I enjoy watching Clara ‘s videos !! It’s great that even though she isn’t with us anymore, we can still enjoy her Great Depression stories and cooking !! I really enjoyed this video as well !! I love your channel !!
One thing I've noticed over the years is how my mom never cooked with spices, except salt and "regular" pepper. As a young adult and learning to cook with spices and cooking dishes with many ingredients I wondered why mama only cooked with basic ingredients and then it dawned on me .... mama cooked depression style the way her mama taught her. They were very poor and they cooked what they grew or what other local farmers would sell or trade them. Meat was extremely rare in her dishes. She made a version of German Potato Salad but it was stripped down to what they grew. Chocolate was never for dessert as they would have to buy that and there was not money in the budget. The main foods they cooked with were beans, peas, corn, onions, tomatoes, various greens - turnips, collards, mustard greens, eggs, pork dishes because they raised hogs and chicken. Chicken was fried (saved for Sunday or special occasions and often the only meat they ate all week) and occasionally boiled as chicken and dumplings when granny had an old hen to dispose of. Pork was in the form of bacon, souse meat (hogs head), chittlin's, sausage and lard. For some reason the only cows my grandparents ever raised were diary for milk so there were no beef roasts or prime cuts of beef that I can remember. Bread was usually cornbread but they also had flour because a cousin had a mill and they bought sugar. I remember mama saying that for breakfast granny would cook a big pan of biscuits and maybe there would be butter or a dab of sugar to put in the middle of the biscuit. These biscuits would also be for lunch and snacks for the kids after school. She said many a summer day supper was a watermelon and cold biscuits from breakfast. She said granny would put the watermelon in the cold creek while they worked the fields and the children would wash in the creek making this supper like a playtime/picnic. Nothing was wasted. The only candy she said she got during the depression was at Christmas - an orange and peppermint stick and she thought those were the best presents ever. I think many of us don't realize how good we have things today but sadly, I'm wondering if the generation coming up today will find out and have to learn how to make do with what they have.
My family basically makes The poor mans meal all the time, but i didnt know it was a thing.. we are Mexican and we use chorizo Mexican sausage instead of regular sausage and we call it “Discada” because we cook it in a large disc pan usually on a portable stove. But cool to know this!
My aunt Mary made that exact chocolate pie with meringue. Best stuff ever! We older cousins would 'steal' a whole pie and climb up in the loft of the barn and pull the ladder up to keep the little kids out. When I was grown and pregnant with my first child I was in her kitchen and she was teaching me this recipe and some of the older kids took a pie and did the same thing. I mentioned how frustrating that must have been for her. She just smiled, removed the 2nd pie from the fridge, put on the meringue and slid it into the over. And here we always thought we were pulling a big stunt on her.
Hello gorgeous! Yes, I agree. The times we are in now...we have to watch our spending. Hard times for alot of people right now. Im in my early 60's and you have taught me so much. Love your videos and your beautiful family, Noel! My mom would tell me depression stories. She saved everything! Now Im telling my kids grandma's stories and how to get through these hard times.
You are so lucky to have all those stories !!! I love hearing all of my grandmas stories.She is one of the reasons I want to homestead and live a more simple life 💕
Hi Noel. I just subscribed to your channel. I really like that you use your ingredients right out of the container instead of pre-measuring into a lot of little containers that have to be washed later. Nobody I know who is cooking at home puts every ingredient in a separate container. I truly enjoy watching you cook for your family.
You are so truthful in every thing you mentioned.I remember my mom talking about the great depression I remember my friend owning War shades for the Windows that darkened the window so you didn't realize the lights were on.Those were tough times. Others saved up on canned food in their closets.I remember Crisco Lard my mom and nanna used cooking.I remember my Nanny's brother loving the potatoes reheated the nent day more flavor.
Clara's channel is called Great Depression Cooking, I love her channel, I made that exact same recipe with the hot dogs, so yummy. I have the other cookbook but I have not had a chance to try any of the recipes. Thanks again Noel for the great recipes.
Lots of health issues lately so all my extra goes to doctors and test bills. I have been cooking depression style cooking for about a year now and can't see changing that in the next several days. Not only cooking from scratch is good for you but you do save money. God's blessing to you and yours
My mom would open a can of Franks sauerkraut and put sliced hot dogs in it and heated it up, then served fried potatoes and onions as a side dish and canned applesauce as another side.
