Do you also add a bit of vinegar to the last of the catsup, mustard and dressing so you can get the last bit out? Drives my hubby nuts, but he's younger than I am. Ruth At 7:10 PM -0500 3/20/05, LorraineLatta@aol.com wrote: >How fascinating, and moving, to hear these stories. A co-worker was recently >telling us that he found it so odd that his Mother still adds water to the >last of the shampoo/conditioner/dish soap, etc., to make it last a little >longer. He said she does it because she lived through the depression, and >WWII, >when you had to make due with less. That had never occurred to me.... I've >always added water to the last of liquids and thought EVERYBODY did that! >But I >certainly did learn it from my Mom so it must be true, and how strange to >think >some of us still do things because of conditions 60-70 years ago! > >Lorraine -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT