Great Depression Cooking - The Poorman's Meal - Higher Resolution
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2020
- Clara's Poorman's Meal is one of my favorite dishes. It was the reason we began this channel. I could never remember just how Nana made it, and being a visual person, what better way to have the recipe than as a video.
This is a higher resolution version of Clara's Poorman's Meal video. It was shot in SD and now up-resed to HD. Not perfect, but a big improvement from the 2007 RUclips standard of 144p!
This was the very first meal we filmed for her show. We'll leave up the original and enjoy this one for improved clarity as well as a new ending message from Clara.
I recently rediscovered the original tape, dated April 10, 2007, just days away from its thirteenth anniversary. On June 2007 I posted it as the 4th video of our initial posts (saving the best for last, of course). At the time there were very few concept RUclips channels and it wasn't yet owned by Google.
As a filmmaker, I tried convincing TV studios that this was a great show idea. I was told that there wasn't really an appetite for a cooking show about the history of the Great Depression, hosted by an unknown 91 year old Grandmother.
I saw RUclips as a place I could make the show anyway and let people decide for themselves if they wanted to learn meals from the Depression and meet my amazing Grandmother. And you did decide. Thanks for watching and I'll try to continue to share Clara and her incredible cooking as best I can.
-Christopher 
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Even though she's no longer with us, I still come back to Clara's videos. I miss this wonderful lady.
i feel the same way.....somehow it makes me feel secure
Oh when did she pass away? That is so so sad. This is the first time that I have seen her and watched her videos
Same ❤️
She is precious to me also
Aww I just found her😢
Me watching these videos in 2019: So relaxing.
Me watching these videos in 2020: *Aggressive note-taking*
Watching survival videos also help
Lol agreed
What poor men food I’ll eat day on my best day
me: *taking notes since 2018*
Grandma pulling in with the clutch
In this harsh economy, I just made the poor man's meal again for my family and they loved it! It's January 21, 2024 and all these years later, Clara is still in our hearts.
My Nana was Maltese from Malta, which is very similar to the Sicilian culture. She was born in 1913 and was so much like Clara. She passed away in 2006 at 93. The stories and life lessons I got to learn from her, and I feel so blessed to have been taught the old ways, especially with cooking.
Clara's videos mean so much to me. It's like visiting with my own Nana, and what a treasure she is! Thank you to Clara's grandson for sharing your grandmother with us. You have no idea how much it means!
The harsh economy is here to stay. 2020 was the beginning of the end. "By 2030 you'll own nothing and you'll be happy" - The World Economic Forum
Klaus Schwab the reptilian said that
The potato is a great friend to humanity
Amen ❤ Indeed
Yes😊
Ireland grew just ONE variety, it had the highest yield, it was prone to disease and the rest is history the population is still lower today than at its height, people that didn't die left, rule no1 for nearly everything, diversify.
@@granthopper4132 The British taking all of the other food the Irish grew, at gunpoint, was probably a bigger factor to the famine than one specific item having a crop failure. They had plenty of food, but the Crown took it all for their own profit.
@@kilgoresandtrout yes this is also sadly true.
Whenever people reach this age, whatever they have to say, just listen.
They're human time machines❤
Absolutely 100%
Take the time to listen. People pass away and their own family have no idea what their parents did before they came into the world.
Young people these days just “ok boomer” everyone over the age of 50 and it infuriates me. Listen to your friggin elders! They lived that long for a reason!
I feel like when my generation reaches this age, we won’t have anything good to say.
I would stop by the school lunch room before school opened and the lady who cooked would give me a piece of bread with peanut butter and jelly before all the kids came for breakfast. She knew I was hungry. That was fifty years ago.
People like that make the world go round
@@heyodi3092 The silent majority of heroes
🥺🥺🥺❤❤ bless her
You're lucky. Our lunch ladies were mean
❤❤❤
My grandmother was born in 1923, and she would make meals from the 30s and they were delicious. You better respect people who grew in this Era, they had it hard than anyone else alive today. I respect my elders, where they came from and what they went through to get us here
@@PlasmaStorm73aside from crying, what have you done? Respect is earned not given
This kind of cooking is more delicious than the healthy stuff nowadays lol, just meant to be cheap and filling and delicious
Brace yourself. Future generations will have it harder than anytime in the past. Orwell's 1984 is almost upon us. This time there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Digital ID, digital currency, 15-minute smart cities, biometric facial scanners, QR codes needed to grocery shop, RFID chip implants and other under-the-skin surveillance methods, etc. It appears the 'crazy' conspiracy theorists were right about everything. Anything that hasn't yet come to pass will eventually be fulfilled. As they say, the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact is about six months. With enough time every conspiracy theory is fulfilled.
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
YOU WILL BE CELEBRATED!
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED!
THESE TEARS STILL HAVEN'T FADED!
Inflation is so high in Canada right now, here I am, checking out Clara's Poorman's meal. She's still helping people to this day.
I'm Canadian too and am glad I found this channel. She was pretty amazing ❤
Am from England and stumbled upon Clara! God bless you M’aam.😊
meat and potatoes is a time tested classic!
So high here.... that I'm not sure i can afford to make her 'poor man's meal'.
YOU WANT JOE BIDEN TRADE YOU FOR A MOOSE!!
My grandmother was 8 days older than this beautiful woman and she's still alive in June of 2022! Such a blessing!!(
You are blessed. My Mom a Tennessean and my Father R.I.P., from the Caribbean had many stories. What is considered organic now was their life, after they grew and slaughtered the food.
You should take notes, my mom just turned 95. Oh the history!!😊
Please take very good care of her and fill her with love and afecction❤❤❤ I'm very lucky to have my grandma too, and I learn very much from her and the stories she tells me about her childhood.
@@lindaparkins9782 My dear mom passed in 2008 at 84. My sons were teenagers and the history lessons they got from her was amazing.
Mine too! She turned 103 on June 13th, 2022!
It's a pity that I only discover this when she has already died. I found out only 2 weeks ago that my own grandmother is still alive and I can still spend some time in this world together with her and I am grateful for that❤. I now watch such videos with a better conscience ❤
Every little girl needs a dad like this❤❤❤❤
This woman should be declared a National Treasure.
@cigarzan Absolutely, she and a generation just like her, are far-to-underrated.
Exactly, I’m so sad she passed away
Definitely.....she sure is.
She's wonderful!
@@coltondraws6566 No need to be. If she lived life like that in Indian proverb: "Live my life so when you are born everybody laughs and when you die everybody cries rather that opposite". (Said in my own words)
My mother told me the story of how one Thanksgiving during the Great Depression, her family had only one solitary potato to cook and eat. It was supposed to be able to feed her mother, her brother, her sister, and herself. (Her father had passed away before this.)
Her Uncle Jimmy surprised everyone by showing up with some fish he had caught in the river. My Grandmother's eyes were full of tears, and the family ended up having fish for Thanksgiving.
It's stories like that one, which make me appreciate whatever little I might think at times that I have.
AMEN !! Was a BLESSING OF THANKS GIVING.
All of us will Need This Videos because Alot Difficult Times Ahead.
GOD BLESS YOU WHO IS WATCHING.
😭😭😢🙏🙏🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Beautiful story
Humbling, some people don't know how hard things can get, we often went without, no money, makes you appreciate the small things more xx
I'm so sorry to hear about Clara dying. I loved her and thought she was a great example of what the depression did to the greatest ANERICANS EVER!i loved my Grandparents so much I would listen to their stories forever. I miss them so but was so rich from being with them so much!!!
Mrs.Clara, YOU are an absolute joy to watch & learn from! I just love listening to you. I've just recently lost my last Grandmother & this is probably what I miss the most, her stories, oops & her hugs! Please keep doing these as long as you want to! Thank you ❤❤❤
She reminds me of my grandmother who passed in 2009. That generation survived, was happy to be alive, and put family first. No political bullshit, no fancy cars. Just life and family. I miss those people every day.
Here here! I'm reminded of how much I take for granted and while things are difficult in this time, they are not Depression difficult.
And what's funny my grandma died at 92 she fried everything .how do can we explain that
@@barneypotter451 that's the thing. Maybe they were more active?
You say no politics, but that generation fought a world war and produced some of the strongest anti-ownership movements and actions in American history. They were very much movers and shakers
@chompythebeast yeah I was about to say those mfs created the strongest communist and fascist movements history has ever seen
I just learned of this channel, and I just learned she died 7 years ago. She was awesome. rip clara.
Yes she was a good woman.
Wow, I just found this channel today. That is sad 😥, this is a neat channel.
@@Machomanrandycabbage dang a lot of people didn't know about her channel.
@@Machomanrandycabbage me too! Right now.
Whaaaa?!😱
My grandparents lived through the Depression and the stories I heard. She would meet you at the door with hugs and kisses. The the very next thing out of her mouth was, “have you eaten, I got....”. I was about 40 and decided to ask why she always asked that. The answer floored me. “Well, we didn’t know if everybody had a meal that day and if they hadn’t, we made sure they had. “ This told me that they had did without a lot more than they ever mentioned. She quit school in the third grade to help the family survive. I learned more from her than the college I paid for. Dang, something dripped on my phone.
My parents lived through the depression also, most people have no idea what that generation endured. Back then you didn’t have (unless you were rich) “store bought” clothes. Flour was in pastel flowered 25 pound cloth sacks, my grandmother let the girls pick which sack to buy, because that sack became their next dress. They found a way to use everything, no such thing as waste. My Mom used to say “waste not, want not”.
I fully understand! I lost my dad 2 years ago, he was 98...the stories hecould tell! We take so much for granted.
Ahhh 😢
Ronnie, it sounds like your grandma is/was a saint. Mine as well. What beautiful memories...
Wow. That almost brought me to tears. I never really realized that's why older people always try to feed you
Our family loves potatoes, onions, peppers & eggs. Today's poor man's meal that is delicious & healthy, too. Am so glad that Clara's videos are still up here. She was a gem.
that is so far from a poor man's meal, a frying pan with lard from meat cooked previously and a slice of bread that is a poor man's meal
@@user-fl1pc7zu7f Pretty sure 99.999% of people would consider Clara's poor man's meal to be cheap.
@@derp8575 Don't think so most people eat food like that often and many wish they could, you show your ignorance
@@user-fl1pc7zu7f I know people on food stamps who would agree with my statement. A 10lb bag of potatoes is around $5. A pack of hotdogs is under $3. An onion is less than $1. Oh yes I am ignorant, no doubt, but not regarding this topic. It's common knowledge. Please show me Americans who wish they could eat potatoes and hotdogs. I'll wait...
@@derp8575 You are ignorant the prices you quote are no way near what most people pay. This is not a poor man's meal that is what I have been saying, listen, lots of people eat this meal, because most of us even so called middle class people cannot afford more expensive.
Every year or two I’m back here watching this video.
“Had to quit school because I couldn’t afford socks”
That’s humbling.
And most kids wear slides to school with no socks no by choice..🤷🏼♂️
Amen 🙏
Earl Garcia wtf who does that
First Last what does? I’m sure she couldn’t afford anything, socks, shoes, cloths, supplies.
Earl Garcia the point is if you can’t afford socks, you sure as hell can’t afford to feed yourself or a family as well as other clothes.
Barely a minute in and Clara says she had to quit school because they couldn't even afford socks. This made me think of my Grandma (who was the oldest of 9 siblings during the depression). When I was a kid, she got me a Walkman for Christmas, it was the "big" thing I'd been wanting so I was thrilled. In my joy, I asked my grandma what her favorite present was when she was little and she replied, "I remember the day I got a new pair of socks. I hid them in the back of the drawer so my sisters wouldn't wear them. They were my prize possession." A pair of socks.
1923-2015 Ollie Mae ❤️
Oh my god, i have twars in my eyes. Your comment really touched me. May god bless your wonderful grandma🤎
I can't stop crying... oh what a lovely and heartbreaking part of history for us. Oh gosh
Awwwwww❤
Oh no 😭
Yes, the value of sox knows no bounds. Growing up, we always got new socks and underwear from my maternal grandma. She made sure each of her grandakids had socks and underwear. She had eight grandkids... It makes me mindful to buy a couple extra pair to donate. People caring for people.
We celebrated Dia de los muertos today and this is the meal we closed out the night eating. Blessings to her family and remember this soul who shared her life with us viewers
When you think it about, it's really incredible. Clara passed away 7 years ago and her videos are needed now more than ever. It's almost as if Clara was preparing us for the hard times we would face in 2020 when she wouldn't be here to help in person. God bless this wonderful lady. She is missed very much.
Exactly 💯😉
Beautiful sentiment. Thank you. :)
We are in depression
What a sweet way of looking at it.
@@Arizona_lilly ? I paid off my debt and am better than ever aint no depression
Died 7 years ago but still bringing wholesome content 💚 RIP Clara
RIP
SOMEONE MAKING MONEY OFF CLARA ..RIP
pearl ingraham it’s his Nonas channel and he took it over since she passed
RIP
RIP dear, sweet Clara. Thank you so much for all your advice.
What a lovely woman. She would be so proud at the way you keep her memories alive. Because of you, we all got to know your grandma. She lives on through her stories and her recipes.
This might sound dumb but I kinda feel like I’m back in my childhood just hearing my grandma telling me stories while cooking...thank you for giving me that
Me too she talks like my grandma did😭😭
Not dumb at all. I clicked the link because she looks like my great grandma. Also sounds a bit like she did. It's comforting.
I never got that and I have a grandmother. I'm envious.
Its not dumb at all.
Those hotdogs are excellent quality and have plenty of fat in them, sadly a sack of potatoes cost more than a $1 these days but still fairly cheap.
How many folks are watching Claras videos in 2020-21 wishing she was in your family ! Love and Light to you ALL. HOOAH
You as well! Stay safe out there!
Oh yes....and I miss both my grandma's very much!😥
Watching in case Biden wins.
Ooh rah brother
Yes. I love rewatching Ms Clara. She's a Beautiful Lady
Love it, Ms. Clara! I only remember one grandparent. She passed away Spring of the year. It is just something how the older generation could take very little and make a wholesome, delicious meal. Also, when you worked hard, and were hungry after a long day, one wasn't quiet so picky. I am fixing to go cook that meal you showed right now in memory of the ones that lived through the Great Depression. Thank you, and may Jesus bless you!
Love her! I totally would protect my garden like she talks about! You work hard to get a good harvest! It’s not enough protecting from insects/disease, and wild animals/birds…but to have to protect from your neighbor is ridiculous!! No manners. I bet she would have been sweet as pie to the woman with the shopping bag had she asked for a vegetable or two rather than just ‘helping herself’☺️
It’s very soothing to hear her talk! Very nice video❤
Reminds me of my great grandma! I loved her life stories. She saw inventions of radio, tv, cars, airplanes, restaurants, movie theaters…you name it really. She road a wagon to take kids to school and church and occasionally to town. Work a farm, take care of ten kids. She saved money to buy a singer sewing machine using foot pedals. She gave it to me…not a scratch on it and it still works great. She was a great dress & quilt maker.
I never heard her say a rude comment about anyone. She lived just fine with my grandpa until she was 97.
Grand Parents are such good comfort for children growing up.
I miss her❤
Thank you for this video❤ It’s so sad to learn of her passing back in 2013!! I hope her growing up during the depression that she was able to see the $$ her RUclips channel brought to her. She will be missed. Wish I had known when I first watched her. As the newest one was 10 months ago I hoped she was still with us. 😢❤
2010's: "Oh how cute, glad we don't have to live like this anymore."
2020's: *WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!*
😭 why is this true? I watched it a few years ago as entertainment and now i’m back again to revisit it as advice
If you're comparing the great depression to the pandemic we have now then.. Boy oh boy, are you in for a good read.
@@skilladunge No I’m not comparing it to the pandemic. I was a teenager when I watched this and I had a stable living environment at the time. I’ve been homeless for about a year and I’ve only recently been able to afford an apartment with a few roommates. I need relevant advice to help myself survive off the little that I have and videos like this helps. people say “just eat ramen and bologna sandwiches” but ramen is expensive per meal and sometimes I have no where to store items that need to keep cold
Stop using apostrophes where they don't belong.
@@englishatheart No, I, will, keep, using, them, excessively. I don’t doubt that you saying that is well intentioned though so I’m not annoyed . I just want to live...
This is why old fashioned women were called “the glue of the family...” she’s a sweetheart. I could listen to her talk all day.
I love her stories
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So relaxing! Her voice
@Syn Cloud stfu
She was the housewife and obviously worked very hard to support her family through tough times and good times. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, a lady of her age cooking a big meal. In my opinion, you have to be over 60 to appreciate mums of those time and I loved my mum so much. Cheers to the old mums.
I'm almost in tears from laughter, love and a touched heart. I had a grandma just like her growing up. God I miss my Grandparents. Thank you Mrs. Clara. The emotion I felt watching this was a release of pushed down feelings freed from the depths of my heart, and I am blessed for the memories you brought back to me. I luv this lady with all respect and admiration.
We always cooked this meal growing up in the ghetto. RIP Ms. Clara.🙏🏾
This could have been a PBS show. Sleep tight, Clara. You’re our grandma now and forever.
Lawrence McLane ❤️❤️❤️
The music is very pbs-y too. Lol
Yo is she ok?
@@jaggill5745 she passed away a while ago.
@@g29000 : '(
I cant believe her neighbor just came to help herself to her veggie garden! Then had the audacity to call Clara "touchy"!....sheesh some people
I'd sue her for stealing
@@electioncollection987 But it's the fact that she was talking about the story and without any ire. She just told the woman what's what and laughed it off, even gave her some of the produce. Slow to wrath was she
I know right..the AUDACITY!
I was laughing soo hard at this. I could picture her neighbor telling her family she's going shopping, then wheeling a shopping cart next door into her neighbor's garden to collect some produce. Maybe she might also make her way into the barn and milk the cows for some milk.
In all seriousness the nerve of some people. That's crazy!
She got defensive because she got caught stealing Clara's veggies
2023 and im watching grandma again.. because we are in the great depression coming...😢 Thanks for her videos. I used to watch her when she was alive
i was looking for corn free soy free meals for my girlfriend and this fits it. even has her favorite food, hot dogs! thank you again clara :) may you rest in peace
*"...but, we survived."*
Powerful. Rest in power, thank you for immortalizing her. Time to binge this channel
agreed i tell my wife
"You want to hear about depression? I had to quit school because I had no socks!"
Bless you Clara, I know your feet are nice and cozy now 😊🙏
Golden Girl I knew she wasn’t messing around when she said that lmaoo
Golden Girl and that’s a fact 😔
Quit because of socks? What happened to walking to school barefoot like In the stories?
@@justinshultz9245, maybe in the south, but not in the north in winter with snow and below freezing temperatures.
That sucked so bad, we have no idea how lucky we are
It's really great that this lady and her grandson made these videos for future posterity, as so much useful knowledge & wisdom has been lost over the generations, its good to see this being knowledge being shared in this day and age. My grandmother was the same depression era generation as this lady. My nan used to make homemade wine and homemade jam and pickled onions, I remember as a kid my nan's homemade jam and homemade pickled onions tasting out of this world best jam and pickled onions I'd ever tasted.
Love Clara so much…I’ll watch her videos to remember my Dad’s story of the Depression and a grandma that I never had. Such a lovely woman, thank you so much for filming her for history. Listen to elders, they have the best stories.
She's talking about such a hard time in her life with such positivity.
They had no choice but to get through it. You did what you had to do.
@@IamPreTjenE ....and today people wig out when their wifi goes down....smh!
@@thegreatbamboozler4837 .... or if they loose their 'smartphones' (aka Miya Ponsetta)! We're pretty darn rotten and UNGRATEFUL!
Well today she can afford to put a sunny spin on it and laugh it off. Enough time and distance have passed so that it no longer affects her. I am sure that back then, as she was going through it moment by moment, she probably didn't always feel so positive about it. I am sure there were alot of tears and anxiety about their future to go with that hardship.
@@thegreatbamboozler4837 You have to understand that she and everyone who lived through it lived in a different time. They were usually already used to living rough. Maybe not as rough, but things weren't nearly as easily accessible then, even without the Depression. You can't compare the way people lived the to the way they live now. Yes, it does suck that people think they can't live without their phones or wifi, but today's generation has grown up with those things. Anything you grow up with only to suddenly lose does make you feel crappy.
🥺 I was struggling to keep myself and another person fed 2019, and 2020. I found this video, and made Clara's Poor Man's meal. Cheap and filling indeed, thank you for sharing! ❤ I'm not as bad off as I was, but today I wanted to make it again.
My mom make this a lot, then put in some eggs to scramble. I still make it sometimes, if I am lazy and cold in the winter. lol. Filling and delicious with onions.
We ate this all the time when I was raising my kids and the wife was deployed. I used summer sausage I made from deer and other critters for the meat. The youngins liked it well fried.
Get ready for worse times. You can grow and raise everything that is required to make this meal. At least try to grow some onions and some potatoes oh, and it will teach you a bit of Independence and self reliability. We don't have much property, but I fill every patch of dirt I have and it's 1000% worth it
I remember the first time I saw my mother make this...goolosh too. Yummmy!
Rite on
Miss you Mrs.Clara😪❤️
Watched these back in @ 2008...so glad they've been re-upped. These videos are classics of our time
Whenever the world is ending I find myself right back here with Clara.
Same here💜
Me too
Me too 💕🤗 educational and so comforting
"What are you doing if there is no electricity?"
"I am watching TV!"
Welcome in 2022...
They don't and won't ever again make em like Clara.
Who would give this video a thumbs down? Idiots. What a sweet woman, sharing her love and appreciation of food in her 90s.
I personally think that those who give these kind of videos a "thumbs down" have never had to eat just what was available, they think the world is their oyster and they can have what they want. Back in the depression there was no going to the store and just picking up snacks, whatever you desired to eat. Times were very hard and the people who survived were hard too. They had to be hard, to survive.
