My daughter-in-law comes from a large family. Four boys and four girls. Each have learned saving tips and coupon shopping from their mom. They had also grown up with traditions that at least the four youngest try to honor now.
There were two or three of them in the kitchen making pies the
day prior to Thanksgiving. I don’t remember ever having baked beans as part of
Thanksgiving dinner before, but it was a part of theirs. A craft project of making turkeys with apple
bodies, gumdrops and marshmallow parts.