Hi Kristine, Did you say pumpkin sausage soup? YUM!
Can you share that one?
You know, back in the day fresh veggies weren't easy to find unless you knew a farmer.
I think our mothers just did the best they could because our family was like that too. Lots of canned corn, peas etc...Never fresh greens
I also had to teach myself how to cook veggies.
I always remember when I was about 23 asking my older neighbor lady how to cook cabbage.
Later in life my mother did cook fresh veggies almost every night for herself. I think it had a lot to do with availability and with globalization and all of the imported produce we have available to us these days coming from all over the world now, so we don't have to wait for it to come into season.