Yea I would of loved to have her as a grandma
I agree... as a Chef, I,...am 100% inspired with the passion for a simple meal done with love.
Knob heads...
To me it's her stories of the resilience of the people of that era which fascinate. Most are too spoiled for such simple meals but at least appreciate them!
I watched this with my children a couple of years ago and we loved it. We ate this for lunch that day and they have fixed it countless times since then! Love this video and this lady! What an amazing generation. ❤
I love Clara's story about the neighbor helping herself to her garden. "I didn't think you were so touchy". So funny! And so cute! I grew up in an Italian neighborhood and all the old folks had gardens that they loved! Clara is a true classic!
Dear Christopher, I am a new subscriber and I apologize I was reading some comments and I did not know Miss. Clara had passed. I am so sorry. You putting these videos on here is such respect. How great that is. I am excited to watch more. What a wonderful tribute to such a lovely lady, She has lovely skin from the time of this video at 91 yrs. old. Back then I'm sure the ladies knew all the home made facial things to use on skin, etc........that would be a neat video if you run across something in your files. MY Mom used baby oil, and had beautiful skin, I bet your Grandma had some neat things she used from back in that day, If I knew what they were I sure would try them. God Bless You and Thank you for sharing these lovely tributes to your Grandma. These recipes are going to be used in today's time 2024 with the way the world is. Jesus will take care of us. God Bless You and please keep the videos rolling. Thank You.
This channel's money saving recipes are suddenly relevant again
The way things are going, in a short while this meal will be considered extravagant.
I paid $3.50 for a bag of potatoes and onion tonight. Imagine $1 for a whole sack!
Yes, and has always been for poor people.
@@mike8631 wtf? What a bloody rude & inconsiderate comment?!? Karma will repay you for that.
@@mike8631 Haha!! What? Just what the fucking what? You sir are some peculiar sounding troll let me tell you that.
I started watching while Clara was still alive. I can't believe she's been gone nearly 8 years!
Many thanks again to Chris for sharing his Nonna with the world! 💗💗💗
@Zmall Penus Her videos are still teaching us how to cook a cheap and delicious dinner. May the Good Lord keep her in His glory!
Bless her heart, she won't have to deal with what's coming.
@@KillrMillr7 she’s already dealt with her people being racist to non-whites.
Such a sweet lady! I started watching when she was alive. They knew how to survive ! Tasty and creative. Most today wouldn’t know how
I love watching her such a warm sweet person
I make a version of this that started out as making Clara's poor man's meal but there were days we didn't have hot dogs or fresh potatoes so things got improvised. We now make ours with 2 cups of reconstituted shredded hashbrowns (found real cheap at Sam's), an onion, and a can of spam diced up real good. You have to brown the spam though. It tastes meh if the spam isn't don't just right. So I usually fry the onions and spam together until brown and then add the reconstituted hasbrowns with more oil. If we have eggs, we might add two scrambled eggs for each person eating. Drizzle on some ketchup since opening a whole can of spaghetti sauce for a couple spoons just wasn't feasible. My kids absolutely love this meal. Our version came about sort of like nick names do. Before you know it you have something entirely of your own but you weren't planning it lol. I love Clara's version also.
Exactly many people didn't have hotdogs or even know what they were.
Might be a poor man's meal but you're rich by heart.
My grandmother grew up in this era, she had to quit school at 13 and work in a factory to help support her family after her father passed. It was tough to listen to some of her stories but it built who she was and that's amazing. She made $17 a month and gave $15 to her mom for house bills and family needs. Hardworking and selfless does not even begin to describe this generation. I am thankful for my grandmother, miss Clara and anyone else who imparts the wisdom of their experience onto younger generations. Thank you!
They were The Greatest Generation for many reasons 💕
I wish more people thought like you. I am a nurse and hear people say things implying old people have no value all of the time. It really bothers me. I encourage them to sit and listen to an old person. All they know is hard work and sacrifice.
@@amberday7435 I am glad to know someone who cares about people the way you do is a nurse. It is amazing what people take for granted without realizing the value. Anyone who says that about old folks has a sad view of the world. I love that you see their value and encourage others to as well :)
Beautiful
Western civilization has lost its way😓😓
Thank you for keeping this channel up. I've been enjoying Clara's cooking & commentaries for about 15 years. You've given the the world a wonderful gift by creating these priceless videos ❤️
Clara is adorable, so sweet and Charming, so sorry to hear when she passed away, she was a lovely person, love her videos and personal recollections, I could watch and listen to her all day long... :-)
Every so often I replay the story about the neighbor picking from Clara's garden. I love it! Someone did that to me once. Clara is totally right! I love the way she tells the story.
my grandmas in the hospital at the moment... I hope she overcomes this. These videos of Clara always makes me feel better❤️ thank you for continuing to share them * UPDATE *. on my way to her house to say my goodbyes😭.... her body just couldn’t take it. thank you to everyone who commented and liked. 🤍 April 25th 2:49pm. We all love you granny Esther Opoonechaw 🤍
Prayers for you and your grandma. 😘❤
Becky Whinery thank you so much becky❤️ let’s hope the doctors are wrong!!
I will be praying for her. Everything will be alright. Have faith.
Ang Anak Ni Dodoy at Eta thank you so much for taking the time to comment❤️ she was doing better today:)
Wishing her a peaceful passage to the other side ❤
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Nice commenting what it’s meant to be doing
Lol itz not
Just stumbled upon this channel for the first time today. It's fascinating to listen to Clara talk about the olden days. Sad to learn she's no longer with us, but I'm glad to see her legacy lives on through this channel. Wisdom and experience like hers is priceless.
