Retraction

So, my friend tells me you're not a "real" blogger until you've had to print your first retraction. So here is mine.

In my Feb. 3 post, I made a comment (in jest), poking fun at the dietary flaws in my and Steve's homes growing up. My sister-in-law, who obviously knows much better than I what the diet was like in my mother-in-law's home decades ago, took issue with what I said, so I'm modifying my comment here. :)

I said that my MIL did not eat any fresh fruit the entire time she stayed with us, despite my offering it (this is a statement of fact). However, I also said that Steve's family never saw a whole grain, which my SIL felt implied that they'd had a poor diet. In fact, she tells me, the exact opposite is true. Regardless of Steve's or his mother's current eating habits, my SIL tells me that their mother offered an extremely healthy diet in their home growing up, with lean meat and fish and an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables. Whole-grain products were not widely commercially available back then (a fact I readily admit I neglected to take into account, as Steve and his sister are considerably older than I am - I grew up at a time when whole grains were becoming the "big thing"). Nonetheless, they had a great variety of healthy foods, and ate things that were almost exclusively homemade from scratch (virtually no takeout or fast food).

Lest anyone have thought otherwise as a result of my teasing, I hope this sets the record straight. :)