My dad would cook a roast with potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. Our plates were served. We didn't get to eat as much as we wanted. The next night he would fix Rice A Roni with some roast added in. Then what was left went into vegetable soup. Three meals out of one roast.
I do the same thing! We have a large family. I’ll make a pork roast, eat leftovers with rice the next day, turn the rest into Brunswick stew the following day. Sometimes I have leftovers from that to freeze. Potato peels and carrot tops from kitchen scraps go into vegetable stock. Nothing left to waste. Anything we can’t eat goes to the animals!
I have done this for years...friends stop by and I take a meal for one or two and make a FEAST for four or five!!! Love when I'm asked for "the recipe and say it called "Kitchen Sink"--open the refrigerator and put together a meal!!! I love "bone soup" made from turkey or chicken carcus, or bones from a roast, using whas t ever was served with the roast as appropriate-- left over gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes green beans (with the crispy onions and white sauce and any other veggies from the original meal! When we have parents/kids day at church, Imake this type soup out of fresh (but "cheap" items--parents and kids "chow-down" for two or three bowls with 4-ingredient soda bread that makes by hand in 45 mins! 2 cups unbleached white flour, (or 1/2-1/2 unbleached white & wheat flours!), 1 cup BUTTERMILK, 1/2 teas salt, 1/2 teas Baking Soda, 2 moderate handfulls RAISINS or CURRENTS. Mix dough with a wooden spoon to a rough lumpy consistency. Split into 4 parts, knead very moderately by hand into 4 small balls. Place on a lightly flowered cookie sheet. Then with pointed knife, make an X on top of each mound (do not push mounds down!)! Bake at 400 for 40 mins. Let come to room temp, slice and serve with REAL BUTTER or currents or preserves! WONDERFUL!!!
So true, we even switched to a store called lidl. It's a sister company to aldi's. Sooo much cheaper and no food colorings or msg in any of their products
@@bhmichigan8731 My dad was a foreman with Del Monte for many years and yes products are done for many labels with the same products that are labeled with the Del Monte label. Buy cheap it's all produced by big companies.
But also, now those really cheapie brands are "MADE IN CHINA", "PRODUCT OF CHINA"! And have A LOT of toxins. Good luck out there people's, same CONTINENT. North American people brother.
Not many people know how to cook a typical family lunch/dinner and scariest thing is some folks think adding hot water to a package of noodles or rice is cooking 🤣
Out of fun, I restored the family garden. I made raised garden beds and planted vegetables. Water barrels, a composter, set up hail nets and a bunch of little things. And it feels good to grow at least some vegetables, because everything in the shops is expensive and disgusting. It all comes naturally to me because I’ve watched my grandma and aunt take care of that garden my whole life haha
After I purchased this log cabin from my grandmother, I found quart-sized, glass Mason jars, filled with peaches, buried in the back yard. Her favorite song was "Swingin'"" by John Anderson. After grandpa passed away, I took her from this log cabin in Michigan to her trailer in Florida. She read, out loud, every roadside billboard between Michigan and Florida. I miss her.
@@FiveElementsTactical my parents grew up in the depression and then went through ww2 and they said they ate alot of deer,moose and all other kinds of wild game and they never seen any Cheerios, bisquick,spam and just about everything else you have there.
I’m from Chicago/ lived in Michigan for 10 years and moved to Florida 13 years ago There are times I miss the Fall season and having white Christmas But… I love Florida and love the weather here The sunshine is wonderful
My mom made 1 round steak for 7 people. She pounded it flat, so we all had a good sized portion. It was floured, and fried then gravy was made. At 13, I took over cooking. She'd showed me how, and I was taking cooking in school. Whoever cooked never did dishes. I cooked for years. At 17, I was making cakes from scratch and writing up menus for shopping lists. We shopped twice a month. It had to be right, and my mother taught me how to choose meats.
The less often you shop the more you save, it's a proven fact as grocery store psychology is a science. We shop every two weeks too, it makes life easier as well.
Spent time in the Army. I learned real fast you eat what you get. Still hate lima beans, but if that is what I have it works. I have heard people say I would not eat that. Makes me smile and think you have never been hungry. Real HUNGER will change your mind fast. During a escape and evasion drill I can tell you armadillo cooked over a fire is a five course meal. Well done Sir
WOW!!! That’s awesome!!!! My dad and grandfather were both military and instilled that in me from a young age. No matter how bad I thought things were, “don’t complain... it can be and will be worse...embrace the suck.”
I'm a millennial, but my dad was really old lol when he had me. He was a depression era kid. I was raised with the mentality, "Waste not, want not." It has been invaluable in my life and I'm grateful for it.
My gram lived during the depression and she would always have at least a dozen jars of Miracle Whip in her pantry and would argue for more when I took her grocery shopping after she got older and couldn't go alone. I know that times were very hard during the Depression but I never quite understood why she had this weird Miracle Whip fetish.....until now. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get something that she truly enjoyed. The fear of going without never fully left her. God rest her soul.❤
When taking care of my grandma her last years, I would find pieces of bread wrapped in a paper towel hidden in her dresser. She would hide cans of pop and random things all the time. It never left her either.
@@robinkirk1821 That's incredible....How not having things like bread would stay with them their entire lives. The memory of hunger never goes away. How many times I've heard that people would can and can and can foods and then never eat the stuff. They would leave it on the shelf for fear that someday they would need it. I know someone whose Grandmother did that and after she died there were hundreds of home canned goods in the basement of her house that was never used.
You need salad dressing, even when foraging. I go through a lot of miracle whip, and we eat it in our sandwiches all the time. I use more when making macaroni salad with vegetables. Or potato salad. Not hard to go through a big jar in no time. Not at all.
@@robinkirk1821 OMG found tons of bread wrapped up in napkins in many residents pockets, dressers, and night stands through the 26 years of working in nursing homes all over Michigan.
As a trucker driver that has picked up at canneries across the county, all of the canned goods come from the same place. Labels are just changed for the orders the companies have. Sorry same stuff in all the cans.
I’m very fortunate to be able to raise my own beef,pork, chickens and grow a big garden ami learned to can from my grandparents we buy very little from the store I try to live like the Amish. Self reliant
One thing I could add from growing up Jewish my family always had matzah meal on hand, while it may be unfamiliar to many a really good soup can be prepared with chicken bones and a few matzah balls. Again find a recipe book (or ask a Jewish grandmother) and you have a super cheap meal that is very satisfying. Love the channel!
You could be my grandson talking about me, I am not old enough to grow up during the depression but I have pinched pennies my whole life and I learned as an adult to really make a penny stretch. When my kids were growing up in the '90's I used coupons, double coupons, and we even had triple coupons. I would only buy on sale with a coupon. I fed 6 people for $50 a week. Guess what, I still feed three people for about the same price. You buy only basic ingredients and learn to cook.
I learned how to pinch them pennies also. I was a stay at home mom, with three kids on just my husbands income. I use to do a lot of couponing, I even had a binder that I would shop with. I quit doing all the couponing, when I went back to work about 10 years ago. I didn't have the time to sort through all the coupons and file them in the binder. I quit working about 2 years ago, to deal with stuff going on at home. And I'm trying to get back into doing basic cooking and baking. I will check Albertsons and Krogers ads for any sale items we may can use, luckily the stores are just down the street from each other, so I can make the trip to both in one day. I do my main grocery shopping at Winco. I got aggravated at Walmart a few years back, because it seemed like every time I went grocery shopping, the items I needed they were out of. I only go to Walmart maybe once a month now, instead of every week, like in the past. And a lot of Winco's prices were cheaper.
My Dad grew up during the depression. I remember as a kid how we would stretch meals, buy on sale and use coupons. Most things like pudding, fudge and cake were either made from scratch or made from a box as you talked about in your video. One of the best times in life is when we would make pudding. Thanks for bringing back those memories
Pudding and jello from a box isn't Any xheaper than the premade cups. Maybe a few of the way off brand ones. Homemade from scratch pudding from milk, flour or cornstarch, sugar and, say bananas and vanilla is cheap. So is off brand gelatin powder and fruit juice.
My parents, also depression Era, both lived on Farms growing up. My father, eldest of 12, was responsible to sell the produce and to help with the young siblings. There were no antibiotics, no ready Doctors, so he learned home style "medical" treatments. My mother kept the budget, including food shopping, meal planning and restaurants were once a year as a treat and to teach us proper social skills. I strayed far from this, but it is all coming back now!
I have a root cellar, but up here in northern Maine we call them cold cellars. My house built in 1856, came with it when I bought it, but last year I decided to try to operate it. Bought a book about it and researched it. Trial and error. You have to maintain temperatures, only keep certain things in there. I learned not to keep the squash and potato in there so this year I'm keeping them in a different area. I tried to grow storage cabbage this year but it's a learning process, I wanted to keep it in the cellar all winter, but it didn't grow well enough to head properly. Everything is a learning process.
Keep us the good work. You might want to investigate a hoop house, high tunnel or green house for gardening. The Sun Cycle we are in creates shorter growing seasons for the next several years. This will require even more skill to get a garden out.
Be careful with potatoes. Just watched a you tube vid on a family in Russia killed because storage was too good and the dunes from rotting potatoes killed them
U.K. here, yes it was the same here over “the pond” it was the days of women being at home having the time to “tend” their families, these days women are out to work, that’s why there are so many convenience meals served up, along with all the disposable items flooding our homes.
My grandparents too...I grew to love bisquick pancakes and apple cinnamon cake, haha. My grandmother Always bought 2 of every staple, and she kept the extras in the front hall closet. We also only had what they called half and half (half fresh milk, half powdered milk). Once a month she would order a spinach pie from the bakery, and that's the only thing we ordered out. The whole neighborhood shared gardening chores, space, and we all canned together for the winter.
I made from scratch yesterday cinnamon apple spice cocanut banana muffins. I already can not afford bisquick... Turned out alright, I did not use a recipe, made it up as I went...
My grandparents were the coolest people, they literally knew how to do anything. My last surviving gramom just died at 101. I asked my gramom if this is better or worse than the Depression and she said worse. I didn't expect that. New sub👍
Jello with the fruit cocktail inside... Awesome! My mom did that for us. I grew up with similar practices that your grandparents used, and still use them today. I will survive! 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
I hope your channel gets lots of new subscribers. I getting close to being "old" almost 70, a guy, and I do most of the cooking in our home and have raised four children. I ran restaurants for 14 years then got into graphic communications. Now I'm retired and finally creating art, I'm still shopping for the groceries and cooking. Your video has great information that will help folks survive these crazy times. Good luck and God bless.
Thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement. I really appreciate it. And for all your input too. We need more people thinking preparedness, sooner than later. Stay safe out there, Warrior! 🙏🏼
My 96 year old grandmother is still living and she says aluminum foil was one of the most valuable items during the Great Depression as there were so many uses for it.
@@mightymouse1005 I put seeds and start soil in old egg crates, I grew 12 radishes, 4 tomato plants, and started 3 apple trees the 4th apple tree didn't make it. I have transplanted the apple trees and tomato plants to larger containers. I ate the radishes along with 4 tomatoes, more tomatoes are on the plants but are not ready yet.. Soon as winter is over, I plan to plant the apple trees outside.
@@firegirl441fromga6 I might try that, I am getting read to start my second crops. I got so bird seeds but they don't tell what type of birds they grow(LOL).
Interesting Topic - Thank you... My mother recently died and she was 97 years old... she survived the Great Depression as did her siblings. They all lived to their 90's. Root celers were popular too.
