1940's World War II Food Rationed Meal Plans! Prep, Cook, and Eat With Us! Full Day of Meals!

[@dorawedlock3969]

My mom told about my needing shoes when I was a baby. She traded her coffee coupons with an old bachelor in our neighborhood so I could have shoes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have any. She went without coffee for 3 months for those shoes. Because you couldn't buy beef, occassionally the store keeper in our little community could get ahold of some illegally. She and a few select neighbors would go at midnight and with lights off get some beef. We lived in the country on a small farm but any meat my dad raised had to be sold to the government, and they did check. I remember eating a lot of rice for dessert. Plain cooked rice with a bit of brown sugar and a bit of cinnamon. We thought it was a big treat. One day, later on my brother asked why we were only allowed very limited cinnamon. Because it was very expensive. The oranges must have been in the city because the only fruit I remember was local such as apples, pears, peaches, berries. Sometimes in the winter she could get a couple oranges but not often. People today have no knowledge of what life was like during the war. Now it is a big tragedy if they can't get their favorite bread. If you can't buy toilet paper, an old catalog will have to do.

[@lucyphenicie5236]

I also like reading cookbooks and making Things from them. I have A book of my mom's from When was in high school For the home economics Class.has interesting Information in it, fun To read. There is some Thing about see recipes From someone you Know and thinking how Hard to was to prepare And store food then.and The barteing they to get By on their world.it wasn't I'm sure.be great if you Could prepare some More from that book.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so very much for sharing that inspiring story

[@deannealbrecht774]

Sadly, they don't really make many catalogs these day.

[@Kra-ri6fd]

I'm 38 and I still couldn't understand why people were freaking out over toilet paper!

[@shaunaleessnackidies]

Wow, thank you for sharing, that’s incredible 😮❤

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Those scalloped potatoes are EXACTLY how my grandmother and mother made them for decades - I KNOW they're good!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh yes!

[@rebeccaturner597]

Oh my gosh! I have my grandmother’s copy of that book with all her notes in it. I treasure that book. So many goodies in it! Loved this video!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yay! Thank you so much for the kind comments

[@ruthrelyea7388]

Wishing I had a copy of that book

[@SusanCox-pl9qp]

One thing I've noticed is that the menus are balanced with vegetables, fruit, protein, etc. People living in this particular decade are a LOT healthier than they are now.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

I agree Susan! Such variety!

[@katemill3632]

Today is my 75th Birthday, Victory Gardens were common to the 40's. My parent's garden was almost two acres and fed the entire neighborhood, neighbors canned food, and gave my parents some, and also babysat my siblings. Most women had a book that contained the weekly menu, three of my closest friends discovered that our mothers each had small books and that we all in our childhoods ate from the same exact menus.

[@karinuytterhoeven2878]

Happy birthday, all the way from Belgium 😉🥂

[@katemill3632]

@@karinuytterhoeven2878 Thank You So much Karin

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Happy Birthday Kate birthday 🥳 🎂 🎉 !!! Hope your day was just wonderful!

[@rexcarebear4701]

Happy blessed birthday! God bless you and your family for sharing your produce...bet you will never know how much you helped people

[@deidrekelly2338]

Happy Birthday from Florida. I love hearing about all subscribers memories

[@andrewcoates6641]

As a British person who was born in the 1960’s I am fully aware that I never had to face the reality of Wartime rationing and shortages of basic food and goods caused by enemy actions ( bombing of storage facilities and the sinking of cargo ships in the Atlantic Ocean). Such shortages included the total lack of some food items as they were not considered as essential to the war effort like the banana that you had, which were ceased to be imported from very early in the war and were still unavailable after the cessation of hostilities, and once they returned to our markets many children had to be taught how to open and to eat a banana. My mother (born in 1938) didn’t know what to do with an orange until her older brother who had been in the Royal Navy came home on leave from the South Pacific and produced three of them (1each for his sisters and 1 for his mother ) from his kit bag and then had to instruct his sisters,in the art of peeling the oranges before eating them. So my challenge to you is this find out what we in the UK could expect to be given as our rations from the beginning of rationing and then investigate what we had been reduced to when the USA joined us in the fight on both fronts. Finally try to stick to what our rations would have been for just one week if you can. You should be able to find hints and tips for dishes that are designed to make the most of your rations on line or maybe from a library. Good luck with my challenge and remember that vegetables were off the ration and some foods like fish and chips didn’t use any of the precious food points if the fish had been landed and the chippy had got a supply then you could get a meal from there. Best of luck with my challenge!

[@martinjenkins6467]

The USA had it pretty good compared To the UK with food. All that land they Could produce most of what they needed. Heaps of oranges from California.

[@deniseeppard2169]

I love this kind of video and you put it out on my birthday. Treat for me. Thank you. I really enjoy seeing the meals people are back in the 30's and 40's.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Happy Birthday Denise!! Hope your day was just wonderful!!

