Family Traditional Dishes. It wasn’t until I watched a clip of traditional depression era recipes on the internet did I realize the source of many of my family menus. So many of these dishes were integrated into many of my family’s regular meals. The folks during the depression were resourceful and creative, starvation was a reality. German potato pancakes with applesauce was a special treat. Irish Mulligan stew. “… any Irish Mulligan stew is simply an Irish stew that includes meat, potatoes, vegetables, and whatever else could I be begged, scavenged, found or stolen” A Waldorf salad was always a side dish for Thanksgiving dinner. My German grandmother Fredrika, was an outstanding baker. Just for fun she made a mocked apple pie out of Ritz crackers popular during these hard times. She also baked a traditional apple pie with fresh apples. With a touch of secrecy we were presented with a small slice of each. Our job was to vote for the slice made from real apples. We could not tell the difference. Soups of all kinds stretched the budget and fed the whole family a hearty meal. I remember returning home from school to be greeted by the wonderful fragrance of homemade soup cooking on the stove. It was in a large cast iron pot that had simmered all day. Tenderizing the toughest cut of meats and blending the flavors of vegetables and broth. To this day it is still my favorite comfort food. I did not grow up during the depression but these wonderful recipes warmed my childhood. My mother always added her unique touches to make the meal enjoyable. A fancy folded napkin, fresh flowers on the table, or using the good dishes unexpectedly even if it wasn’t a special occasion. Believing that the presentation of the meal was as important as it’s taste. As an adult and a single mom on a tight budget, I revived many of these recipes. They are still delicious and economical. I too add little aesthetic touches to the table to make the meal complete.
1969, my grandmother making a Ritz cracker mock apple pie using her recipe(s) from cooking for 6 during the Depression ... I was 10yrs old, staying for a month at the rural Indiana farm. Half a century+ later, and still remember how amazing that pie was :) Grandpa also made mulberry wine in a huge crock down-cellar, but that's a different story :)
The goulash of my day is still a staple in my life. Kidney beans, tomato soup (campbells specially) ground meat, 1/2 bell pepper, 1/2 onion and s/p plus cinnamon. We always had a salad with it. if you were feeling fancy you bedazzled the top with shaker parm and served it with buttered garlic bread or sesame bread sticks. A good pot of it could last ages and create a quick meal with a freezer.
Mine is kinda the same but instead of kidney beans, my Mother and now I add pork n bns and macaroni. And a spoon of brown sugar. I also freeze portions for days I don't want to cook.
Oats are in many of our dishes: cookies, pancakes, meatloaf. My mother was born during the depression, with a widowed mother. They canned & pickled everything. Until she passed at 93, her go to foods were those from the depression. My meatloaf has sauted veggies, oats, eggs, parm, garlic, almost any veggie in the fridge. My family, and grandkids love it to this day.
I was born in the early 90s. My family was very poor. I can recall any of these dishes growing up. My grandma would say " It's not Gormet but it'll fill ya." While some of these recipes were a bit Bland , Hoover stew for example. It was sure better than being hungry.
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I remember butter noodles, lettuce and cheese sandwiches on occasion baked fish or chicken and later in my teenager years goulash. My birthday cake was always made for leftover Halloween candy that was trick or treated from.
OMG!!! I made a PB & Mayo last night, & it was actually very delicious. BUT, I used Kraft Salad Dressing because I don't use Mayonnaise. I don't like it. This sandwich will be with me any time of the day or night when the hunger pangs overpower me when the pantry is bare, or any other time. Go make a PB & Mayo Sandwich, I think you'll like it. Oh...And, I had an eight ounce bottle of Mott's Apple juice to wash it down.
Never allow your fridge and kitchen cupboards to be empty and bare. Look for the cheap specials, and discontinued items, sometimes it is just a size or packaging changing. FOOD INSURANCE is IMPORTANT and can make all the difference when a unexpected emergency of any kind happens. A dentist bill, a car repair, a expensive antibiotic. Even a layoff from work.
