Depression-Era Foods That Are Weirdly Making A Comeback

The Great Depression of the 1930s is not a time in history that we would want to repeat. Unemployment was high, housing prices plummeted, international trade collapsed, and there was a rapid rise in crime rates.
Of course, there were a few positive things that came out of the Great Depression. Great inventions and ideas came out of the era, and the population of the time learned the value of resiliency. One of the areas where creativity and resiliency flourished was in the food people ate.
When there is nothing much to eat, you have to make do with what you have. Here are some Depression-era foods that are weirdly making a comeback.
#GreatDepression #Food #Comeback
Stovetop baked beans | 0:00
"Wacky" chocolate cake | 1:24
Graham-cracker pie crust | 2:21
No-yeast peanut butter bread | 3:21
Meatloaf | 4:13
Dandelion salad | 5:08
Potato pancakes | 6:12
Rice pudding | 7:04
Chipped beef on toast | 7:55
Water pie | 8:48
Poor man's cake | 9:28
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[@joshhiles7390]

Anytime something is “making a comeback” what they mean is “rich people on the coasts noticed a thing that never stopped”

[@jasonsmith5254]

100%

[@elijahhmarshall]

Exactly, middle America still does all of this. Can confirm from KY 😂

[@thisuniquechica]

Yep, it becomes a trend when millions of coast folk start doing it, too. Numbers game.

[@massivereader]

They'll need to learn all these and much worse they way they are running the country into the ground. Watch them panic as the entertainment and media companies start to crumble. Normal people already know how to plant a garden, make wholesome simple foods and how best to stretch them to feed a family. Isn't going to work so well for single apt. dwellers.

[@jessicamae9640]

Literally

[@smtpgirl]

meatloaf, potato pancakes and rice pudding are staples in my home. No need for depression era recipes. These are American classics.

[@RNKel1]

Yeah I don’t get it. Also by potato pancakes do you mean latkes? Especially baked beans

[@Mukkki]

@@RNKel1 There are many kind or words for potatoe pancakes. Kartoffelpfannkuchen, easteuropean varieties and these latkes kinds

[@drewdurnilappreciationday1680]

Rice pudding is eaten all around the world

[@ChrysanthsMum]

New American Classics do not include anything that is not minority-based. WLDM

[@idc5302]

Excuse me...rice pudding...aka arroz dulce is Dominican ok ok ...🤣😉

[@cluelessirl2917]

It's not weird that they're making a comeback. We're IN a depression that's being fueled by a pandemic.

[@ladygoodman7439]

Came here to say this- “weirdly?” What are they smoking? Although I would hardly call many of these low-cost today. Unless you grow it or raise it you’re paying too much.

[@carolharris2357]

A year later it's a war but not Putin's economy.

[@gokuss15]

It’s fueled by President Biden but yes

[@HeyYoFabels]

@@gokuss15 How? Biden wasn't even president when this started

[@msamour]

"Depression era foods that are weirdly making a comeback" Yeah, that because we are in a effing depression you genius!

[@brecky384]

I hear that famous depression drink, water, is making a comeback, too

[@spanishinquisition9639]

Yo dude what about air though? That's making a HUGE comeback

[@artthenecromancer404]

I heard that the famous depression drink, saliva, is also coming back!

[@johnmoldoch1057]

I gave up on sodas, caffeinated drinks and beer years ago. Now I find ice water, bourbon and vodka to be welcome replacements.

[@johnmoldoch1057]

@Elaine Wood I'm hoping. 👹

[@happycook6737]

I love homemade ice tea. Don't know why I fell in the soda trap for so long. Soda is expensive, heavy to carry, and makes a lot of trash. Tea is easy and delicious. I make it one cup at a time hot or cold, then no pitcher to clean. Lol

[@Jon3830]

The writers of this are the type of people that drove the price of spam up.

[@vincentperratore4395]

And the narrators are as always women, with nicotine ravaged, creaky and raspy voices!

[@sonnyroy497]

I love Spam. A toasted Spam and cheese sandwich? Yum.

[@chilliecheesecake]

Oh God please dont remind me :(

[@expfcwintergreenv2.02]

Spam musubi 🍣

[@Lastkingof33]

Saw the price the other day, I'm like no thanks.

[@Fayanora]

"Weirdly" making a comeback. Gee, when wealth disparity is even worse than it was during the Great Depression, I wonder why that might be...

[@cookiesnbubbles]

Exactly! I opened the comments just to say that. "Weirdly?" Like, come on. Income inequality has been growing steadily for decades. Don't give us this "Depression era foods weirdly coming back" garbage

[@leightennison6950]

Income inequality. That's hilarious.

[@Ryman158]

@@leightennison6950 the tent cities in every major city in the country not enough for ya? Lol they are hilarious your right.

[@lawrencehan5591]

When's the last time you had a god damn dandelion salad?

[@Fayanora]

@@lawrencehan5591 About a year ago, in fact. Can't eat the ones growing wild, too much risk of them having pesticides or herbicides in them, but if you know where to look for them, you can buy fancy dandelions to grow in your garden. Which I did last year.

[@danielleterry180]

I loved watching Clara such a sweet old Lady and had a lot of interesting stories of her life in the Great Depression..RIP sweet Clara

[@mr.ponstan7522]

I'm still watching. She was a great lady.

[@susanpolice8465]

TBH,Meatloaf NEVER went away!!! At least for me!!

[@ricksesker5344]

Susan Police My wife left town for a couple of days and asked if I would have meatloaf ready when she got back. Yes honey

[@bdnightshade]

And meatloaf sandwiches the next day!

[@wandasetzer1469]

@@bdnightshade The main reason for meatloaf, for me.

[@richthomas4363]

I make a meatloaf at least every 2-3 weeks. And I’m totally with Wanda on the meatloaf sammitch idea.

[@chezmoi42]

@@ricksesker5344 That's so sweet. My husband was the meatloaf specialist, always inventing new variations according to what was in the fridge or cupboard. One day he threw in some leftover crushed pineapple - fifty years later, it's an outstanding memory. We retired in France, where meatloaf is chic, dressed as paté. I have paté du lapin (rabbit meatloaf!) in the fridge for a sandwich.

[@nwuolle71]

I've been making most of these for years and I'm only 49. It's called "eating what is affordable" food.

[@patevans3709]

Also, eating the meals we grew up on--aka comfort food.

[@rosemaryedwards7239]

Awe Snap! You got it!

[@mariannekiss2991]

I wasn't aware that meatloaf had ever stopped being a common dinner item.

[@stlwill]

I’m unfriending anyone who doesn’t know SOS stands for “shit on a shingle.”

[@186stoner]

I literally started reading these comments to see if it was only my family that called it shit on a shingle 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@comedycomedy6888]

@@186stoner I think maybe anyone whose father (in the old days) was in the armed forces heard it called sh*t on a shingle

[@juanaashley8793]

I made shit on a shingle for my grandkids and my grandson cried cuz he didnt want to eat shit but he asks for it now

[@possumqueenholley8163]

My Dad always used that term and said WW2 was when he ate it.

[@jenbingham0914]

Thats how I grew up with it. My dad showed my mom how they made it in the army, and she would make it every couple months when he would get a craving. My mom just called it sos, but my dad always called it shit on a shingle 😂 This is actually making me crave it.

[@5587mdwest]

I grew up in a poor, country family. At least once a week,we had slow-cooked pinto beans (with diced onions and piccalilli), cornbread, and turnip greens. Still one of my favorite meals and still ridiculously low cost.

[@jenniferhunter3751]

What is piccalilli?👀

[@ogr8bearded175]

@@jenniferhunter3751 Quick google search turns up it is a British version of a South Asian pickle dish. We use chow chow instead here in Alabama.

[@JamesRDavenport]

Yup. Or all-day cooked red beans. Throw in some rice with a little Andouille and some collards and that's good eats.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

In Wisconsin my mom was still making pinto bean soup with ham hocks. I wish she'd taught me more of her cooking. Some people think ham hocks are not something white people in the north ate, but it was affordable and added flavor to soups, so we ate it. Northern native Americans also made hominy and that made it into our diet here as well.

[@MR..181]

Picalilli?

[@davidshanholtz1666]

Probably most of us have always eaten a majority of these foods.

[@davidshanholtz1666]

@April Callohan My millennial kids eat these foods in their own homes.

[@shalonewilliams7387]

Yeah like sardines. 😋

[@aaronwalden6376]

EXCEPT PLANTS AND WEEDS !!! WHO THE HELL DOES THAT ?!?!

[@joshhiles7390]

@@aaronwalden6376 I had a dandelion greens salad today. Y’all just weak.

[@lizh1988]

@@joshhiles7390 Darn good for you too!!!

[@darksorceressharuko]

Wait, I grew up eating all this stuff as a kid in the midwest. And we weren't even poor, it was just stuff that everybody ate. Probably due to my grandmother and other grandparents growing up when the depression was happening.

[@LucyLynette]

Baked beans, SOS, potato pancakes, meatloaf, and no yeast quick breads were all common in my home when I was growing up, two generations removed from the Great Depression. You know stuff has to go away before it can make a comeback, right?

[@RedS0L0]

Stove top beans never stopped Meatloaf never stopped Or rice pudding Or potato pancakes

[@freedomwillring6749]

I agree, but I never had that SOS or Sht on a Shingle as my Old man told me about he had to eat during the Korean war. He never brought that recipe home.

[@RedS0L0]

@@freedomwillring6749 shit on a shingle Take all the things from a Shepard's pie cook everything separate Then how ever you like to layer your Shepard's pie do the opposite on your plate So for me I do Potato Corn peas Cheese meat gravy

[@MA-mh1vs]

Thank the Lord that green jello and shredded carrot desert stopped though.

[@MA-mh1vs]

@@jeremiahbullfrog9288 If I never have another bunt shaped carrot filled jello it will be to soon, my mom loved that stuff though.

[@victoriap9116]

Or cheesecakes with gramcracker crusts or honestly anything else they mentioned tbh, even dandelion salad is common overseas

[@jasonyoung6420]

None of these foods are making a comeback, they never left.

[@stevewixom9311]

man i have to tell you i loved your comment.. short and to the point. they've never left my family either

[@Warman-do8td]

Expect the water pie, or is that just me?

[@ThatLadyDray]

This should be called information that those who have lived comfortably didn't know about existing.

[@janetprice85]

Yes, like all the recession deniers from a mere six years ago who now deny the supply chain mess.

[@joshuafugate2759]

I thought I was going to learn something I didn't know none of these recipes ever left our table

[@karenmallonee3867]

Makes a comeback? Poor hasn't changed, we eat all this sill!

[@deannastevens1217]

@April Callohan I'm sorry about the substance of your meals. But glad you ate. When I was young I remember having macaroni with milk as the liquid and ketchup and garlic salt. My Dad didn't have work in the winter... so quite skinny. But Mom made it work. and we ate Meatloaf when we could. and Hamburger stew. which was cheap ground beef, onions, celery..... and any very cheap canned vegetables and maybe ketchup or tomatoes in it. So I feel you. I Still LOVE MEATLOAF. It's so filling, delicious, good texture when done right, and VERSATILE!. STAY AWESOME APRIL!!!

[@deannastevens1217]

@April Callohan You too april. Have an Excellent Everything.

[@krisfrederick5001]

That's truth, hot dogs in Kraft Mac n' Cheese.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

@@deannastevens1217 I forgot about hamburger stew! Hamburger got so expensive ever since the foodies "discovered" hamburgers and made them $12-$15. Chicken used to cost more than hamburger and chicken wings were nearly free. I wonder what other poor people food is going to get gentrified next so poor people can't afford it anymore.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@deannastevens1217 The wonders of garlic salt making everything palatable

[@timdavis6091]

When, exactly, did meatloaf go "out of style"...I still eat it at least 2 times a month...DELICIOUS!!

[@Hank_Hill.]

Try wrapping it in bacon. Change the way I look at meatloaf. Also I agree I had meatloaf last week so when did it go out of style

[@sarzootashoota351]

This comment right here I approve

[@nataleeisjustchilling2737]

Yeah my mom makes meatloaf once in a while (more when I was a kid) and it tastes pretty good not my favorite food but it’s definitely up there on the list

[@bdh70]

Yes, I made meatloaf just last night. With mashed potatoes. I made extra potatoes because I wanted to make potato pancakes with the leftovers. I've done this forever, not a comeback.

[@bubbles3042]

Me too. It has never gone out of style. Food do t have to have a lot of fancy ingredients to be good. I live in rural county and most recipes in magazines need ingredients I've never heard of it can find. Usually I take their recipes and use what i have. Its world out pretty good most of the time.

[@zachvetter6769]

My great grandmother, and grandma taught me all of those recipes when I was 12; along with a bunch of other depression era recipes.

[@witchypoo7353]

I’m thinking about making myself a hot milk cake with lemon curd as a filling & poor man’s frosting on top for my birthday I love Great Depression recipes & recipes for the poor in other eras as well because it’s good, cheap, & usually healthy

[@Tehila0207]

"Depression Era food" *thumbnail is a latke* "potato pancake!" *shows scallops* Me: *stares in Jewish confusion*

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

Is there anything less kosher than scallops?

[@Tehila0207]

@@marthahawkinson-michau9611 pig is specifically called out in the Torah, whereas, shellfish is a general prohibition, your choice as to which is less kosher 😂🤷‍♀️

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

@@Tehila0207 The least kosher latkes I’ve ever made were pumpkin latkes with bacon and cheddar cheese fried in bacon fat. I’m not Jewish either, so it’s not like I keep kosher or anything. I just really like latkes?

[@marybethsmith6458]

They said potato pancakes which in my family used leftover mashed potatoes. Granny also made Latkes which are shredded potato. Two completely different textures there.

[@arklytte]

I was literally just getting ready to post about this. :) This is the type of video made by rich idiots who have no concept of how the average person lives/eats.

[@richthomas4363]

What clown wrote this video? Most of these didn’t suddenly “reappear” this year. They never left in the first place.

[@paradiselodge5523]

Us down home folk know how to save money and eat well. Also we don't eat out cause we know how to cook.

[@sunrae7680]

Heyyy !! Yeah. You can eat baked beans out of the can if you don't have heat.

[@Tinyfurball]

🤣

[@richthomas4363]

@April Callohan You’ve never had Baked Beans or Beany Weenies? Or potato pancakes?

[@richthomas4363]

@April Callohan I’m not a big fan of beans. But we make potato pancakes all the time. Mainly because there’s always leftover mashed potatoes. I always make too much.

[@patriotpop2436]

After reading many of these comments it appears my first thoughts while watching this post concur with yours. My parents, born I 1924 and 25, were children of the depression. What this video shows is what was typical served at our house while I was growing up and my wife and I still enjoy the so called come back foods. If these foods went away it was because there was no means of obtaining it.

[@shonya2475]

My parents was born in the late sixties and this was a staple food in my house so I was confused about this videos I haven't ran into anything we don't do it yet and it wasn't just my house my neighbors did it too so now I'm trying to figure out if I grew up or not lol because compared to my classmates I was well-off like a middle-class

[@toml.8210]

I have been eating these things my whole life! I also had rose petal tea, honey from local growers, and other things. Thanks to my European grandparents. ❤

[@Binks129]

Southerners be like: “Ya’ll don’t eat beans??”

[@carllarsen]

we alaskans are saying the same thing.

[@kasdoesntdomuch]

Brits too lol

[@gosick442]

Mexicans too

[@marniekilbourne9474]

We do!!! All my 40 years lol.

[@shavonnestacia2865]

Only a Southerner that hasn't been north of the Mason/Dixon line....There's alot of people descended from Carribean and The Mediterranean that use beans as a staple

[@FritschieComic]

This has to be the most elitist thing I've ever seen in my entire life.

[@marniekilbourne9474]

Amen!!!!

[@marniekilbourne9474]

@Ernest Turner No clueless. The people making a video about it being WEIRD that people are eating foods from the Depression-era when we are in a PANDEMIC and many are out of work is idiotically elitist. Clearly, most people are having a hard time now. Not the makers of this moronic video though.

[@marniekilbourne9474]

@Ernest Turner Clearly you are clueless if I have to further explain. I was simply trying to clarify that the person whose comment you did not comprehend was saying the video was elitist not people eating whatever due to financial troubles!!! How any of that gives you the impression I loath myself is ridiculous! I like myself just fine thanks. Just trying to clarify what you clearly misunderstood based on your comment and common sense. Nobody struggling and eating whatever would be elitist!!!! Hello?! He clearly meant the makers of the video.

[@niallcorcoran4437]

@Ernest Turner please shut up lmao

[@seichorn4079]

right on Dan!

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT VIDEO, GREAT EDUCATION, AND GREAT MEALS!!! THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

The near-absolute unity of opinion in this comments section brings me hope.

[@pamelamays4186]

Video: Depression era food. My life: Food I grew up eating in the 60's to the 70's.

[@charlesborden8111]

Same here, though with the exception of dandelion salad and water pie. And I grew up firmly working middle class, we weren't rich by any means, but in the same sense we weren't poor. To be honest I may have had water pie a time or two at church socials when I spent summers with my grandparents and dandelion salads as a kid struck me some weird food rich people would have instead of a regular salad. LOL

[@taylorbritt499]

Food _I_ grew up eating in the 2000s lol. I'm 20 and have eaten nearly all of these my entire life. To be fair we are a low income family. But good food is good food.

[@ChinchillaQueen]

Most of the food I still eat really

[@alicetullier2558]

My life: Still eating all these.

[@stevewixom9311]

@@taylorbritt499 man you hit the nail on the head.. good food is good food

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

_Depression era foods making a comeback_ 2 years later: _Depression making a comeback_

[@thepastcomesalive2082]

I love Rice pudding but not the store-bought kind, my mom used to make rice pudding and it was really good. When I went to Disney World we went to this Norwegian restaurant where they had rice pudding and it tasted exactly the way my mother used to make it, but they called it rice cream instead.

[@toresanderify]

In Norway we mix left over rice pudding with whipped cream as a desert! SUUUUUPER good! We usually top it with raspberry syrup

[@alysoffoxdale]

"Comeback"? "Weirdly"??? You haven't been paying attention to the economy for the last couple of decades, have you...

[@samlowndes7780]

This has to be the most elitist thing I've ever seen in my entire life.

[@mangot589]

@@samlowndes7780 in what way? Just curious.

[@wiredcoati]

Came here looking for this comment. “Making a comeback” =/= becoming more common again (resurgence). Many people have been thrust into a life without the income they once had as well as isolation, fear and uncertainty. It’s one thing to be just poor, it’s quite another to be suddenly thrown into the situation, as so many have been.

[@marniekilbourne9474]

Or the pandemic and all the loss of work and some food items being out of stock if you can afford them!

[@seichorn4079]

no rhey are probalaby 22 and have no idea about food unless its chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and french fries

[@noellecelnik4347]

"weirdly making a comeback" as though A.) We stopped eating this stuff and B.) nobody is aware of exploding rates of poverty & food insecurity amongst the working class

[@saradasilva8162]

I remember when I was a little girl, I grew up Brazilian Portuguese and I was jealous of my neighbors who ate hotdogs and baked beans and other American foods. I was embarrassed of our chickens of our vegetable gardens, our grap vines and peach trees. when my dad built a rustic fire pit with cement and rocks to bbq Portuguese food I was so done with him. I was ashamed of it all. Now that I’m 36 I realize my parents were the first real hipsters in the 90’s. Now my whole neighborhood strives to be like my parents they are so proud to have soo many neighbors stop by anytime to ask for gardening advice and building your own bbq pit advice. I wish I had more respect for them than be a ungrateful teenager. They taught me so much.

[@jackiemartin9737]

Appreciation of our parents come with maturity

[@joanbelmont5450]

Shame on you.

[@mama_ber7179]

SOS means "shit on shingles." I used to waitress and a regular used to order it all the time even though it wasn't on the menu. The cook made it for him anyways🙂

[@Bluemoon-sd8vp]

SOS is served in many diners.

