Mealtimes in a Polygamous Family

Hear about what mealtimes were like in a polygamous family with a ton of mouths to feed.
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[@dawnarlene8884]

Was there ever a time you got in trouble with another mother and your mom didn't agree with it? Would she try to intervene or help you with the punishment

[@drmollie3723]

That meal is the origin of the term “milk toast” for someone with a bland personality. This meal was very common in the early 20th century, especially during the depression. My grandparents talked about milk toast and also warm leftover rice with milk for breakfast. In fact bread with butter and milk has been considered a full meal well into the 1950s

[@beastshawnee]

I loved milk toast but we toasted it! Sounds like Sam just had untoasted bread chunks. But we never had ours with honey-we had sugar and cinnamon.

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

I love that even though your family wasn't perfect (no family is) you know that they taught you many good things including hard work.

[@rebeccamacmillan3567]

I worked in an old folks home and many of the residents would ask for milk and bread on Sunday night supper or if there was a large special meal for lunch and they weren't very hungry at supper. Many of them were born early 1900s and grew up during the depression and on war rations during both great wars. (Quebec Canada). Molasses and bread was also considered a dessert and a treat.

[@candicewiggins166]

in the mountains here in southwest virginia, milk and bread is a staple, especially cornbread and milk. totally love it sometimes especially if the cornbread is fresh out of the oven!

[@thetickedoffpianoplayer4193]

My granny used to give us cornbread and milk. Regular bread in milk sounds like all kinds of nope.

[@covertLLC]

It was cornbread and buttermilk in my house, I'm in Southern Maryland, so not too far from you..

[@laurenpowell3091]

West Virginia as well!!

[@cherylcrozier-garcia8862]

My stepmother from TN mixes fresh cornbread with buttermilk and maybe a little sugar. She calls it clabber. Have you heard of this?

[@elisemarie4894]

Like a cereal? How much milk? I have family in that area and have never heard of this! I mix cinnamon/sugar with butter for my cornbread.

[@Madetha2301]

In Germany we have Zwieback which is bread, sliced and baked again. We like to break it, put sugar on top and have it with milk. It gets very soggy too. But with sugar is very nice! Your story reminded me of that. Best wishes! I really enjoy having this window to a such a different world and life experiences :)

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

I bet it would be delicious with sugar! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!

[@mythosdreams5814]

My grandmother talked about giving toddlers Zweiback as teething biscuits.

[@meluvfriends]

Tells us he ate bread in milk for his childhood, then tells us he "doesnt know" why he still dips his bread in milk😂😂❤️ actually so cute.

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

(Melissa) Hahahaha right?! =)

[@amecocoa3829]

I grew up Irish Catholic. Potatoes were the starch of choice for most meals. Rice was reserved for baked fish, fried fish got french fries. Lots of fish, as in every Friday. Our poor man's meal was cold baked bean sandwich with a slice of red onion salt and pepper. Cereal was still cheap in the 60's so sometimes cereal for supper. Thank you for sharing your experience in polygamy with such candor and honesty.

[@brandywine4000]

@AME Cocoa I love this! Our family (with a good bit of Scott’s-Irish heritage) often had some kind of bean crammed in in a biscuit or corn bread with onion slices and black pepper. If there were no beans, we ate the breads with molasses, honey, or apple butter.

[@belindahugheslifestyle]

Great episode, Sam and Melissa. Thanks so much for sharing. When you said the cooking was left to the women and girls, my mind went immediately to the Lost Boys of the FLDS. No cooking skills and jettisoned from their families and community would make it even more challenging to survive. Rice? Here in Louisiana it's a major crop and kitchen and dietary staple. Like the Texas ice cream slogan says, "We eat all we can and sell the rest." lol My non-Cajun Southern Baptist family's rice go-to's are gumbo (chicken, sausage, shrimp), stuffed bell peppers, dirty rice, jambalaya, roast & gravy, brisket marinated in liquid smoke, plain rice & butter, lima beans, broccoli casserole and stewed chicken. Also a recipe from the local Junior League cookbook called "Blend of the Bayou". We're not polygamous, but whenever we visited my namesake aunt or gran, or we attended family reunions or life events, there were enough people there to require organization into cooking and cleaning teams. My ex-husband said my broccoli casserole was better than a local restaurant's, but I only followed my mom's recipe, which was straight off the soup can. He taught me how to make stuffed cabbage rolls. Since becoming a vegan, I've been all about dried beans & brown rice. Amino acids do a body good. My favorite is large lima or butter beans. For power outages and such, my family keeps instant or ready rice on hand. And I've recently seen on a vegan backpacker channel that you can dehydrate your own cooked dried beans and rice to re-hydrate for use with tortillas as a cold soak/stoveless meal. Love that idea! Bright blessings! 💖