My grandma grew up in the great depression, and looking back, my grandma was poor but I never realized because we always had all the fresh baked goodies, delicious full course meals. Idk how she did it but she could feed all of us grandkids out of nothing. I swear she was magic. I forgot about homemade pudding lol
Forget the bread crumbs, make your own bread and put the old bread or ends in a food processor and there you go for bread crumbs. Kids cut the crust off their bread and again make bread crumbs by putting it in the blender and make your own bread crumbs. Grow your own herbs put in a few tomatoes, peppers. You need fat...oil, coconut oil, olive oil. Cook a whole chicken and boil the bones for broth it is the best dollar value. God bless you all while we go through this.
The heels are the first thing we eat when the bread comes out of the oven or bread maker. We make our bread crumbs too, much better than the store bought.
The biggest thing is by happy with what you have and be glad you have it ..Stay out of the drive though that $3.00 coffee can = two bags of flour and that is a lot of bread .
Make sure to watch Clara's Kitchen: Recipes from the Depression. Good stuff! Also: get to the Dollar Tree and pick up the 2lbs bags of white rice while it's still a buck. The Dollar store is raising it's prices soon.
@@sandym6760 What part of your state are you in? Here in central NC, our shelves are still very full (thankfully!) so I'm still able to grab a few extra things here and there.
I am a single male and the dating has stopped due to the virus ,so I made a raised garden instead. I have had a ton of food for the summer. I am not canning this year but next one I will. I am still harvesting food and just cooked some Swiss chard tonight . All organic!
I used to work at Starbucks and I couldn't believe the number of people who would come in every day and spend $5-7 on a drink, that's $35-49 dollars a week! I drank it while I worked there but hardly ever go there now. Thank you for the good info!
My grandmother (born in 1895 & lived to be 105-1/2) had a favorite saying “watch your pennies & the dollars will take care of themselves”. She was a single mom to my dad and also supported her parents and sister during the Great Depression on a teacher’s salary. I learned a lot from listening to her stories of being thrifty.
God bless our grandparents. Looking back and thinking of the most delicious homemade chocolate cake frosting my grandmother made. She always had extra canned goods in the basement workshop. We were always sent home with a goodie bag of groceries. When we made the difficult decision to place her in memory care due to dementia, we spent time cleaning out her house and discovered envelopes of cash hidden throughout the home. Their generation was raised to "save for a rainy day." Thank you for the great practical advice, I just subscribed. God bless from a fellow native New Yorker.
HUNT'S makes Spaghetti Sauce in a BIG CAN that you can add more garlic (is there ever too much garlic) or Italian sausage to.... for $1 and my family likes it better than the sauce in the jars and comes in like 5 different flavors... it is less watery to start with so clings to pasta better... just an FYI
Walmart great value pasta sauce is 88 cents a jar and comes in a glass jar. I'm saving the glass jars and putting our dehydrated fruit in it with silica packets.
Hunts Spaghetti Sause is all I ever buy. It can be Doctored Up with Fresh Mushrooms, Italian Seasoning and Beef if you have it. I Refuse to buy Expensive Sauce in a Jar!!
I buy Prego pasta sauce with Italian Sausage…$1.88 a glass jar and it is so delicious I don’t need to add any additional meat. I add extra garlic or oregano while cooking it a little along with my pasta then put it over my pasta and sprinkle a little freshly grated Parmesan cheese and for roughly $2.75 hubby and I have two night’s dinner from this frugal menu item.
Our Walmart pasta sauce went up to $1.28 recently! I still keep an eye out for pasta sauce sales… I do prefer sauce in glass then plastic or metal because of the high acid…
I've been "prepping" for many years as my grandparents were farmers and I learned from them. BRAVO on all this information. Any preparation right now is an insurance policy for your future. Keep the videos coming :-)
My mom also lived through, married during, and began housekeeping in the Depression. I have her old coffee maker on the mantle. And I still use the recipes my grandmother passed down. And I keep a jar of bacon drippings in the frig. Part of our problem is that we no longer pass down oral knowledge, especially survival recipes. You and I were lucky.
The time to start prepping was a year ago. If you didn't then the time to start preparing is TODAY. You start with having a week extra food then work on 2 weeks and keep going til you have a years worth or even 2 years worth. It doesn't have to all be done today but you should at the very least start today. Thanks for your common sense and beginners walk through to prepping. Big 👍👍. New sub here.
We're always using the stuff we bought years ago and replacing it with items on sale....had to buy a new "Bambi box" about 5 years ago to replace the one I've had for the last 25....keeping it because it's an old Pepsi coin unit from the 70's.
My parents are in their 90s so they are Depression children and my moms pantry still today looks just like your counter-- big boxes and bags and bottles and cans of staples from which she makes everything from scratch. They have almost no ready-foods at all. Their freezer is packed with meats and soups and sauces. In a sense they grew up as preppers and still practice it.
ITy, I'm in my 70s. Just yesterday my husband and I were talking about our grandmother's cooking and the fact that in the early 50s there were very few fast food restaurants and our grandmother's rarely ate out. I like to cook so as a child I always looked in their pantry to see what they had in them. These were not huge pantry but they had all the staple items, flour , salt, sugar, crisco, baking powder, pasta, dry cereals, tuna, salmon, peanut butter, crackers and the canned vegetables. We can do this people, hope we don't have to but it's doable..
When I was growing up, my grandmother had a garden. She never had food in store bought tins. We would spend plenty of summers and fall on the front porch shucking corn, snapping and stringing beans, preparing tomatoes, and preparing apples for hand pies. That food got us through the Winter and Spring until a new crop came in. Her pantry was filled with wonderful colors of different vegetables we prepared over the summer. I am glad I carried on doing those things. I love my garden, fruit trees, nut trees, berry bushes and herb bushes. I know to make soap from lye and mend our clothes. I enjoy hanging clothes on the clothesline in the summer. Get your meat out of your frreezer. Pressure can it. We have pressure canned beef stew, chicken soup, taco meat, ground beef, milk, butter and apple sauce to make is shelf stable. It is all delicious.
When I first married my husband 56 years ago my husband and his parents where farmers.They raised there own meat and chickens and they had a garden and canned.when she made a chocolate pie or banana pudding she made it from scratch.Flour,cocoa,milk and eggs.She taught me how to cook.I became the cook when they worked in the fields.I was 15 years old.
I was born in ‘44, my parents and in-laws suffered malnutrition during the Depression. There was food, but you had no money. Then WWII, you had money, but no food. My mom would hide money all over the house. My Italian MIL never had fewer than six canned hams. When my to be husband took me to meet his mom (me 5’7”, 100 lbs) she flew into the kitchen and made me a salami and tomato sandwich. She was sure I was on death’s door. I inherited that mindset. What you had on that table looks like my pantry, I learned to cook when I was 12. Wish schools would bring back home economics
Also stock up on milk powder, seeds for future replanting and refarming. If you have land, grow and consume your own food instead. Save money and use it at the right time to stock up canned goods the minute you sense an imminent food supply disruption where you live. Thanks for sharing Kyoshi , and getting us thinking ahead .🙏
AMEN, Warrior!! You’re right on. There’s no time like the present. I just hope things don’t get as bad as they appear to be headed. Stay safe out there 🙏🏼
Instead of the milk powder, which is quite expensive here where I live in Canada, I buy and stock up on evaporated milk when its on sale for 99 cents the can. Add water and I have a liter of milk which normally costs $1.98. I got in the habit of buying evaporated milk in case I would run out during the Winter, the weather is harsh, and the kids used all the milk on cereal and left me none for my morning coffee. Just pull a can out of the pantry and no one gets hurt because I dont drink coffee black and nothing comes between me and my morning coffee. 😂
@@tecsuplf 👍 Of course, I have a good stock of dry goods, flour, sugar, canned goods, rice, herbs and veggies Ive dried, food plants that I grow indoors now that the season is done outside, I see whats happening in places like Lebanon and it scares me in to being prepared. Ive even taken to keeping some money in a home safe in case our market crashes and we get stopped from taking money out of the bank, like in Lebanon. You cant be prepared enough! Blessings.
And the love that goes into it. My nephew's are spoiled I asked if they want to eat at Mc Donald's. They say they would rather have me cook for them cause they eat out so much. So nice to cook with them. Putting all the ingredients out so they can add it together. And the memories we share!
I just found your channel. I remember the fresh fruit vendor who would walk my grandmothers neighborhood early Saturday mornings. Strawberries! Blueberries! Huckleberries! And the milkman delivered your milk! Those days are gone. I’ve been prepping since 9/11. I appreciate the old ways and I can just about everything including meats! You had some good tips. I feel we need all the tips coming our way in this day and age. It is a very uncertain time. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
My grandfather mixed powered milk & added it to a gal once it was 1/2 low...stretched it. All pies, cakes, fried pies from scratch. Always a bowl of jello or pudding in the fridge for dessert.
Just found your channel, instant like! You echo the same memories I had growing up, good info, w/o music or inane banter, right to the point, very much appreciated. PS whenever my family say they won’t eat that, I tell them your not hungry enough! But you will be!Thank you and keep the vids coming, will be watching.
When I started reading ingredients I found that the no name stuff was cleaner and cheaper because it didnt have all the expensive chemicals in it to make it 'taste better'
I do SO enjoy listening to a New Yorker tell stories! Nobody does it better!!! Love hearing about your Grammy. I remember my Mom stretching hamburger with bread back in the 1970’s. Not that we loved it, but she could sure stretch a dollar!
One forth lb. for each meal .spaghetti. ,meat loaf, rolled meatballs bake ,vegetable soup, beef stew and a hamburger steak .I get all these from one family pk....meatball bake: 1/4 lb. of hamburger meat add salt pepper onions peppers and garlic and oatmeal plus 1 egg. divided into 4 equal parts .Roll into meatballs take 4 lasagna noodles and boil to tender ( not done) .lay the noodle on a cookie sheet .place one meatball on each noodle and roll tightly place in a small baking dish open end down .cover with one and 1/2 cups of tomato sause and One small jar of salsa. Add cheese of choice and bake for 35 min.at 350.
I am 72. When I was young, we seldom ate beef. We had chicken, tuna, salmon, eggs, or even waffles for dinner. Never had A/C. The heat was turned low in an Ohio winter. If we had ground beef, it became Spanish rice or spaghetti. The drink choices were milk or water. Never ate pork or seafood. Only had dessert once a week. Most times, we had fruit for snacks. When my son was in the Navy, he learned to hate Okra. My other son cans fruit or makes jelly. Tina
Wow!!! Those were the days and times that made stronger people. And made a generation who was appreciative of the “little things” ... we’ve become far too spoiled, and I fear that hard times are coming. But hard times will be a wake up call, and make stronger people again.
What I don't understand is why some folks don't use up their commodities box items. My sister lives in a senior apartment and collects the unwanted food, like farina, oatmeal, canned beef, salmon, pasta, lentils, brown rice, canned tomatoes, government cheese, powdered milk, dried beans, and canned beans. I take this bounty to cook at the homeless shelter. We had an excess of "weird" canned beans so I made huge pots of mystery bean chili with potatoes, served with excess corn tortilla chips, chopped onion, tomato, salsa, and government cheese queso. I even added some lentils to the chili. Nobody objected to a lack of meat at all. I cook for my family, spending no more than $1 per day per person. Eating good food and adding to the pantry should not cost a lot.
