When my mother and her siblings were growing up in the 30's and 40's, every Sunday morning my grandmother would make baked beans, uncooked, put them in a crock and bring it to the local bakery on her way to church. Since the bakery did not work on Sundays the ovens had to be kept warm. All the neighbors would bring their crocks of beans than pick them up on Monday and get their cooked beans pots. One time when my uncle, who was a small child, came to pick up the beans, he dropped the pot and spilled them. The baker had him come back in and he took several spoonful's out of everybody's pots to help fill my uncle's pot.
@dwhitman309214 күн бұрын
Potato pancakes and biscuits and gravy are still very popular dishes.
@sharroncalundan779413 күн бұрын
These are “peasant foods”. Am 75, this is the way I have always cooked, good nutritious food. Stews, soups, casseroles. Love to cook for my family and friends. Always took lunch to work, leftovers. People were amazed. Live in condo now, husband passed 7 years ago. Sometimes I make soup or casserole and call few neighbors to rec room. I waste very little. Now kids order Door Dash, Uber eats. Love to eat out 1-2 times a week. People waste so much money and eat food that is not nutritious.
@seantlewis37611 күн бұрын
My grandmother was a teen during the Great Depression. Her classic recipes were the things that we were raised on, and dishes that I made for my children in the 1980s and 90s. Good stuff, and I still make them for the family.
@shirleyackerman-bethel107314 күн бұрын
Mom grandmothers and parents are depression survivors. Both luckily had farms but they supported surrounding homeless, ppl.
@DonnaShort-i5u14 күн бұрын
Both sides of families had gardens & cattle.
@seantlewis3767 күн бұрын
My grandmother was one of those people. The family across the street was not as fortunate, and they helped them a lot. My gran wanted to marry the boy of that house, Terry. Her parents wouldn't allow it. They eventually married it up 40 years later, and had eight very happy years together before he passed away.
@donchoq14 күн бұрын
My grandmother made "Depression Days Casserole" when I was a kid in the 60's. Basically, it's made with leftovers from the week so no food was wasted. Lots of vegetables in it!
@bethenecampbell646313 күн бұрын
We had "fridge soup." If we'd had spaghetti during the week mom would sprinkle in some Italian seasoning and maybe some other pasta. If we'd had tacos then it was more Mexican and there were potatoes. No matter what it's always tasty!
@peachykeen85042 күн бұрын
My Dad grew up in a large family during the Depression. They had an ice box. Probably the ice box didn't have as controlled temperature as a modern refrigerator, so they didn't leave food in the ice box all week. Slumgullion was frequently served for breakfast, often with a meaty gravy from leftover grease. It was probably a more filling breakfast than the frosted corn and rice cereals that the kids get now.
@roxannevan150314 күн бұрын
Ate Scrabble, Mush & beans from dried on toast. Didn’t know from Depression but both parents went through it. One of my favorites was left over mash potatoes into a patty & fried. Usually a fried egg went with it.
@DonnaShort-i5u14 күн бұрын
My mom could make food stretch. One day she had left over rice, hamburger & bell pepper. She called it junk. I still eat it & so good.
@MrScottsearles12 күн бұрын
That I believe ,would be called a stuffed pepper?
@rachelstratman890118 сағат бұрын
My mom made a similar dish and we called it. Concoction! People came from far and wide to eat her concoction, and would always ask for the recipe…🫢🤭 When my brother went to college and made concoction for his roommates, they didn’t believe him when he told him there was no recipe you just took whatever was left over during the week and put it together and made a gravy out of either a canned soup or pan gravy. One of the guys even went so far as to call my mother to confirm that that was how you made it. 😂
@conniebaughman989414 күн бұрын
Baked beans,rice or fried potatoes and corn bread one of my favorite comfort food. All as a meal
@MrScottsearles12 күн бұрын
I have lived between New Hampshire and Vermont all of my life. To hear New England mentioned, made me happy.
@joycef84436 күн бұрын
I live in Vermont now!
@RobertHowe-zv7gs8 күн бұрын
My grandparents were poor in the 1930's but always had good food on the table and never felt deprived.
@DramaDude-ub4ir13 күн бұрын
Now I understand why my sweet mother always loved rice pudding so much.
@Goldstar211012 күн бұрын
It was my mom’s favorite!
@Goldie63isme12 күн бұрын
It would be nice if you had these recipes available to print !
@elviscobb592214 күн бұрын
I’m 65,and my mother would cook up some pasta. Into the pot she would put in a few jars of stewed tomatoes and some butter. We would sprinkle some shredded cheese over the top and it made a warm filling meal. We simply called it Macaroni and Tomato’s.
