Depression Era Recipe// Meat & Potato Patties// Great Depression Stories!

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meat and potato Patties recipe
1 pound hamburger meat
1 onion
1/2 bell pepper
1 cup shredded Potato,
1 egg
salt
pepper
oil
gravy
3 T. pan drippings
1 /4 cup flour
2 cups milk
salt and pepper
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[@Alan302-05]

Grandma was born in 1895. She taught me how to make milk gravy when I was a young boy. I stood on a stool to stir the gravy. She always told me to stir till the mule eyes come. Never under stood that until I was older. She was telling me to stir till big plopping bubbles started. I still watch for the mule eyes in the milk gravy. Thanks Miss Lori for the good memories. God Bless you and Mr. Brown. PS. I still use her cast iron skillets.

[@DinkTank369]

I grew up in a big family. Dad was 1 of 12. I'm 1 of 6. We grew up going to our uncle's house every Sunday. All his nieces/ nephews/ brother's/sister's. We cooked in big pots. Bigger than most canning pots today. We had brown beans, corn bread, fried onions & potatoes, iced tea. Most every Sunday. All women were in the kitchen. We also had, spaghetti, goulash, Spanish rice. Food that could be made simply and feed MANY. Big family.

[@lynnelovett8999]

23 did that in my family from both sides. My dad was one of 14 kids. My mother was one of six. I miss eating like that.

[@lisabyers2992]

The cost of groceries these days are outrageous! Please give us more meals like this. I can’t wait to make this!

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Amen!!! We all need to get back to the basics. Who needs all that processed food anyway right?

[@petethemeat9010]

This is Mrs Pete. Yes please.

[@Esther-kq7nv]

@@tinabloomfield7228 Amen!!!

[@littleme3597]

@@tinabloomfield7228 It may make a lot of people healthier. Ha!

[@bobbiepahl3500]

The prices on food in the store is so high we need more meals like this we need all the help we can get with this inflation!,

[@luciabriseno4065]

My husbands grandmother was from the Depression Era, and she used to make Meatball soup with rice and Peas. She made this soup in the winter time. It was my husbands FAVORITE. I made it for him and he said it was Spot On 👌🏻. I was SOOO EXCITED he was pleased with it. Here’s the recipe: Meatball Soup 1 lb grnd beef 1 egg salt n pepper in a bowl. Mix well and make the balls, oh,,, about 2 1/2 - 3 Tablespoons of the grnd beef to make a small to medium size meatball. Make all the meatballs and then carefully drop em in a pot of water with Beef Broth (you can used the Knor Beef boullion. ) (I like to add Worsteshire , about 1 tablespoon per lb , but I’m the one that added that). You allow them to boil for about 3-4 minutes and then Add 3/4 cup of rice ( you can use Uncle Bens or Minute Rice. When the rice is done, the meatballs are done too And then you add a little bit of Frozen peas to the soup). I’m guessing the peas might’ve been an idea She came up with later on in her life. I Really liked adding frozen peas at the last the way She did. You just have to make sure the soup has plenty of water. You might have to add a cup or so as you go. I just thought i wld share with you and your viewers ❤👩‍🍳👌🏻 Blessings!!!!❤️☦️

[@Tambryl]

That soup sure sounds tasty, thank you for sharing.

[@carlaaustin6054]

Thank you for the recipe. Have to try it.

[@elizabethalexander-pukerud7951]

Thank you for sharing! I'm collecting and yes using these recipes! Groceries are too high now!!!

[@karenlackey6650]

Ms Lori, I was the baby of eight children. Born in the early 60's. My family ate beans and taters and taters and beans! Lol.. My sister once said Mama cooked stuff that would swell up and go farther. My parents grew up in the depression and made simple food. I don't remember any spices in our home besides salt and pepper unless it was either canning spices or sage for dressing, maybe vanilla flavoring. I don't remember a bad meal ever! None of us were overweight until we got older and started eating out.

[@GeorgiasGarden]

Many of us grew up this way born in the sixties to parents of depression era. Loved the day mom would fry up salt pork as the meat with fried potatoes. I still stretch meals like this. I feel blessed I know how to do this. My kids lost this. They are kids of the .90’s. They eat out all the time. I say “go ahead and waste your money”.

[@GM-gy4ck]

13 kids in my family. Ate alot of flour meals in the winter when snowed in.

[@marilynpeppers1356]

Best meals ever! My mom would make sweet potatoes and turnip greens to go with the beans and taters and taters and beans! 💜✅💜✅💜

[@margarettickle9659]

Thank you for showing us this recipe. This is different from any I have viewed before. My grandmother would make their large family potatoes in my different ways. Potato pancakes, mashed with butter or gravy, scalloped, hashed fried with various vegetables, baked, French fries, American fries, steak fries, potato soup, in other soups, in cabbage. They didn't eat meat much during the depression Can you think of any others?