[@davidmcilroy4697]

I recently discovered you’re channel and I’m currently binge watching!!! Your vlogs are so interesting and has given me so much knowledge of life growing up in polygamy. I admire the respect you have for a lifestyle that you eventually decided to leave. As a couple the love you have for each other is clearly so special and you both burst with energy, happiness and enthusiasm. Your kids I’m sure, are having the best time ever with you as their parents. Stay safe, live life to the full and make lots of special memories.

[@debfox]

I love that you two have such a beautiful marriage! I love these videos. I don’t know how I stumbled on y’all but I’m grateful I did! I love learning about different people’s experiences! You two look so happy together!

[@tjbrat44]

My dad was raised in Idaho and 11 brothers and sisters....they would do the same thing with bread, milk and honey....when times were really good, they could sprinkle cinnamon on it as well...the homemade bread was pretty dense, so it was pretty filling he said. This was in the 1940-1950's!! P.S. I love your video and content!! You two are so dang cute together!! I also have great respect for the honor and love that Sam has for his family members when telling us about his life! Keep up the good work!! 🤗❤

[@danajones6907]

I know y'all did this one a long time ago, but I've just subscribed and am trying to catch up. You asked what was served with rice. In my Cajun family... EVERYTHING. Every meal.

[@janicebaker1722]

As a child , on a Sunday evening we often had a bowl of rice with a bit of butter, milk & sugar. Still like the rice combo & bread, butter & sugar.

[@Tina06019]

I admit my men (husband & sons) would look at me cross-eyed if I served just bread, honey and milk for dinner. If there’s no meat, they don’t consider it a meal. (They all know how to cook, though, and definitely do their fair share of the cooking.)

[@dawnbassett6926]

Milk toast is so nostalgic to me! My grandma grew up on a farm in the Midwest during the Depression. She would always make it for me when I was sick as a kid. That was the 1980s/1990s and I occasionally make it for myself if I’m not feeling well. She had lots of other home remedies or old wive’s tales. Maybe you can share some from your childhood.

[@pyenygren2299]

I want to hear more about mother Mildred and her cooking (you have told about her oatmeal and cereal). 😀

[@teambeining]

Bread and honey - yep. Better with peanut butter. We bought our bread, so it didn’t really get soggy. My mom grew up on a farm, so there were plenty of poor man’s meals and quick put togethers. Then she moved to AZ when she got married, so she cooked little in the summer to keep the house cool. Sandwiches of all types, cereal for dinner, etc.

[@bettyjopeters6569]

Grandma used to eat that when she was young. Bread, milk or coffee, honey and maybe sugar if needed. It's a great depression meal.

[@pattyelaine9563]

You’re from the land of milk & honey 🍯. Thanks for sharing your life and experiences with us. My father was a strange and controlling man so we had strict meal schedules and always potatoes and meat ... pasta, rice and pizza and things like that were forbidden.

[@michelefizer2774]

Hi guys! Thanks for another video. Love and blessings from Virginia 🥰

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

Thank you so much for watching! =)

[@thecreativecountrycrafter]

Sam, it seems like your family truly loved and cared for you. It is good to see a functional polygamist family. All I’ve ever seen is the media coverage of Warren Jeffs and Sister Wives! Lol! Not that I am saying it was easy for you but it at least made sense. They raised a fine man! I will say that! I’m sure they were sincere in their beliefs and thankfully not exploitative nor cruel. Thank you so much to both of you for having all these open conversations with us! I greatly appreciate these opportunities to develop understanding of others.

[@lindzvee]

Really appreciate your openness!

