I like a cake or pastry with coffee, but am still not much of a desserts after dinner person. Never have room for it in the same sitting as a meal.

If you're in pickup distance of ranches, buying sides of meat directly from the rancher is an alternative. There are enough in my area that are an hour away or less that I could shop around by price, and got a little over 100 lbs for a little over $4/lb, after factoring in the abattoir & butcher fees (probably better than that as I accepted optional organ meats that we were not charged for).

We've had such a positive experience that we plan to buy a half or whole lamb, and my in-laws want to buy a quarter for themselves.

I have a plastic auto-off electric tea kettle that I bought for fairly cheap at Rite Aid or CVS. It's served me very well for years.

I'd make hakusai tsukemono, use it in gyoza or egg roll filling, or stir fry.

No. I was the exact opposite of a picky eater, and always wanted what the adults were eating, no matter how unfamiliar or odd-looking it was (at two I snatched grilled sea snails off the hibachi. My mother was worried I'd burn my hands or my mouth).

My mother did serve omuraisu and fried rice in shapes (heart shaped, mickey mouse head shaped) and always tried to make packed lunches attractive.