@joycef84436 күн бұрын
My mother called it “slumgullion”. It was pretty tasty.
@tammywooley26354 күн бұрын
Mom was born in 1929, she learned how to cook from an old cook book that she modified the recipes to what she ate when she was little
@marlenegreyling86202 күн бұрын
@@tammywooley2635My mom was born 10 November 1929. She passed away in 2021.
@suelittle970313 сағат бұрын
Thank you for these recipes ,my mother made most of these .Times are hard for families today ,and they may be able to use these .
@loridyson5692 күн бұрын
My mom was born in 1920 & i remember her making Corn Meal Mush. She would cook up a simple batch to pour in a 9x11 cake pan to cool, then slice off strips to fry up in butter & serve with some syrup for weekend breakfasts. I miss that & may try to make up a small pan of it.
@MoonwolfeConsulting12 күн бұрын
My Dad's favorite breakfast, eels and jonnycakes. I still reach just thinking about it. His traditional Birthday breakfast, which my Mom eventually refused to make. Eels grossed her out as bad as they did for me.
@MrScottsearles12 күн бұрын
Depression cake looks sooo good!
@barbarasigler499313 күн бұрын
I remember my mom making dried beef gravy and boiled potatoes or rivels.. one of my favorite meals when I was a kid.
@CharlesGann113 күн бұрын
Wacky cake was a staple through the riral 60 and 70's
@judithglavas903012 күн бұрын
I still make it.
@joycef84436 күн бұрын
That hot water corn bread sounds like hush puppies. Boy, there are no hush puppies up here in New England…I should make some! Yes!
@TheSleepingonit10 күн бұрын
My mother made alot of homemade bread in the late 80s as well as yogurt cheese ,,,,brown sugar and cinnamon for breakfast ,,spiced one later in the dary
@lindawatkin966713 күн бұрын
My mother was a young woman during the depression.She said eggs,potatoes and eggs were standard meals
@MargoWoodmansee14 күн бұрын
My parents grew up during the depression so i may not have lived then,but grew up eating a lot of these things. Especially potatoes. My mother made the best potato soup I've ever had
@RoseBud-fk4qg8 күн бұрын
My aunt onion ,water and potatoes salt and pepper they had $ 20 a week to pay all the bill for a family of 5
@sharonlesley90110 күн бұрын
That's untrue Biscuits and Gravy are a staple in Appalachia, in the southern states all over. We also eat potato soup. Where are you from?
@widowswatch66108 күн бұрын
Simple delicious foods without tons of pesticides. I love these foods. Thanks
@ronwells53753 күн бұрын
I make a lot of these dishes. Stone soup, meatloaf, Johnny cakes, potato cakes, fried potatoes & onions, carrot & apple salad, etc. better than fast food! Grow your own vegetables and herbs, fruits. You can have a feast!
@RoseBud-fk4qg8 күн бұрын
A poor mans burger 2 pieces bread 1/2 inch slice of onions and mustars and ketchup or mayo
@MargoWoodmansee14 күн бұрын
I was introduced to Johnny cakes wasn't pancakes. It was sweetened corn bread
@MargoWoodmansee14 күн бұрын
We did our jam on pancakes quite often
@pammcmillan884211 күн бұрын
We grew up calling it "must go" stew not slumgulleon
@TheSleepingonit9 күн бұрын
Scrapple is great
@kathleenstoin671Күн бұрын
The scratchy film effects are very distracting.
@babala576013 күн бұрын
I watched this and realized my mom often made these recipes for us growing up. We were Boomers
@kathy954213 күн бұрын
Milk, eggs, sugar, raisins and cinnamon! Do you know how expensive those ingredients were?
@bethenecampbell646313 күн бұрын
Depends on where you were. The sugar was sometimes hard to come by, but people figured out how to substitute other sweeteners. My dad was from a small Midwestern town. They had a cow and chickens, fruit trees and currants and a large vegetable garden. Rice pudding was on the menu fairly often.
@r.a.contrerasma857814 күн бұрын
"This dish was pretty up there..." AI is relying on millennial language. We're doomed.
@johannepalange712312 сағат бұрын
The pictures don't all match the recipes. Like😅 a grilled cheese sandwich for bacon and onion sandwich. Or, how about blood pudding for scrapple?
@midnightprairiegirl9477Күн бұрын
My mom, born in 1919 in NY: Creamed cabbage. Tried to get us kids to eat this Depression era lifesaver for decades, but she was the only taker! 🩷🥬