[@emmadavison4042]

Loved this! I’d love to see a video on how you celebrated birthdays with so many kids!

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

We actually didn't get to celebrate birthdays, but sometimes my mother would make me a cake. =)

[@jolenesteed8744]

My parents were from an older generation and my dad and I had a little bowl of bread and milk almost every evening.

[@heathert8895]

Melissa this is a question for you: (btw love your channel).....what was your parents' reaction when you and Sam were getting serious? Did they have reservations about his upbringing?

[@maybaby2013]

Good question!

[@CoffeeLover-mz7bk]

I love these videos and the way you talk to each other. You are a great example of a good marriage.

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

Thank you so much!

[@elofamily7241]

My grandparents were from Appalachia and my husband's parents are from Finland and both those divergent backgrounds totally have a version of bread and milk!!! My side did bread/milk/maple syrup and his side did bread/milk/honey/cinnamon! So funny. :D (And anecdotally, Iin Finland, that was not regarded as a poor meal; their 'poor meal' was usually boiled potatoes and onions or similar.)

[@joydurham5437]

My granny and I used to eat cornbread in a wine glass with buttermilk poured over it-haha! Then a glass of wine to follow (once I was old enough). It was a special bond we had. It’s an old-fashioned Southern meal. Lots of love from Atlanta!

[@diyashikha93]

I am Mauritian, from Mauritius 🇲🇺. My ancestors came from India during colonisation period (mid 1800s). Thus our staple are rice, flat bread and bread. And we eat rice with curry, lentils, salad, chicken/fish/shrimps, rougaille (made from tomatoes, garlic, chilli and onion), légumes, etc...

[@5kydragon347]

This channel is so interesting, I just found it yesterday! I was wondering how birthdays are. Are they ever celebrated or is there ever a special meal or any gifts? Or were birthdays not allowed for religious reasons? It’s not the most important question but I was just curious :)

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

We are so glad you found us! Birthdays were not celebrated with gifts or parties or anything like that, but sometimes our mother would bake us a cake. =)

[@mspatti]

Bread and milk is a complete protein meal. It was often fed to sick people with touchy stomachs or elderly with no teeth near the end of life. It was a favorite of my mom, mostly with cornbread. Possibly without the honey. Also a way to keep from discarding stale bread,

[@carolseigle9676]

I never heard of milk, honey, bread together in a bowl. I love hearing about your life in the FLDS church.

[@DollyJohanne]

Sitting here eating some snacks while watching you saying you did not get a snack 😆😆🙈 My post-work out, and then also my pre-work out food today was toast with vegan butter and salt + a piece of a protein bar and some dried mango. Ice cold Diet Coke as a side 🥰😋 Nope not the best meal, but it is hot here in Norway today, and I am going on a swim, and I have been on a hike, so I just needed something light before swimming ☀️😊 Thank you for sharing, always very interesting 😊 Love from Johanne, Norway

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

(Melissa) That sounds like a great snack! And I am right there with you for the Diet Coke! We want to visit Norway sooo badly! A lot of Sam's heritage is from Norway!

[@carmenhoma1782]

My grandparents grew up in the depression, they ate popcorn with milk on it. Milk can coat the stomach and make you feel more full.

[@rachelcastle8369]

When I was little my grandpa would make cornbread and break it up and put it in a cup and pour milk over it. My whole family loved it except me 😂 I didn’t like milk, so I would eat cornbread and butter. Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!

[@darcyemilye]

In my family, we always have rice with pork chops and baked chicken. I love learning and your channel opens my eyes to so many other ways of living. Thank you for sharing all that you do!

[@KathYoder5256]

In our Amish community, we broke up bread into milk and put sugar in it along with bananas or other fruit. We called it banana soup. That would be supper sometimes in the hot summer or whenever.

[@tettivestberg2989]

I’m Swedish and we ate something similar that we called wetbread, warm milk and bread and sometimes sugar and cinnamon.

[@ghostlyimageoffear6210]

I'm American and my Polish/Anglo mother taught us to heat milk and pour it over a slice of bread, sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon, when we were out of cereal or for after school.

[@AllenWalker15735]

I was today years old when I realized that milk toast is actually a thing.

