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"It is difficult to over-emphasise the importance of happy family meal-times. They offer opportunities for friendly gossip and an exchange of news of the days doings, as well as for learning many lessons in good manners without anyone seeming to nag the children."

Home Catering and Cookery, March 1956.

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  1. Well said! I believe the same thing! Not always having the possibility to sit down together everyday, but when we do, it’s always nice! To bad that in many families it’s not so..

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