[@kimkim-qt6jb]

All good cooks KNOW these forms of cooking have never gone away!

[@ivorybow]

My mother, born 1919, made a meatloaf to die for. I now make it for my granddaughter and it is just about her favorite meal...with mashed potatoes and green beans, it's a timeless classic.

[@elizabethdean1662]

Can I have the meatloaf recipe?

[@gingermonroe4153]

I wouldn't eat it if it's going t kill me You said to die for These expressions should b eliminated

[@hinoname3954]

If you ever post the recipe let us know!!!! ♥️♥️♥️

[@AnimatedStoriesWorldwide]

enough with the lies.... if your mom was born in 1919, you were born in the 40's..... meaning you're in your 80's and there is 0% chance of you being in the youtube comment section. ffs.... even if you got 2k upvote on your dumb lie, what would it change? there is no premium youtube, you know?

[@yoitsdaman]

I Hated meatloaf as a kid. At 26 years old I am now filled with joy when my mom makes it for Sunday dinner. I love it.

[@leealexander3507]

I have my grandmother's recipe for the baking soda vinegar cake. It's very moist and delicious. Actually I have her entire hand written depression era cook book.

[@urmommabear5monthsago]

Well I don’t know where they buy meat but ground beef where I live is outrageous. A meatloaf is like turkey on Thanksgiving.

[@angrysilence1234....]

I hope you realize that meatloaf can be made with other ground meats, besides beef. And, is just as tasty, even if a bit "different". I know it's reaching the point where most meat is "expensive", but it can be made without ground beef. Just sayin'.

[@nicolesaylor4027]

My maternal Grandma's parents came from Germany. Potato pancakes and homemade apple sauce is a traditional food in my family. It is definitely something you have to have a taste for. They are delicious

[@FoSho7787]

Is anybody gonna mention that as they say "fry potato pancakes", the video is actually showing scallops?

[@mikep745]

Lol!! I was gonna say.... too funny 🤣

[@richthomas4363]

Ok, good. I thought it was just me.

[@baasturbo6169]

Scallops... the depression era food of choice for the poor! 😁

[@jokeassasin7733]

They seem to not understand that Latke is a staple in a lot of European and Jewish diets.

[@karlbraun9564]

They are not scallops, they are fondant potatoes.

[@tribalroselr]

As a Vermonter we grew,harvested, preserved our own food from the garden. Ate all this as a staple. Which is why many "poor " people survive quite well. And eat well because we are diverse and creative. Same as folks all over who are creative and resilient.

[@ZERO_O7X]

I found an old depression era recipe for jelly flavored with the hulls from from purple hull peas that you would normally throw away. It ended up tasting very similar to muscadine jelly and it's a brilliant idea. Try it!

[@Jay15199]

Shit, was I living through the Great Depression or was I just poor? Because a lot of these were on my dinner table as a kid growing up.

[@HelenFrost57]

Aeppeared on my table last week. 🙌🏻

[@mwalker2401]

Same

[@jdbfortney]

I make meatloaf once a week! We love it! It's my 10 year old grandsons favorite

[@Bcarr122391]

I am so glad you mentioned Clara. ❤️ I loved her videos when she was publishing them.

[@billyellis5101]

Honestly i miss Clara

[@SheyD78]

Some really good videos, made with love. Till next time Clara.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

@Ruth Simpson I bought the cookbook, too. She was so sweet. I need to find where it is, things always get lost after a move.

[@scorpman300]

me too. i still watch them from time to time. she is one nice lady i miss. really glad we can remember her and get to watch her videos to remember her by.

[@Meep55412]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else talked about her. I love her videos.

[@speckledove]

I love how she explains all this with tint of glee, and a smile. Wonder if she will be so upbeat when we have famine.

[@JetstreamGW]

"SOS could stand for a lot of things, including the PG 'same old stuff,'" Just say it. Say it. Saaaaaaay it. Shit on a shingle. :P

[@albertbingemer7224]

Dear lord don’t let Mashed know about red beans and rice with a little smoked sausage in it!

[@rogercollins3]

Next time try one of those pre-smoked turkey legs in your beans as they cook. When they are done, shred up the meat off the leg. It's pretty amazing!

[@jt20rapids76]

Since when did these foods go out of style I’ve always ate baked beans and meatloaf, and know people who ate the other thing😂

[@The_Gallowglass]

Pour your baked beans over the top of the meatloaf before serving ;)

[@HamTheBacon]

Its almost like we’ve been living in a depression going on 20 years now.

[@melissafields3376]

5:27 Dandelions are absolutely not a weed!!😃👌 they have several medicinal applications, leaves when harvest young make a wonderful salad, the flowers once you carefully cut the base down are also good in a salad. You make delicious teas with most parts too!

[@richardirvin6155]

all flowers are members of the "weed" family, i think

[@grahamgraves286]

In the potato pancake segment, those are scallops being ladled with butter.

[@patriciafoster4846]

I thought that but could possibly be potato fondants

[@hollyr.1139]

OMG, I laughed out loud when I saw it! (This KZbin channel's videos often seem like whoever made them just fell off the turnip cart!)

