@Bowwow: It’s not that in the old country there was a lower standard of living but the technology to manufacture all the goodies we have today didn’t exist in many of the towns and hamlets.
Growing up in the 60s-70s we had very few options for Passover snacks. We had those jelly candies shaped like fruit, nuts or Kott Orange soda (It’s Kott to be good). Remember, no diet either.
I asked my father who lived in Poland before the War what his mother did for Passover. He said she kashered whatever she could such as the glasses and had a few seperate dishes/pots/pans for Passover.