Joel Salatin is the mothereffing man. Start with this ain't normal folks, then if you havent had a stroke due to apoplectic rage and disgust at what has been taken from our communities, then you can read Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal. I want to go work on his farm.
There were stores long before supermarkets. People went to the butcher, the fish mongers, the bakery, the spice shop, the dry goods store, etc. Some things were delivered to homes, like dairy and in many places fruits and veggies. And there were traveling housewares salesmen like the Fuller brush man and traveling tradesmen like knife sharpeners too. These things were the norm in both big cities and in small towns. Even in rural areas people relied on general stores and mail order services for many staples. Supermarkets were a huge change because they sold everything in one convenient place, putting most small single food or food type shops out of business. Also note that being a housewife was a real full time job when one had to go to many different places to get the supplies to make a meal. It's a poignant meme but it wasn't true unless you go back to the pilgrims and other early settlers.
Joel Salatin is the mothereffing man. Start with this ain't normal folks, then if you havent had a stroke due to apoplectic rage and disgust at what has been taken from our communities, then you can read Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal. I want to go work on his farm.
Chicken Man Extrodinaire
This hits hard in the fee fees
I mean, before supermarkets, they still had markets.
It's not like you couldn't buy shit before 1946.
There were stores before 1946.
Even in posed photographs their garden looks better than the fields of CHAZ.
There were stores long before supermarkets. People went to the butcher, the fish mongers, the bakery, the spice shop, the dry goods store, etc. Some things were delivered to homes, like dairy and in many places fruits and veggies. And there were traveling housewares salesmen like the Fuller brush man and traveling tradesmen like knife sharpeners too. These things were the norm in both big cities and in small towns. Even in rural areas people relied on general stores and mail order services for many staples. Supermarkets were a huge change because they sold everything in one convenient place, putting most small single food or food type shops out of business. Also note that being a housewife was a real full time job when one had to go to many different places to get the supplies to make a meal. It's a poignant meme but it wasn't true unless you go back to the pilgrims and other early settlers.
Wrong!
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2020/11/a-grocery-story-americas-first-supermarket-opens-in-queens-1930.html