[@brenda121143]

Amen to everything you said, Karen. Only I was born in 1943 and grew up living the same life you describe. Those really were the good old days

[@joangardner9917]

I know just what you mean Lori. My dad worked in the fields for a farmer for 25 cents a day. Then he would stop at kraft general store and buy one pound of hamburger. He was 12 years old. Grandma Kimball would cook it up for supper with something every day. And if he didn't get the work then they would sometimes eat just beans. Now days alot of kids think that everything comes from fast food. I don't think that they will survive a depression or food shortage. We love watching you cook and I sure hope that our younger kids watch you.

[@cherylcook1942]

When you're hungry, you figure it out quick. The younguns will be fine.

[@S.Kay.Steffy]

My Mom grew up during the depression and her mom (my grandmother), was the most frugal person I have ever met. My mom taught us to be very thrifty also…she could make a very good meal from leftovers of all kinds. I am very appreciative of my upbringing and believe me, it is becoming a way of life for me now that I’m retired.

[@crimesforkibble6912]

Casseroles

[@PokerPlayerOne]

When I was 13yrs. I had no food to feed my brothers and sister. But I had instant potato and I mixed them with water and baked on a cookie sheet for 1hr. It came out almost like chips so I salted it and they loved it.

[@karensweet6530]

My parents were raised during the Depression. I've heard so many stories about it from them and my Grandpaw n Grandmaw. The meals my Mama n Daddy would cook was exactly what they had during those times. I was raised on these foods because it was like I was raised during the depression. I came from a large family of 13 and We was very poor. My Daddy was disabled and Mama couldn't work outside home bc she had all us kids. She would do Ironing for people and they'd pay her. She'd also watch a couple of kids bc 2 more didn't matter to her. I was the oldest girl and had 1 brother older than me. All the rest were stair steps n younger. I had so much responsibility at such a very young age. I was 6 yrs old and was watching babies and changing diapers while Mama would Wash n Iron. When the babies went to sleep, I'd have to wash diapers n Hang them on the line to dry and when they did, then I'd have to fold them. I learned how to multi-task at such a young age. By the time I was 8 yrs old, I was cooking and making biscuits. I could peel taters, make biscuits, n cornbread, look n cook beans n do just about anything! We would work in the garden n dig taters, pick beans but I always hated cutting okra bc it would make me itch so bad. Lol. I sure do love some Pinto beans, fried okra, stewed potaters, sliced tomaters, onion n cornbread! There was many times that all we had to eat was biscuits n gravy! I still eat that same foods today. My daughter cooks for me bc I can't no more. I love me a fried egg sandwich with mustard. I love to just eat a biscuit with sorghum syrup n a piece of fried fatback. You can't get no better eating. I love to render down Fatback good n crisp n use that grease to make gravy and fry taters in with onion. I've eat Fatback my whole life and still do if and when I can find it. They ground it up n put it back into the meat now and its so hard to find a good slab of Fat. I ain't had none in a couple of years and would give my eye teeth to have me a slab. Most people don't know what it is. Lol Its some of the best eatin you can eat fried good n crisp with homemade biscuits n sorghum syrup. Yes Ma'am, this Georgia Great Grandmaw knows about hard times, and Depression raising n eatin! God Bless Y'alls hearts. I enjoyed your stories. Much Love n Many Prayers for You both! I hope y'all faired the storms good. They hit us today with 70 mph winds n straightline winds hit us n my neighbors n county and We had about 50-60 trees come down all around us. Thank God that none hit my house n the barn but my neighbors didn't fair to well... When them storms started, I hit my knees and went to praying. I knew we'd be alright bc the Lord always takes good care of us. Our county got hit really hard here in N Ga mtns and many people have alot of damage and power out. Praying for Everyone Safety in these storms. GOD BLESS y'all Miss Lori n Mr Brown... 🙏🙏❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@readytogo3186]

Good place for all of us to be----on our knees! God bless you!

[@karensweet6530]

@@readytogo3186 Amen!

[@baseballmomof8]

Loved your memories. Thank you!

[@karensweet6530]

@@baseballmomof8 You're very Welcome sweetheart! ❤

[@lauraansara5066]

What a wonderful comment...like reading a novel! You should write a book about your experinces

[@memahselfni]

I discovered the same thing with my grandmas cooking. She grew up during the depression and I guess she carried those recipes with her as a married woman. A lot of the things she’d cook that I loved I ended up finding out were “Depression meals” or made with economical ingredients. You’d have never known.

[@sherylhumberger5417]

We grew up with not a lot but we never went hungry. Once a week and I mean every week Mom would have about a pound of ground beef, saute it and put at a bottom of a 9x13" casserole dish with salt and pepper over it. Then she would put a large bag of cooked egg noodles over the meat. On top she would use a quart of her canned tomatoes over top of the noodles. Put in the oven for about 20 minutes or so and that was supper. Back then 50 so years ago the cost might of been 3.00 for the meal. When we had it and not to many times she would put a little mozzarella cheese on top. Quick easy meal not so expensive. I still to this day still make it but I make a small casserole dish still for about $3.00.