God Bless you. Mom was 100% Italian dad LEO in D.C. he retired Captain of Detectives GSA. TOTALLY RESONATES!. DAD WWII USN. Raised 5 kids and yes dad made me pudding cooked on the stove, pours into dessert glass. SO GOOD! You did forget a good source of LIFE….. OLIVE OIL!!! Not just for cooking if you are ITALIAN!!! Love you! Noni in Minnesota
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement. We have gallons of olive oil. I thought of it after the fact. You’re absolutely right. We use it all the time. Much love, from NY 🇮🇹 💪🏼
From growing up rough l know how to stretch food pretty darn good- 4 starters ur gona need 2 crokpots & a,large stock pot - l can take 1 pc of meat (London broil or chuck roast) & make a huge double batch of stroganoff by doubling the recipee- buy splitting the meat in 1/2 - it is good if u can strt w 1 good size pc of meat (it WILL go far!) Bed of chopped onions on bottom both crokpots then meat cut in 1/2 -1 pc in ea,pot- seasoning directly on meat l use 1onion soup mix on ea- then 1 can French onion soup & 1 can cream of mushroom soup ovr meat in ea pot- add sour cream to both pots- cook aprox 4 hrs til meat is falling apart-take Mt out & shred it on a plate & put bak- then make 2 lbs wide egg noodles (in seperate pots-1 Dutch oven pan will only hold 1lb ea)- 2 cans of strained peas 1 can in ea pot- at end- pour the 2 crokpot contents into huge stock pot- add egg noodles & combine- (thers 2 of us here- last time we made this we netted 15 dinner sized containers in our freezer after eating dinner from it 2 seoerate times before putting it up into containers) - label & date w masking tape & a laundry marker & log how many are in freezer- on a paper on front of fridge- so u know what u have- sorry 4 the long post- but this 1 recipee is 4 those that it may help- 🙂👍 & l know,plenty more 😀
Suggestion: If you plan to freeze containers of a large batch make everything but don’t cook or add add the noodles until serving. Boil the noodles at the last minute when unthawing and reheating. Otherwise the noodles will soak up too much gravy or sauce and turn to mush in the freezer. It will taste fresher that way. The same with homemade soup including potatoes or noodles you plan to freeze. 💜
I recently started compiling recipes to make things from ingredients. For example, baking soda plus cream of tartar makes baking powder. White sugar plus blackstrap molasses makes brown sugar. Baking powder plus salt plus flour makes self rising flour. So helpful. We have a family of 8, so I'm always trying to find inexpensive ways to fill tummies. You could make Bisquick too. We never use it, but I know people have made their own homemade mixes.
My dad used to stock up as well. He was a kid during the depression. He had a garden every year that my siblings and i used to help with. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, beans, lettuces and lots of other fruits and vegetables through the years. Potato soup was always a staple for us. He taught me how to cook and make breads. He would also raise a cow and pigs and take to the butcher. Make a deal with him to cut it all up and he kept some and we had plenty too.
My great grand parents moved from city back to country during the 30s, all their children & their spouses & their grandkids move in with them. They cut down trees and started a homestead like many nowadays. My mom told of being very young and a man came up asking for food. My great grand mother made a plate with fried chicken and asked my mom to take it out to that man. My mom told me she could not believe that that man had eaten everything on the plate.. including the bones! Looks like those hard times are coming our way… Enjoyed reading all the other comments & kudos for a great the video! Subscribed today! A new fan from Tennessee.
Along with the cook book get a book on gardening, a book on canning, book on butchering.. be suprised how many people don't know you are able to can meat the same as you can vegetables. Lasts longer than the freezer! Work on becoming self sufficient along with stocking up!
I use to make fun of my in laws for how frugal they were, saving tin foil, reusing paper plates, wrapping paper, bread bags but now in my 60's and on a fixed income I find myself doing the same thing.
Love your channel, reminded me of my Grammy and she did save a lot by stretching out her food. She always had soup on the stove. I'm new to your channel. Thank You!
You have the right spirit and ideas for people. I think.....it goes back to a rising tide that is making people want to return to an analog life in which things like learning to cook again and slowing down mean a cheaper, simpler and less stressful life.
There is a series of Great Depression stories and recipe books by Rita Van Amber. They are awesome. You have stories of what people had to do to survive and the recipes they used. I use those recipes to get a basic shopping list. You may find them in Amazon. They may be out of print. Check your local library they may have them too.
I know this video is a few months old..but if someone new is reading this - its a great video. Instant food is expensive! Brew your own coffee, make your own meals and learn to cook with real foods - oatmeal, veggies and meat. And don't be hung up on brands. When you're hungry cheap noodles will be delicious with no name sauce. Great video!!! (I've been a preparer for years!) And the key is NEVER HOARD!!! Buy 3 to 5 extra put away items a week. (I can tell you adored your Grammy - nice tribute to her...xoxo)
Your grandma, and grandpa would be so proud of you! Thanks for the inspiration! It is a good idea to have powdered/canned milk, honey, lighters, matches, and a non electric can opener. In tough times, some of these items can be used for bartering.
My grandma was an adult during the great depression, my Dad was born in 1930. Grandma lived with us when I was young. She saved everything including string and was very frugal like your Grand parents. Grandma sewed money into the hems of her cutains for safe keeping.. She taught me to cook at a young age. One of my prized possessions is her cast iron pan. In the 2008 recession I lost my job and we struggled, we had a small garden and somehow made it through. Home cooking is so much cheaper than eating out and healthier too. It was at that time I started to can more and more food as well as using other forms of preservation. I started to be more prepared,I was not going to be caught in that situation ever again. My teenagers used to kid me about my pantry, now that they are adults and have seen whats going on with the supply chain, they don't laugh at me anymore.
So glad we don't have a good shortage here yet in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. We are slowly building up a pantry when products go on sale, flour, sugar, rice etc. Went hunting for meat, bought a second freezer. I am sure the shortages will show up here. We will be ready.
I can my own tomatoes. Would love a home-made sauce video. New subsciber ❤️ my granny raised me we are a lot of elbow pasta with home canned tomatoes dumped in it.
Well said and GREAT advice. I did not know I was doing it, but I've a almost a complete grocery store in my basement. I've been adding to it every week for years. Not because of and fears, I just never had stuff as a kid, so I now make sure my family will never have a need for anything, and who knew this was actually going to save our family.
I'm no expert, but having raised 5 kids on a tight budget, we ate well. Fried noodles - those ramen packets, depending on the size of the child, could easily feed 2, especially if you add more ingredients. Boil the noodles (# of packets depends on how many you're feeding, we did 1 for every 2 people) until they're almost done, drain & set aside. Get a good sized pan heating on the stove - Scramble an egg or 2 (1 for every 2 people), dice up about 1/2 a can of spam or 1 cann of chicken (we were feeding 7), have frozen or canned veggies of your choice ready. Once pan is hot, add oil, fry up spam to your desired crispness; add veggies now if frozen and cook until defrosted (canned ones add later); add eggs & fry until they're cooked to your liking. Canned veggies - strain, add now as they only need heated. Set all this aside once cooked. Add noodles & a little sesame oil for flavor to the pan, heat to your desired texture - some like really crispy, me, not so much, lol - once noodles are as you like (especially if you have littles) feel free to use your clean kitchen scissors to cut them smaller, then add all other ingredients, stir well. Your choice of seasonings - garlic, salt, pepper, sesame seeds, some spice, or sweet, to make it your own. It's a huge meal at the end (depending on your veggie additions) with many happy bellies. Nothing fancy, just filling.
Good video. It's easy for people to say, "everyone knows this" when obviously they don't. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had the lines for food during the pandemic and in Texas during their cold snap. Many of those people were not traditionally poor, but they were unprepared. In addition to putting away basic food, you are correct that people don't know how to cook. I find that cookbooks/recipes aimed at college kids are good resources for people who don't know how to cook or don't have money for fancy food.
Having a well stocked supply of food is such a necessity. I'm the main breadwinner in my household, so when I lost my job and then several family members had medical issues arise, having the stockpile alleviated so much of the strain. Money might have been tight for awhile, but we at least had food in our bellies. Things that help me through the hard times and with stockpiling: 1) Always be learning new skills (try new recipes, tips on gardening, etc) 2) If you have too much produce or if it is going to go bad soon, freeze it and use it when you're ready 3) Use everything! Produce scraps, chicken bones, etc. all goes in a freezer bag in the freezer and once it is enough to fill a stockpot, make bone broth. Great for soaps, gravy, etc. We like to freeze bone broth in ice cube trays and then take them out as needed. 4) If you have pets, have a stockpile of food for them as well. I always try to have at least 40 pounds of food in storage for our cats. And I don't know about for other areas, but when I did my shopping trip last month, this is where we were hit hardest; the shelves were quite limited in animal food.
I really enjoyed this video. It brought me back to my childhood. That’s how we ate on a regular. A nice snack for us was a slice of bread with mayonnaise and a glass of powdered milk. We always had rice and beans with spam in the mix. Lipton soup with an egg dropped in and we cans forget the white rice and fried egg with a drizzle of ketchup. mmmm, good stuff 🤤😄
@@elewmompittseh sometimes we didnt have $ for hotdogs. Cottage cheese was cheaper in those days, we would have baked beans with a dollop of cottage cheese and ketchup. Still like it to this day:)
The majority of people had a garden. Even growing up in the 1950's as I did, most family's grew vegetables and had some type of fruit tree. Apple, peach, pear, apricot, avocado. Some had larger gardens than others, but it was not uncommon. Super markets were not open on Sundays and had bankers hours during the weekdays. Things were different back then. We are very dependent these days, You can just run to the market for whatever you want, any time of day.
My grandad was a Methodist minister in the southeast Georgia conference for many many years. My grandmother is still living at age 96 and tells me that most years his salary was $5-10,000 but he did make $13,000 two years. He was provided the parsonage to live in and the church paid the utilities and the conference provided health insurance. She said they wouldn’t have made it if she hadn’t of gone to work as a school librarian and if church members didn’t bring them vegetables, eggs, milk and meats.
When I was a kid there was a point in time we had powdered milk. God I hated that stuff because there would always be lumps in it where it didn’t mix all the way.
I think that most people are aware of this sort of stuff. Shelf stable, buy in bulk, on sale, etc. What I think the problem is that doing the things your grandparents did, my parents did and, indeed, what was commonplace then requires a skillset that hasn't been taught in 50 years. I'd say that 90% of urban dwellers don't have even a basic understanding of how to survive "hard times". I put that in quotation marks because, in my opinion, the Great Depression wasn't all that hard overall. Also the majority of people then had skills that we don't. What is coming will be far worse than the '29 event. I find it odd that most people are still going about business as usual and instead of preparing they complain about the cost of things or what political party did this or that. My advice to folks who don't know how to: cook, sew, repair, fabricate, hunt, fish, trap, live "rough", make fire, etc, etc, etc.... is put your TV, tablet, phone, whatever away and learn to get by. Further, my advice to everyone who is soft, out of shape, weak.... put down the fast food, get of your ass and get fit! You don't need to run a marathon - get "farmer fit". But if you want more endurance then I'm on your side. It's going to be bad over the next generation or so - get ready now or the chickens will come home to roost. In the meantime... like, comment and subscribe. 😎 Thanks, Kyoshi.... another good topic well executed! 👏
☝🏼So much truth right here!!! Many of the skills that so many people, pay someone else to do, are the easiest ones to learn. Every generation is lazier than the one before. We’re all about to learn how to do it all over again. And... FARMER FIT!!! Exactly brother. You hit it on the head. Thanks for all the great advice, always. Stay safe out there, Warrior 🙏🏼
Lmao...Most of the "urban dwellers " I know are immigrants or have Immigrants as parents or grandparents. We know what to do..My grandmother was from Trinidad born in the 1800s and she was very frugal. She passed all that info to my mom who was born in the early 1900s. My dad was in WW2. So yeah they knew hard times. Now if you are talking people in their 20s,30s and 40s maybe but also many may have relatives in the country that they were sent to spend the summer with.
@@lblake5653 You're hardly a standard representative of the modern urbanite. Perhaps you're out of touch with modern urban dwellers... that's ok. Even better that you know what to do and how to get by in a grid down, SHTF scenario. It's my opinion that "lmao, lmfao" and similar acronyms aren't generally used in a respectful way. By all means disagree with me but do so in a thoughtful, respectful manner. That said, have an awesome day and week ahead.
