Bull. I doubt anyone spent 4 hours a day setting the table, washing dishes, & cooking. Even in 1965. Mom sure didn't. Tho my grandmother may have spent that much time in her kitchen because her hobby was making sugar roses & Easter eggs. I think the diaries didn't allow for overlap, so the cooking was shown as a separate activity from washing the dishes & setting the table which would have been done while the roast was in the oven.