[@girlonfire2.076]

I thought it was just me

[@sallyjocox]

@@patriciafoster4846 agree, fondant potatoes

[@ottopartz1]

When I'm up in Wisconsin I see potato pancakes all over the place. Usually with fish on Fridays, along with copious amounts of beer.

[@scooby45247]

Given the fact that salaries and wages havent increased but inflation has, it isnt weird at all why cheap foods are making a comeback..

[@jeffreyhunt835]

Best video so far,😊I really enjoyed this.

[@DoloresJNurss]

Meatloaf should also include fine-diced onion and an egg. Grandma said that people during the Depression often owned (or stole, to be honest) chickens for home-raised protein.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Onion and some herbs from the garden, or your neighbor's garden, after asking them nicely :P

[@mjnyc8655]

One difference between then and now, I suppose, is that food prices are creeping upward nowadays.

[@413smr]

They've always been creeping upwards. In the 70s, orange juice was 79 cents a quart. Then there was a freeze in Florida and the prices went up and up and up... Funny how the prices never go down if the weather is normal.

[@stevewixom9311]

creeping upwards? you ever heard of them creeping downwards? lol

[@capq57]

I've always liked meatloaf, beans, and hot dogs. I had no idea they were "depression" foods. In fact, if I find meatloaf on the menu in any restaurant or diner, it's my first choice. I think this is bunk.

[@unclebearski3048]

"Certain items" weren't rationed during the depression. People couldn't afford them. Rationing didn't come in until World War II.

[@wanderingsoul881]

The entire team that made this video smells of New Yorker "I've never cooked at home for myself ever until the coronavirus lockdown"

[@chillytoes337]

My granny lived with us after grandpa died in the early '60's and she cooked a lot of the stuff you showed in this video. She lived till she was 100 yrs old! They used a lot of lard when butter ran low, to cook with. And they raised their own chickens and rabbits to eat too. They had 4 kids so they only got to have meat on Sundays. And of course granny had a garden. Tough times during the depression. My fave was meatloaf and stuffed green peppers lol. The two things I refused to eat were Spam and Tuna Casserole, yuck! LOL And we think we've got it bad when we run low on toilet paper LOLOL!! BTW, thanks for mentioning Ms. Clare - I love her videos, that was nice of you!

[@floridamusings5244]

I think you nailed it when you said meat on Sundays only. I remember my dad telling me that the late in the kitchen stored fried chunks of pork, and as they would dip in to fry eggs or Cooke beans when there was a little black tip there was cause for celebration as they hit a chunk of meat to have. People here would freak if they ran out of hot pockets..😆

[@SobrietyandSolace]

The sad thing is I finally have somewhere to live and it has a small garden and allows pets but there s a specific rule against any livestock animals and things like tinned tuna and Spam are extremely expensive now.

[@jenyj89]

I grew up eating Tuna casserole and remember it wasn’t bad. So when I was first living on my own I thought I’d make it. OMG....it was horrible! Told Mom and she laughed and agreed it was horrible! WTF

[@pamh.5705]

@@jenyj89 I make boxed Mac & cheese, (the kind w/the cheese sauce packet, not the powder) and when it's ready I dump in a can of tuna. I only use the oil packed for this. 😋 yum!

[@judeflowers2813]

@@pamh.5705 I did almost the same thing when I was a single mother. I used the boxed Kraft Mac and Cheese, a can of tuna and a can of peas. My son actually loved it.

[@georgehenry76]

Cream of Wheat. Something I grew up eating. With hot milk and brown sugar.

[@cherylT321]

Me, too!

[@ymatgal]

I am 51 and went to Bible camp as a Child. I Loved the fact that we had a choice of Porridge, Cream of Wheat or Cereal and the reason I Loved it was because most of the kids hated the Cream of Wheat so it was guaranteed to be left overs. Love it with Brown sugar and Lumpy! I used to make it extra thick at home and lumpy and put it in the freezer to make it cold faster. I know I am a weirdo...everything that most hated about it I liked! Unfortunately I can't do Gluten anymore so I miss it a lot! Glad I'm not the only one who likes Cream of Wheat!

[@happycook6737]

If you like spicy foods try a recipe for upma. It is cream of wheat cooked spicy style from India.

[@patrinaperkins1992]

LoL... how funny is it that Cream of Wheat is now some extra special treat because most of us don’t eat tons of carbs or gluten now?!!? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😂 I like it piping hot with cream & white sugar on top... only have it once a year maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@saltycrow]

@T. Lee I like Coco Wheat. Just like Cream of Wheat, but chocolate flavor. I also like it lumpy, with just a spoon of sugar and a little milk. Problem is nowdays most grocery stores don't carry it anymore. At least in my area. Matybe folks in other parts of the country would have better luck finding it. I can find it at Walmart sometimes, but since the virus I quit going there. I do miss those Coco Wheats.☹

[@geofjones9]

I'd love to get the recipe for the "poor man's cake". It sounds very much like a cake my mother made. No butter, white sugar, or eggs. The fat was Crisco or lard, or a mix. It had raisins, sometimes nuts, was heavy and satisfying. She made a light frosting with powdered sugar and strong coffee. She called it "Boiled Spice Cake".