Good points! I like to add that nothing is expensive if you don't buy it. We don't need much from the market. We've been prepping for decades and could probably weather an economic storm forever--shelf-stable food, gardening, cooking from scratch, no debt, durable goods and equipment, and skills we learned from our elders who raised families during the Great Depression. The only two things that would be difficult to survive are widespread civil unrest and government interference, like imminent domain or confiscation of our belongings. So we are involved in local government and volunteer in the community--to build a network and gauge the wind direction.
@@GeckoHiker Now this is smart! Watching our local political climate, getting involved, simply to know what's going on. Very important! Equally important if not more. Is everything Christopher Oneal pointed out! Learning how to do things again, or for the first time for ourselves, is going to be of great importance!!! Other than LeadFarmer73, I don't know anyone teaching the basics! Also to L. Blake's point. For some cultures or environments, doing things for themselves, is every day life. However in certain places such as suburban and inner city America. So much of what we use or access is ready made. When I was growing up. We were taught basic things like, sewing, tree climbing, cooking from scratch. We were taught, how to create suitable outdoor shelter, with a warm fire to boot. That isn't happening today. Each of you have pointed out equally important points. But to Christopher Oneal, You set, a very needed tone. I pray many read but more importantly. Heed🎯 your encouragement!
Our family grew garden, milked cows, raised pigs 🐖, chickens 🐓, turkeys 🦃, cattle 🐄, horses 🐎. Horses put in the crop, raked hay , swathed and took the crop off at times. We had a windmill for water to water the animals. We butchered turkeys 🦃, chickens 🐓 , pigs 🐖 and a cow when needed. We were brought up to conserve on our food and everything. I’m well stocked with food. We used to have an outhouse and used magazines for toilet paper and grass. I’m much more comfortable now but I still conserve on everything and recycle a great deal. My children are more spoiled than I was but I taught them to be thrifty. I’m working on getting my college loans and mortgage loan done. Then I plan on rebuilding my house a little bit at a time and making it more ecological to save money and the environment. I live on disability and so I’m always stretching my pennies!
great video, people don't remember those times when things was tough, I'm proud to tell people my grocery list is either on sale or marked down I don't buy it other fresh veg.,milk , bread, and every thing else if it's on sale I'll buy all I can afford, but that's how i was raised and I never went hungry as a kid
Im with you Robert but I see way too many people thumb their noses at the marked down products because they dont want to be seen buying the 50% reduced for clearance item. False pride is so crazy. I run straight for the clearance items. Last week I bought 3 large containers of yogurt on clearance, shoved two in the freezer and I only buy bakery goods on clearance because I know end of the day, at one grocery chain, the clerk walks around stickering the items of that day for clearance by next morning. If Im in the store and see that clerk out with the roll in her hand, I tell who ever Im with we are circling the store and then come back, and sure enough all the items that were full price ten minutes before are now 50% off. Works for me! Sale is my fave word, next to free.
@@susiex6669 I've got all the grocery stores that I shop at app's on my tablet and I go thru there sales papers and make my list from what's on sale and get there digital coupons before I leave the house, wish I knew how those extreme couponer's do it, but l couldn't see buying a hundred things I would never use just to brag about how much money I saved
@@robertstricker9154 I agree the extreme couponing doesnt work for me because most of what they buy on those shows is unhealthy and not what I would eat on the daily. But like you, I always look at the weekly sales and base my shopping on that. Non perishable staples are always bought on sale and I keep the soda and beer cans (I dont drink either) that friends and family throw away, bring it back to the store and thats an extra discount. Just from soda can money, Ive been buying milk half price or completely free for the last three weeks. 😊
I'm in midwest, but live in a first floor apartment - I grow in containers on my patio - in pots under lights inside in winter, sprouts/microgreens are high nutrition - I lived with my grandmother as a child who raised 4 children through the depression - she taught me so my pantry is always well stocked, I cook from scratch as it is cheaper and healthier in the long run. Next was camping lanturn (hand crank/solar), burner that is propane (small cans) so I could cook outside in winter if power goes. Need to figure heat if power goes as it is electric heat.
Great video..... I remember back in the day if there was a sale on something, my grandmother use to take me and a few of my other cousins to the grocery store and what ever the limit was that is what we each came out with.... I understand stand it now.. I miss her so much but I've learned so much from her❤❤
Those are some of the best lessons. I hear ya, on missing your Grandma... I miss mine like CRAZY!!!! So many life lessons leaned. She was one of the strongest women I’ve ever met. They never really leave us. I feel like she’s with me more now than ever. 👼
A little late to the party but at least I made it! I've been prepping/stocking up for about 3 years now. I don't call it prepping but if the lights go out for a couple of months......we're good!
Rather than edit my long rant to add something I'll put it here... comments are good for the algorithm gods. Something to consider: powdered milk and powdered eggs... really a great addition to any pantry.
@@jessevardaman6208 Those potato flakes make a pretty good thickener for gravy or soups. Finding multiple ways to use everything is the way to go. Take care.
These are awesome tips too. I have a fair amount of shelf stable milk, and a couple cans of the powdered milk, but definitely need to add to my stock. Especially at the rate my kids go through milk. I always tell my wife, we should just get a cow lol.
@@jessevardaman6208 the BEST instant potatoes are Idahoan. Betty crockers, hungry jack are the nastiest tasting sawdust ever packed in a box and called "potatoes"
I have been prepping for 5 years. I'm pretty well prepared compared to most. But I will always feel that there is plenty of room for improvement. If I had absolutely everything I could want, I would still want a bunker. If I had a bunker, I would want a yacht, submarine, and an island. Too much is never enough. I think that's a song line but I suddenly understand it!
What, no Velveeta cheese listed? How could you miss that? Seriously, I just spent a very pleasant hour, and a pot of coffee, watching this video and reading all the comments. Thanks! So, I grew up in Yonkers in the 50’s; this really hit home. So much of this is second nature to me. Watched my mother and grandmother canning. Leftovers were eaten until things turned green, and even then some of that was scraped off and it was good to go. My wife still cringes at how long I leave things in the fridge. One thing we really stretched was sauerkraut: boil it witH Kielbasa, potatoes and serve with brown mustard. Also, a good gravy covers all sins! Dave, you reminded me of my brother-in-law: Italian, talked with his hands, NYC accent, and a police detective too (in Yonkers). Made a mean meatball!, So, you got another subscribe. Take care!
I’m new to your channel. I have been prepping for a long time. My grandmother told me that they took in some distant relatives children. One whole summer, they ate warm berries cooked with a little sugar over biscuits for breakfast and lunch everyday… for a whole summer. The younger children had to pick wild blackberries, wild strawberries and in the fall wild blueberries. That’s all they had- flour, lard and sugar.
In my area, Jello cups are *at least* 30 ¢ each. A box of Jello that makes 6 servings is 75 ¢. 6 Jello cups $1.80 or 6 servings for 75 ¢ and 5 minutes of your time. Nonnas weren't stupid. Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will tend to themselves.
I had older parents, mom was born in 1927, pop was born in 1922. So Mom canned everything and pop made a two acre garden every year ( I despise weeding to this day) So one of the things I learned was how to cook. For real. From basic components and it has served me well to this day. My wife used to think I was nuts and called me a horder, because I buy a lot of canned goods and freeze dried food. It keeps. Always stockpile, because as my parents used to say "you never know", and you don't. Bottom could drop out of everything tomorrow, but if you have a pantry with a year or two full of canned goods, you will get by, and if you have enough, so will a friend or a neighbor or two. Back in the day we all used to help each other out a lot more, maybe because of this reason, we shared more. Heck, I've lived by neighbors that I didn't even know their names, wasn't like that back in the day. Anyway, enough rambling, long story short, learn to can, and keep up a good sized inventory. You'll be glad you did.
In addition to stocking up on store bought supplies, everyone should be producing their own food in some way. Rip out that lawn and plant a food forest. Have a container garden on your patio/balcony. Grow herbs and young greens in an indoor grower. Learn to fish/hunt. Get backyard chickens to provide eggs and/or meat. Plenty of suburbs allow it, you just have to check. And if they don't, rabbits can be raised inside. Anything you can do to supplement your food supply and get you less dependent on the system you should be doing.
I remember in the 70’s when canned tuna jumped from $0.50 to $1 per can. So, I only used 1/2 can for my tuna noodle casserole. Ground beef casserole only got 1/8 - 1/4 pound meat. Casseroles and soups were our staples. Gas was $2 per gallon (could only buy on certain days of the week). We made it though.
My dad would cook a roast with potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. Our plates were served. We didn't get to eat as much as we wanted. The next night he would fix Rice A Roni with some roast added in. Then what was left went into vegetable soup. Three meals out of one roast.
I do the same thing! We have a large family. I’ll make a pork roast, eat leftovers with rice the next day, turn the rest into Brunswick stew the following day. Sometimes I have leftovers from that to freeze. Potato peels and carrot tops from kitchen scraps go into vegetable stock. Nothing left to waste. Anything we can’t eat goes to the animals!
And you learned from it. That will serve you well.
Beef stew out of leftover roast...just add a couple cans of vegetables and flavoring
I have done this for years...friends stop by and I take a meal for one or two and make a FEAST for four or five!!! Love when I'm asked for "the recipe and say it called "Kitchen Sink"--open the refrigerator and put together a meal!!! I love "bone soup" made from turkey or chicken carcus, or bones from a roast, using whas t ever was served with the roast as appropriate-- left over gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes green beans (with the crispy onions and white sauce and any other veggies from the original meal! When we have parents/kids day at church, Imake this type soup out of fresh (but "cheap" items--parents and kids "chow-down" for two or three bowls with 4-ingredient soda bread that makes by hand in 45 mins! 2 cups unbleached white flour, (or 1/2-1/2 unbleached white & wheat flours!), 1 cup BUTTERMILK, 1/2 teas salt, 1/2 teas Baking Soda, 2 moderate handfulls RAISINS or CURRENTS. Mix dough with a wooden spoon to a rough lumpy consistency. Split into 4 parts, knead very moderately by hand into 4 small balls. Place on a lightly flowered cookie sheet. Then with pointed knife, make an X on top of each mound (do not push mounds down!)!
Bake at 400 for 40 mins. Let come to room temp, slice and serve with REAL BUTTER or currents or preserves! WONDERFUL!!!
That would be a big roast !!
I worked in a canning factory years ago and it's all the same stuff inside, we just changes the cans and labels. So buy the cheapest.
I saw a comment on another channel that said the same thing about ziplock and great value brand storage bags.
So true, we even switched to a store called lidl. It's a sister company to aldi's. Sooo much cheaper and no food colorings or msg in any of their products
They said CANNING FACTORY, and it’s true. As to other foods, not sure about packaging.
@@bhmichigan8731 My dad was a foreman with Del Monte for many years and yes products are done for many labels with the same products that are labeled with the Del Monte label. Buy cheap it's all produced by big companies.
But also, now those really cheapie brands are "MADE IN CHINA", "PRODUCT OF CHINA"! And have A LOT of toxins. Good luck out there people's, same CONTINENT. North American people brother.
I think our grandparent had it figured out and we've all gone off the rails, we need to get back to the basics
Yes!!! I agree with you on that!! We definitely de-railed off of this!!
Not many people know how to cook a typical family lunch/dinner and scariest thing is some folks think adding hot water to a package of noodles or rice is cooking 🤣
Out of fun, I restored the family garden. I made raised garden beds and planted vegetables. Water barrels, a composter, set up hail nets and a bunch of little things. And it feels good to grow at least some vegetables, because everything in the shops is expensive and disgusting. It all comes naturally to me because I’ve watched my grandma and aunt take care of that garden my whole life haha
I blame Edward Bernays and others marketing propaganda executives over the years.
I second that, Brother! I hope we can get back there by the time our grandkids can learn from us. 🙏🏼
After I purchased this log cabin from my grandmother, I found quart-sized, glass Mason jars, filled with peaches, buried in the back yard. Her favorite song was "Swingin'"" by John Anderson. After grandpa passed away, I took her from this log cabin in Michigan to her trailer in Florida. She read, out loud, every roadside billboard between Michigan and Florida. I miss her.