No ! In USA we called it a gambo soup.. ! Some time ago we lost our family member and a grandma ! She was from Oklahoma ! And a generation of dust storms …. She taught us lot
The thing about the smooth stone is stones have natural salt in them and salt used to be a rich mans spice and it's a story from Ireland and whole villages and communities actually did have a community pot and made a pot of stone soup...and it got folks through the potato famine and previous ecconomic depressions and its still good now just salts cheaper now and we don't have to use stones now .. but its called pot luck for a reason whats in the pot is your luck..and its great i make it often minus the rocks lol
Ancestors? For real? You 10 years old? My grandparents lived it plus made and taught us recipes like SOS, biscuits and gravy, open faced sandwiches with gravy all in the northwest plus more recipes! You think this happened in the 1700’s 😂
PB/Mayo sandwich... eeew, I always thought they smelled like a wet dog. My nieces and nephews told their Mother they wanted a "wet dog" sandwich after they had heard me say that. lol
Many English dishes that many in the South never ate. PB plus anything you have works now too. Shameful that our current economy due to leadership is exactly the same.
I think we need to get back to gardening and cooking good foods. Trump has someone taking charge for that who cares. High hopes for improvement. We are cooks and foodies in our home. Gourmet and comfort foods as wekk. I want to make some of these things. Some are familiar from our parents and we still ,ale them. Going to try more. Love your vlog.
Beans and potatos, really good soup, and nutrient dense. Add sliced cheap wieners, if you have any.🥕🧅🧄🫑🌶 🥔🥔🥔 A sliced carrot, onion, garlic, diced fresh pepper.
Soup bones, see your local butcher. Most just go to waste, and are such a powerful source of nutrients when making broth as the base of a good soup. That broth can be pressure canned, or frozen. Far better than store purchased substitutes.
🍀🍀🍀 Foraging. Not even covered in this video, but a priceless precious skill to possess. There is lots to eat all around everywhere, if we know and recognize the plants, and know useful from potentially harmful. Free, organic, and plentiful in nature, but never gather everything, take a little and move on, so plants can replenish.
Look up dandilions, there are so many recipes for this oh so healthy wonderful plant. Roots, greens and flowers. So much can be done with it. So useful.😊❤
I never knew that the foods from the Great Depression era were so rich and varied. This video is fantastic!
Stone soup, I love that story, and it has been told many times. Even some videos about it. 😊❤
Catholic school standard tutorial forever. As I recall it was coupled with "the giving tree." B-) Have a good day please.
Vinegar pie?! You do learn something every day.
Family Traditional Dishes.
It wasn’t until I watched a clip of traditional depression era recipes on the internet did I realize the source of many of my family menus.
So many of these dishes were integrated into many of my family’s regular meals. The folks during the depression were resourceful and creative, starvation was a reality.
German potato pancakes with applesauce was a special treat.
Irish Mulligan stew.
“… any Irish Mulligan stew is simply an Irish stew that includes meat, potatoes, vegetables, and whatever else could I be begged, scavenged, found or stolen”
A Waldorf salad was always a side dish for Thanksgiving dinner.
My German grandmother Fredrika, was an outstanding baker. Just for fun she made a mocked apple pie out of Ritz crackers popular during these hard times. She also baked a traditional apple pie with fresh apples. With a touch of secrecy we were presented with a small slice of each. Our job was to vote for the slice made from real apples.
We could not tell the difference.
Soups of all kinds stretched the budget and fed the whole family a hearty meal.
I remember returning home from school to be greeted by the wonderful fragrance of homemade soup cooking on the stove.
It was in a large cast iron pot that had simmered all day.
Tenderizing the toughest cut of meats and blending the flavors of vegetables and broth.
To this day it is still my favorite comfort food.
I did not grow up during the depression but these wonderful recipes warmed my childhood. My mother always added her unique touches to make the meal enjoyable.
A fancy folded napkin, fresh flowers on the table, or using the good dishes unexpectedly even if it wasn’t a special occasion. Believing that the presentation of the meal was as important as it’s taste.
