Sharing Food is Primal part II

Food is essential to our existence. Because humans have such a long postnatal development period before they can reasonably provide for themselves, but also because our culture has extended that period even further, sharing food has long been a way of life. Combine these factors with Depression parents raising children in the aftermath of a great war. Perhaps this gives a clearer picture of the world of the 1950s. Hardship and war always serve to bring out the best and worst in us. There was plenty of the worst in the decade of the 1940s. These columns will usually look toward the better parts of our history along with what we can learn and pass on from them to nurture the better parts of our natures.