![]() Maybe you’re thinking to yourself, “Yes, but you don’t have to use that now. If I had been cooking on a wood stove with no electricity and suddenly I had an electric stove and store-bought canned foods, I’d take advantage of them, too! Remember that this was in a rural area that, at that point in history, was only a little more than a decade into the era of electricity and the majority of those cooks had started out on wood stoves. They were new and innovative and our mothers, grandmothers, and aunts embraced them wholeheartedly. I hear a lot of people talk about their “food culture.” Well, let me tell you that for people my age who grew up in the ’50s and ’60s in the rural south, convenience foods were a huge part of our food culture. I would never feel that it was my place to lecture you on how you should or should not cook and eat. If you want to follow a paleo diet, that’s fine with me. If your choice is to be vegetarian, go for it. My philosophy is that there’s room for everybody in the food world. Using Convenience Products is Okay With Me! Specifically, canned cream of mushroom soup.īelieve me, I understand that there are a huge number of people out there who would never, ever, under any circumstances use a can of cream-of-whatever soup. Well, it’s because of one of the ingredients in this Baked Parmesan Chicken recipe. You’re probably wondering why I’m bringing up the subject of authenticity today. I think those things all contribute to maintaining authenticity. To tell you the truth, I turn down more offers to do posts for brand name products than I accept. Any time I do a post for a brand name product, it’s something that I use myself and can recommend to my readers. ![]()
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