[@pamelastandhart9650]

Lol! That is exactly how my mother in law taught me how to make scalloped potatoes only we used leftover frozen ham. It even boiled over just like yours in my Pyrex dish! Love it! Family favorite!

[@rosezingleman5007]

We had the “spouted” Pyrex nesting bowls and made scalloped potatoes the exact same way, except we always used the largest of the bowls, probably to prevent overflow!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

I thought I did something wrong Pamela LOL! Thanks for letting me know!

[@countycalling]

The boil over alway amazed me when I was young, I just couldn’t figure out why mom didn’t stop that…..until I was older and on my own and cooking my own….I did figure out how to do this without the boil over….I ended up getting the same bowl my mother had to get that boil over….

[@traceystap7348]

Great video as always. 😊 I absolutely love that era and vintage cookbooks. Believe it or not but last weekend when I was out at yard sales there on a table,in a pile of books was The American Women's Cookbook 1949! They wanted 25 cents for it! It came home with me and flipping through it I see there are lots of little messages, notes and little pieces of paper with extra recipes. On the inside cover it has different names of people that owned it and once it was given as a gift. So interesting, can't wait to get into it!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

So fun! Thanks so much for watching and sharing Tracey

[@kaykrausman8012]

You got a steal on the book. Amazon has it but it's $50 or more😵‍💫

[@martawyszniewski7424]

what a great find at great price plus seeing extra notes from other users of the book is another plus

[@mizg1595]

What a treasure! Especially the notes added by women over the years!

[@allisonmarcelle8627]

What an awesome find!

[@annammazur9712]

Well done. That portion control and Type of ingredients actually was healthy. Thank you for showing that so we can see how spoiled we are. Eveything was simple and people definetly were skinny.

[@yourhomeisyourbusiness2221]

I am also interested (obsessed, really) with wartime cookery, and I have been researching how homemakers innovated their cooking strategies in the face of rationing. I am using whatever tips I can find to make my food dollar stretch as far as possible. One of the tips I have found helpful is to save fats from cooked meats and use them to fry onions, eggs, etc. it certainly saves on butter 🧈.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes saving all fat was a huge part of World War II cooking. Fats were rare

[@gwenroireau6203]

My mom made scalloped potatoes like those but always added a little thinly sliced onion as a layer and added ham. We often had a ham and she would keep the bone for soup and any little scraps would go into scalloped potatoes. Miss her home cooking and baking.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Sounds absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for watching and sharing Gwen

[@tonifloerchinger3462]

What a great video. This gave me some new ideas...I use my memory for what I cook. My grandmothers each had me with them when they cooked so I use what I remember they made...my mother and older sister are gourmet cooks and shared a lot of recipes with me. I love to read a cookbook like a novel and often substitute cheaper and different ingredients to make it "my own".

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! I read cookbooks like novels too LOL

[@sherrymiller5680]

Emmy & Paul I have always had a hobby of collecting cookbooks of all sorts and all kinds and I love to see you do such War every time cooking please keep up the good work thank you so much for everything you do I love your channel so much

[@kathleenford9012]

In my house recipes are just suggestions often combined from different sources. Only problem is i don't always writee down what i did so can't replicate ones i like

[@sherrymiller5680]

So am I I am always either adding to or taking away from the recipe of any kind

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much Sherry! Appreciate you watching and sharing!

[@katherine5354]

Such a cool idea! So creative. The backed apples make me think of my grandmother. She would make variations of them all the time. My favourite was like an inside out apple crisp, with brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and a smidge of butter in the middle.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh that sounds wonderful

[@tinyacres2827]

My mother had that cookbook (mine now.) When I was 13, I decided I wanted some cake, so I made one from a recipe in that book. Then I made icing. The recipe called for confectioners sugar and I didn't know what that was so I used regular. It set up like concrete! I can still remember the sound that cake made when it hit the bottom of the metal garbage can outside...

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh no!! At least you tried!!

[@arliemaria]

Please continue making videos like this one. It’s so encouraging and educational. I think if I was making the scalloped potatoes I would have done the same except made the butter, flour, milk into a white sauce and poured on. I know that’s not how the recipe was written. Thank you!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! I thought the same thing but I wanted to keep it true to how they did it. Thanks so much for watching!

[@GeckoHiker]

The recipe description is how my grandmother made scallopped potatoes (born 1898). Instead of making a white sauce, which they knew how to do back then, the milk or water picked up the starch from the potatoes to make a creamy sauce. In some recipes the flour was almost unnecessary. My grandmother also chopped herbs from her garden to add to the scalloped potatoes, like scallion tops and parsley.

[@Colorado_APN]

I would have sifted the flour over the potatoes.