My family always had a huge garden during the depression as per my grandmother. The didn't always have meat but they always had veggies. And would share with the neighbors several farms down the road. They would all share with what they had. One family had chickens & eggs, another had a dairy cow, and so on. She said when they had families they knew had less they would make boxes and put it on their porch steps. My dad did it as I grew up and now we do it for families that are less fortunate than ours. Granted my family isn't wealthy but we farm and sell to the local market. So we have lots of not always so pretty veggies that never go to waste.
My mother was young during the depression. She had one younger sister and 8 brothers. They farmed. She helped her mother cook breakfast for all the males before she went to school (1st grade) . I have some amazing stories of her life. So thank you for sharing a bit of her past.
Everything looked so good! I would rather have hot dogs and taters than steak any day. The pie looked divine too! Thank you for doing this series on depression cooking. I believe the simple things are the best.
peaches. I think I had that pie. It is very rich tasting. And have had multiple variations of the poor mans meal. Potatoes, onions and hot dogs. It’s satisfying and cheap.
My mom would use the left over pie crust, rool it out thin, spread some softened margarine all over, just about to the edge, sprinkle with white sugar and cinnamon. Then roll like a cinnamon bun slice and bake, they are awsome, I know your family will love them.
Love depression cooking. The British did a study of it's citizens health before and after the depression. They took bloodwork, weights etc and compared them after the war and the people were healthier eating the depression cooking than their previous meals. Everything back then was just better. ty for sharing
Hi there Noel , i’am Sharon chew . I like your site . I to like scratch cooking the old fashion way . I collect old and new cookbooks . My friends say i’am and old sole because l like old fashion cooking like my grandma used to make . I have old utensils from my grandmother . And China , and bake wear . I love it all !!! . Keep the old recipes coming ty Noel . Sharon chew 🤗👍👌✨
I'm really late to this but Clara had a cookbook? I must find this! My parents were both children of the depression and then war rationing, it is a different mindset. How wonderful to revisit these recipes. Thank you!
I cook the poor man's meal a lot. I love depression cooking. Your chocolate pie looked so yummy. Think I'll try to make that. I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for sharing these depression recipes.👍
I love your cooking retro meals. This was a great idea. All of the recipes come out looking and I’m sure are delicious. Thanks. Hope all the family are doing well.
For anyone making the "muffins"; quick breads (breads that use baking powder or soda as leavening instead of yeast) should just be stirred enough to mix the ingredients. They should never be kneaded as that allows the gluten in the flour to develop and will result in tough, heavy breads.
The muffin/biscuit is what we aussies call a scone a favourite is to add some mashed pumpkin to the mix which makes a sweeter lighter scone we would eat warm with butter in winter 😋
As soon as I clicked on the video and saw your face and you started talking, I hit pause and went and got the subscribe button. Idk what it is? You just seem so humble, I haven't even made it 3 minutes into the video yet, I just thought I should let you know.
Sooo pretty hon!!! Sooo glad to have found u! Now i get to go back and watch all the old videos.. u ladies are wonderful on you tube! I watch u, Jen, Tiffany, and Amy Maryon everyday! Love u all!!😘😘
I think weiners were likely available in cities but, not so much in on the farms during the depression. I grew up listening to my parents stories about the depression. I gather a lot of potatoes and cabbage were cooked during that time. Vegetable gardens were grown so families could can and preserve food for the winter months. Lentils were also used during that time when families didnt have cattle or chickens for a protein source. Pies and other desserts were made for special occasions and not regularly. There were lots of nights, my father said he went to bed hungry. Cocoa would have been considered waaaay outside their budgets. I too loved Clara and her recipes but, some of the recipes would have been outside the resources many could have afforded. Her christmas cookie recipe comes to mind.
I x can coconut cream or coconut milk, spices, herbs, fruit, left over jams, whatever. From curry vegetables to sweet creamy rice deserts. Flexible and cheap.
The chocolate pie filling reminds me of what we called "cocoa syrup" growing up. It appears to be pretty much the same ingredients, minus the egg yolks. We served cocoa syrup over homemade ice cream.
Highlighted on MSN's homepage today were fabulous foods from hardship. One of the foods they talked about were peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. I have eaten these my whole life and I was born WAY after the depression. However, my mom was born at the height of the depression (1931) and she made those sandwiches for me the whole time I was in elementary school. She grew up in a little town called Sunfield, IL. She told me everyone ate them when she lived there. When I tell people about them, they make a face but as soon as they taste one--it becomes a favorite.
you have to admire the women that cooked meals out of practically nothing during the depression, things we take for granted such as sugar, coffee, even eggs if you didn't have chickens were really luxury items, but they managed to cook creative & wholesome food for their families!!