[@pinkponys9725]

I was born in 59. I remember my Mama's cooking. There were five of us kids. So Mama and Daddy made seven. Sometimes it was fried potatoes, Mac and cheese and pintos. And of course biscuits. Before school we had oatmeal or grits. Sometimes it was a can of garden peas and loaf bread. We didn't go hungry.

[@vickiegossett7214]

I hear ya. I am a 58 model. 5 kids and 2 parents =7. Dad was a truck driver, food was hard to come by in our house but we never went hungry. Thank you God, Mom and Dad. Thank you Ms. Lori.

[@brendasullivan9029]

I am also a 58 model. 😀 We didn’t have much but never went hungry. My mother know how to good some good food. She grew up poor also. My grandmother’s could sew anything and cook up anything. I am a good southern mix of Texas and Mississippi.

[@juliepoppe6294]

59 baby here. Food was never wasted! My dad cut the mold of cheese and we ate the rest. Large meals were the norm. My Mom made all her noodles and hung them over the kitchen chairs to dry, also a lot of dumplings! The best food ever!

[@seanhayes1965]

Miss Lori, those look amazing! My grandma used to make “porcupines”. They were equal amounts of the cheapest ground beef and rice meatballs, cooked with a can of the cheapest plain tomato sauce and they were ridiculously amazing. I never associated them with the depression era, they were just supper!!

[@livilou5075]

I am glad you mentioned this my Mom made these growing up she passed 3 years ago and I couldn’t remember how she made them, I am making this tomorrow, thank you!

[@brendak1145]

My mom made these too and called them porcupine meatballs.

[@amberlamb6708]

@@brendak1145yep that’s what We call them too! Porcupine meatballs!

[@maryderleth7860]

From what I remember about my grandmothers' and my mom's cooking the potatoes probably got done because they tended to cook their ground beef long and slow. I don't remember ever having a rare or medium rare burger. They were always very well done.

[@christywerpy63]

Thank you Miss Lori for sharing recipes from the Great Depression. My mother who is 100 y.o. now told me back in the Great Depression her Mama canned a lot of fruit gleaned off of already picked fruit trees and produce out of local gardens that my mother and her sisters picked and brought home. My mother (who was 7-year-old at the time) found her Mama sitting on the kitchen steps crying her eyes out one day and when asked why she was crying Mama told her that she had ruined a batch of canned peaches that was a special gift from the grocer. Her Mama was going to share the batch with the other families on her block that had nothing to eat. They ate A LOT of dandelion salads and dandelion greens with sliced onion sandwiches on homemade bread. Meat was served once or twice a week for supper only. My mother shared heart-breaking stories about those times but also how the Depression brought people together, made them resourceful and strengthened their faith and hope. My mother made sure all her daughters AND SONS could cook, bake, sew and run a household. She raised 10 children who never went hungry because of her life skills she learned and passed on to us. 'nuf said...

[@dianalesueur2297]

Thank you, this is one of your best videos! Both my parents grew up in the Depression and their longest fight was who had it worst because my Mother and her sisters ended up in an Indiana orphanage. Long, sad story about "enough food". I did alot of research about those orphanages and apparently they started closing them because of food shortages. I hope that folks today recognize how good they really do have it!

[@susanoswalt1169]

My granny raised me and 2 of my brothers .we ate beans and taters and taters, Saturdays we got hot dogs that was our day to grocery shop,Sunday we had fried chicken unless she cought a roast on sale., Mr Brown's store was so beautiful and so true we ate simple but loved every minute.jusy makes me miss her so much she was born 1900.she was in her late 60s when she took us to raise when my moma passed

[@Er-sv5tn]

My mom made something very similar to this but wrapped with bacon and used a toothpick to hold it together. She cooked it under the broiler then made gravy with the drippings. She called it bacon-wrapped filet.. I thought we were so fancy. 😊

[@mjkay8660]

grmama used lard for everything including waterproofing grpapas boots. best darn pie crust ever.

[@harrietlivengood6793]

That’s a delicious looking supper. I love the stories Mr. Brown read. My grandparents and parents grew up in the Great Depression. I think it helped form their character’s. They were so appreciative for all their blessings. They learned how to stretch a dollar. They definitely learned to save money and put it away for “a rainy day” as my daddy would say. They knew to lean on and trust God. They loved their family, they loved America, and they loved God. They were truly a blessing to me. This sure brought back some precious memories. God bless you both and your family.

