My veggies for sure. I’ve always been a huge fan of veggies as a snack but veggies were always more than chips or cookies because there wasn’t a store brand of the item. Now fresh veggies in my house is a must. That and my Coke 🤣

My dad used to day dont step out the shower soaked. After that ive been drying myself inside the shower.

Lunch money for my kids we couldnt afford lunch tickets so my mom packed my lunch, and we lived in a smaller rural area didnt have the free lunch program

I didn’t grow up poor. I struggle to eat without paper towels, someone told me exactly what you said about serviettes the other day. I was like really?

Real tea (loose or bags) versus powdered instant tea. I didn’t know what real hot or iced tea tasted like till I left home. I buy some good quality types of teas now…Earl Grey, Cardamom, Green tea etc.

A variety of herbs and spices to make tasty meals, including ethnic dishes.

Fresh pineapples, kiwi fruit, etc. We had the basic fruits that were in season or very inexpensive…bananas, grapes, apples. But I like to try all types of fruits that we never got…pomegranates included.

We weren't poor, but I'm the youngest of four girls and never had any new clothes of my own until I left school (and by implication nothing that ever really fitted me). So my luxury is not to budget too tightly when buying clothes.

We always reused ziplock bags

Food

We never had soft drinks. Tang was what we drank as kids. We were poor… But my dad always had wine. We were italian and he made literally hundreds of gallons of wine every year. (I didnt realize he was an alcoholic till I was about 40).

Paper towel is still a luxury item.

Baked beans on toast is da bomb btw.

We've never had pay tv like Foxtel or any type of pay per view subscriber streaming service like Netflix.

I didn't grow up poor but paper towels for wiping whatever in a household weren't a thing here. I'm not even sure when did we start using them but I still only use them for specific purposes like wiping oil from a pan or anything too dirty to flush into a sink. It logically doesn't make sense to use them to wipe something you can wipe with a washing sponge or a rag. I'd consider it pointlessly wasteful.
Of course, I use thinner paper tissues when I have a cold or cry but other than, everything is solved with water and a towel, kitchen towel, kitchen sponge or a rag. When I was a kid, we actually only had cloth napkins. My brother who has allergies still uses them. I can't imagine having to wash them. I'd throw up every time. 😅

(We aren't talking about toilet paper, right? 😅We always had that, to be clear.)

I remember eating mayonnaise sandwiches when I was like 10-12 years old as a snack.
We never had snacks in the house, and I needed permission just to make the sandwich.
We had strips of cloth and each kid got 2 each week to use as meal napkins and we were expected to keep them pretty clean just in case we ever had guests.

I barely use condiments but always have ketchup mustard and relish along with mayonnaise.
But I never thought about the whys of that until now,,,

Maybe. Perhpas.

I was given zero respect growing up and not much has changed

Same
Paper goods of all kinds even paper plates , disposable cups and napkins

Now I'm boughie 😎

i too have paper towels in kitchen ,bathroom and bedroom and car

Never had cable once growing up. All my friends would talk about different shows and I felt left out sometimes.
Like someone else mentioned we also reused baggies. My mom would even take out baggies that looked 'clean' to her on the top of the trash. That to me was going too far😐
And the last thing is, our meals were always just hamburger or spaghetti.. something very simple. I see these people have all these memories of their mom making casseroles, homey meals, etc, baking. Now I love to make casserole whenever possible...