[@noneofyourbussiness2788]

Sweetie. The recipes you talking Never left . BLESS your heart

[@colinmartin9797]

My grandmother's depression era thing we never lost was dandelion tea - just steep the flowers and stems for 5-10 mins. Still absolutely adore it

[@laurahall645]

Plus, it’s GOOD for your health…..so are the roots, as a tea….

[@chronofactor2037]

@@laurahall645 I tend to have a dandelion based coffee substitute when I'm trying to get through work late in the day and don't want to drink anything with caffeine in it. It works surprisingly well, you don't really get a boost but having something warm and tasty to drink certainly takes the edge off of things.

[@bubbles3042]

I love dandelions. They are the prettiest flowers.

[@lizh1988]

Dandelions: harvest before the flowers come in and avoid the bitterness. Also, wash, cut out the main vein or rib, chop it up and put it in spaghetti sauce or soup, rice. Lots of good nutrition including calcium. Freeze the chopped stuff. If you use it that way instead of salad greens, the bitterness doesn't come through anyway, I've never noticed it after it got into something hot.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@Vicky Pedia I was shocked at the amount of flavour in just nettles with a bit of salt. I could have sworn a whole vegetable stock cube went in there and some onions or something.

[@taylorbritt499]

You can also make homemade dandelion wine!

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@taylorbritt499 I think they might have tried it on How To Make Everything. Exceptional channel, btw. Highly recommended.

[@taylorbritt499]

@@SobrietyandSolace oh neat! i found it through EmmyMadeInJapan. Also a great channel that I highly recommend, Emmy is just an absolute delight.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@taylorbritt499 I like her too- she does a lot of more unusual or antiquated recipes and is like everybody's cool aunty.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Good stuff! In the current economic conditions we are facing, whoever is poo pooing videos like this is in for some serious rough times. "A hard head makes a soft behind." The ones who take heed will make it. Thanks for sharing.

[@biorythmicshifter]

Cream peas on toast was a favorite my dad shared with me. That was a concoction that sustained his parents during this time period. This reminded me of that…where did that memory go? I haven’t thought of that dish in countless years. Now I’m hungry…

[@conniebaughman9894]

These foods has always been on my table and to stretch the meat add oat meal , also if you use can mushroom soup about two heaping table spoons in the loaf and freeze the rest in sandwich bags (use that amount in 2-3lb.).it does something for it.and mom's those who hate onions haha i learned to grate my onions for my meat loaf , they never new the difference till one day I didn't add it. And all I heard was something is wrong with this meat loaf ,it don't taste the same. It was much much latter when they found out about the onions and I say with a smile🤗

[@aliveprosperous3411]

I like to add instant rice to mine and milk soaked bread, SO delicious!

[@bridgetdebourgh5698]

I use to do that until my daughter saw me one day and wouldn't eat. I just went back to putting chunks of onions in and told her to pick them out. Save me time and clean up 😁😎

[@jamahlrawls3520]

​@@aliveprosperous3411I do the milk-soaked breadcrumbs in mine, but I've never heard of the rice trick!

[@karinaserna2291]

This was nice to read, thank you for sharing =) Take care.

[@jeffhoyle7900]

My mom and grandma used oat meal in theirs too. I dont care for meatloaf if its not included

[@xMrDJ254x]

Meatloaf is classic southern comfort food. There's no comeback, it never left lol

[@sharroon7574]

Exactly!

[@sharroon7574]

@Master Of puppets not the way I make it

[@silentnothing02]

it's not just southern. I grew up eating meatloaf in the north too. LOL

[@mysticloverfairy1]

Not just Southern I grew up in California and our mom made it.

[@patevans3709]

Not just southern--meatloaf is eaten all over the USA.

[@tional5266]

I’ve never not made many of these!! You’re headline makes people believe this is like super poor people meals, which I’ve been in that position before and I still made the same recipes as I make today but with some newer more expensive meals mixed it, we’re just seeing a new surge in old ways..thank goodness

[@btetschner]

Thank you for the video.

[@havocsheart]

"Weirdly"... Oh my, it's like there's some sort of massive economic problems happening in these Roaring 20s. Like it's a depression or something.

[@boobomberry5466]

I love seeing Claura being mentioned! It warms my heart

[@cautiouslyoptimistic1962]

Hi! New sub and happy to find you! These no yeast breads are top on my list of things to try to make! My parents were born in the 20's (1921 and 1928). They never really wavered from many of the recipes. So when I was born in '62 (youngest of 9) My sibs (6 brothers and 2 sisters) were way older than me. (Flower girl at my Sister's wedding at 4 older, LOL) I was raised on these kinds of recipe's. I love meatloaf. I make the best ever..I learned from my Mom LOL! I've tried others but nope, my all fresh veggies I mix into mine and using oatmeal instead of breadcrumbs is amazing. LOL! My Grandma North ALWAYS had a pot of soup beans (pinto bean with fatback) on the stove. The best. She was born in 1906, she knew things. She was a wonderful Grandma.