[@jessecafe]

My Dad still makes something we call milk toast, too! He would actually put a piece of buttered toast in a bowl with milk over the top. He made this for me as a kid, too.

[@amandastephen4318]

Bread cereal. Home made bread,if I was at grandmas; white at home. Powdered milk and sugar at my grandmas sugar and milk at home… no way would I eat it today. My grandparents were LDS

[@martah5369]

In Sweden the traditional Shrove Tuesday pastry can come in a version where you put the sweet bun, filled with almond paste and whipped cream, in hot milk: hetvägg. I think that is the original way of eating them.

[@tjbrat44]

That truly sounds divine!

[@martah5369]

Or use any sweet bread dough recipe and add cardamom for the buns, it should work.

[@leonamay8776]

I loove semla. And I personally insist on putting my bun in warm milk with cinnamon sugar....

[@martah5369]

@@leonamay8776 I insist on calling them fastlagsbulle 🙂

[@leonamay8776]

@@martah5369 I only know it as semla / call them semlor.🤷🏼‍♀️ My grandmother migrated from Northern Sweden in her 20s and they've been a lent staple in our family for as long as I can remember....

[@dl7562]

I'm from the south and my granny would always mix us leftover biscuits with milk. So good! Also we eat rice with gravy or lots of different vegetables, rice & tomatoes, rice & butterbeans, etc.

[@mocat1]

There would be about 20-22 of us sitting in a U shape at the Guide camp I worked at, when I was 15-20. At least we had a plate of butter or a tub of margarine at each table. Plus jugs of whatever was on offer to drink at each table. Having to wait for one thing of anything to get to each of us... that would definitely test our patience. Lol Kudos for you for getting through all that waiting at mealtimes, growing up.

[@peacefulguitar38]

I just found your channel a day ago and have been binge watching all your videos! So interesting to learn about. I’m born and raised in New Jersey so life out here is very different, I never even met someone who is Mormon before let alone part of the FLDS.

[@jilldornbush6960]

My grandparents were dairy farmers. We would have homemade bread sprinkled with sugar topped with cream for dessert. It was delicious!

[@MichelleLee1973B]

My ex-husband grew up very poor and he and all of his siblings constantly talked about how they ate bread cereal. But used white sugar instead of honey.

[@teena4rl211]

I grew up eating the bread, milk and, in our case, a spoonful or two of sugar in a bowl for dinner when it was late or mom didn't want to cook. Such a delightful memory!

[@monica15326]

So the children would eat bread with milk and then the father have salmon? Sounds a little bit unfair imo xd

[@AshleyA93]

So funny decided to watch some more of y'all's videos and you uploaded 🤣 really hope you guys get more followers and are able to make an income off of this. You deserve it

[@SnailWhales]

My aunt once tried to feed us bread with milk on it at a sleepover in the 80’s. I didn’t eat it. Another thing she did was popcorn with milk which I did eat and it was good. She is LDS.

[@creativechaos6766]

Here in Germany it’s called “milch suppe “ milk soup

[@lindarushton6435]

It's called bread and milk with suger then cooked in pot. I love it. England

[@kristindoan9105]

My Grandmother would butter toast for us and have milk in a cute carafe when she made cream of wheat or oatmeal. We'd add the toast (in pieces), pour in some milk and it was delicious! I still eat it this way. Yes, it gets soggy, but I love it. It's nostalgic and comforting, not to mention delicious.

[@Jenniferalvarez19818]

Hi! Thanks for the video it was good. Keep them coming 🤩

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

Thanks for always watching!

[@smurfke008]

Hi! Love to watch you tell your stories about your past Sam. I wonder; can you cook now? How/when did you learn that? And how about other household tasks and taking caring of your kids with Melissa?

[@hyrumh8305]

I was flds. Bread and milk was a huge thing in our family

[@rin-eri]

your thumbnails are too funny XD

[@sarahjackson2749]

My inlaws crumble up cornbread and pour milk over it. They said many a time that would be a quick meal.

[@ninaradio]

You asked about rice: that’s the staple starch/carb in my house. We rarely bother with potatoes (and I honestly don’t like them that much) so rice in various forms (white, brown, wild, yellow) is the go to side with pretty much any combo of meat and veg. And then white rice with anything like a stir fry or curry. Lately, I’ve been making picadillo (ground beef with tomatoes, olives, onions and a little bit of raisins) which also goes over white rice. It’s just the most versatile.