It may not be the depression but with current cost of food dishes like these are priceless. Thank you for sharing ma'am.
SO GRANDMA DIED 7 YEARS AGO, BUT THE LEGEND LIVES ON THROUGH HER RECIPES, AMEN GRANDMA! 😇😙
Professor Pauls I miss her
J. Uhlenhake same :(( ❤️
Professor Pauls awe I just found this channel. What a sweet lady! I’m sorry for your family’s loss 💗💗
When i make this recipe and count myself lucky to have the choice of food we have, I will remember her. Her memory lives forever ♥️ what a sweet woman!
Thank you for recording her and sharing her with us. 💖 may she rest in peace, and may her memory be a blessing.
Just hearing her say “potatoes” is therapy
😂
“Potatas” 💕 she’s so wholesome!
@@ashleejade333 yesss, "puhtaytas," 3coot5me❤️
The 1930s was a more simple time, even though they were tough due the depression, it was still more simple. And I love films from that era, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, James Cagney, Loretta Young, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx brothers, it was a golden age
@@ashleejade333 I agree. See my comment above
In times like these we need Clara's expertise and advice!
I saw this video and now I miss my grandma so much she always made me food from scratch. As long as I was fed she was happy. I miss you mom
My father was born two months after the Stock Market crashed in 1929. He was the youngest of 11 children in a family that was already poor before the Depression hit in Minnesota. When his mother put whatever food they could afford on the table the family hit it like wolves, and he got the scraps being the smallest. He was a skinny kid, obviously. He eventually grew into a man 6'3", a Korean War combat veteran, and he ATE once he could afford it. He was a big man, but not obese. I remember that he would eat ANYTHING put in front of him with gusto, and he said beggars couldn't be choosers. He would eat pickled pig's feet, tripe, liver, you name it. Tough man made by tough times. I miss him with all my heart.
❤this was so wonderful to read. You were truly blessed to have him, and I hope he now rests in peace, looking down and hoping the best for us future generations :)
Nowadays Americans mock developing countries, but a few decades ago their grandparents were starving despite the fact that their oligarchy profited so much from stealing from the Amerindians, Polynesians and Black slaves.
Great Story
My mother was born in 1929 also. No one left the table until the plate was empty.
Food was something not to waste but nothing was to be wasted whether food or anything else.
Today I still remember everything she taught me and I apply it.
I miss her deeply and my dad. They also served in the Korean war, dad Navy, mom Army.
Things sure have changed. God Bless you and yours. 🙏
It’s funny…real hardship and privation builds the most resilient and grateful people in our society.
Clara reminds me so much of my mother. My mom passed away in 1993. We just honored her passing last week, she would have been 96 years old now.
Yes, many of Clara's mannerisms and food preparations were identical to mom's.
Be evermore thankful for all the great memories you have of your grandmother. My maternal grandmother passed away when I was just three years old. I can remember a few special moments we had together. My paternal grandmother lived in another state and I didn't have too much interaction with her or grandpa. We knew they were family but, they were almost like strangers to us.
Thanks for sharing your Gram with us. I for one, really appreciate it.
Stan
Prayers!
Your mom must have been a wonderful Woman.
@@TheDutchessOfCornville IMHO, without taking away from anyone else mother, I have to think she, my mom, was up there with the best of them.
My mother was raised with six brothers, she was the only girl. My grandmother lost three babies before mom was born. There were two girls and one boy. After grandma passed away, mom basically took over the job of raising her younger brothers. That was a heavy load to bear for a young wife and mother.
Yes, I believe mom was a very Special Lady indeed.
Thanks for your kind words.
Stan
My grandparents grew up during the Depression and they must have taught this to my dad because he made this for us too. He would use Polska kielbasa instead of hot dogs.
Wow yeah, kielbasa and roasted potatoes. I completely forgot about that. We had it quite often.
Miss you Clara! I rewatch this video every time I cook this meal
She's so incredibly adorable. May she rest in peace...
Amen 🙏🏻🕯🖤
She died? Very sad. She was adorable.
What?! I just found this channel. She is so adorable. I’m gonna watch her whole channel. This is amazing knowledge
@@katjones4840 She passed away in 2013, everything on this channel was recorded between 2007-2012
@@FazMaTaz Well if she was 91 in 2007, she most likely is. That was 14 years ago. If she was still here, she'd be 105 or 106.
I just lost my great grandmother today. She was 94. Watching this just flooded my memory of her cooking. It always smelled so good and tasted even better than it smelled. I will definitely miss her cooking.
sorry for your loss! I have lost both my grandmother's. and my grandpa is 95. this pandemic thing doesn't make it easier
@@bordstif84
It’ll be two years on Thanksgiving that I lost my grandmother she was 97 and I still pick the phone up to call her... I just turned 51 and blessed to have had her. I still have 1 grandma left and she will be 89 in January. Still getting around but Alzheimer’s is really setting in now. grandmothers always know how to make things better and dearly missed when they are gone.
God bless you. My Grampa just turned 106. We treasure him.
Sorry for your loss. Bless you
I’m so sorry for your loss, my condolences to you and your family.
I do miss watching and learning from this lovely lady.
When she said "We couldn't afford socks." That hit me so bad. I am blessed for where I am right now. Can't imagine not affording socks. I'm in poverty level, but I am blessed that I am not that level of poor.
