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Originally Posted by kentucky blue

. . . How did my parents and grandparents EVER live without a disposal. . .

We had one of those triangular drainers in the corner of the sink. Remember those? You would dump your food waste in it, the liquid would drain into the sink, and then grandma would wrap the waste in the newspaper and grandpa would put it in the garbage can outside. That's what my family did in the days before garbage disposers or plastic trash bags.