[@msbowling5]

My mother-in-law gave me this book and its companion on regional cooking, for a wedding present in 1970. I think they had been a wedding present to her. I read every word in each. I used the main one until I could no longer repair it. Luckily I found a replacement in a pile of books someone threw out in the alley. I treasure them both.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh so happy you found another copy!

[@Chirpy_Chirp]

So fun!!❤ Thank you!!🤗

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

You are so welcome!

[@drexelmildraff7580]

I had never imagined you could make rice pancakes. Something new.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

So happy you enjoyed it!

[@reneejohnson5787]

Good morning Emmy and Paul! I love this series you are doing!!! This is awesome! Gotta have my Frugal money saver fix!💙 Lord bless you both. I certainly appreciate all that you two share. I have cookbooks, I do use them, but honestly, most of the time, I tend to just put things together. I do love the vintage books though! I have a church cookbook that is a favorite of mine it's not old. I find myself saying, " What would Emmy do?" Enjoy seeing the birds!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yay! Thank you for the really encouraging comment! You made my heart smile🥰

[@rhondawelker6742]

What a fun video! ALWAYS enjoyable. Thank you so much. I always look forward to the next one. 😃

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yay! Thank you so much for the kind words

[@terijohnson4834]

I was so excited when I saw your cookbook. I just found the same one at a resale shop in my area. I gladly paid a whopping $1.50 for it! It is the 1941 copyright edition and does not have the wartime cooking section. I have loved looking at the recipes in each section. Thanks for sharing.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh how wonderful! What a bargain!

[@SusanCox-pl9qp]

Those scalloped potatoes remind me of the casserole that my mom used to make. She added pieces of ham in this dish. It is still one of my favorites.

[@aroundthemiddle2112]

It all looked good! That cookbook looks great. I mostly get recipes online. A cookbook that I’ve really been enjoying and I bet you will too is Clara’s Kitchen. Clara has passed on now, but her grandson maintains a KZbin channel, I think it’s called Clara’s Kitchen Great Depression Cooking. She seemed like such a nice lady, and the book has her recipes and also her stories about growing up during the Great Depression.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh yes! I have watched Clara many times! Wonderful wonderful!

[@karenbransome6978]

Fun video and the food looked amazing. Glad that the Pyrex cleaned up well. Every time I watch you I can’t help notice all the different Pyrex on the shelf next to you xxx

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so much Karen! Yes, I was scared no lie LOL!

[@tonybradshaw4716]

What a fun video. You two are always up for a challenge. I use so many sources for recipes but one of my favorites is a 1970s Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. It is filled with added information such as table settings, ingredient substitutions, seasonal themes, weights and measures, ways and diagrams on how meats are cut and so much more. The instructions are also very easy to follow step by step.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes, Sheila that is a great cookbook! Hope all is well! Always great to hear from you❤️

[@johnmelissaziech6207]

Your menu choices show that many old recipes are still good. My recipes come from all over, family, church suppers, friends, cookbooks, and pinterest. Used to get some from magazines.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! I agree totally tons of good recipes out there!

[@donnas6835]

I make a scalloped potatoes recipe from my grandmother, and remember eating baked apples for dessert when I was very little. My mother has a cookbook she got for a wedding present that looks very much like yours; I remember the description of the "coloured plates." I have been thinking about rationing a lot lately; this was a great video. I'm glad it all tasted good! ☺

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much Donna! So glad you enjoyed the video!

[@lisaward3890]

I love your first few seconds of your channel. The birds,the flowers,the berries,the music....it has a calming effect on my anxious and up tight soul! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh so happy it is helpful Lisa!

[@douxchats2868]

Great video idea, and an amazing way to have a historical experience. Look, you've made it to 24K subscribers, congratulations! XO for sweet Dixie Belle 💜

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! We are so thankful! We appreciate you watching!

[@planningfoodmoneywithmiche7868]

I love how we think that meal planning is something new.

[@lauraboenig2341]

I am just betting that green onion and carrots strips would translate to today's modern day credited plate. I am surprised radishes were not included. Raw elements were often included to round out the meal. As you said, fresh veggies were readily available. Love the old cookbooks. Learn so much! Thanks for the video!

[@lauraboenig2341]

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[@lauraboenig2341]

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[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so much Laura for watching and sharing!

[@michellesmith6829]

I use a variety of recipes. My Grandma’s, my Better Homes from 1973, my Mom’s 1944 Good Housekeeping and the internet. All good sources. Love watching you cook. Your scalloped potatoes are just like my cousin, Norma’s, except she layered cheese in with the butter and flour. They were a staple at all our family gatherings.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Cheese would’ve taken it over the top! Thanks for the idea LOL!

[@jinglesh1398]

I use my PA Amish Dutch cookbooks more than any of the others. They have simple and frugal recipes

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh I have to pull some of mine out. I have some of those! Thanks for the reminder

[@kaygee478]

I was so glad to see your video on American Woman’s Cookbook. I have my grandmothers cookbook. Mine is a little worse for wear but it is the 1940 edition. I love looking through this cookbook & it was the only thing I wanted that my mom had. She told me to take it while she was still living so I’ve had it quite awhile & cooked from it. I also love your Pyrex. I have a collection too. Your KZbin channel is one of my favorites. Look forward to many more fun & frugal videos.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Carol what a kind comment! Thank you!

[@kimwade6249]

Some great recipes! I have a U.K. version of wartime cookbook.. it’s so interesting how they made tastymeals from simple ingredients!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes, we can learn so much! Thanks so much for watching Kim!

[@happycook6737]

Please think about sharing some of those UK recipes. It would be interesting.

[@merrylmarsh9037]

YUMMO!! I will make all of these😁 I cook all the same recipes that my Mum did. All from the same era as you beautiful book. That style of food is embedded in my head. Simple, nourishing and affordable. Off to the kitchen now.😘

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you!

[@rmlrhonda]

Oh my gosh, my mother in law gave me this very cookbook over 40 years ago! So fun to see you using it. Of course I had to pull it out and look at it!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Isn't it wonderful!

[@GretchenBostrom]

I just LOVED this video! I have been getting into wartime cookbooks and recipes myself and find them so fascinating. I really find recipes through a mix of methods…online, modern-day cookbooks, cookbooks from the past, family recipes, etc. One of my favorite treasures is a 1943 edition of The Joy of Cooking I got many years ago at a flea market for just $2. The person who owned it before wrote notes in it and I started to write my own as I’ve made recipes from it. I do this in all of my cookbooks now.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

So glad you enjoyed joyed the video Gretchen! Yes the Joy of Cooking is a great book!

[@kaelaleedaley]

Wonderful! These recipies will be such a Blessing in the difficult months to come

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so very much! God Bless you and yours as well!

[@katharos001]

I love you guys! Everyone has gotten so "fancy" and extravagant with meals; but oh my! some of these simple and economical dishes- well they are the memorable ones! And to save money at the same time! Triple WIN! thank you for reminding us all out here and thank you for your always positive light!!

[@Lulu-he9dp]

The food looked so tasty and a lot of it. So glad your pyrex cleaned up beautifully. I have used old cookbooks, and family recipies which were mostly not written down. Now we are trying to eat better due to health issues and I use a lot of "Nutritarian" recipes from Dr Joel Fuhrman's website and other whole food plant based recipes. Thank you so much for sharing these war time meals, it is so interesting to see how they adapted and shows it can be done very deliciously.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much for watching and sharing Linda!

[@GeckoHiker]

Dr. Fuhrman's G-BOMBS diet changed our lives. We still eat in an old-fashioned way but with mostly greens, beans, nuts, berries, and certain sprouted seeds, plus and an optimum fat ratio.

[@jimmiepatrum]

Oh my goodness, I dearly loved this video. I could write a book on the memories you recreated for me. I was born in 1946, so my mom made made many of the recipes you mentioned as I was growing up. She never called the cheese sandwiches "grilled" - they were always "toasted" cheese sandwiches because they were toasted in the oven, not grilled on top of the stove. She didn't use butter either. Many times we had a slice of "light bread" with our meals, unless we had cornbread...that was my favorite. Please favor us with more meals from this absolutely delightful book. Diane in NC. BTW, I downloaded this book in pdf format for free, but it's so long that I may end up buying it anyway.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Diane I am so glad you enjoyed this video! Thank you so much for watching!

[@luanngates4982]

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[@patriciasweet151]

Why was it called "lite bread"?

[@friedenhiker1032]

Downloaded from where?

[@Thisisit120]

Do more of these please.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

I am so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@Jmal1090]

I got so excited when I got the notification that you posted a video and saw that it was 1940s inspired cooking! I had to wait until my lunch break to watch it, but it was worth the wait! The recipes you chose all looked great, I'll have to try the baked apples and potato recipes for sure

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yay! Thank you so much for the encouragement and the kind words!

[@susanrobinson408]

So happy you are home and posting!! I hope you had a relaxing, restful time with your son, but you were so missed!! What a fun concept or a video!! Awesome as usual!! I love the lunch from the third day on the first day menu...peanut butter and bacon on rye!! I have to try this!! (I was holding my breath on your beautiful acorn Pyrex!!!)

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

We are not home yet! That’s the beauty of being able to film ahead LOL

[@susanrobinson408]

@@FrugalMoneySaver 😂😂

[@raethibodeau9604]

I was thinking the same about that lunch menu. Interesting combination. I was hoping Emmy would try it, but I don't think I will. If you make it, let me know how it tasted.

[@mrs22A]

I truly enjoyed this video! Funny when I saw your scalloped potato casserole dish, I was hoping you could get it clean. LOL I'm so glad it came out so beautifully.. It is church rummage sale season here in Western PA. I am going to make a point to find some old cookbooks! You have inspired me to cook from them.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

That’s wonderful Tammy! Thanks for sharing and watching

[@rubywest7137]

I really enjoyed this! More so because I have this book. I’ve been hanging on to this vintage cookbook forever. I remember reading it constantly as a child.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh how fun Ruby! Thanks for sharing!

[@mayralovesyu]

Love when you upload !

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so very much for the encouraging comment!

[@nevermind7253]

Eating long green onions along with a sandwich is something my family has always done. It's really good, little salt maybe sliced tomatoes to.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

That’s what Paul said too!

[@kimsmith5471]

I was given a Mary McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking. in my youth. It had e from baby food , bartending & anything you could imagine. Being 2nd generation Polish born here , I do prepare many heirloom recipes. I do get some awesome ideas from you ! Welcome back & Happy Mother's Day , Emmy. So happy the Pyrex cleaned up .

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh thank you so much! Very happy Mother’s Day to you as well

[@judygilbert9628]

They ate better than us on a regular basis. Give those WWII ladies a lot of credit as they worked too

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

You are so right Judy!

[@sallyhostetter9442]

As I watched, I followed along in my The American Woman's Cookbook. I received it when we moved our mom to a home. When I first saw you use it, I pulled it off the shelf. I also love reading cookbooks. I have used one or two recipes in it. Thank you for memories.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh Sally that is so neat! Thank you so much for commenting!

[@kaykrausman8012]

I use a variety of cookbooks, some older, some new, and my Dad's handwritten recipes. When we've had to evacuate for hurricanes, the two things that come with me are my Dad's recipe notebook and Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution". For a beginner/moderate cook, I'd recommend the Jamie Oliver book or "The Joy of Cooking" which is a gold mine of information.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes the Joy of Cooking is an amazing book!

[@missworm]

🇬🇧It was very interesting to see some of the 🇺🇸 wartime recipes compared with ours. We got only One fresh egg per week per adult so no-one would have been having the 3 egg pancakes from page 125 🙂 and the lowest level the ration for cheese was only one ounce a week. Imagine if you over-cooked your egg - what a disappointment that must have been! Another obvious difference was the paper quality of the book - Our wartime books didn’t have coloured photos and the paper was standard war economy. The paper in the cookery books I have from WW2 is now pretty much completely brown. Thank you for taking the time to do the video, I look forward to seeing more. 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸 P.s. My mother was born in 1925 and told me how excited everyone was at seeing a banana after 6 years of not having any.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

It's amazing the food items we take for granted such as bananas...

[@ecsokmay]

Interesting menu. Made me think about growing up in the 1970s. Lunches were always sandwiches or leftovers. I remember not much going to waste. Mom always baked something over the weekend so there were pastries for dessert and lunches. I haven't always been as frugal, but one is never to old to learn. My favorite recipes are comfort foods. Much like your menu today. My absolute favorite meal is meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy and breaded cauliflower. Betty Crocker is probably my ultimate favorite cookbook even though we are trying really hard to eat very healthy. Garden is in so looking forward to fresh veggies and canning season.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

YES! I can't wait to get the garden going...almost warm enough here!

[@cynthiahumphrey1718]

I have that same cookbook and I love it. I collect vintage cook books. It is always fun to try the recipes.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching!

[@cynthiahumphrey1718]

@@FrugalMoneySaver I am new to your channel. About the same age. I found you because your tour of your Myrtle Beach house popped up on my feed. I’m in NC. Anyway, I was immediately hooked. I live a frugal lifestyle, live debt free, have a strong faith, love my family and I collect vintage Pyrex, vintage cookbooks and cast iron (not sure you collect cast iron). Thank you for your videos. You guys are a treasure.

[@janefoley5184]

I have this cookbook! It was my mother's cookbook. It still has her hand written nots in it. She said by the end of the war the only met they could find to buy (in New England) was tripe! My parents were married in 1944.

[@linaboutin5569]

GREAT content, as per usual! You and Paul do a super job👍 Jealous of that book, I also like to refer and compare recipes..If you happen to find another copy.. may I please be next in line ?! 🙃

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

LOL! Thanks for watching!

[@tonideluca8569]

Hi Emmy and Paul another great video. I like the company’s cooking cookbooks. Have a good week ❤️

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much! You have a great week as well

[@rebeccahildred6647]

Great and very interesting video Emmy and Paul👍 Looking back on what I ate growing up, my mother made us many dishes that she grew up with during the war, baked cooking apples (Bramleys) was a favourite but we used sultanas/raisins to stuff the core with a tsp of brown sugar/ mixed spices. I have a love of finding vintage cooking books and Marguerite Patton was a famous cookery writer the British government used during the wartime to invent dishes that were possible using rations available, I have a few of those books I’ve discovered at carboot sales etc Waiting in anticipation for your next brilliant video ❤️

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

You are too kind! Thanks so very much!