[@kathyk479]

I grew up eating dandelion! My grandma would come in with a hand full of it everyday for the salad! Lol. Bacon an d vinegar with a little sugar.

[@austinhughes6852]

In a way we are living through a “depression”.

[@SarahLizDoan]

“In a way”, we absolutely are!

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

If it isn't a full blown depression for those who still have their jobs, pretty soon it will be. It's going to get worse before it gets better. There's fewer consumers and the pay cuts are going to trickle up as companies make less revenue. And the restaurants that have raised their prices recently to try to keep enough revenue to keep their businesses going (except pizza places, they're doing better I guess) are going to start closing even more because people can't afford higher prices right now.

[@bettyb1313]

These foods never left my table...

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

Love this ❤️

[@juliestevens6931]

Most of the stuff on here is everyday, normal stuff for some of us. Meatloaf never LEFT our menu. We have been eating it for over 60 years that *I* can remember. Pretty much once a month until I left home at age 25. And I (and now my daughter) still make it. I think the recipe came from a Better Homes and Garden cookbook from the early 50s (it's the one with the red and white checked cover - there have been MANY editions). It is fantastic and flexible. re: rice pudding - my mom makes a family dish that can either be a main meal or dessert. She would cook the rice in milk and add raisins to make them really plump up. It would be served hot with butter, sugar and cinnamon. I think it is very similar to a Norwegian/Scandinavian dish called risgrøt. We called it grøt (my mother is of Norwegian ancestry).

[@4nn13h7]

If you think potato pancakes are making a “comeback,” I’m sorry for the travesty that has been your life up until this point, but at least you got here in the end. Pro tip: try Tabasco and/or honey.

[@updownstate]

Nooooo. Applesauce.

[@dalemills8052]

Applesauce and sour cream.

[@updownstate]

@@dalemills8052 That's the ticket.

[@updownstate]

I'll tell you what else is good, veering away from the state food of New York: cornmeal pancakes. Dress with butter, bacon grease, nuts, molasses or what you like best. Lick the plate while you carry it to the sink.

[@TygerBleuToo]

Literally ALL these recipes were on the menu at our house in the 1960s. My grandmother on Mom’s side actually worked at the Graham Cracker factory breaking the crackers down to the right size for packaging! Most of these recipes came through my Dad’s family. He was the youngest of five so was in charge of some of the cooking. During the war, they kept a cow, chickens, and grew a large garden so they seldom went without the basics. One thing my Dad talks about is how his Dad made his own sauerkraut. There was always a couple of large crocks at various stages of fermentation. All the kids liked to sneak a wet handful when no one was looking. I’m sure it kept them healthy during difficult times.

[@GdoubleWB]

The title of this video reminds me of that Post article talking about how, in September 2020, most couples hadn't taken a trip together in seven months. WELL GEE, GO GODDAMN FIGURE, WONDER WHY???

[@jtmoore662]

My grandmother was born in 1908 (passed in 1994). I remember going to visit her in southern Kansas and she cooked a lot of these types of food which my mom still fixes today. I just think of it as good ole southern cooking.

[@Jmmoffa]

Meatloaf has never gone out of style and never will.

[@pauliez95]

I'm Polish, I've had potato pancakes my whole life

[@Vixikitsi]

man, i remember the old days when we would eat beans. reminds me of when i would drink water. man, those were the days.

[@stevewixom9311]

Damn it.. your pic (08:40) of the sos over biscuits w/ the fried eggs and home fries just made me so hungry.. now THAT'S a breakfast

[@meltedsandwich6716]

Not a comeback when it’s just a rerun of the depression about to happen

[@ln1273]

About to happen? It kind of looks like it’s happening if folks are going back to “depression era” foods!

[@marylafrance9547]

Oh my god showing images of starving people with a hyped-up ditzy voice over. REALLY? Geeze, show a little sensitivity to those who were suffering. We are entering a new era of mass poverty now.

[@AmyCH102]

I love Clara! I'm glad she made it into this video.

[@marcysikes]

Love rice pudding! My mother’s recipe had raisins in it. We ate it warm. Yum!

[@fealubryne]

I grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and most of these were the norm growing up. Use a lot of them for my family even today. Never understood why people are so revolted by canned meats, it's all about how you prepare it. And y'know, not living solely on it.

[@charliemcgee9803]

Im currently growing up in berks, us pennsylvainians appreiciate our proccesed meat.

[@genkiferal7178]

Hawaii lives on Spam.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Some canned meat is terrible. Some of it is pretty good.

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@genkiferal7178 Spam is one of the best canned meats. Fried with onions and peppers (sweet/hot) mmmm on tortilla or bread, maybe with a sunny side up or over easy egg

[@Grabacr-pl3wy]

Depression era foods coming back. *looks outside* seems about right

[@wesgraham2262]

Great ideas! ❤️ 🙏

[@mwillblade]

My father grew up during The Great Depression, jobs were a rarity and sometimes people did not eat for days. Told me about a man who ordered a bowl of hot water and a cup of coffee, he poured ketchup in the hot water added salt and pepper and then he had a bowl of tomato soup.