Skyra, you sound like someone who knows how to count their blessings! Hi I’m Darlene from Souper at 60. I’d love to have you join me in my kitchen sometime. Lord bless 🇺🇸❤️
Reminds me of my childhood, filling the bath tub, putting our cloths in the tub, standing in the tub stomping on the cloths, the good thing about this we came out clean too.
I didn't live as bad as a lot of people, but in 2017 we had to divide 3 filets of chicken with four people, and in the house was two developing teens, me and my cousin 😔
Thankfully those times are gone and I can eat until I'm fed 😋
@Wrathof GOD It's awesome that you are positive about your situation. Hoping that you are blessed greatly.
You have access to youtube, and internet
"If you ever want to watch me make it, I'm right here!" why am i CRYING
i thought she said if you ever wanna watch me naked omfg lol
😢she’s still right here but no physically
I'm the same happens Everytime I watch this lady
Because sadly, this gem of a woman isn't "right here" anymore. Been watching her videos for the past few years with my boyfriend, and to find out that she had passed made us both sob. Make sure you call your grandparents, they love you, they miss you, and you don't know how much time you've got with them 💙
@@MeloenTube Yeahhhh...I hate to admit it, but it sounded like that to me too. But I had already read Vanessa's comment before I got to the end so I had the heads up. :)
Everyone needs a nana or auntie Clara in their lives, God bless her. Thanks for the post. 🤗👍👍✌
Amen ❤ yes
I miss her. She reminds me of my Nana who cooked all the time. Her recipes ROCK !!!!!
Clara's OG! She holding that garden grudge from 70 years ago. "Come into my garden, take my vegetables, without asking?!"
😄😄 I know, right? But then again, my mom who passed away at 94 still held onto that same type of anger.
My neighbor pulled two chard plants out of my garden 12 years ago. I called him a theif til the day he died.
David Trujillo Sorry to hear that. What kind of person just takes other's stuff? So wrong.
OG = Original Grandma
She was whippin the pot before it was cool
I'm on a very limited income due to disability - this is the type food I eat regularly. I put it all in my rice cooker (that can cook everything a crock pot can, just a LOT faster) and the food comes out all brown and nice and luscious. Thank you, Clara, for all your ideas over the years.
Jesus loves you 💖
you should make your own -rice cooker- channel and monetize it!
Really you can put it in a rice cooker? I never knew! I do have a budget but not in poverty luckily
I'm latina and we call this salchipapas (my country) and is like our fast food. We add cheese and sauces. You can find different versions of this depending of the restaurant (you could be paying $100 for a plate in a high level restaurant or $3 in a food truck) or the country. I like it with BBQ, pineapple and cheese. Try it with sauces, it makes it better, and remember, you could be eating like a Queen in another country. There is always something to feel bless by.
My mom made it the other day. She puts chicken in it too sometimes.
My daughter just sent me a text asking for this recipe. I used to make it when she was little. She is now 22 and living in a different state, trying to survive as a new college graduate. I know she is going to be excited revisiting this video from her childhood. RIP Clara!
I'm only 65, so I wasn't around for the depression, but my parents were. My dad recalled alot about that time and going out early mornings to harvest dandylion leaves and flowers. My grandmother would bread the flowers and fry them and the leaves were the poor man's spinach. Several of their neighbors had chickens that would sometimes lay eggs in the grass across the street so they were fair game!!! Thanks for your channel, it brings back good memories of my parents and their relatives sadly all gone now. I think we were all better for their experience, it taught me the true value of things and what is important. Thanks again. Hugs!!!
This comment should be seen more! What great memories.
Awesome comment man
Sry she ded
Hearing Clara say "I am touchy, I put hard work into that" after being told me whole life "don't be so sensitive!" Is all the encouragement and validation that I never knew I needed.
RIP Clara. You are a legend.
Oh no. I was wondering if she was still alive. When did she pass?
Well it depends. Touchy about people trespassing in ur garden is ok. Touchy about someone moving into ur neighbourhood who's white is not ok.
rollerblading geek the person gave the scenario she resonated with. Therefore it’s safe to assume she’s had similarly normal boundaries crossed.
Bringing up unfounded fear of extremes in strangers like this will perpetuate racism and divisiveness instead of combatting it.
Respect! She’s not a food bank! Some people are just thieves!
Deb Harris Please do not falsely accuse me of racism. God hates that too.
When I started teaching Gr 10 Canadian History in 2008, we watched the vide and borrowed a hot plate from the Science lab to make Poorman's meal. Those kids, now in their late 20s still remember that day. I haven't taught CHC in a number of years, but I'm back to it again. Not in Toronto anymore, but in rural Ontario. Tomorrow, we start our Depression unit. I've changed it up a bit - students have choice in the assignments they do. If they choose this one, they will make Poorman's Meal, Baked Apples, or Twice Baked Potatoes at home......and make a TikTok cooking video. Thank you Clara, for inspiring me to teach outside the box, and creating a wonderful opportunity for my kids. You are missed!
As an Asian who is living in the US, sometimes I found those kind of recipes are such a savior in my life. Life could be hard sometimes, but hey, we have poor man’s recipes to warm our hearts and fulfill our stomachs ❤
I been going through anxiety and haven't had a appetite in weeks. I ran across this video trying to find recipes to get my appetite back. I'm sad by thankful for this video. I'm sad to hear that she's no longer living. But I'll watch every video of hers just cause her voice and spirit makes me feel happy. Much love to clara r.i.p. your video made me smile when I thought I couldn't today. I'm gonna use her as a reminder that you can always make it even when its hard.
wishing you the best, you can get through it!