[@samanthaoneill8628]

I think I can fall in love with this cookbook. It's adorable and savvy.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! So you have to be careful with some of the older cookbooks that you use today’s modern food safety precautions that’s for sure

[@samanthaoneill8628]

@@FrugalMoneySaver absolutely 💯 percent

[@hannahblythe1985]

Loved this Emmy and Paul thank you, more like this would be fabulous, love you guys ❤

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh so happy you enjoyed it Hannah! Thank you!

[@hannahblythe1985]

@@FrugalMoneySaver I did thank you and so inspired to pick up my old cook books now, mine are traditional British cooking.

[@kimberleyweinert5292]

Such a great video, thanks for sharing these vintage recipes. So nice that you both collaborate, prepare and taste test these recipes together. Would enjoy seeing more of these videos in the future. 👍

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Absolutely! More coming up!

[@grandknit1016]

Your videos are always informative and inspiring and I especially enjoy this older cookbook recipes. I appreciate how you “tweak” recipes to make them your own or to use what you have on hand. Cookbooks I received when I got married almost 47 years ago. (My mother died when I was 8 years old and I didn’t know how to cook. My husband to be gave a list of his favorite meals to his mother and she graciously helped me to learn how to make them. I still have that list, but no longer make any of those meals 😂) Betty Crocker’s cookbook Joy of Cooking Ladies Home Journal Cookbook The Fannie Farmer Cookbook Newer Cookbooks I enjoy: Recipes and Stories of the Great Depression of the 1930’s Frugal Eating in the New Depression Dining on a Dime, Vol. 1 & 2

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Some great suggestions! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@RN-mn3jn]

I get my recipes from old cookbooks. I have a large collection. My favorites are those from 1800 - 1945. I love reading them and seeing how people "made by" but still had delicious meals.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! I totally agree!

[@jeannel1065]

Yum! All the meals looked delicious. We called those sandwiches toasted cheese sandwiches. Grilled cheese sandwiches had bread buttered before heating in a dry frying pan. Both good in their own way.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes toasted cheese sandwich is exactly what the book called them! That is why we didn’t add butter LOL!

[@adoptedscot]

We were taught in school to score round the outside skin of the apple to stop it splitting as your did - just give it room for expansion. In the uk as usual we’d add custard. I love the skin off custard and rice pudding and any other milk puddings I.e. sago, macaroni, tapioca. Etc. Enjoy your videos.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you Sharon

[@kathileedean3851]

I just love you guys. Yes, I admit that I get most of my recipes off the internet these days, but I mostly use books I have “written” that all started with wanting to preserve my favorite recipes from my mother and grandmother. I added pastor and his wife’s fav recipes, friend’s favs, and these books have become my cherished heirlooms. Finding recipes on the internet isn’t as easy as it sounds. It requires quite a lot of research and trial and error, but my favs and reusable ones go into my hand-written books. I am beginning to collect war and depression era recipes and cookbooks now, tho, seeing which way the wind is blowing. I also love to collect recipes of things you can buy at a store but instead, make at home from scratch. I have a whole section in my hand-written books for making cream-of-anything soups from scratch. I do have a small soft-covered recipe book from Campbell’s Soup that I love. It gives you columns of ingredients that you can mix and match to make, like, 30 different variations of different recipes. It’s a great little book. Keep ‘em coming! 🥰

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so much Kathi! Love the idea of you keeping all the tried and true recipes!

[@SusanCox-pl9qp]

I have a cookbook that my family members and I put together. We all shared our favorite recipes in one book. It's my favorite.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

It must be wonderful!

[@lilybee_]

I loved this video! So much! We'd eat those meals. I find recipes online and look for cookbooks while thrifting. I found The Modern Family Cookbook this week and it has menus in it too. It was published in 1969, so my childhood. I so found a 1940s cookbook and I had to buy it because it still had handwritten recipes between the pages. I'll get alot of frugal entertainment out of them!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Aren’t those books the best! I read them like I would a novel LOL

[@lilybee_]

@@FrugalMoneySaver Yes! I was sharing some of the recipes with my daughter and we're going to make a few this summer when we get together. I found a peach ice cream recipe we're going to try. My husband has craved it for 30 years lol Thank you for sharing your recipes..you've lit a spark in Alabama. It is also great to see Paul relaxing with the camera. You're a fantastic couple and you shine together ❤

[@whitnilat2626]

Love this so much!!!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much

[@kmac5836]

What a great video!! I have old family recipes (going back to the 1920's) and I love my old Joy of Cooking cookbook. I also love Clara's Depression cook book. I always borrow it from the library.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so much for watching and sharing!

[@virginiamendoza9448]

Thank you for your video. I have a lot of cookbooks but I also get a lot of recipes online. Love watching you two. I will miss your Tuesday video.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Tuesday’s videos will be back soon!