I just found your channel early this morning. You showed up as a suggestion. I am really impressed and I enjoy your videos on eating like whatever for a week! You have a new subscriber!
Gotta give you kudos gurlie, you roll out a purty pie crust! I have never been one to trust my crust making skills. I remember my 1st and last time I cut in that pie and you woulda thought it was a stiff chocolate gravy over biscuit, lol. Nah I'll buy mine if I ever make a pie again. Love you and your precious bunch, Blessings & HUGS, Marilyn
I was raised by depression era parents with strong influence from my grandmother---raised on a farm and cooked meals that were low cost and delicious all the time, even when better times emerged for our large family--these are nothing like we had and don't even think they qualify as depression area cooking. Pie crust was but that was all.
*New Subscriber* You almost have a family as BIG as MINE. My husband and I have eleven children. What mouths to feed. We usually spent around $1,000.00 a month just on food. WISHED I came across this channel years ago! I never made anything from a can. I made three meals a day, seven days a week.
Seeing you sifting the flour,etc. I couldn't help but think about my sifter in my kitchen. It's the kind my grandma had where it has a trigger handle that stirs the flour,etc you need to sift. Much less chance of flour going anywhere.
Hot dogs. Yup, I sure remember those a LOT in my youth--hot dogs in eggs, etc. My mom taught home ec for a while when I was a kid and she could really cook things on the cheap. She was very frugal but creative and made lots of meals from different countries--we'd have a twice-a-month "international night" for example. My dad made us lunches some days that we just loved anyway because he made it--like a cup of water with a bullion cube. Ha. Thank you for this.
Love watching you do periodical cooking, I haven't checked much of your channel out yet but would love to see some WW2 Rationing food! Was surprised to see you make a dessert with the poor mans meal - - desserts were generally saved for special occasions & Sunday supper. My folks were born in the 20s & my in-laws in the early 30s -- you have GOT to interview some of these people, their stories of SURVIVAL during this time is BREATH TAKING, they just thought it was Life but they would only have meat twice a week if they were lucky, leftovers were never tossed, everything changed - including schools.
Hi everything looked real yummy, but my i suggest chilling the pie crust before baking it, so it can look as pretty as it did when you put it on the pan after it blind bakes. I love your channel
My mom made those poor man's potatoes many time. Sometimes it was just with onions and no hot dogs and then some butter added in and we ate them with ketchup on the top. Of course it was mom's own canned ketchup. This was in the late 40s for me. We usually had them with a jar of her own canned creamed corn. Yum!
Oh I love Clara! I have watched all of her videos like 6 times atleast over the years. I absolutely adore her. I didn’t ever do that version of the poor mans meal. But I have to say it looked good for what it was. I think I’ll make it. Thanks!
I love watching Clara! Lovely music on your video. The food looks really good, nice presentation. You might consider making the length you show for eack step a bit shorter. Most people watching know what to do with the steps, so a shorter segment would keep it more interesting. Thank you for the content, always good to use simple recipes.
I make those potatoes all the time as a side with onions and a little bacon fat, or olive oil to brown them. My husbands favorite dessert is chocolate pie. Thanks for the video. New Sub
I absolutely love this "throwback" type of video, and I'm so glad that you are doing this. I know very well who Clara was and watched her all of the time when she was producing videos. Please keep up the fantastic work - I'm a new subscriber to your channel and love what I've seen so far!
My grandmother was a child of the Great Depression. She was not domestic and could only cook 3 things, 2 being from her childhood. One was weenies and tomato gravy. The other was Salmon Croquettes which she put boiled potatoes in bc she said her mother did that to make them stretch. Love your videos!
Recently found your channel today and love the video intros and your enthusiasm. I'm single no kids but we all can afford to save when we can. 👍 Will Subscribe. Thanks.
That food looked amazing love chocolate pie. My picky son loves hot dogs and loves fried potatoes gonna give that a try hopefully he will enjoy it because it looked so good.