Wow... what a great memory. She’s watching you now, and with you more than ever before. Believe that. 🙏🏼
What part of Michigan did she move from? Did she enjoy Florida weather? I would miss all the seasonal changes.
@@FiveElementsTactical my parents grew up in the depression and then went through ww2 and they said they ate alot of deer,moose and all other kinds of wild game and they never seen any Cheerios, bisquick,spam and just about everything else you have there.
Sounds like a great woman. I'm glad you have her in your heart.
I’m from Chicago/ lived in Michigan for 10 years and moved to Florida 13 years ago
There are times I miss the Fall season and having white Christmas
But… I love Florida and love the weather here
The sunshine is wonderful
My mom made 1 round steak for 7 people. She pounded it flat, so we all had a good sized portion. It was floured, and fried then gravy was made. At 13, I took over cooking. She'd showed me how, and I was taking cooking in school. Whoever cooked never did dishes. I cooked for years. At 17, I was making cakes from scratch and writing up menus for shopping lists. We shopped twice a month. It had to be right, and my mother taught me how to choose meats.
The less often you shop the more you save, it's a proven fact as grocery store psychology is a science. We shop every two weeks too, it makes life easier as well.
Spent time in the Army. I learned real fast you eat what you get. Still hate lima beans, but if that is what I have it works. I have heard people say I would not eat that. Makes me smile and think you have never been hungry. Real HUNGER will change your mind fast. During a escape and evasion drill I can tell you armadillo cooked over a fire is a five course meal. Well done Sir
WOW!!! That’s awesome!!!! My dad and grandfather were both military and instilled that in me from a young age. No matter how bad I thought things were, “don’t complain... it can be and will be worse...embrace the suck.”
@@FiveElementsTactical So very true. I fear some are in for a huge shock If things continue on.
My youngest son was a very picky eater. It took him about 1 month of college cafeteria food!!
@@CoolTaxiDriver Yes Sir that ill do it
"Hunger is the best seasoning"
I'm a millennial, but my dad was really old lol when he had me. He was a depression era kid. I was raised with the mentality, "Waste not, want not." It has been invaluable in my life and I'm grateful for it.
My gram lived during the depression and she would always have at least a dozen jars of Miracle Whip in her pantry and would argue for more when I took her grocery shopping after she got older and couldn't go alone.
I know that times were very hard during the Depression but I never quite understood why she had this weird Miracle Whip fetish.....until now.
She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get something that she truly enjoyed. The fear of going without never fully left her. God rest her soul.❤
When taking care of my grandma her last years, I would find pieces of bread wrapped in a paper towel hidden in her dresser. She would hide cans of pop and random things all the time. It never left her either.
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That's incredible....How not having things like bread would stay with them their entire lives.
The memory of hunger never goes away.
How many times I've heard that people would can and can and can foods and then never eat the stuff. They would leave it on the shelf for fear that someday they would need it.
I know someone whose Grandmother did that and after she died there were hundreds of home canned goods in the basement of her house that was never used.
You need salad dressing, even when foraging. I go through a lot of miracle whip, and we eat it in our sandwiches all the time. I use more when making macaroni salad with vegetables. Or potato salad. Not hard to go through a big jar in no time. Not at all.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 agree!
@@robinkirk1821 OMG found tons of bread wrapped up in napkins in many residents pockets, dressers, and night stands through the 26 years of working in nursing homes all over Michigan.
As a trucker driver that has picked up at canneries across the county, all of the canned goods come from the same place. Labels are just changed for the orders the companies have. Sorry same stuff in all the cans.
Very interesting!!! And great to know. Thanks so much for sharing, Warrior. I really appreciate it. 🙏🏼
When I worked for a skin care manufacturer, we provided the same, it’s called private label with their own name on label
we have two canneries in town.
Ramen noodles with can chicken or crack an egg in, survived many deployments like that.
Don't forget the Tabasco!
I add a can of vegetables too.
@@kempfreehold9450 It's becoming a bloody feast! 😋
Thank you for your service
my infamous egg drop ramen soup with peas added sometimes.
Great history lesson. Sometimes we have to go backward when forward fails.
YES!!! Exactly 🙏🏼
That is the truth.
As long as the cretins in DC don't take us backwards into the dark ages.
I’m very fortunate to be able to raise my own beef,pork, chickens and grow a big garden ami learned to can from my grandparents we buy very little from the store I try to live like the Amish. Self reliant
Wow!!! Way to be, Warrior!! We could all learn some lessons from the Amish. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up. Stay safe out there 🙏🏼
One thing I could add from growing up Jewish my family always had matzah meal on hand, while it may be unfamiliar to many a really good soup can be prepared with chicken bones and a few matzah balls. Again find a recipe book (or ask a Jewish grandmother) and you have a super cheap meal that is very satisfying. Love the channel!
You could be my grandson talking about me, I am not old enough to grow up during the depression but I have pinched pennies my whole life and I learned as an adult to really make a penny stretch. When my kids were growing up in the '90's I used coupons, double coupons, and we even had triple coupons. I would only buy on sale with a coupon. I fed 6 people for $50 a week. Guess what, I still feed three people for about the same price. You buy only basic ingredients and learn to cook.
I learned how to pinch them pennies also. I was a stay at home mom, with three kids on just my husbands income. I use to do a lot of couponing, I even had a binder that I would shop with. I quit doing all the couponing, when I went back to work about 10 years ago. I didn't have the time to sort through all the coupons and file them in the binder. I quit working about 2 years ago, to deal with stuff going on at home. And I'm trying to get back into doing basic cooking and baking. I will check Albertsons and Krogers ads for any sale items we may can use, luckily the stores are just down the street from each other, so I can make the trip to both in one day. I do my main grocery shopping at Winco. I got aggravated at Walmart a few years back, because it seemed like every time I went grocery shopping, the items I needed they were out of. I only go to Walmart maybe once a month now, instead of every week, like in the past. And a lot of Winco's prices were cheaper.
My Dad grew up during the depression. I remember as a kid how we would stretch meals, buy on sale and use coupons. Most things like pudding, fudge and cake were either made from scratch or made from a box as you talked about in your video. One of the best times in life is when we would make pudding. Thanks for bringing back those memories
Same here, I used to love to help my mom or grandma make pudding and jello... from the box.
Pudding and jello from a box isn't Any xheaper than the premade cups. Maybe a few of the way off brand ones. Homemade from scratch pudding from milk, flour or cornstarch, sugar and, say bananas and vanilla is cheap. So is off brand gelatin powder and fruit juice.
My parents, also depression Era, both lived on Farms growing up. My father, eldest of 12, was responsible to sell the produce and to help with the young siblings. There were no antibiotics, no ready Doctors, so he learned home style "medical" treatments. My mother kept the budget, including food shopping, meal planning and restaurants were once a year as a treat and to teach us proper social skills. I strayed far from this, but it is all coming back now!
I grew up this way. My mom learned from her mom. Beans and rice, pasta, breakfast for dinner, etc all ways to stretch your buck. Soups are also great.
I have a root cellar, but up here in northern Maine we call them cold cellars. My house built in 1856, came with it when I bought it, but last year I decided to try to operate it. Bought a book about it and researched it. Trial and error. You have to maintain temperatures, only keep certain things in there. I learned not to keep the squash and potato in there so this year I'm keeping them in a different area. I tried to grow storage cabbage this year but it's a learning process, I wanted to keep it in the cellar all winter, but it didn't grow well enough to head properly. Everything is a learning process.
Keep us the good work. You might want to investigate a hoop house, high tunnel or green house for gardening. The Sun Cycle we are in creates shorter growing seasons for the next several years. This will require even more skill to get a garden out.
remember not to store apples and potatoes in the same area as they can form a killer gas. Good luck on your garden next year.
Be careful with potatoes. Just watched a you tube vid on a family in Russia killed because storage was too good and the dunes from rotting potatoes killed them
U.K. here, yes it was the same here over “the pond” it was the days of women being at home having the time to “tend” their families, these days women are out to work, that’s why there are so many convenience meals served up, along with all the disposable items flooding our homes.
My grandparents too...I grew to love bisquick pancakes and apple cinnamon cake, haha. My grandmother Always bought 2 of every staple, and she kept the extras in the front hall closet. We also only had what they called half and half (half fresh milk, half powdered milk). Once a month she would order a spinach pie from the bakery, and that's the only thing we ordered out. The whole neighborhood shared gardening chores, space, and we all canned together for the winter.
Wow, sounds like a blessing to be able to live so humble.
We grew up with “half and half” too. We would race to be first and get to drink some of the milk before it was mixed. 😂
I made from scratch yesterday cinnamon apple spice cocanut banana muffins. I already can not afford bisquick... Turned out alright, I did not use a recipe, made it up as I went...
@@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83 go online & look up DIY bisquick. 2leelou, Whipporwill Hollow, etc. make their own DIY mixtures. God bless.
My grandparents were the coolest people, they literally knew how to do anything. My last surviving gramom just died at 101. I asked my gramom if this is better or worse than the Depression and she said worse. I didn't expect that. New sub👍
Jello with the fruit cocktail inside... Awesome! My mom did that for us. I grew up with similar practices that your grandparents used, and still use them today. I will survive! 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
AMEN, Warrior 🙏🏼
LGB
Yum that was a Sunday lunch fave in mama’s mold it would turn out so pretty!
Cooked pudding is the best with corn starch and cocoa and milk or dry milk
Great video. Thanks.
The people of the Great depression knew a lot more self-reliant and tougher than the people of today
Tough times made tough people. Too many today have gotten far to soft, because of easy times.
I hope your channel gets lots of new subscribers. I getting close to being "old" almost 70, a guy, and I do most of the cooking in our home and have raised four children. I ran restaurants for 14 years then got into graphic communications. Now I'm retired and finally creating art, I'm still shopping for the groceries and cooking. Your video has great information that will help folks survive these crazy times. Good luck and God bless.
Thank you so much for the kind words and encouragement. I really appreciate it. And for all your input too. We need more people thinking preparedness, sooner than later. Stay safe out there, Warrior! 🙏🏼
My 96 year old grandmother is still living and she says aluminum foil was one of the most valuable items during the Great Depression as there were so many uses for it.
I even have an indoor garden.
Can you elaborate on how you did that? SOUNDS like you could have a great yt channel yourself
@@mightymouse1005 I put seeds and start soil in old egg crates, I grew 12 radishes, 4 tomato plants, and started 3 apple trees the 4th apple tree didn't make it. I have transplanted the apple trees and tomato plants to larger containers. I ate the radishes along with 4 tomatoes, more tomatoes are on the plants but are not ready yet.. Soon as winter is over, I plan to plant the apple trees outside.
@@stevestumpy6873 I bet you could grow lettuces the same way since they have such shallow roots.
@@firegirl441fromga6 I might try that, I am getting read to start my second crops. I got so bird seeds but they don't tell what type of birds they grow(LOL).
Interesting Topic - Thank you... My mother recently died and she was 97 years old... she survived the Great Depression as did her siblings. They all lived to their 90's. Root celers were popular too.
My grandma grew up in the great depression, and looking back, my grandma was poor but I never realized because we always had all the fresh baked goodies, delicious full course meals. Idk how she did it but she could feed all of us grandkids out of nothing. I swear she was magic. I forgot about homemade pudding lol
Forget the bread crumbs, make your own bread and put the old bread or ends in a food processor and there you go for bread crumbs. Kids cut the crust off their bread and again make bread crumbs by putting it in the blender and make your own bread crumbs. Grow your own herbs put in a few tomatoes, peppers. You need fat...oil, coconut oil, olive oil. Cook a whole chicken and boil the bones for broth it is the best dollar value. God bless you all while we go through this.