[@jonifotheringham5436]

My 94 year old mother used to talk fondly of eating 'milk toast.' Coincidentally, maybe, her grandfather was a Barlow and practiced poligamy.

[@patsykluting-lucas3804]

I grew up in California in the 50-60s. We never made rice at home. My mother married my stepfather when I was 10. He was a non active Mormon. I never got into it. When I was 11 and my sister was 12 we fought over a Mexican tv dinner (the original tin trays). She won and got the dinner BUT she didn't eat the rice because we didn't like rice...he gave her a beating I'll Never forget. Sad part if I had gotten dinner I would have been beaten. Fortunately I had an opportunity to go to Guam after high school and fell in love with rice. Soggy food is gross! Love this channel...very interesting couple.

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

(Melissa) That breaks my heart. I'm so sorry you and your sister had to go through that. Thank you so much for watching and for sharing.

[@patsykluting-lucas3804]

@@GrowingUpinPolygamy some memories don't go away even 60 years later. After leaving home my senior year in high school and venturing off to the tropics I was able to break that horrific cycle. I'm certainly not religious yet I enjoy both of you. Love the caring between you. Happiness to your family 💙

[@melissatensmeyer9364]

My mom used to do the bread and milk thing if we were out of cereal! 😂😂😂 too funny! It actually isn’t too bad! 😉🤣

[@songsoftheheart5287]

I grew up in Southern Utah. My grandparents ate bread and milk often for dinner. I had it occasionally. I liked it.

[@raeperonneau4941]

After growing up around so many people, I wonder if Sam is comfortable being alone or if it feels really strange.

[@zuleiskawalls9154]

How would the family handle bath time with so many children?

[@tjbrat44]

He has said that bath water was a family sharing situation, starting with youngest to oldest and adding hot water, letting out old water clear through until father....

[@tamibrantley7986]

My mom made milk toast that consisted of white bread, a little coffee poured over it, then milk poured over it and then sprinkled with sugar.

[@amandaw30]

My great grandmother loved bread and milk...she also ate garlic and mayonnaise sandwiches and onions like apples though so I always figured it was just one of her odd meals haha!

[@michellerector1332]

At my grandmas house we would eat bread with milk and salt and pepper all of the time. We would also eat white rice this way, but add butter. 😋

[@pinkbunny6272]

Meal times in a polygamous family is my filed trips with school, 30+ at middle school and 60+ at high school/college. Or a family party, immediately family + their relatives+ significant others.

[@lorineilson7529]

I have had bread and milk. My Mom served it to us quite a bit when we were kids and she got it from my grandpa.

[@jenjenb1209]

We toasted the ends of the bread and break it up in a bowl add milk or cream, cinnamon and brown sugar. We called it poor man's bread pudding

[@janicebaker1722]

We used to eat butter & sugar sandwiches growing up. My mom said they ate lard & sugar sandwiches often grilled when they were growing up.

[@angellarmynarzy5023]

Here in South Louisiana I was raised on bread and milk as well as cornbread and milk. I always ate it with sugar, which I’m not suppose to have bc I’m diabetic but I LOVE it. My brothers use to add fig preserves to it instead of sugar bc of the syrup in it.

[@lillil6696]

Yeah, my family eats that bread dish all the time. Sometimes we put strawberries on it too.

[@2frenchies777]

Do you still have a relationship with your mom or even the moms? Do you have a relationship with your father? Maybe you have awnsered before but I'm curious about this. Love your videos. 💖

[@lifeofriley8160]

Poor nutrition seems to be a polygamy staple. So sad for the children. Sam lucky to be healthy.

[@kmackblack]

Yes bread milk and honey. Maybe it’s old fashioned? I grew up pretty “country” and that wasn’t uncommon. It was a snack for us though, not a meal 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@GrowingUpinPolygamy]

Interesting! Glad to hear we weren't the only ones. I definitely grew up "old fashioned" haha

[@sarahwales6276]

Turns out, milk is for baby calves.

