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The rules were unwritten but clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Don\u2019t be last.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t be picky.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eat what\u2019s there\u2014or don\u2019t eat at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We grew our own vegetables. We raised our own animals. Nothing was wasted. Chickens gave us eggs in the morning and Sunday dinner by evening. Zucchini showed up in every form imaginable, fried, boiled, baked, disguised in casseroles. And biscuits? Well, sometimes they came out with a little extra charcoal. We didn\u2019t complain.  We scraped them off with a knife and ate them anyway. Some of us even joked they were hockey pucks. But you wouldn\u2019t dare tell Mom her food wasn\u2019t good. If you did, you\u2019d \u201csee tomorrow today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And leftovers? Forget it. Leftovers were a myth, like unicorns. Food didn\u2019t go into the fridge.  It went into us. If you wanted seconds, you had to be faster than your siblings. I can still remember arms reaching over my head, sometimes for seconds, sometimes for firsts if the sibling didn\u2019t arrive on time. Plates were cleaned, pots scraped, and if you blinked, your favorite food became your sibling\u2019s favorite instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what was our favorite meal? Truth is, it wasn\u2019t about the food itself. It was about the moment. The bench that held us shoulder to shoulder. The arms that reached. The laughter that followed. The garden harvest that kept us fed. The biscuits that made us laugh even when they were tough. Our favorite meal was whatever Mom cooked, whatever Dad provided, and whatever brought us together &#8211; two tables, thirteen plates, no leftovers, and a whole lot of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those were the joys of life. 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