It was a normal day my freshman year when I realized my parents were more than your average frugal.
"Seriously? Gross!" my roommate said in reference to me smelling my sour milk, putting the lid back on and placing it back in the fridge deciding it wasn't sour enough to not be able to eat with cereal.
It seemed fine to me. The thing is, I remember mom cooking with milk that was so sour it had clumps in it.
Known for not throwing food away unless it's absolutely not salvageable, my sister and I once cleaned out the freezer while my mom was out of town to get rid of things we considered inedible but she didn't. Amazingly though, even with garden-grown beans frozen since 2000, Mom's meals are still lovely.
I've long looked up to my parents frugality whether it's creatively using up leftovers (the blenderized soups were my least favorite) do-it-yourself projects that most people would give up on in frustration, patching my favorite jeans for the fourth time, or creating super cheap and creative school projects.
They know how to save so when the time comes to party with traveling and family, they sure know how to do it.
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