[@sandrataylor3723]

A lot of the depression era recipes were nothing but comfort food. My grandparents were sharecroppers in South Georgia and had a total of 9 children. My dad was born in 1929 and remembers the depression well and my mom was born in 1935. Granny had a little garden and some chickens. Many times, especially during the winter months they had soup meals with cornbread or biscuits. Meat was hard to come by in the winter months, but they made do with the wildlife for a meat source, like squirrel, rabbits and birds. The chickens were rarely killed due to the need for eggs but if they quit laying then there was chicken on the table for sure. My mom said they all went barefoot with the exception of grandpa or when it was winter, or they went to school. My granny made clothes using flour sacks and she also made quilts and rag throw rugs from clothing that was beyond repair. Mom said they never were extremely hungry and can only remember a handful of times when they went without eating supper or dinner and that was only during really hard times. To this day, I make a lot of depression era meals just as my granny made them. They are mainly comforting foods for me as the food that was mainly used were potatoes, rice, cornmeal, flour, onions among other things. I just ate some chicken and rice for supper and that was it, nothing else was needed. I had smothered potatoes and onions the other day. Granted, I only eat one to two meals a day now due to the high cost of food, but I don't go to bed hungry. I have tried other ethnic foods, but I prefer just good old southern cooking. I love watching your videos and learning things from you. Thank you, Ms. Lori and Mr. Brown.

[@rebelgirl7289]

Your detailed story made me smile. Thank you for sharing it.

[@JeannieMitchellMyers]

Hi from Drummond Island, Mi! Send us some sunshine, please! Looks good y'all, enjoy!

[@marylee5098]

I was born in 1948 my Mom and DAD lived thru the depression .Mom said if DAD hadn't been a good hunter they could have been hungry.Thanks Lori and Pa Brown have a Blessed day

[@jodilee1563]

I'm making this Sunday. My stepsons need to know more basic, humble dinners. They are not picky and appreciate my frugal, home cooked meals. I know we will all love it!!! Thank you for another great video!!

[@cherylcook1942]

I made a spam and bean dinner for my son once so he could know the struggle. He proclaimed he would never eat spam again. So punishing your kids for old times' sake might feel good to you, but they'renot going to learn anythingfrom it.

[@petethemeat9010]

Yeah. I get to be the first one. Love your videos so does my MIL. Love all things you and Mr Brown do. You to are so cute together. ❤

[@christyjohnson6967]

Miss Lori! My oh my, your videos are just getting better and better.

[@peggyannparkes1863]

My mom made this when we were kids. She grated the potatoes raw. Then she seared each side of the patties then removed them from the pan. Gravy was made i the same pan. She added the patties into the gravy and simmered them on low while fixing the rest of supper. The potatoes finished cooking in the gravy. I still fix this or my grandkids.

[@lindakitts4304]

I’m 73 and remember my mom making meals for us that not only fed the 8 of us but fed family and friends who stopped by. She could stretch a meal like no other. Mom stayed at home and dad ( a Navy veteran) worked in a factory. We lived in a 2 bedroom home with 6 of us kids sleeping in bunk beds in one room. Once a month we’d go to grandmas big house to celebrate birthdays. Mom had 12 siblings so there were lots of cousins to play with. Holidays were special and filled with food. When my children grew up we had sit down meals and birthday parties. Today we eat meals on the run and text our families happy birthday etc. 😢 I’m afraid when things get worse my grandkids are going to learn how to eat what’s served and be thankful for it. I’m still working in a department store and I’m thankful I’m still healthy enough to do my job.

[@tinker5389]

Hi Linda. I'm 70 and I recognize what you're talking about. It's a different world. But I found something that works for me that you might want to try. I try to arrange time alone with one or both of my grandchildren once in a while. I fix a simple meal that they will like. Maybe including something, a dessert maybe from my childhood. And we talk. About their day. About mine. And then I tell them stories about when I was little. And my parents and grandparents. Now they ask me to tell them about those days. My granddaughter actually asked me if we had cars when I was 6 like her. 🤣 Good luck.

[@lindakitts4304]

@@tinker5389 😂 yeah sounds like my grands. Gotta love them. I share lots of memories with them and my grown sons.

[@Grany4]

Ms. Lori I ordered the book you are reading “We Had Everything But Money” I actually ordered it on a site that sells used books. It only cost a little over $5. My husband had surgery this week so he’s had to stay still for a week and of course that drives him crazy 😜. So I ask him if he would like for me to read to him out of the book and he said said sure. Let me tell you it’s been such a nice quiet time together and we are enjoying the stories about those people in the depression era. Thank you for the recommendation. This recipe you are making today looks delicious. I will definitely make it soon.

[@patchurch1677]

That does sound very nice.. :-)

[@janetlavoie2441]

My parents grew up in the depression and my mom cooked many of those old time recipes. We had a large family so stretching ingredients were necessary. Ms. Lori my mom used any leftover veggies cooked in the frig and grated them up to mix in burger meat.

[@lavernebufmack5091]

This 81 year old woman just loves you to pieces! Listening to you bring me back to a young girl. My father was from Kentucky and you sound just like my southern Grandmother and my aunts. I learned how to cook the southern way. My other Grandmother was from Italy. I learned to cook all the great Italian recipes with her. Our neighbours were Mexican so I learned how to their food too. I learned German recipes after I married form a neighbour. I love to cook still at my age and watch many many u tubers but you are my favorite! The recipe you made today is something I remember eating growing up and sometime my mom put rice instead of potatoes

[@lynchmary3831]

My memories when I was a child was alot of fried potatoes with onions. Sometimes we ate with pintos. Sometimes with eggs on top. And if it was a good night, we had hamburger gravy over the top of the potatoes.