My family is of Hungarian decent and chicken pupricosh was something they couldn’t afford due to the cost of a chicken ..So they substituted sliced pennies of hotdogs , browned them , then put in an onion chopped and green or red bell pepper ,sautéed till tender...add some cubed potatoes and two quarts of tomatoes and enough water to provide enough liquid to boil the potatoes . Salt and pepper to taste . We serve it with cornbread or biscuits... I know it sounds odd but it’s surprisingly delicious! I have a cousin that prefers to dice her hotdogs before browning them rather than the penny slices either way works great! Dicing makes the meat stretch further. Hope you try it!
Same here in terms of Hungarian descent. Paprikash rocks, doesn't it? OMGosh! With sour cream, though. It kinda sounds like you guys were making poor man's goulash.
@@dumbbunnie123 Oh, no! I wrote a big note to you and it just disappeared. What I was asking you was whether you grew up hearing all about supposed Hungarian traits and supremacy--like Hungarians never forget or forgive, that they are smart and have the best skin of all of Europe? I also heard all about all of the Hungarians who were leaders in sports, medicine, business, etc. And I definitely heard that Hungarians view themselves as a distinct ethnic group that is superior to most others--Romanians, absolutely, but also most of Europe as well. The feasts when we would get together at one of the aunts' houses! My grandma came to the States in 1907. It was definitely a move for economic reasons.
Love This. I would LOVE to do a vintage cooking collaboration. A great opportunity to use my vintage cookbooks, and fun to see the difference between two country’s in the same time period( I’m from Denmark)
I watched Clara too! Her grandson was so nice to share her with us ❤️
Yes she was so precious
Clara was the best! RIP sweet Clara ❤️ Great Depression Cooking! I want to get her cookbook
I loved Clara's videos. She was a doll. And reminded me of my own grandma.
I have her book! It's amazing and the recipes are so yum!
I love her recipes. Im trying to learn all of em.
Life WithAmber I just ordered it! Are there more recipes than what’s on her videos?
😮 There is a Clara cookbook? No way! Awesome!!
I've made the poor man's meal several times and always think of Clare every time I make it.
I enjoy watching Clara ‘s videos !! It’s great that even though she isn’t with us anymore, we can still enjoy her Great Depression stories and cooking !!
I really enjoyed this video as well !! I love your channel !!
One thing I've noticed over the years is how my mom never cooked with spices, except salt and "regular" pepper. As a young adult and learning to cook with spices and cooking dishes with many ingredients I wondered why mama only cooked with basic ingredients and then it dawned on me .... mama cooked depression style the way her mama taught her. They were very poor and they cooked what they grew or what other local farmers would sell or trade them. Meat was extremely rare in her dishes. She made a version of German Potato Salad but it was stripped down to what they grew. Chocolate was never for dessert as they would have to buy that and there was not money in the budget. The main foods they cooked with were beans, peas, corn, onions, tomatoes, various greens - turnips, collards, mustard greens, eggs, pork dishes because they raised hogs and chicken. Chicken was fried (saved for Sunday or special occasions and often the only meat they ate all week) and occasionally boiled as chicken and dumplings when granny had an old hen to dispose of. Pork was in the form of bacon, souse meat (hogs head), chittlin's, sausage and lard. For some reason the only cows my grandparents ever raised were diary for milk so there were no beef roasts or prime cuts of beef that I can remember. Bread was usually cornbread but they also had flour because a cousin had a mill and they bought sugar. I remember mama saying that for breakfast granny would cook a big pan of biscuits and maybe there would be butter or a dab of sugar to put in the middle of the biscuit. These biscuits would also be for lunch and snacks for the kids after school. She said many a summer day supper was a watermelon and cold biscuits from breakfast. She said granny would put the watermelon in the cold creek while they worked the fields and the children would wash in the creek making this supper like a playtime/picnic. Nothing was wasted. The only candy she said she got during the depression was at Christmas - an orange and peppermint stick and she thought those were the best presents ever. I think many of us don't realize how good we have things today but sadly, I'm wondering if the generation coming up today will find out and have to learn how to make do with what they have.
My family basically makes The poor mans meal all the time, but i didnt know it was a thing.. we are Mexican and we use chorizo Mexican sausage instead of regular sausage and we call it “Discada” because we cook it in a large disc pan usually on a portable stove. But cool to know this!
My aunt Mary made that exact chocolate pie with meringue.
Best stuff ever!
We older cousins would 'steal' a whole pie and climb up in the loft of the barn and pull the ladder up to keep the little kids out.
When I was grown and pregnant with my first child I was in her kitchen and she was teaching me this recipe and some of the older kids took a pie and did the same thing.
I mentioned how frustrating that must have been for her.