As an adult and a single mom on a tight budget, I revived many of these recipes.
They are still delicious and economical. I too add little aesthetic touches to the table to make the meal complete.
Very awesome comment, I really enjoyed reading it. Thank you much for sharing this with all of us here.😊❤
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1969, my grandmother making a Ritz cracker mock apple pie using her recipe(s) from cooking for 6 during the Depression
... I was 10yrs old, staying for a month at the rural Indiana farm. Half a century+ later, and still remember how amazing that pie was :) Grandpa also made mulberry wine in a huge crock down-cellar, but that's a different story :)
The goulash of my day is still a staple in my life. Kidney beans, tomato soup (campbells specially) ground meat, 1/2 bell pepper, 1/2 onion and s/p plus cinnamon. We always had a salad with it. if you were feeling fancy you bedazzled the top with shaker parm and served it with buttered garlic bread or sesame bread sticks. A good pot of it could last ages and create a quick meal with a freezer.
Mine is kinda the same but instead of kidney beans, my Mother and now I add pork n bns and macaroni. And a spoon of brown sugar. I also freeze portions for days I don't want to cook.
throw every thing in the pot is still one of my favourite soups to make.
Same ❤️ i also add small pasta or sometimes rice very filling 🇦🇺
Oats are in many of our dishes: cookies, pancakes, meatloaf.
My mother was born during the depression, with a widowed mother. They canned & pickled everything.
Until she passed at 93, her go to foods were those from the depression.
My meatloaf has sauted veggies, oats, eggs, parm, garlic, almost any veggie in the fridge.
My family, and grandkids love it to this day.
I was born in the early 90s. My family was very poor. I can recall any of these dishes growing up. My grandma would say " It's not Gormet but it'll fill ya." While some of these recipes were a bit Bland , Hoover stew for example. It was sure better than being hungry.
❤I appreciate your timinG of thiS Vital Video Bro as Great Portions oF Humanity aRe struggling just to pay theiR Bills!😥YouR video iS teachinG Humanity that the previous generations didn't always haVe it so easy either!😥✌🙏😇🌹🌞🌹☕🍵☕
Many notes taken!
Very interesting. Thanks.
I make peanut butter and mayo sandwiches all the time. They are delicious! I will also grill them for a different texture. Yummy!!!
@jacieosborne8283 Tomato and onion sandwiches are good too. With a dab of dressing and toasted bread.
i guess ill be fine during the next depression because im used to this kind of stuff that i grew up on and still eat to this day😊
I remember butter noodles, lettuce and cheese sandwiches on occasion baked fish or chicken and later in my teenager years goulash. My birthday cake was always made for leftover Halloween candy that was trick or treated from.
Peanut butter and Mayo sandwich .Eww doesn't sound good, BUT I will try one . Recipe is easy enough.🤪
Poor people food is actually good food.😊❤
shhhhh dont tell people that it's our secret
MOST OF THESE FOOD COMBOS ARE BEING USED NOW AND ARE FAMILY HAS LIVED ON AT LEAST HALF SINCE 1966!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
We are taking notes in case we get another 4 years of worse inflation.
I already eat this stiff so I'm ready. :-)
I grew up with the hobo stew in the 80’s nothing wrong with that whatever was at hand went in the pot
OMG!!! I made a PB & Mayo last night, & it was actually very delicious. BUT, I used Kraft Salad Dressing because I don't use Mayonnaise. I don't like it. This sandwich will be with me any time of the day or night when the hunger pangs overpower me when the pantry is bare, or any other time. Go make a PB & Mayo Sandwich, I think you'll like it. Oh...And, I had an eight ounce bottle of Mott's Apple juice to wash it down.
Never allow your fridge and kitchen cupboards to be empty and bare. Look for the cheap specials, and discontinued items, sometimes it is just a size or packaging changing. FOOD INSURANCE is IMPORTANT and can make all the difference when a unexpected emergency of any kind happens. A dentist bill, a car repair, a expensive antibiotic. Even a layoff from work.