[@nursekate6772]

I was raised by my grandparents who both lived during the depression. Grandma was from Tennessee and her meals were amazing. If you don't already have a cookbook of your recipes you should!

[@tedrudiselle7802]

More stories please, Mr. Brown. I was listening to you read while I was cooking dinner; I was hoping for more. Growing up I lived with my grandparents, a sister, and my dad. Grandpap immigrated to the US from Massa, Italy. Dad was a kid back then and, oh, the stories he would tell us about living through those depression years in the small coal mining town of Nanty-Glo, PA. I can't wait to hear more about those days. Thanks for sharing the stories and for Miss Lorie's recipe. Blessings... Cindy

[@karendavis7855]

Thank you for this. I am very interested in these depression era recipes and their way of life in general.

[@pattiwhaley1067]

I love the stories you tell but knowing you love the Lord and talking about your family and heart warming thank you

[@cindywiedemann7689]

My mother said they ate alot of potatoes. And growing up she made potaoes every day and sometimes for every meal. But we never went hungry

[@MistressQueenBee]

When I was a youngster about 70 years ago, my Nana would make an elegant breakfast for us on special occasions. It was called "Toast Mulligan" and we kids thought it came from England or Scotland where my family had emigrated from. I had an epiphany of sorts when I was told by an older cousin that it was just sweetened milk gravy spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon which were special back then. It was served over well buttered toast from the wood oven. We thought we were rich. When I think on it, I realize we were.

[@cindywilson3056]

I bought that book because of you. And I read it to my eight year old grandsons. They say, Grandma that's how people should live, taking care of family. Love it.

[@sherrywilliams409]

Those pinto beans and potatoes and onions cooked together are the kinds of food I grew up on. Rutabagas, cabbage all are foods I loved then and still love. Always cornbread and sometimes we had smoked sausage cooked in our pinto beans….good Lord it makes me hungry. My Mother was a fantastic cook and she taught me all she knew. She never said I’m going to teach you. I learned by helping her.

[@jenninedorman4830]

Lol, my husband and I just had fried egg sandwiches for breakfast this morning !!XOXO

[@blee4974]

Ms Lori my mother had nine children and I grew up having what she learned from her mother . Always had biscuits and gravy and food like your cooking today. She would go out and catch a chicken or two and so on. My grandmother was Cherokee Indian and she sold herbs to the soldiers to survive. What I’ve learned through my lifetime it’s makes you appreciate everything even the little things.And I did my kids the same way. We all live life forward and we under it backwards … wonderful video,thanks God Bless

[@bettymacomber9453]

My dad always made hamburger gravy, Hamburg soup, goulash. It was delicious!

[@beckystone7994]

I’ll bet that’s how they got the potatoes , onions and peppers done they made a big pot of gravy and simmered the fried Pattie’s in the gravy fir a few minutes!! I think it would be delicious over hoecake or cornbread also Ms Lori ! Gif bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻

[@vickistiles7132]

Thank you, Miss lori, and Mr. Brown. I enjoyed the story as well as the last one. Please keep them coming! They reminded me of my Grandmommy‘s stories of the depression. They lived with their five children in a small “shack“ in southern Tennessee. Despite granddaddy contracting polio as a young man, they grew their own food and and were grateful for God‘s blessings.I know this because Grandmommy told me these stories as we sat under the oak tree breaking beans, shucking corn, and anything else that needed doing.

[@smiley9872]

I love a fried egg sandwich!

[@lisapop5219]

You tugged my food heartstrings when you said fried potatoes and onions. It has always been a favorite. It was the first thing I learned to cook and gave me my first knife injury lol.

[@kathysorensen798]

I crave the stuff My Gma use to make. Noodles, scalloped potatoes and ham, bean soup homemade all of it. Very few seasonings but it was amazing!

[@donnad57]

I grew up in a family of 11 children. My mother who grew up during the Depression became a widow while pregnant for me. We ate a lot of soup beans and corn bread, vegetable soup or chicken soup, squirrel gravy, rabbit, and fried potatoes. When we had ground beef, we always had SOS/hamburger gravy and once in a while meatloaf. Sometimes all we had to eat was some homemade bread and butter, and a fresh sliced tomato, but man was it good! Life was hard, but we had a lot of good times too.

[@carolynwarren4741]

You are making me hungry for all these good foods!!! I sure do love watching you and Mr. Brown!!! I love you guys and you sure are a Blessing to so many. Love and Hugs ❤️🙏

[@JEL66]

Thank you for sharing Ms.Lori. 🥰👍💜 I love watching your videos. My mom and dad both grew up during the depression. I was born in 60' the youngest out of six children. My Mama cooked a lot of depression meals but I remember we always had a good dinner together every night. And something special on Sundays. I sure miss my family growing up.