She just smiled, removed the 2nd pie from the fridge, put on the meringue and slid it into the over.
And here we always thought we were pulling a big stunt on her.
Lol sweet memories
Thank you for sharing😊 This makes my heart smile.
yeh, no greater compliment than a young'en who just LOVES your cookin'!!
The potatoes and hot dog recipe. My mother-in-law use to make. She also added corn or lima beans to it. She called it Hobo stew or Winnie Stew.
I see you have a Clara Cookbook - I love her and miss her soooo much!
Clara was a sweetheart, and I am enjoying you also . I will definately keep tuning in . RIP Clara !
Clara was so sweet and funny! I'm glad you used one of her recipes.
Fun video, Thank you!
I loved Claras youtube channel!
Hello gorgeous! Yes, I agree. The times we are in now...we have to watch our spending. Hard times for alot of people right now. Im in my early 60's and you have taught me so much. Love your videos and your beautiful family, Noel! My mom would tell me depression stories. She saved everything! Now Im telling my kids grandma's stories and how to get through these hard times.
You are so lucky to have all those stories !!! I love hearing all of my grandmas stories.She is one of the reasons I want to homestead and live a more simple life 💕
So relaxing to watch you. Thank you for playing soothing music and not talking our ears off while you work. Subscribed!
Hi Noel. I just subscribed to your channel. I really like that you use your ingredients right out of the container instead of pre-measuring into a lot of little containers that have to be washed later. Nobody I know who is cooking at home puts every ingredient in a separate container. I truly enjoy watching you cook for your family.
I know right! Who has time for all that!? Plus the extra dishes.
Haha I use measuring spoons but I’m awful at cooking so I really need to until I understand it better.
You are so truthful in every thing you mentioned.I remember my mom talking about the great depression I remember my friend owning War shades for the Windows that darkened the window so you didn't realize the lights were on.Those were tough times. Others saved up on canned food in their closets.I remember Crisco Lard my mom and nanna used cooking.I remember my Nanny's brother loving the potatoes reheated the nent day more flavor.
A other great video you are so truthful in every thing do
Thank you 🥰🥰
Clara's channel is called Great Depression Cooking, I love her channel, I made that exact same recipe with the hot dogs, so yummy. I have the other cookbook but I have not had a chance to try any of the recipes. Thanks again Noel for the great recipes.
Linda Dobranetski I loved Clara too! I rewatch her every now and then, she reminds me of my late grandmother ❤️
Those muffins and jam make me think of strawberry shortcake, especially since the recipe had you add some sugar to a biscuit dough basically.
Lots of health issues lately so all my extra goes to doctors and test bills. I have been cooking depression style cooking for about a year now and can't see changing that in the next several days. Not only cooking from scratch is good for you but you do save money. God's blessing to you and yours
My mom would open a can of Franks sauerkraut and put sliced hot dogs in it and heated it up, then served fried potatoes and onions as a side dish and canned applesauce as another side.
My family always had a huge garden during the depression as per my grandmother. The didn't always have meat but they always had veggies. And would share with the neighbors several farms down the road. They would all share with what they had. One family had chickens & eggs, another had a dairy cow, and so on. She said when they had families they knew had less they would make boxes and put it on their porch steps. My dad did it as I grew up and now we do it for families that are less fortunate than ours. Granted my family isn't wealthy but we farm and sell to the local market. So we have lots of not always so pretty veggies that never go to waste.
I'd add a bit of water along with the hot dogs to get up all of the fond off of the bottom of the pan-that's loaded with flavor.
New subscriber. Clara was an amazing lady!
My mother was young during the depression. She had one younger sister and 8 brothers. They farmed. She helped her mother cook breakfast for all the males before she went to school (1st grade) . I have some amazing stories of her life. So thank you for sharing a bit of her past.
Awww you picked one from Clara's book. Awesome. She was an awesome woman.
Hint to save money, keep your butter wrappers to grease your pans, this works even if you have scraped the last of the butter off.
I loved watching Clara...she was such a sweetheart...I ordered her cookbook too
Everything looked so good! I would rather have hot dogs and taters than steak any day. The pie looked divine too! Thank you for doing this series on depression cooking. I believe the simple things are the best.
peaches. I think I had that pie. It is very rich tasting. And have had multiple variations of the poor mans meal. Potatoes, onions and hot dogs. It’s satisfying and cheap.
peaches ....arms around you my dear...thanks for your comment.
I love the way you present your meals. I really enjoy a dressed table.
