We made Jam two days ago (blueberry from our own bushes). We have some ume (plum) from last season as well.

You can still cook things in 2026.

This is exactly how Boomers talk about the 1950s.

I mean my mother made preserves and canned things, and was good at baking, and that was in the '80s. But there were also grocery stores with cookies. Because it was the 1980s lol

maybe some parts of the former Soviet Union

Also 1998: Olestra

My mother still makes jams and preserves, and I may follow in her footsteps, cause the trees in my yard will likely outlive her.

Summer, 1998. Where sweets were sold as sour syrups in a squeeze tube and had flavors like Radical Blue Razz.

Back when Pokémon was still in black and white

I'm team "let the youth have their fun" but also 1998 was peak lunchables.

Ah, the Gay 90's!

I was going to acid techno raves and getting completely mullered, and seeing some cracking sets at Ozzfest UK.

Portlandia clip referenced in the title

Most of my childhood was in the early 2010s but for me it was like I was living in the 90s because I was always at my grandparent's. They had all sorts of retro tech I played with as a kid. I burned CDs, I listened to cassettes and I had no internet, ever. My first exposure to a PC was with a mid 80s PC clone running Windows 1.0. So it's probably something like this

I mean we still make marmelades and compots and such here.

i mean.... to be fair......... when i visited my hometown in poland in 1998....... it really still looked very much like 1980 was still looming around the corner... it wasnt the 18th hundred but i loved it for its gritty "you want sweets? how about a nice refreshing glass of last summers compote from gramps allotment?". silly nostalgia of course but yeah...