By thinking of Clara and taking her lessons to heart you are honouring her memory and her lessons that she wanted to pass along. By doing these things you will take your minds focus off yourself and onto the tasks at hand and this will help to quell the head noise and begin your healing. It is okay to be felable, and to be human, so don't be afraid to ask for help from your doctor and your community mental health programs. Work towards nourishing your body, mind and soul. Good luck. Mark from Melbourne Australia.
T s. Good for your! your listening to your soul. Keep feeding it new things to cheer your soul.
Many people are wishing you well here, even tho we are not in your neighbourhood. I add my best wishes to others, T s.
Yes, there is something very heart-warming about her. Rest in peace indeed.
I, Too, just watched Clara For 1st X & was SAD @ her Passing. She was a Sweet Lady. For us, it’s like another depression.
When our elderly passes away, it's like a library burns to the ground.
They know HISTORY. THEY LIVED IT.
Listen to them. While we have them
They are a world full of TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE.
Idk if you've noticed but a lot of them aren't reliable sources
I listen and try to learn as much as possible. I know how to make soap, plant a garden, make my own sausage, ect.
Aw reminds me of my mom rest her soul ,she probably suffered thru the great depression ,she was born in 1915 ,love you mom! 😚😇❤🙏
@@THEHORSELOVER235 You may not like what they have to say but that doesn't mean they're wrong.
Amen
Thanks for your stories. I love hearing how people got along during hard times and easy times. I'm 74, so my parents grew up around the time of the depression. My father was a firefighter in Dearborn. He did his fare share of cooking at the firehouse. We had mashed potatoes at home with almost every meal. We even had potatoes with boxed pizza. That was some thin pizza. I grew to love potatoes, but when I married, my husband, who is younger than me with different family culinary experiences told me he didn't want so many potatoes. Potatoes weren't on their every day list. To this day, I love mashed potatoes. Now my daughter only has them a couple times a year, but when we make them, she adds garlic, sour cream, cream cheese and butter. She usually gets the leftovers after Thanksgiving and Christmas. That's ok with me.
Awesome lady. She had a hard life. Nothing but respect for her.
You were so lucky to have this lady as your Nona. She was a gem. RIP, Clara.
She died??
Denise Jones Yes. These are old videos.
Nona? wtf is that?
Boris Sheen That’s Italian for grandmother.
@@jend8759 ohh okay. coolio I learned something.
The neighbor who took her vegetables,THAT SHE GREW, said “ I didn’t know you were touchy”😂. There always were and always will be people like that!
She told her if she would just ask, she would give them to her. She was a very kind lady!
They even had Karen’s back then. We would get a shotgun shell loaded with rock salt if the farmers caught us trying to steal their food.
...one thing for sure..she'd never come steal my veggies again...I detest these type of people.
@@sarahmichaels2117 - Just enjoy Clara and her video. Your inappropriate liberal comments aren’t necessary.
@@sarahmichaels2117 - Darling I never told you my views on Trump? However they really are irrelevant to your comment and my last response to you. Stop purposely insisting on making negative statements about liberals who have
October 2023 💕just made this dish …. Not my first time either. Love it! I’m living thru a very frugal time and found Clara’s site! Sending my love to Clara where ever her spirit is now!!! Thank You for creating this site!
I love watching this lady cook,She reminds me of my Grandma and my Scottish Granny,I love the food they cooked
I remember my dad cooking a big pot of stew for all the kids who lived in the projects, one kid, named Martin appeared everyday around 4 and was the first to eat. He was always hungry and my dad always had something for him.
Your dad sounds like a good guy. I bet Martin still thinks about him.
@@goawaytubetwat3179 I hope someone made a difference in Martin's life, he definitely was special. Thank you for your comment.
This story is absolutely why my heart stays fueled with love, compassion, and hope in man kind. Thank You for sharing!!!
@@tikki9629 awwwww, thank you.
My mom was born in 1927 and lived through that era. This video reminded me of her and what she went through also agree was native american born on the reservation. I can only imagine how horrible the living was then!
I’m only 28 and I still grew up eating meals like this on the regular. We don’t have much but we never went to bed hungry.
I feel that deeply. Same thing in my household.
I’ve had sleep for dinner so I feel your pain
We eat like this now most days. There’s famine coming and many people will wish they could eat this well.
When you have a meal in your belly and a roof over your head you count yourself lucky.
Even today that holds true. My son likes to say I’m the “Queen” of struggle food. There are no empty bellies in this house. She says Depression Meal, I call it Create A Meal...
If you can Google videos you can look in your cabinets and Google a meal idea 😁😁
im 40 & i´ve been growing up on meals like these in Claras videos all my life. this meal we called "paprikás krumpli" & we also would make meals like egg soup, peppers&eggs, pizza from the other videos of hers on a regular basis :)
I appreciate her sharing her recipe. I know my family will enjoy this.
Please don’t ever take these wonderful videos off of RUclips. We love you Clara
The end made me cry. "If you want to watch me make it, I will be right here"
And, Clara, I will be back to watch you over and over again. God bless you!
Jamey Summers 💕🥰😢💐
....I'm crying now too. Maybe it was the onions....
"I had to quit school cuz i couldnt afford socks"
Appriciatte everything you have
Even socks
@Sonic the Artist
IDIOT!
@Sonic the Artist LOL.
Yes agree no lunch and broken shoes and a plastic carrier bag for my books may sound funny now but when the rest of ur classmates don't have that problem ...not so nice ..but it made me to b grateful today for the smallest of things
And I'm grateful for all my struggles...today I'm a better person
@Sonic the Artist bruh 😭😂
I love to watch this lady cook. I like to see all the vegetables and I really love to see the cutting tools.