No ! In USA we called it a gambo soup.. ! Some time ago we lost our family member and a grandma ! She was from Oklahoma ! And a generation of dust storms …. She taught us lot
I grew up on slumgullion and rice/raisin porridge
The thing about the smooth stone is stones have natural salt in them and salt used to be a rich mans spice and it's a story from Ireland and whole villages and communities actually did have a community pot and made a pot of stone soup...and it got folks through the potato famine and previous ecconomic depressions and its still good now just salts cheaper now and we don't have to use stones now .. but its called pot luck for a reason whats in the pot is your luck..and its great i make it often minus the rocks lol
born and raised in Rochester ny 😊🤞🏽❤️
Morcona just gave me Mork & Mindy vibes lol
jellied salads were popular in at least the 60's, I don't know about the 50's, I was too young...so they were around a long time
every part of the dandelion is edible except the dirt
Note-harvest dandelion leaves when the plant is young before it flowers. Once the flowers, the leaves become extremely tough and bitter.
Did he say sawdust?😮
Ancestors? For real? You 10 years old? My grandparents lived it plus made and taught us recipes like SOS, biscuits and gravy, open faced sandwiches with gravy all in the northwest plus more recipes! You think this happened in the 1700’s 😂
RAMEN NOODLE HARD BOILED EGGS
Hot sauce, gotta kick it up a notch.😊❤
In 2024 we exsperiencing the Inflation wich is causing us Depression ..😢😮
Definitely, and only getting worse. So we need to learn from videos like this and other sources. 😊❤
"We're experiencing the inflation which is causing the depression."
@@michelefreeman6512 is causing us A depression if u didnt catch that…
You're experiencing corporate greed.
Very true, but we were just delivered from the evil causing depression😅
Please ate pretty good during the depression better than many today.
PB/Mayo sandwich... eeew, I always thought they smelled like a wet dog. My nieces and nephews told their Mother they wanted a "wet dog" sandwich after they had heard me say that. lol
Cold milk soup? It looked like some kind of bread being cut into squares, cut up cucumber, carrots, and pasta. Never did see the banana either 🙄
Many English dishes that many in the South never ate. PB plus anything you have works now too. Shameful that our current economy due to leadership is exactly the same.
Not due to leadership. Due to greed by corporations. But it is going to get worse due to the orange leadership. Stay tuned.
I think we need to get back to gardening and cooking good foods. Trump has someone taking charge for that who cares. High hopes for improvement. We are cooks and foodies in our home. Gourmet and comfort foods as wekk. I want to make some of these things. Some are familiar from our parents and we still ,ale them. Going to try more. Love your vlog.
WHISKEY 🥃 IN ROCKS 😊😊😊
I feel like eating a cow's tongue would be an express pass to Hell.
I'll have to fast forward through that. Gross.
BEAN STEW ABT ALL CAN DO
Beans and potatos, really good soup, and nutrient dense. Add sliced cheap wieners, if you have any.🥕🧅🧄🫑🌶
🥔🥔🥔 A sliced carrot, onion, garlic, diced fresh pepper.
Soup bones, see your local butcher. Most just go to waste, and are such a powerful source of nutrients when making broth as the base of a good soup. That broth can be pressure canned, or frozen. Far better than store purchased substitutes.
MY ECONOMY.FAILED
Many people in the same boat, and worse. 😳
We need to learn what others cooked to survive.
🍀🍀🍀 Foraging. Not even covered in this video, but a priceless precious skill to possess. There is lots to eat all around everywhere, if we know and recognize the plants, and know useful from potentially harmful.
Free, organic, and plentiful in nature, but never gather everything, take a little and move on, so plants can replenish.
Look up dandilions, there are so many recipes for this oh so healthy wonderful plant. Roots, greens and flowers. So much can be done with it. So useful.😊❤
Cold milk soup footage did not show any bananas??
I was thinking the same thing. It was showing noodles and other stuff that seemed like it had nothing to do with cold milk soup. 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
It was Korean soy broth noodle soup
So they said one recipe, and showed another.
A 2 for 1 special. 😊❤