Amen!!! All great advice. Thank you so much, for sharing. I really appreciate it. Stay safe out there, Warrior 🙏🏼
Great idea don’t know why I didn’t think of it lol
@@bebobee5158 People Need to "Think Out of the Box"!!
The heels are the first thing we eat when the bread comes out of the oven or bread maker. We make our bread crumbs too, much better than the store bought.
The biggest thing is by happy with what you have and be glad you have it ..Stay out of the drive though that $3.00 coffee can = two bags of flour and that is a lot of bread .
☝🏼THIS RIGHT HERE.
Two Bags of Flour is Way More then $3.00!!
@@gailcurl8663 Where talking Great value $1.56 at wally world not the good stuff like King Arthur .
@@jr-a-cat my Mamaw would say toss that flour she’s a name brand on that but if it’s bad anything is better than nothing.
Learn to sift your flour before measuring. Helps. God bless.
Make sure to watch Clara's Kitchen: Recipes from the Depression. Good stuff!
Also: get to the Dollar Tree and pick up the 2lbs bags of white rice while it's still a buck. The Dollar store is raising it's prices soon.
Love Clara!
Yes! I love watching her and have made several of her recipes, then went and bought her book just to make sure I would have her recipes ❤️
They're already out of rice at my DT, and almost out of beans.
@@sandym6760 What part of your state are you in? Here in central NC, our shelves are still very full (thankfully!) so I'm still able to grab a few extra things here and there.
I made the dandelion salad! and tea as well because of Clara's story
I am a single male and the dating has stopped due to the virus ,so I made a raised garden instead. I have had a ton of food for the summer. I am not canning this year but next one I will. I am still harvesting food and just cooked some Swiss chard tonight . All organic!
Good man, good man! Highly desirable. Too bad I'm 70...!
I used to work at Starbucks and I couldn't believe the number of people who would come in every day and spend $5-7 on a drink, that's $35-49 dollars a week! I drank it while I worked there but hardly ever go there now. Thank you for the good info!
My grandmother (born in 1895 & lived to be 105-1/2) had a favorite saying “watch your pennies & the dollars will take care of themselves”. She was a single mom to my dad and also supported her parents and sister during the Great Depression on a teacher’s salary. I learned a lot from listening to her stories of being thrifty.
God bless our grandparents. Looking back and thinking of the most delicious homemade chocolate cake frosting my grandmother made. She always had extra canned goods in the basement workshop. We were always sent home with a goodie bag of groceries. When we made the difficult decision to place her in memory care due to dementia, we spent time cleaning out her house and discovered envelopes of cash hidden throughout the home. Their generation was raised to "save for a rainy day." Thank you for the great practical advice, I just subscribed. God bless from a fellow native New Yorker.
I’m growing my own. Life is good. I hope everyone gets interested in gardening. It solves so many problems.
HUNT'S makes Spaghetti Sauce in a BIG CAN that you can add more garlic (is there ever too much garlic) or Italian sausage to.... for $1 and my family likes it better than the sauce in the jars and comes in like 5 different flavors... it is less watery to start with so clings to pasta better... just an FYI
Thanks for the heads up!! Much appreciated, Warrior!! Love me, some pasta and sauce 🍝
Walmart great value pasta sauce is 88 cents a jar and comes in a glass jar. I'm saving the glass jars and putting our dehydrated fruit in it with silica packets.
Hunts Spaghetti Sause is all I ever buy. It can be Doctored Up with Fresh Mushrooms, Italian Seasoning and Beef if you have it. I Refuse to buy Expensive Sauce in a Jar!!
I buy Prego pasta sauce with Italian Sausage…$1.88 a glass jar and it is so delicious I don’t need to add any additional meat. I add extra garlic or oregano while cooking it a little along with my pasta then put it over my pasta and sprinkle a little freshly grated Parmesan cheese and for roughly $2.75 hubby and I have two night’s dinner from this frugal menu item.
Our Walmart pasta sauce went up to $1.28 recently! I still keep an eye out for pasta sauce sales… I do prefer sauce in glass then plastic or metal because of the high acid…
I've been "prepping" for many years as my grandparents were farmers and I learned from them. BRAVO on all this information. Any preparation right now is an insurance policy for your future. Keep the videos coming :-)
This video put the biggest smile on my face and brought my anxiety down a lot! My goodness this video was wonderful thank you!
My mom also lived through, married during, and began housekeeping in the Depression. I have her old coffee maker on the mantle. And I still use the recipes my grandmother passed down. And I keep a jar of bacon drippings in the frig. Part of our problem is that we no longer pass down oral knowledge, especially survival recipes. You and I were lucky.
The time to start prepping was a year ago. If you didn't then the time to start preparing is TODAY. You start with having a week extra food then work on 2 weeks and keep going til you have a years worth or even 2 years worth. It doesn't have to all be done today but you should at the very least start today.
Thanks for your common sense and beginners walk through to prepping.
Big 👍👍. New sub here.
We're always using the stuff we bought years ago and replacing it with items on sale....had to buy a new "Bambi box" about 5 years ago to replace the one I've had for the last 25....keeping it because it's an old Pepsi coin unit from the 70's.
My parents are in their 90s so they are Depression children and my moms pantry still today looks just like your counter-- big boxes and bags and bottles and cans of staples from which she makes everything from scratch. They have almost no ready-foods at all. Their freezer is packed with meats and soups and sauces. In a sense they grew up as preppers and still practice it.
ITy, I'm in my 70s. Just yesterday my husband and I were talking about our grandmother's cooking and the fact that in the early 50s there were very few fast food restaurants and our grandmother's rarely ate out. I like to cook so as a child I always looked in their pantry to see what they had in them. These were not huge pantry but they had all the staple items, flour , salt, sugar, crisco, baking powder, pasta, dry cereals, tuna, salmon, peanut butter, crackers and the canned vegetables. We can do this people, hope we don't have to but it's doable..
When I was growing up, my grandmother had a garden. She never had food in store bought tins. We would spend plenty of summers and fall on the front porch shucking corn, snapping and stringing beans, preparing tomatoes, and preparing apples for hand pies. That food got us through the Winter and Spring until a new crop came in. Her pantry was filled with wonderful colors of different vegetables we prepared over the summer. I am glad I carried on doing those things. I love my garden, fruit trees, nut trees, berry bushes and herb bushes. I know to make soap from lye and mend our clothes. I enjoy hanging clothes on the clothesline in the summer.
Get your meat out of your frreezer. Pressure can it. We have pressure canned beef stew, chicken soup, taco meat, ground beef, milk, butter and apple sauce to make is shelf stable. It is all delicious.
Pressure canned 4# of stew beef today. Canning 5# of ground beef tomorrow.
@@kathymc234 That meat is so handy to have. I am addicted to PCing meat!
Do you have a RUclips channel? If not start one. I’m sure lots of people would love it. Be blessed and thank you very much.
When I first married my husband 56 years ago my husband and his parents where farmers.They raised there own meat and chickens and they had a garden and canned.when she made a chocolate pie or banana pudding she made it from scratch.Flour,cocoa,milk and eggs.She taught me how to cook.I became the cook when they worked in the fields.I was 15 years old.
I was born in ‘44, my parents and in-laws suffered malnutrition during the Depression. There was food, but you had no money. Then WWII, you had money, but no food. My mom would hide money all over the house. My Italian MIL never had fewer than six canned hams. When my to be husband took me to meet his mom (me 5’7”, 100 lbs) she flew into the kitchen and made me a salami and tomato sandwich. She was sure I was on death’s door. I inherited that mindset. What you had on that table looks like my pantry, I learned to cook when I was 12. Wish schools would bring back home economics
Also stock up on milk powder, seeds for future replanting and refarming. If you have land, grow and consume your own food instead. Save money and use it at the right time to stock up canned goods the minute you sense an imminent food supply disruption where you live.
Thanks for sharing Kyoshi , and getting us thinking ahead .🙏
AMEN, Warrior!! You’re right on. There’s no time like the present. I just hope things don’t get as bad as they appear to be headed. Stay safe out there 🙏🏼
Instead of the milk powder, which is quite expensive here where I live in Canada, I buy and stock up on evaporated milk when its on sale for 99 cents the can. Add water and I have a liter of milk which normally costs $1.98. I got in the habit of buying evaporated milk in case I would run out during the Winter, the weather is harsh, and the kids used all the milk on cereal and left me none for my morning coffee. Just pull a can out of the pantry and no one gets hurt because I dont drink coffee black and nothing comes between me and my morning coffee. 😂
@@susiex6669 great , do what works for you where you live , as long as you are thinking and doing something to prepare for a rainy day.
@@tecsuplf 👍 Of course, I have a good stock of dry goods, flour, sugar, canned goods, rice, herbs and veggies Ive dried, food plants that I grow indoors now that the season is done outside, I see whats happening in places like Lebanon and it scares me in to being prepared. Ive even taken to keeping some money in a home safe in case our market crashes and we get stopped from taking money out of the bank, like in Lebanon. You cant be prepared enough! Blessings.
Dry beans, bulk oatmeal, wheat berries, and you have to have coffee...you can make a mock coffee with dandelion roots roasted and ground
One thing I would add is water. We need water more than food. I appreciate you taking the time out to teach about prepping for hard times.
And the love that goes into it. My nephew's are spoiled I asked if they want to eat at Mc Donald's. They say they would rather have me cook for them cause they eat out so much. So nice to cook with them. Putting all the ingredients out so they can add it together. And the memories we share!
I just found your channel. I remember the fresh fruit vendor who would walk my grandmothers neighborhood early Saturday mornings. Strawberries! Blueberries! Huckleberries! And the milkman delivered your milk! Those days are gone. I’ve been prepping since 9/11. I appreciate the old ways and I can just about everything including meats! You had some good tips. I feel we need all the tips coming our way in this day and age. It is a very uncertain time. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
My grandfather mixed powered milk & added it to a gal once it was 1/2 low...stretched it. All pies, cakes, fried pies from scratch. Always a bowl of jello or pudding in the fridge for dessert.
Just found your channel, instant like! You echo the same memories I had growing up, good info, w/o music or inane banter, right to the point, very much appreciated. PS whenever my family say they won’t eat that, I tell them your not hungry enough! But you will be!Thank you and keep the vids coming, will be watching.
When I started reading ingredients I found that the no name stuff was cleaner and cheaper because it didnt have all the expensive chemicals in it to make it 'taste better'
My dad always used to tell us hope for the best prepare for the worst! And why am I the only one in the family that does it I’ll never know
I do SO enjoy listening to a New Yorker tell stories! Nobody does it better!!! Love hearing about your Grammy.
I remember my Mom stretching hamburger with bread back in the 1970’s. Not that we loved it, but she could sure stretch a dollar!
One forth lb. for each meal .spaghetti. ,meat loaf, rolled meatballs bake ,vegetable soup, beef stew and a hamburger steak .I get all these from one family pk....meatball bake: 1/4 lb. of hamburger meat add salt pepper onions peppers and garlic and oatmeal plus 1 egg. divided into 4 equal parts .Roll into meatballs take 4 lasagna noodles and boil to tender ( not done) .lay the noodle on a cookie sheet .place one meatball on each noodle and roll tightly place in a small baking dish open end down .cover with one and 1/2 cups of tomato sause and One small jar of salsa. Add cheese of choice and bake for 35 min.at 350.
Thanks for sharing. I’m getting things little by little but this summer I will get everything I need. Things are getting crazier.
I am 72. When I was young, we seldom ate beef. We had chicken, tuna, salmon, eggs, or even waffles for dinner. Never had A/C. The heat was turned low in
an Ohio winter. If we had ground beef, it became Spanish rice or spaghetti. The drink choices were milk or water. Never ate pork or seafood. Only had dessert
once a week. Most times, we had fruit for snacks. When my son was in the Navy, he learned to hate Okra. My other son cans fruit or makes jelly. Tina
Wow!!! Those were the days and times that made stronger people. And made a generation who was appreciative of the “little things” ... we’ve become far too spoiled, and I fear that hard times are coming. But hard times will be a wake up call, and make stronger people again.