[@barbarahanssen1582]

Hey 👋 Mrs. Lori, they look good Thanks for the video and recipe and the talk 👍🏽🥰❤‍🩹🙏 GOD bless ya and Mr. Brown

[@RiceaRoni354]

I’m first generation German and some of the recipes are so good. We love rouladen, my husbands favorite. He’s as country as they get, but once he tried it he asks for it all the time. I don’t know if you’ve ever had it, but do some time.

[@coracarp3819]

Love German food. My mother in law was from Austria, learned a lot from her.

[@Qigate]

I very much enjoy the depression recipes. They are nothing but good ol' home cooking, which has always been the best. And Mr. Brown could read anything at all and I'll be happy to listen...

[@stef1lee]

My MawMaw was born in 1923 and really held onto depression era cooking and passed that on to us. She'd make something so similar but rather than cook all her veg first, she made it as usual, got a good scald on the meat and then would use the drippings to make her onion roux gravy with water and bouillon. She'd the put her meat back in a smother them for about an hour or more if needed. Maybe that's how she got around having to Sautee the veg before hand. Very good stuff!

[@marysharvey]

I love your new hair cut Ms. Lori. I remember my grandmother telling me a story of what she did during the depression. My grandfather was a Major in the Marine Corps. he brought home an enlisted man for supper one Sunday who had no family near him. She never said a thing. She only had 2 pork chops, so she took a slice of bread, laid the pork chop on top of it, and traced it onto the bread. She fried that bread with the other pork chops, and served the enlisted man the real meat, and herself the bread, covered in gravy, no one could tell. I love your stories and your recipes. People learned to make do back then. 53 years ago when my husband and I got married, we were too poor to pay attention, and my grandmother helped me learn to cook good food with very little ingredients, and no one could make gravy like my grandmother. Your stories are talking to my heart❤️

[@ultimatecheeseburger8346]

Loved this video, the recipe, and storytime. God bless us all in the coming times ahead.

[@DinkTank369]

Yum, this looks amazing. Delicious. Mrs. Lori.

[@michaelgardner800]

I grow up in the 50s and 60s, dad worked on the railroad and mom had to raised eight children. Back in the 50s pay was not all that great so we had to do with what dad could afford. Mom could cook up a meal with just about anything and it was all good. We did not have much meat during the weekdays, but come Sunday mom would go all out, fried chicken, potato salad, green beans, and mac and cheese. That was the one day of the week we looked forward to. Hamburger was the only kind of beef we could afford. I still remember the powdered eggs, big cans of syrup and the cheese we got from the government. Thanks for the memories!

[@deedew6430]

Great timing, need your calming voice about now, it's crazy windy n with driving rain here in north east Ohio tonight. Ty for your timing❣️

[@pamdavis6067]

My grandmother taught us not to waste anything, this is how we eat and it's so good a lot better than going to eat fast food

[@rhondaherdman7338]

My grandparents raised me. They had most of the family at their place during the Depression because well because LOL. My mom would mix the hamburger meat with the lettuce and tomato and that was our tacos to make it stretch farther. What you made would have been Mama's Salisbury steaks and she would have used part milk part water to make that goes further even though we had cows LMAO. I got lots of recipes for Mom and she had her own restaurant so she was good cook my daddy too. The only bad thing that came out of that depression-era in my opinion is we kind of became somewhat hoarders of things because you never knew when you might need that no matter what it was so there's little glass jars everywhere with screws and Nuts and Bolts Etc and ways that came off something you couldn't wear no more in the buttons. Cutting strips of the shirts to make rag rugs we had it all. Blessing and much love

[@breadcrumbcooking3205]

I love the story time. It reminds me of the show the Waltons. I hope to hear more stories with your great recipes.

[@payne7028]

The daffodils ❤😊 did not go unnoticed 🎉 springs a comin! Your piglets are gettin big 😊 We love y’all and always keep you in our prayers! Thanks so much for visitin today… God Bless!!

[@chrismckee9101]

I learned to cook from my grandma who grew up 1 of 9 kids in rural Oklahoma during the depression. To say they struggled would be an understatement. However she never complained about any of it. Her food was absolutely delicious. And it's still how I cook today. When we all get together now it's usually me cooking and the requests are ALWAYS one of grandmas dishes. This Saturday we are celebrating a birthday and the request is for her meatballs. They remind me of this meal! She made her meatballs with spaghetti noodles mixed in and a gravy made from tomato soup. Those meatballs are better than anything fancy I could think of! And she made a chocolate cake that was amazing. We call it crazy cake because the ingredients are so unusual but it turns out perfect every time! Such wonderful ways to remember and honor those resilient people. The story that Mr. Brown shared put a lump in my throat. I hope this new generation knows how important those life lessons are. I was blessed.

