My mother grew up on a farm during the depression...
She said she was so jealous of kids that could afford to eat “store bought” cereal and oatmeal for breakfast when she had to eat homemade biscuits, gravy, eggs and sausage....
It is funny some of the obsessions that people developed during the depression.
My mother, who was Very intelligent, worked her way through a Catholic HS in Mass Washing windows and other janitorial tasks.
She developed an obsession with winter coats, which all the girls received yearly, more or less. (She was second of five, family had no money)
My sister, me, and my brother got a winter coat for about 65 years until she passed on.