[@earlineebels7608]

Loved the video! I actually gave the same cookbook. I find my recipes in my cookbook library, Pinterest, KZbin. I love to cook and cookbooks are my weakness. So much fun finding frugal recipes.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

I agree! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!

[@pigletsbank437]

I like your menu video! My cooking comes from my love of food and Old cookbooks (from both of my grandmothers and mom's and random second hand I collected to support charity ) , many handdown family recipes, a couple newer ( 10 years old or so) cookbooks about spices, foreign cuisine, vegetarian based. My memories of lovely homemade food of my childhood and travels. sometimes I search Internet for good fish recipes. I was not that skilled in fish but over the last few years found a good fishmonger and realised old cookbooks have tasty frugal fishdishes as well so I am loving it☺️.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so very much for watching and sharing! We don’t cook a lot of fish usually.

[@carmenguerrero8679]

My brother just gifted me The American Test Tv show cookbook from 2001- 2022. It is awesome!! Great recipes. We are both fans of the show. Oh and that was for my 70 bday in March.😀😍

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

That's a great book! Happy belated birthday!

[@tonideluca8569]

Congratulations Emmy and Paul on 24 thousand subscribers ❤️❤️❤️

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh thank you so very much Toni!

[@susankimball4820]

The food looked wonderful . You are such a wonderful couple .

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Susan you are so kind, thank you!

[@jodiebanner6946]

My mom used to serve cleaned green onions as a side. Usually just three onions on your plate with your meal. We would sprinkle with salt and eat. Sliced tomatoes were served with every meal also in the summertime

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh how interesting!

[@sandrabryan9106]

I have a recipe binder to keep recipes in that I get from magazines, internet etc. I usually modify them and write substitutes and amounts beside the original recipe. One of my best cook book is called "The Best of Country Cooking" 2000 that I got in charity shop for $4...it's a keeper. What I like about this one is that it includes a thirty minute section, cooking for two section etc. and it also includes blue ribbon recipes marked with a blue ribbon symbol=the best of the best from around the U.S. I have made the Macaroon Apple Pie submitted from a rural newspaper by Frances Musser, Pennsylvania that has a coconut macaroon topping...I've also altered it to make a sheet pan crust, apple squares dessert for larger functions. I like simple recipes like cherry clafoutis (I alter internet recipes) to make a nice dessert or a sweet breakfast. So easy and delicious! The other cookbook, I like is one that has favorite recipes cook book for a fundraiser for a therapeutic riding in Manitoba Canada. I got it for less than a dollar in British Columbia. I loved this video!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much for taking the time to share! I appreciate your kind comment

[@jeannetteshahenkari265]

Hi! Emmy and Paul!!! This was so much fun and informative too! Thank you for doing this. I would love to see you do this again! 🤗

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much! So happy you enjoyed the video

[@rosezingleman5007]

I have that same cookbook. Interesting topic. I’ve been watching that old British series called “The Wartime Kitchen.”

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh that sounds wonderful!

[@glendagonzalez2469]

Great meal ideas. The casserole would probably cook beautifully in the crockpot. I get my recipe ideas from you of course. It's my favorite part of your channel.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Glenda that is so kind of you to say! Thank you!

[@dianeloe5684]

I love old cookbooks, and I have a lot of them. I don’t make much from them, but like reading them. My parents grew up during the war and depression. They were young, but told a few stories. Both were on farms so they had plenty of food. My 8th grade English teacher was a teacher in the town they were from. Her Dh was a teacher and football coach. One night after practice he gave my uncle a ride home to the farm because It was very cold, and he had to walk. As a thanks to him my grandma gave him a big pork roast, a bottle of milk, and some butter. My teacher told that story multiple times during the school year, and would always tell people what wonderful people my family was. Oh gosh, I was always sooooo embarrassed lol. She said they didn’t have money for foods like that, and they made the stuff last for a week.

[@luanngates4982]

Oo

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

What an absolutely wonderful comment! You must come from a really beautiful family! Thank you for sharing

[@dianeloe5684]

@@FrugalMoneySaver Not that wonderful lol. My dad’s uncle was the sheriff, and the sheriff department ran the clothing drive for the county. He’d pick out the best stuff and give it to my dad’s family. My dad always said he was probably stealing other stuff too. So there’s that lol.

[@teebirds7152]

My most recent go to recipe Emmy is the unstuffed cabbage rolls that you tried and did a video on. We love it and have shared it with friends. Thank you

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh that’s wonderful! So glad you enjoyed that recipe

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

Another fantastic video from you guys. This topic, is right up my alley. I have been fascinated with the Depression and World War era for many many years now. Not of course all the horrible devastation that were caused to people. But rather how people were resourceful and pull together to help one another. I really hope sincerely you'll do a series of videos like this. Because I think you've hit on an important topic here. With inflation going through the roof and the cost of everything skyrocketing. These are lessons that we need to reteach ourselves. Saving money starts with the little things. As everyone's grandparents have said, "save the pennies, and the dollars will take care of themselves". Keep the great videos coming.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so very much for the encouraging comments! Yes we will continue on this path! Thank you again

[@mizsuzee]

My English husband says his parents would say "take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves " - very much like our American saying. 🙂

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@@FrugalMoneySaver Sounds great. I look forward to all your videos. Take care and God bless.