Working on 3 deer being processed by us,,,right now!!!
What I don't understand is why some folks don't use up their commodities box items. My sister lives in a senior apartment and collects the unwanted food, like farina, oatmeal, canned beef, salmon, pasta, lentils, brown rice, canned tomatoes, government cheese, powdered milk, dried beans, and canned beans. I take this bounty to cook at the homeless shelter. We had an excess of "weird" canned beans so I made huge pots of mystery bean chili with potatoes, served with excess corn tortilla chips, chopped onion, tomato, salsa, and government cheese queso. I even added some lentils to the chili. Nobody objected to a lack of meat at all. I cook for my family, spending no more than $1 per day per person. Eating good food and adding to the pantry should not cost a lot.
God Bless you. Mom was 100% Italian dad LEO in D.C. he retired Captain of Detectives GSA. TOTALLY RESONATES!. DAD WWII USN. Raised 5 kids and yes dad made me pudding cooked on the stove, pours into dessert glass. SO GOOD! You did forget a good source of LIFE….. OLIVE OIL!!! Not just for cooking if you are ITALIAN!!! Love you! Noni in Minnesota
Thank you so much for the support and encouragement. We have gallons of olive oil. I thought of it after the fact. You’re absolutely right. We use it all the time. Much love, from NY 🇮🇹 💪🏼
Tons of spices hot sauces soy sauce any and all flavorings, your rice will love you!
From growing up rough l know how to stretch food pretty darn good- 4 starters ur gona need 2 crokpots & a,large stock pot - l can take 1 pc of meat (London broil or chuck roast) & make a huge double batch of stroganoff by doubling the recipee- buy splitting the meat in 1/2 - it is good if u can strt w 1 good size pc of meat (it WILL go far!) Bed of chopped onions on bottom both crokpots then meat cut in 1/2 -1 pc in ea,pot- seasoning directly on meat l use 1onion soup mix on ea- then 1 can French onion soup & 1 can cream of mushroom soup ovr meat in ea pot- add sour cream to both pots- cook aprox 4 hrs til meat is falling apart-take Mt out & shred it on a plate & put bak- then make 2 lbs wide egg noodles (in seperate pots-1 Dutch oven pan will only hold 1lb ea)- 2 cans of strained peas 1 can in ea pot- at end- pour the 2 crokpot contents into huge stock pot- add egg noodles & combine- (thers 2 of us here- last time we made this we netted 15 dinner sized containers in our freezer after eating dinner from it 2 seoerate times before putting it up into containers) - label & date w masking tape & a laundry marker & log how many are in freezer- on a paper on front of fridge- so u know what u have- sorry 4 the long post- but this 1 recipee is 4 those that it may help- 🙂👍 & l know,plenty more 😀
Suggestion: If you plan to freeze containers of a large batch make everything but don’t cook or add add the noodles until serving. Boil the noodles at the last minute when unthawing and reheating. Otherwise the noodles will soak up too much gravy or sauce and turn to mush in the freezer. It will taste fresher that way. The same with homemade soup including potatoes or noodles you plan to freeze. 💜
I recently started compiling recipes to make things from ingredients. For example, baking soda plus cream of tartar makes baking powder. White sugar plus blackstrap molasses makes brown sugar. Baking powder plus salt plus flour makes self rising flour. So helpful. We have a family of 8, so I'm always trying to find inexpensive ways to fill tummies. You could make Bisquick too. We never use it, but I know people have made their own homemade mixes.
I really liked your talk. Thank you
Like minded. God bless and keep you all.
Thank you so much. God bless you and yours as well 🙏🏼
My dad used to stock up as well. He was a kid during the depression. He had a garden every year that my siblings and i used to help with. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, beans, lettuces and lots of other fruits and vegetables through the years. Potato soup was always a staple for us. He taught me how to cook and make breads. He would also raise a cow and pigs and take to the butcher. Make a deal with him to cut it all up and he kept some and we had plenty too.
Good video! My parents lived through the Great Depression and I'm sure I heard the same things that your grandparents said.
My great grand parents moved from city back to country during the 30s, all their children & their spouses & their grandkids move in with them. They cut down trees and started a homestead like many nowadays. My mom told of being very young and a man came up asking for food. My great grand mother made a plate with fried chicken and asked my mom to take it out to that man. My mom told me she could not believe that that man had eaten everything on the plate.. including the bones! Looks like those hard times are coming our way…
Enjoyed reading all the other comments & kudos for a great the video! Subscribed today! A new fan from Tennessee.
Along with the cook book get a book on gardening, a book on canning, book on butchering.. be suprised how many people don't know you are able to can meat the same as you can vegetables. Lasts longer than the freezer! Work on becoming self sufficient along with stocking up!
I use to make fun of my in laws for how frugal they were, saving tin foil, reusing paper plates, wrapping paper, bread bags but now in my 60's and on a fixed income I find myself doing the same thing.
Love your channel, reminded me of my Grammy and she did save a lot by stretching out her food. She always had soup on the stove. I'm new to your channel. Thank You!
You have the right spirit and ideas for people. I think.....it goes back to a rising tide that is making people want to return to an analog life in which things like learning to cook again and slowing down mean a cheaper, simpler and less stressful life.
Great info sir. We all need to be stacking food an water to the rafters.
Precisely. I’ve been stocking up for years, but I’m triple timing it right now.
There is a series of Great Depression stories and recipe books by Rita Van Amber. They are awesome. You have stories of what people had to do to survive and the recipes they used. I use those recipes to get a basic shopping list. You may find them in Amazon. They may be out of print. Check your local library they may have them too.
I know this video is a few months old..but if someone new is reading this - its a great video.
Instant food is expensive! Brew your own coffee, make your own meals and learn to cook with real foods - oatmeal, veggies and meat. And don't be hung up on brands. When you're hungry cheap noodles will be delicious with no name sauce.
Great video!!! (I've been a preparer for years!) And the key is NEVER HOARD!!! Buy 3 to 5 extra put away items a week.
(I can tell you adored your Grammy - nice tribute to her...xoxo)
Thank you so much. 🙏🏼
Your grandma, and grandpa would be so proud of you! Thanks for the inspiration! It is a good idea to have powdered/canned milk, honey, lighters, matches, and a non electric can opener. In tough times, some of these items can be used for bartering.
My grandma was an adult during the great depression, my Dad was born in 1930. Grandma lived with us when I was young. She saved everything including string and was very frugal like your Grand parents. Grandma sewed money into the hems of her cutains for safe keeping.. She taught me to cook at a young age. One of my prized possessions is her cast iron pan. In the 2008 recession I lost my job and we struggled, we had a small garden and somehow made it through. Home cooking is so much cheaper than eating out and healthier too. It was at that time I started to can more and more food as well as using other forms of preservation. I started to be more prepared,I was not going to be caught in that situation ever again. My teenagers used to kid me about my pantry, now that they are adults and have seen whats going on with the supply chain, they don't laugh at me anymore.
So glad we don't have a good shortage here yet in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. We are slowly building up a pantry when products go on sale, flour, sugar, rice etc. Went hunting for meat, bought a second freezer. I am sure the shortages will show up here. We will be ready.
I can my own tomatoes. Would love a home-made sauce video. New subsciber ❤️ my granny raised me we are a lot of elbow pasta with home canned tomatoes dumped in it.
Well said and GREAT advice. I did not know I was doing it, but I've a almost a complete grocery store in my basement. I've been adding to it every week for years. Not because of and fears, I just never had stuff as a kid, so I now make sure my family will never have a need for anything, and who knew this was actually going to save our family.
I'm no expert, but having raised 5 kids on a tight budget, we ate well.
Fried noodles - those ramen packets, depending on the size of the child, could easily feed 2, especially if you add more ingredients.
Boil the noodles (# of packets depends on how many you're feeding, we did 1 for every 2 people) until they're almost done, drain & set aside.
Get a good sized pan heating on the stove - Scramble an egg or 2 (1 for every 2 people), dice up about 1/2 a can of spam or 1 cann of chicken (we were feeding 7), have frozen or canned veggies of your choice ready. Once pan is hot, add oil, fry up spam to your desired crispness; add veggies now if frozen and cook until defrosted (canned ones add later); add eggs & fry until they're cooked to your liking. Canned veggies - strain, add now as they only need heated. Set all this aside once cooked. Add noodles & a little sesame oil for flavor to the pan, heat to your desired texture - some like really crispy, me, not so much, lol - once noodles are as you like (especially if you have littles) feel free to use your clean kitchen scissors to cut them smaller, then add all other ingredients, stir well. Your choice of seasonings - garlic, salt, pepper, sesame seeds, some spice, or sweet, to make it your own.
It's a huge meal at the end (depending on your veggie additions) with many happy bellies. Nothing fancy, just filling.
Good video. It's easy for people to say, "everyone knows this" when obviously they don't. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had the lines for food during the pandemic and in Texas during their cold snap. Many of those people were not traditionally poor, but they were unprepared. In addition to putting away basic food, you are correct that people don't know how to cook. I find that cookbooks/recipes aimed at college kids are good resources for people who don't know how to cook or don't have money for fancy food.
More people need to hear this. Excellent reminders.
Having a well stocked supply of food is such a necessity. I'm the main breadwinner in my household, so when I lost my job and then several family members had medical issues arise, having the stockpile alleviated so much of the strain. Money might have been tight for awhile, but we at least had food in our bellies.
Things that help me through the hard times and with stockpiling:
1) Always be learning new skills (try new recipes, tips on gardening, etc)
2) If you have too much produce or if it is going to go bad soon, freeze it and use it when you're ready
3) Use everything! Produce scraps, chicken bones, etc. all goes in a freezer bag in the freezer and once it is enough to fill a stockpot, make bone broth. Great for soaps, gravy, etc. We like to freeze bone broth in ice cube trays and then take them out as needed.
4) If you have pets, have a stockpile of food for them as well. I always try to have at least 40 pounds of food in storage for our cats. And I don't know about for other areas, but when I did my shopping trip last month, this is where we were hit hardest; the shelves were quite limited in animal food.
I really enjoyed this video. It brought me back to my childhood. That’s how we ate on a regular. A nice snack for us was a slice of bread with mayonnaise and a glass of powdered milk. We always had rice and beans with spam in the mix. Lipton soup with an egg dropped in and we cans forget the white rice and fried egg with a drizzle of ketchup. mmmm, good stuff 🤤😄
I remember as a child maybe 50 years ago my mother would open up a couple of can Campbell ABC vegetable soup and two egg dropped. It was soooo good.
Oh, the rice and eggs, I forgot about that one...my father would cook that...and the beans and hot dogs.
@@elewmompittseh sometimes we didnt have $ for hotdogs. Cottage cheese was cheaper in those days, we would have baked beans with a dollop of cottage cheese and ketchup. Still like it to this day:)
The majority of people had a garden. Even growing up in the 1950's as I did, most family's grew vegetables and had some
type of fruit tree. Apple, peach, pear, apricot, avocado. Some had larger gardens than others, but it was not uncommon.
Super markets were not open on Sundays and had bankers hours during the weekdays. Things were different back then.
We are very dependent these days, You can just run to the market for whatever you want, any time of day.
My grandad was a Methodist minister in the southeast Georgia conference for many many years. My grandmother is still living at age 96 and tells me that most years his salary was $5-10,000 but he did make $13,000 two years. He was provided the parsonage to live in and the church paid the utilities and the conference provided health insurance. She said they wouldn’t have made it if she hadn’t of gone to work as a school librarian and if church members didn’t bring them vegetables, eggs, milk and meats.