[@betsymeyers1976]

We didn't grow up during the Depression, but our grandparents did, and our parents were married during WW2. There were four children and Mom didn't work. Even though it was not as bad as the Great Depression, we still are frugally due to memories of that era and rationing memories. We are a lot of casseroles and Mom kept a vegetable garden all her life. Now is the time to go back to the old ways.

[@sheryllawson4868]

My daddy lived through some of the depression, grandma and grandpa had 8 children including mydad. Dad told me sometimes he didnt have shoes and they ate a lot of beans, pototoes eggs . They lived in the country so grandma canned what she could. The same for my mothers family there were 10 in her family lots of big gardens. Now I plant garden because it is just the best tasting food

[@sheryllawson4868]

Have you ever heard of poor boys? that is what my sister in law called them it was hamburger mixed with bread and egg then fried with gravy

[@livinglife8333]

We used to fry off a pound of ground beef with onions, peppers, maybe some squash etc and made a big pan of brown gravy. I put it over 2 pound boxes of noodles or mashed potatoes to feed 6 kids. Add green beans on the side and they were in heave. They are all grown now and doing well but they still ask me to make it. 😊

[@debgalloway1398]

My grandparents grew up in the depression too. I learned many wonderful recipes from both Grandmas. When I was first married we had very little food and the things I learned were what we got by on! I was so blessed to have great teachers and for far longer than most of my friends.

[@chip6515]

I still make my grandmother's potato soup. diced potatoes, water, salt pepper. that's it. I'll sometimes add some tumeric bc of its benefits when using pepper. anyways...crazy how good some of those depression recipes are with so few ingredients.

[@cherylwmh6543]

I use mashed potato powder or dehydrated potato flakes to stretch out ground beef. But never thought to add the veggies. Great idea.

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

Mom made patties out of leftover mashed potatoes. When there weren't enough leftover soup beans to feed the whole family, Mom made bean paddies. out of the leftover soup beans. We loved them. The only meat patties I remember Mom making were Salmon patties (that was usually our special Sunday morning Breakfast, when we were lucky). We didn't get hamburgers until the 1960's when my sister and brothers came home from school begging for Mom to cook hamburgers. We lived on a farm until 1963.

[@elainewagner6374]

My grandfather would add oatmeal to his hamburger. He was a young man during the depression and continued to cook like that long after. I liked the oat burgers so much that I make mine like that today

[@bethford2334]

My grandma and my mother almost always made water gravy, occasionally making milk gravy. It was always good, and so I usually make water gravy when I make gravy. Two things my grandma made that has been passed down was "red noodles" ( homemade noodles and tomato juice) and chili. She always added diced boiled potatoes with onion to her chili stretching it out. She definitely knew how to stretch food as she had ten children. Great cook.

[@cindy_k]

Ms Lori I used to make these back in the early 80's.I got it from my Mama who was born near the end of the Great Depression. She used a lot more shredded Potato and never softened any of the Veggies she put in it. She fried them up until the shredded potatoes were all crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They were delicious. Her favorite meal was Pinto's, Fried Taters w/onion & Corn Bread. Some of her Cornbread was always saved to go in her Buttermilk. Biscuits and Gravy were a staple, one or two biscuits were always saved to have sugar and butter on them. So many more Southern delights I can remember her making. Her Mama's Family were from Jacksboro,Texas. Blessings to your family.

[@georgiagal9410]

I love hearing people’s different perspectives on the depression. It seems clear that it really brought the community closer together and more reliant on each other, building friendships and faith, which is always a good thing.

[@gloriakipfer3144]

In this day and time I think our hearts long for a simpler day when being neighbors meant something. I loved this video, the simple cooking and I CLD listen to Mr. Brown read till I nodded off to sleep. Thank you guys, it brought peace to my mind. God bless you

[@colleenlondon5605]

I so agree with this!!

[@angelinavsan]

I like this recipe very much and the story….simpler times ❤Thank you

[@jacquelineraines2074]

I love the encouraging stories of the survivors. My Poppa was born in 1926 and grew up on the family farm. I wish I'd recorded his stories. He gardened every year until his back gave out and Momma and us girls preserved the harvest. Pop became successful financially but he never forgot doing without. I wonder how thawed hash browns would work in those burgers. Just a thought.

[@theresateegarden9147]

I would think that thawed (frozen) hash browns would work just fine. It would save a step you wouldn't have to shred your own. Great idea!

[@crystalbrooks7875]

Oh my goodness! You were really blessed to have known, and remembered all the stories you heard, I still live on the family farm, it’s been handed down for years, I just had it surveyed for our kids and grandkids to build on it! My great granny was born in 1898, we still have her house even! God bless from East Tennessee

[@cherylcook1942]

It kinda defeats the purpose of the exercise

[@patricialong2717]

It doesn't matter if you were raised in a large family or not. I remember my daddy and mommy talking about the depression and my grandma, too. With the times that are about to happen, we will probably be eating like this again. Thank you Ms. Lori for giving us these basic meals that are hearty and filling and best of all, CHEAP!