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@@mizsuzee That is very true.

[@calliefromcanada5898]

Consider putting the onions in the scalloped potatoes (between the layers)...adds great flavour...and a little piece of bread about 3/4 of the way down the apple core area...whole extra treat.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

What great ideas! Thank you!

[@donnas6835]

Also, shredded cheese.

[@gaildoyon90]

I What a fun video, I loved it! I wanted to tell you that I made the almond butter/peanut butter balls. They are delicious! What a wonderful treat. I made mine with peanut butter and honey as that was what I had on hand. Thanks for all you do!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh I am so glad you enjoyed them! We really did as well

[@susiedavis1740]

Happy Friday Emmy and Paul! It has been very gray and rainy all week and the women I work with are just a hot mess. I love that I can watch your videos and you are just a ray of sunshine to the end of my week. I have been listening to Julia Child biography on the free library app on my way to and from work. And my mouth waters every time she describes a recipe. I would honestly love to cook like Julia Child and make every recipe in her French cooking book for Americans. However, I have neither the time nor finances to pull that off at this point! I do love to cook! And except for baking I see recipes as a starting point and once I have made a recipe once, according to the directions, I then begin to tweak it and experiment after that. I like the Betty Crocker cookbook, the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook, I have a few Junior League cookbooks and I love that you can do an Internet search to find a recipe for just about anything. I love old the recipes for wholesome and satisfying meals. Many of those older cookbooks that include a meal plan like your cookbook,we’re actually written with the guidance of the food administration to make sure women were cooking healthy and well balanced meals. Fancy food is great, but we are just as happy with meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and some homemade applesauce! For all of you mothers who watch these videos: I wish you a very happy Mother’s Day!

[@rena4220]

And a Happy Mother's Day to you!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Susie thank you so much for such a great comment! Your named a lot of really good cookbooks!A very happy Mother’s Day to you as well!

[@pattibell405]

I use family recipes and church and neighborhood cookbooks...I also make alot of the recipes you do on your channel...yummiest

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Hi! Love to hear that you enjoy your recipes!

[@agodlyhome]

Most of my recipes are created by me, many handed down through the generations, and old cookbooks are my go to over new ones. Great video!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so very much for watching and sharing!

[@jacquelinemccabe7433]

I have missed your videos as I have been in hospital with my son so am coming late to this video. I have to say that I am going to try the rice pancakes. I was taught to do baked apples at school 40 years ago though we added raisins not dates. The casserole recipe reminds me of Lancashie hotpot but I am going to try it out. I think we have got so used to watching cooking shows that what should be a treat is seen as normal and just basic home cooking has been forgotten. Thanks so much for bringing it back.

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Oh I am so sorry to hear this! Hope he is okay!

[@debbiegoble786]

Everything looked very good!! My mother & dad were chef's!! I have all of there recipes; which is what I cook the majority of the time!! Thank you both for this great video!! ☺

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks so much for watching and sharing Debbie

[@mizsuzee]

I love love these WWII food videos.... plus, I've got that exact American Woman cookbook, left to me from my sweet Mom. :-) What a great way to use up leftover rice!!!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yes! The pancakes were really good

[@lilalavendel3951]

Such a lovely video❤. I cook most of our meals without any recipe. I look in my pantry, freezer and fridge and bake or cook. That's it. My grandma was a confectioner, my dad too plus he was a cook. I think cooking is in my genes😂. I loved to see you and Paul.❤

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Sabrina that is so wonderful you come from a line of cooks! Thank you so much for watching and sharing❤️

[@JustSonya78]

Awesome video! Would love to see you two make more videos like this. Very interesting to see what they would have eaten back then. Also liked that you showed the cookbook and the recipes ❤️ 👍

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

So glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much

[@RhondaLorch]

These recipes remind me of things my Mom cooked when I was a child. I have many, many of her recipes and a fairly large collection of cookbooks which I read like novels lol. My favourite cookbook is called Yum and Yummer by Greta Podleski (Canadian). It’s a modern cookbook and I have made many recipes from it, every one of them delicious. I give this cookbook as a shower or housewarming gift and each of my kids has a copy too. Well worth looking at. Thanks for a fun video!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thanks for sharing!! I will look that book up Rhonda!

[@Cheer10x11]

I'm sure I've recommended the book The Kitchen Front already but...yeah, WWII and rationing and food and an amazing story! Thanks for the great video, as always!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Thank you so much! I really do have to look into that book