My mom would use the left over pie crust, rool it out thin, spread some softened margarine all over, just about to the edge, sprinkle with white sugar and cinnamon.
Then roll like a cinnamon bun slice and bake, they are awsome, I know your family will love them.
Great video as per usual. I think you’re absolutely amazing . God bless you and your family.
Love depression cooking. The British did a study of it's citizens health before and after the depression. They took bloodwork, weights etc and compared them after the war and the people were healthier eating the depression cooking than their previous meals. Everything back then was just better. ty for sharing
Hi there Noel , i’am Sharon chew . I like your site . I to like scratch cooking the old fashion way . I collect old and new cookbooks . My friends say i’am and old sole because l like old fashion cooking like my grandma used to make . I have old utensils from my grandmother . And China , and bake wear . I love it all !!! . Keep the old recipes coming ty Noel . Sharon chew 🤗👍👌✨
I'm really late to this but Clara had a cookbook? I must find this! My parents were both children of the depression and then war rationing, it is a different mindset. How wonderful to revisit these recipes. Thank you!
I cook the poor man's meal a lot. I love depression cooking. Your chocolate pie looked so yummy. Think I'll try to make that. I'm a new subscriber. Thanks for sharing these depression recipes.👍
I love your cooking retro meals. This was a great idea. All of the recipes come out looking and I’m sure are delicious. Thanks. Hope all the family are doing well.
Thank you so much 🥰We show everybody everyday on Blue Jay Acres
Noel's BIG Family Life don’t know where I was when it came to Blue Jay etc but I just subscribed....good Luck and many blessings.
Everything turned out great! I used to watch Clara a long time ago. She was one of my favorites!
For anyone making the "muffins"; quick breads (breads that use baking powder or soda as leavening instead of yeast) should just be stirred enough to mix the ingredients. They should never be kneaded as that allows the gluten in the flour to develop and will result in tough, heavy breads.
ShariSez1 : they are more like English muffins.
Love your video and your cooking videos lots of love xx
The muffin/biscuit is what we aussies call a scone a favourite is to add some mashed pumpkin to the mix which makes a sweeter lighter scone we would eat warm with butter in winter 😋
As soon as I clicked on the video and saw your face and you started talking, I hit pause and went and got the subscribe button. Idk what it is? You just seem so humble, I haven't even made it 3 minutes into the video yet, I just thought I should let you know.
She could do her chit-chat while cooking like Clara did
Looks yummy! We have the poormans meal quite often. Sometimes I use polish sausage in mine.
I don't care for weiners but I really like smoked sausage and kielbasa. I use it with my fried potatoes and onions a lot. It does make them delicious.
Our modern sausages would be more like their hot dogs. Remember things have changed.
@@Sarah_Grant You are probably right Sarah.
Looks yummy❤
Her Poor Man's Feast is a favorite in my home.
You're a good woman.
Thanks for sharing!
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Sooo pretty hon!!! Sooo glad to have found u! Now i get to go back and watch all the old videos.. u ladies are wonderful on you tube! I watch u, Jen, Tiffany, and Amy Maryon everyday! Love u all!!😘😘
Thank you so much!!
Loved this video hope you decide to make several more like I definitely miss watching Clara videos such an inspiring woman
I think weiners were likely available in cities but, not so much in on the farms during the depression. I grew up listening to my parents stories about the depression. I gather a lot of potatoes and cabbage were cooked during that time. Vegetable gardens were grown so families could can and preserve food for the winter months. Lentils were also used during that time when families didnt have cattle or chickens for a protein source. Pies and other desserts were made for special occasions and not regularly. There were lots of nights, my father said he went to bed hungry. Cocoa would have been considered waaaay outside their budgets. I too loved Clara and her recipes but, some of the recipes would have been outside the resources many could have afforded. Her christmas cookie recipe comes to mind.
You're voice and tone are so calm, I love to listen to you as I clean.
Thank you so much
I x can coconut cream or coconut milk, spices, herbs, fruit, left over jams, whatever.
From curry vegetables to sweet creamy rice deserts.
Flexible and cheap.
My parents were from the depression era and I grew up eating those foods.
The chocolate pie filling reminds me of what we called "cocoa syrup" growing up. It appears to be pretty much the same ingredients, minus the egg yolks.
We served cocoa syrup over homemade ice cream.
Clara was everything! I’ve watched her videos several times!