[@ashleyapollo7983]

We did graham crackers instead of bread and it was lazy breakfast

[@thetickedoffpianoplayer4193]

We never had it with honey, just milk, but it was cornbread, not regular bread. Regular bread terrifies me because I have texture issues.

[@hippymama100]

Chickpeas, various different ways, with rice. Also a Persian green bean rice that I grew up eating.

[@TwinMama-jv3zb]

Growing up in South TX, we would have bread and butter most nights with dinner, and we always had honey on the table for those who wanted it with their bread and butter. Its yummy! I don't like soggy bread, but the butter made a barrier to stop the honey from making the bread soggy. We did not put milk with bread though lol

[@sarahjackstoo]

My grandma called that depression era cereal. Her version was slightly different as she buttered the bread and added cinnamon to it but same concept.

[@mellissabailey2592]

For a short time as a kids We were babysat by a family that had bread,sugar and milk every morning for breakfast. It was horrible! I could not get over the soggy texture. If I have cereal now I use barely any milk and eat it quickly so it remains it’s crunchy texture. I also cannot eat bread pudding. I guess I was slightly scared by that meal choice, lol!

[@rachelfischer8260]

Our family had Spanish rice fairly often & a good standby was mashed potatoes & gravy. We had bacon growing up and hot dogs too. Sausage was a favorite!

[@coveredinharmony]

You're describing brotsup. It's an Amish thing. We eat it with fruit and maybe peanut butter. Can do sweet coffee too.

[@onemountainmamma]

My grandparents would do bread with milk, cinnamon and sugar. Also they would make rice with cinnamon and sugar.

[@sandramary4]

I love stir fry but I live in Italy and normally here we have Risotto, it's just the way Italians cook rice, totally different but so delicious.

[@OMGitsaClaire]

In the South, it’s common for old-timers to crumble cornbread and pour buttermilk over it and eat that. It’s considered a way to use up leftover cornbread so that it doesn’t get stale. Also, for some reason, in my household growing up anything that had tomatoes but wasn’t Italian got eaten with rice. For instance, Swiss steak went with rice or if we had stewed tomatoes as a vegetable side then the starch would be rice. But I grew up in a house with a mom who cooked in a pretty traditionally Southern way.

[@hannacarter9782]

Bread and Milk in a bowl is a part of life growing up in Cornwall (UK) but from asking friends from other parts of the UK they never had it. Personally now as an adult I can’t stand wet bread!!! 🍞 🥛

[@faukerconsulting835]

My rice goto is beef tips w/mushroom gravy over rice unless it's sweet and sour...beef and broccoli OR pepper steak play a close 2nd and 3rd respectively 👍 Asian stirfry is gets pasta, vermicelli .

[@denisehenson7534]

We do that with cornbread. Cornbread and buttermilk is THE BEST!

[@Viewer92136]

I haven't watched all your videos, so this may be answered in another - but are you still in contact with any of your family? It sounds like you had a good family compared to what we normally hear about children in polygamy families. Thank you.

[@carlasuannelockett1694]

Hi there from Oklahoma and don't forget to do a reminder about when going live Central time please!!

[@katharinafesseler7819]

I'm just wondering, how raising the kids worked. I mean did every mom take care of her kids and discipline them, or did they all Rais everybody's children? Or was one more taking care of one age group and gender and the others of another?

[@rhysrocke7530]

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[@marischmaltz]

we are of Dutch descent and my father made/ate what was called brockmecmelk (spelling) roughly translated broken bread in milk.

[@doninis1354]

My grandma made a soup out of malt beer and what we call " schwarzbrot" means blackbred but for real it is sauer dough bred out of whole wheat. I loved it. But not allot people know of that kind of that soupe, so they mostly crinch there noses about it.

[@amyeli33]

We make rice to go with several different meals like stir fry, chicken, and beans.

[@sheirahope]

Where I am from, it's common to eat crumbled cornbread and milk. Do you have any more Mother Mildred stories?

[@jarritos257]

Me too!

[@joydurham5437]

Yup, cornbread and buttermilk in my area.

[@MrsCelesteB]

So cute I love you guys!

[@nekrox1]

We have that type of meal in Bulgaria and we call it ,,popara" . It is usually a children and old people's food 😐