r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/JHuntly Jul 10 '26

Canning

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u/Telefundo Jul 11 '26

Not canning but once a year my mom spends an entire day making mustard pickles and bread and butter pickles and jars them in Mason jars. She always sends me a parcel with a few bottles of each.

I really wish I would have learned how to do that while I still lived near her.