Highlighted on MSN's homepage today were fabulous foods from hardship. One of the foods they talked about were peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. I have eaten these my whole life and I was born WAY after the depression. However, my mom was born at the height of the depression (1931) and she made those sandwiches for me the whole time I was in elementary school. She grew up in a little town called Sunfield, IL. She told me everyone ate them when she lived there. When I tell people about them, they make a face but as soon as they taste one--it becomes a favorite.
Glen and Friends doesn't do just Depression era recipes, but he does collect old cookbooks and try vintage recipes.
you have to admire the women that cooked meals out of practically nothing during the depression, things we take for granted such as sugar, coffee, even eggs if you didn't have chickens were really luxury items, but they managed to cook creative & wholesome food for their families!!
Donna Fields yes and most didn’t have ice and refrigerators either.
@@pamshouse99 that's true I know they had to be tenacious to have survived & some good recipes came out of necessity...really admirable
Aww I used to watch Clara's videos all the time! I love videos like this! I need to get her cookbook! 💜
I just found your channel early this morning. You showed up as a suggestion. I am really impressed and I enjoy your videos on eating like whatever for a week! You have a new subscriber!
The Great Reset is coming. We need to learn this now
New subscriber from Australia, I’m loving your videos. Thanks for sharing 😀💕
Gotta give you kudos gurlie, you roll out a purty pie crust! I have never been one to trust my crust making skills. I remember my 1st and last time I cut in that pie and you woulda thought it was a stiff chocolate gravy over biscuit, lol. Nah I'll buy mine if I ever make a pie again. Love you and your precious bunch, Blessings & HUGS, Marilyn
Thank you!!! My grandmother made pies all the time. In my early 20s she taught me how to make pie crust.
I did right out of high school, but not any more. It’s just faster to buy a readymade crust.
I was raised by depression era parents with strong influence from my grandmother---raised on a farm and cooked meals that were low cost and delicious all the time, even when better times emerged for our large family--these are nothing like we had and don't even think they qualify as depression area cooking. Pie crust was but that was all.
I think that over time our techniques have improved and you could find similar recipe at low cost with big flavor.
*New Subscriber* You almost have a family as BIG as MINE. My husband and I have eleven children. What mouths to feed. We usually spent around $1,000.00 a month just on food. WISHED I came across this channel years ago! I never made anything from a can. I made three meals a day, seven days a week.
What did you make? I'm just starting a famiy🐣👨👩👧🤎
I never know what to make. Big on chicken and rice
Seeing you sifting the flour,etc. I couldn't help but think about my sifter in my kitchen. It's the kind my grandma had where it has a trigger handle that stirs the flour,etc you need to sift. Much less chance of flour going anywhere.
Noel ur presentation's of meals ate amazing! Ur bowls n platters, serving dishes , are nice , how u set everything up for ureals look good.😋💗 Tfs
It all looks great Noel, you are such a good cook and can turn your hand to anything .
Thank you so much 😍😍
Hot dogs. Yup, I sure remember those a LOT in my youth--hot dogs in eggs, etc. My mom taught home ec for a while when I was a kid and she could really cook things on the cheap. She was very frugal but creative and made lots of meals from different countries--we'd have a twice-a-month "international night" for example. My dad made us lunches some days that we just loved anyway because he made it--like a cup of water with a bullion cube. Ha. Thank you for this.
Love the music with the demo.
Look up Granma Feral for depression meals
I make potatos and hot dog slices for the kids. Been doing it for years and the kids love it. No onion tho.
Love watching you do periodical cooking, I haven't checked much of your channel out yet but would love to see some WW2 Rationing food! Was surprised to see you make a dessert with the poor mans meal - - desserts were generally saved for special occasions & Sunday supper. My folks were born in the 20s & my in-laws in the early 30s -- you have GOT to interview some of these people, their stories of SURVIVAL during this time is BREATH TAKING, they just thought it was Life but they would only have meat twice a week if they were lucky, leftovers were never tossed, everything changed - including schools.
Love it!!! I love Clara! And yay for your shout out by Our Tribe of Many!!! You deserve it!!!
Hi everything looked real yummy, but my i suggest chilling the pie crust before baking it, so it can look as pretty as it did when you put it on the pan after it blind bakes. I love your channel
My mom made those poor man's potatoes many time. Sometimes it was just with onions and no hot dogs and then some butter added in and we ate them with ketchup on the top. Of course it was mom's own canned ketchup. This was in the late 40s for me. We usually had them with a jar of her own canned creamed corn. Yum!