When I was a kid there was a point in time we had powdered milk. God I hated that stuff because there would always be lumps in it where it didn’t mix all the way.
And tasted funny
My mom would add a tablespoon sugar and a dab of vanilla, loved powdered milk.
Add a can of evaporated milk, vanilla, little sugar. Mix or shake well.
Mix powdered milk with a little hot water to get all the lumps out then add more water to drink !!!
Maybe important to have for baking if you can't buy regular milk...
I think that most people are aware of this sort of stuff. Shelf stable, buy in bulk, on sale, etc. What I think the problem is that doing the things your grandparents did, my parents did and, indeed, what was commonplace then requires a skillset that hasn't been taught in 50 years.
I'd say that 90% of urban dwellers don't have even a basic understanding of how to survive "hard times". I put that in quotation marks because, in my opinion, the Great Depression wasn't all that hard overall. Also the majority of people then had skills that we don't.
What is coming will be far worse than the '29 event. I find it odd that most people are still going about business as usual and instead of preparing they complain about the cost of things or what political party did this or that.
My advice to folks who don't know how to: cook, sew, repair, fabricate, hunt, fish, trap, live "rough", make fire, etc, etc, etc.... is put your TV, tablet, phone, whatever away and learn to get by.
Further, my advice to everyone who is soft, out of shape, weak.... put down the fast food, get of your ass and get fit! You don't need to run a marathon - get "farmer fit". But if you want more endurance then I'm on your side.
It's going to be bad over the next generation or so - get ready now or the chickens will come home to roost.
In the meantime... like, comment and subscribe. 😎
Thanks, Kyoshi.... another good topic well executed! 👏
☝🏼So much truth right here!!! Many of the skills that so many people, pay someone else to do, are the easiest ones to learn. Every generation is lazier than the one before. We’re all about to learn how to do it all over again. And... FARMER FIT!!! Exactly brother. You hit it on the head. Thanks for all the great advice, always. Stay safe out there, Warrior 🙏🏼
Lmao...Most of the "urban dwellers " I know are immigrants or have Immigrants as parents or grandparents. We know what to do..My grandmother was from Trinidad born in the 1800s and she was very frugal. She passed all that info to my mom who was born in the early 1900s. My dad was in WW2. So yeah they knew hard times. Now if you are talking people in their 20s,30s and 40s maybe but also many may have relatives in the country that they were sent to spend the summer with.
@@lblake5653 You're hardly a standard representative of the modern urbanite. Perhaps you're out of touch with modern urban dwellers... that's ok. Even better that you know what to do and how to get by in a grid down, SHTF scenario.
It's my opinion that "lmao, lmfao" and similar acronyms aren't generally used in a respectful way.
By all means disagree with me but do so in a thoughtful, respectful manner.
That said, have an awesome day and week ahead.
Good points! I like to add that nothing is expensive if you don't buy it. We don't need much from the market.
We've been prepping for decades and could probably weather an economic storm forever--shelf-stable food, gardening, cooking from scratch, no debt, durable goods and equipment, and skills we learned from our elders who raised families during the Great Depression.
The only two things that would be difficult to survive are widespread civil unrest and government interference, like imminent domain or confiscation of our belongings. So we are involved in local government and volunteer in the community--to build a network and gauge the wind direction.
@@GeckoHiker
Now this is smart!
Watching our local political climate, getting involved, simply to know what's going on.
Very important!
Equally important if not more.
Is everything Christopher Oneal pointed out!
Learning how to do things again, or for the first time for ourselves, is going to be of great importance!!!
Other than LeadFarmer73, I don't know anyone teaching the basics!
Also to L. Blake's point.
For some cultures or environments, doing things for themselves, is every day life.
However in certain places such as suburban and inner city America.
So much of what we use or access is ready made.
When I was growing up. We were taught basic things like, sewing, tree climbing, cooking from scratch.
We were taught, how to create suitable outdoor shelter, with a warm fire to boot.
That isn't happening today.
Each of you have pointed out equally important points.
But to Christopher Oneal,
You set, a very needed tone.
I pray many read but more importantly.
Heed🎯 your encouragement!
Our family grew garden, milked cows, raised pigs 🐖, chickens 🐓, turkeys 🦃, cattle 🐄, horses 🐎. Horses put in the crop, raked hay , swathed and took the crop off at times. We had a windmill for water to water the animals. We butchered turkeys 🦃, chickens 🐓 , pigs 🐖 and a cow when needed. We were brought up to conserve on our food and everything. I’m well stocked with food. We used to have an outhouse and used magazines for toilet paper and grass. I’m much more comfortable now but I still conserve on everything and recycle a great deal. My children are more spoiled than I was but I taught them to be thrifty. I’m working on getting my college loans and mortgage loan done. Then I plan on rebuilding my house a little bit at a time and making it more ecological to save money and the environment. I live on disability and so I’m always stretching my pennies!
great video, people don't remember those times when things was tough, I'm proud to tell people my grocery list is either on sale or marked down I don't buy it other fresh veg.,milk , bread, and every thing else if it's on sale I'll buy all I can afford, but that's how i was raised and I never went hungry as a kid
Same here, Warrior. Important rules to live by, and to pass on to the next generation.
Im with you Robert but I see way too many people thumb their noses at the marked down products because they dont want to be seen buying the 50% reduced for clearance item. False pride is so crazy. I run straight for the clearance items. Last week I bought 3 large containers of yogurt on clearance, shoved two in the freezer and I only buy bakery goods on clearance because I know end of the day, at one grocery chain, the clerk walks around stickering the items of that day for clearance by next morning. If Im in the store and see that clerk out with the roll in her hand, I tell who ever Im with we are circling the store and then come back, and sure enough all the items that were full price ten minutes before are now 50% off. Works for me! Sale is my fave word, next to free.
@@susiex6669 I've got all the grocery stores that I shop at app's on my tablet and I go thru there sales papers and make my list from what's on sale and get there digital coupons before I leave the house, wish I knew how those extreme couponer's do it, but l couldn't see buying a hundred things I would never use just to brag about how much money I saved
@@robertstricker9154 I agree the extreme couponing doesnt work for me because most of what they buy on those shows is unhealthy and not what I would eat on the daily. But like you, I always look at the weekly sales and base my shopping on that. Non perishable staples are always bought on sale and I keep the soda and beer cans (I dont drink either) that friends and family throw away, bring it back to the store and thats an extra discount. Just from soda can money, Ive been buying milk half price or completely free for the last three weeks. 😊
I'm in midwest, but live in a first floor apartment - I grow in containers on my patio - in pots under lights inside in winter, sprouts/microgreens are high nutrition - I lived with my grandmother as a child who raised 4 children through the depression - she taught me so my pantry is always well stocked, I cook from scratch as it is cheaper and healthier in the long run. Next was camping lanturn (hand crank/solar), burner that is propane (small cans) so I could cook outside in winter if power goes. Need to figure heat if power goes as it is electric heat.
Great video..... I remember back in the day if there was a sale on something, my grandmother use to take me and a few of my other cousins to the grocery store and what ever the limit was that is what we each came out with.... I understand stand it now.. I miss her so much but I've learned so much from her❤❤
Those are some of the best lessons. I hear ya, on missing your Grandma... I miss mine like CRAZY!!!! So many life lessons leaned. She was one of the strongest women I’ve ever met. They never really leave us. I feel like she’s with me more now than ever. 👼
@@FiveElementsTactical ❤❤
A little late to the party but at least I made it! I've been prepping/stocking up for about 3 years now. I don't call it prepping but if the lights go out for a couple of months......we're good!
Right on, Warrior!!! Keep after it. 🙏🏼
Rather than edit my long rant to add something I'll put it here... comments are good for the algorithm gods.
Something to consider: powdered milk and powdered eggs... really a great addition to any pantry.
We used powdered milkk to stretch real milk. Also used to eat the gawd awful mashed potatoes from a box. Cheers
@@jessevardaman6208 Those potato flakes make a pretty good thickener for gravy or soups. Finding multiple ways to use everything is the way to go. Take care.
These are awesome tips too. I have a fair amount of shelf stable milk, and a couple cans of the powdered milk, but definitely need to add to my stock. Especially at the rate my kids go through milk. I always tell my wife, we should just get a cow lol.
@@FiveElementsTactical Tough to graze a cow on Long Island 🤔
@@jessevardaman6208 the BEST instant potatoes are Idahoan. Betty crockers, hungry jack are the nastiest tasting sawdust ever packed in a box and called "potatoes"
I have been prepping for 5 years. I'm pretty well prepared compared to most. But I will always feel that there is plenty of room for improvement. If I had absolutely everything I could want, I would still want a bunker. If I had a bunker, I would want a yacht, submarine, and an island.
Too much is never enough. I think that's a song line but I suddenly understand it!
What, no Velveeta cheese listed? How could you miss that?
Seriously, I just spent a very pleasant hour, and a pot of coffee, watching this video and reading all the comments. Thanks! So, I grew up in Yonkers in the 50’s; this really hit home. So much of this is second nature to me. Watched my mother and grandmother canning. Leftovers were eaten until things turned green, and even then some of that was scraped off and it was good to go. My wife still cringes at how long I leave things in the fridge. One thing we really stretched was sauerkraut: boil it witH Kielbasa, potatoes and serve with brown mustard. Also, a good gravy covers all sins!
Dave, you reminded me of my brother-in-law: Italian, talked with his hands, NYC accent, and a police detective too (in Yonkers). Made a mean meatball!,
So, you got another subscribe. Take care!
I’m new to your channel. I have been prepping for a long time. My grandmother told me that they took in some distant relatives children. One whole summer, they ate warm berries cooked with a little sugar over biscuits for breakfast and lunch everyday… for a whole summer. The younger children had to pick wild blackberries, wild strawberries and in the fall wild blueberries. That’s all they had- flour, lard and sugar.
In my area, Jello cups are *at least* 30 ¢ each. A box of Jello that makes 6 servings is 75 ¢. 6 Jello cups $1.80 or 6 servings for 75 ¢ and 5 minutes of your time. Nonnas weren't stupid. Take care of the pennies, and the dollars will tend to themselves.
I had older parents, mom was born in 1927, pop was born in 1922. So Mom canned everything and pop made a two acre garden every year ( I despise weeding to this day) So one of the things I learned was how to cook. For real. From basic components and it has served me well to this day. My wife used to think I was nuts and called me a horder, because I buy a lot of canned goods and freeze dried food. It keeps. Always stockpile, because as my parents used to say "you never know", and you don't. Bottom could drop out of everything tomorrow, but if you have a pantry with a year or two full of canned goods, you will get by, and if you have enough, so will a friend or a neighbor or two. Back in the day we all used to help each other out a lot more, maybe because of this reason, we shared more. Heck, I've lived by neighbors that I didn't even know their names, wasn't like that back in the day. Anyway, enough rambling, long story short, learn to can, and keep up a good sized inventory. You'll be glad you did.
In addition to stocking up on store bought supplies, everyone should be producing their own food in some way. Rip out that lawn and plant a food forest. Have a container garden on your patio/balcony. Grow herbs and young greens in an indoor grower. Learn to fish/hunt. Get backyard chickens to provide eggs and/or meat. Plenty of suburbs allow it, you just have to check. And if they don't, rabbits can be raised inside. Anything you can do to supplement your food supply and get you less dependent on the system you should be doing.
i keep a lot of my pantry items in the freezer to keep the bugs out, flour, oats, corn meal, hot cereal etc. that way i can stock up when it's cheap
I remember in the 70’s when canned tuna jumped from $0.50 to $1 per can. So, I only used 1/2 can for my tuna noodle casserole. Ground beef casserole only got 1/8 - 1/4 pound meat. Casseroles and soups were our staples. Gas was $2 per gallon (could only buy on certain days of the week). We made it though.