[@brendadonald2052]

The hamburger patties and gravy looks delicious.

[@brendadonald2052]

I also enjoy Mr. Brown reading.

[@lindapetersen1800]

This I can't wait to make Ms. Lori !!! Even for 1 person you fry 1-2 patties so you got the meat !!! Then freeze the rest so you got more meals for later on !!! With mash potatoes that would be great and the wild vegs are coming on up dandelions and other things out there for vegs for cooking then !!! I always thought gravy over homemade baked bread was a DESSERT for myself after eating supper at night !!!

[@cheryljohnson206]

The simple recipes are often the best recipes❤

[@brendaredmond4678]

I can relate to this story time. I know for many, the recent pandemic brought illness and even death. But for my family, sheltering in place was exactly what we needed. Spending time together, making meals, playing games, reading, dancing, playing music together... It was a wonderful time for us. I'm sad that it's over.

[@Kathycnca]

Both parents were depression era kids and their values passed down. It's amazing how far a lb of hamburger can stretch. Mom felt the effects more than Dad. We grew up on the basic beans, potatoes, cornbread, biscuits & eggs. But macaroni and hot dogs were cheap too. My auntie was a wonderful cook. She would stretch hamburger with milk soaked bread and an egg. Little garlic too. The bread made them moist. Never crusty hamburger just old-fashioned goodness.

[@Sarah-zg5qs]

That looks good Ms Lori. You can have that over noodles too and it would be good. Have you heard of cabbage pie? it's like a meal all in one. The crust is like a bread and you can put anything in the cabbage. Or maybe a Potatoe pie, that is also good. I prefer what people would call poor man's food, it's what I grew up on. We were poor growing up, and we ate a lot of beans and sometimes breakfast for supper when we could. No one knew any different

[@tracysmith9546]

I would love some more videos on depression recipes. Especially with food prices so high this would be a great help.

[@paulajohnson5063]

Hi from Pikeville,Tn.We love you

[@shirleylaboy603]

My grandparents lived during the depression and my parents grew up during the depression. There were eight kids in my family plus my parents, and sometimes a neighbor or friend would stop by, so there were a lot of mouths to feed, but we never went hungry. We had a huge garden that grew a lot of veggies. My Dad shared what we grew with friends and neighbors. Especially if someone was having a rough spell because of sickness or lack of work. I grew up living and eating simple. Thank you Miss Lori and Mr. Brown for the recipes and the stories. 🙂❤️

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Oooooooooo....I remember eating something like this when I was young. My mom called them hamburger steaks, with mushroom gravy. Going to have to try this one 😃

[@deborahjordan9688]

Can’t wait to try this oldie recipe yummy

[@craftyjacki5046]

That’s the kind of cooking I do. My family would love this!

[@kerryjames6312]

Am tearing up aged 55 in october remembering how our family raised us they were born in 1940 s we grew up in 70 yes we didn't have much but we were surrounded by one of family it was so much better

[@gailakraeszig2866]

Im definitely going to try the meat and potato patties.... they actually sound really good. I loved the Depression stories too! Isn't it great to hear people speak of the uplifting and encouraging side of difficult situations!? Thanks for this great video! God Bless you both!

[@kellyhawes9293]

I don't know what I loved more, your recipe, Mr Browns reading or the comments from all your lovely followers who shared their memories ❤

[@donnatucker3263]

Mr Brown love your positive focused Depression stories and so remember my Mom cooking hamburger patties with gravy that way. Beautiful blessed memories. Thank y’all. Have a great relaxing weekend.

[@patchouli_and_sage7944]

My Gram taught me a recipe her mom often made with leftover mashed potatoes. Whatever bits of meat werr left she would mix into the mashed potaotes and fry them up in her caste iron skillet.

[@alyswilliams9571]

My mum used to make little patties which we called rissoles (I live in the West of England) from leftover chopped cold meat and mashed potatoes which she dredged in flour and fried. We loved them. My mother was born in 1926 in working class South Wales, she was one of nine children so there were a lot of mouths to feed at a time when my grandfather was often out of work. They were a good way of making a small amount of protein go a long way. I haven't eaten them since I was growing uo in the 1960's. Thank you Miss Lori and Mr Brown. you are both such a delight to watch, I was inroduced to Whippoorwill Holler by a dear friend in Florida and I rarely miss one of your videos.

[@EstrelladelCaribe]

What people call "depression recipes" or "poor people food" is what I grew up with and still make. That type of eating is simple and wholesome, which I prefer to take-out or restaurant food. My momma still cooks this way, and so do I, and I'm 54 😊.

[@pamelaj25]

I have that book and gave two of them away as gifts at Christmas. People need to be reminded about what matters. Many of the people who lived through that had few complaints. They worked with what they had. Many had fond memories about it. I think people today would have a very hard time living like that today.