Love your background music 🎵.
Made from scratch is extremely more healthy for you and your family than any processed food as well as economical
Oh I love Clara! I have watched all of her videos like 6 times atleast over the years. I absolutely adore her. I didn’t ever do that version of the poor mans meal. But I have to say it looked good for what it was. I think I’ll make it. Thanks!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Love these Noel 💜😊🌹
Clara was such a sweetheart 💕💕 Love your video's!!
I love watching Clara! Lovely music on your video. The food looks really good, nice presentation. You might consider making the length you show for eack step a bit shorter. Most people watching know what to do with the steps, so a shorter segment would keep it more interesting. Thank you for the content, always good to use simple recipes.
I wish I could cook like you! You're awesome
I make those potatoes all the time as a side with onions and a little bacon fat, or olive oil to brown them. My husbands favorite dessert is chocolate pie.
Thanks for the video. New Sub
Hi your so sweet! Thank you for the video. We all need to tighten our belts! ❤
I love the poormans meal, i put the tomato sauce on it just like she did and added parm and it was awesome
Its not a great depression recipe but a pioneer recipe....check out vinegar pie!!!
I have the exact same pie plate as the one you used. Just made a quiche in it yesterday.
I absolutely love this "throwback" type of video, and I'm so glad that you are doing this. I know very well who Clara was and watched her all of the time when she was producing videos. Please keep up the fantastic work - I'm a new subscriber to your channel and love what I've seen so far!
My grandmother was a child of the Great Depression. She was not domestic and could only cook 3 things, 2 being from her childhood. One was weenies and tomato gravy. The other was Salmon Croquettes which she put boiled potatoes in bc she said her mother did that to make them stretch. Love your videos!
Aww I love grandmother stories 😍😍
I used to really enjoy watching Claire! You work so hard!
Recently found your channel today and love the video intros and your enthusiasm. I'm single no kids but we all can afford to save when we can. 👍 Will Subscribe. Thanks.
Love this type of cooking so much thank you
That food looked amazing love chocolate pie. My picky son loves hot dogs and loves fried potatoes gonna give that a try hopefully he will enjoy it because it looked so good.
Thank you
I tried the poorman's meal from Clara's cook book, and it was yummy!
Good timing for this video. Thank You.
Love the look of that poor man's meal, it would be great with ham when it's on sale!
My family is of Hungarian decent and chicken pupricosh was something they couldn’t afford due to the cost of a chicken ..So they substituted sliced pennies of hotdogs , browned them , then put in an onion chopped and green or red bell pepper ,sautéed till tender...add some cubed potatoes and two quarts of tomatoes and enough water to provide enough liquid to boil the potatoes . Salt and pepper to taste . We serve it with cornbread or biscuits... I know it sounds odd but it’s surprisingly delicious! I have a cousin that prefers to dice her hotdogs before browning them rather than the penny slices either way works great! Dicing makes the meat stretch further. Hope you try it!
Thank you!! J will give that a try 😍😍
Noel's BIG Family Life ....I failed to say this is a depression era recipe! ..also a pound of hotdogs were used.
Same here in terms of Hungarian descent. Paprikash rocks, doesn't it? OMGosh! With sour cream, though. It kinda sounds like you guys were making poor man's goulash.
Country Frau ...We tried with sour cream but the hotdog meat substitution didn’t mix well! We have a poor man goulash also , though!
@@dumbbunnie123 Oh, no! I wrote a big note to you and it just disappeared. What I was asking you was whether you grew up hearing all about supposed Hungarian traits and supremacy--like Hungarians never forget or forgive, that they are smart and have the best skin of all of Europe? I also heard all about all of the Hungarians who were leaders in sports, medicine, business, etc. And I definitely heard that Hungarians view themselves as a distinct ethnic group that is superior to most others--Romanians, absolutely, but also most of Europe as well. The feasts when we would get together at one of the aunts' houses! My grandma came to the States in 1907. It was definitely a move for economic reasons.
Love it. It all looked good. Sure glad I wasnt able to reach through screen and snatch that pie lol
Keep making great depression videos.
Love This. I would LOVE to do a vintage cooking collaboration. A great opportunity to use my vintage cookbooks, and fun to see the difference between two country’s in the same time period( I’m from Denmark)
Stine Kirkeby I’d be your first subscriber! My grandparents were from Denmark and I’ve been so curious about my heritage.Especially Old World