Poor Mans Meal! A Depression Era Clara Recipe~!

[@pamt3915]

Love Clara! Her grandson assisted making her videos. Rip Clara, your recipes live on during these tough times.

[@garrylwade7415]

🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤

[@lynnegordon6749]

I enjoyed listening to Clara's stories as she cooked. Thanks for making her recipe, Bev.

[@CAMMET1973]

I have been watching her videos for years. Thanks to her family for keeping it going. Thank you for keeping her traditions and spiriit going. ❤️ .

[@ooohhitskaren63]

Amazon still has her cookbook. I ordered one.

[@jennjeffs4893]

Love Clara! What a sweet soul she was. Her peppers and eggs with fresh bread is DELICIOUS!!! You should do peppers and eggs when u can!!! Thanks for keeping Clara's memory alive! ♥︎♥︎♥︎

[@deborahsthisthat5034]

Loved her and LOVE her channel. It's a wise move to be watching her in these times and times to come

[@cynthiapate9138]

I loved Clara...she was so precious!! Thank you for honoring her!

[@nancypritchett1159]

I too found Clara a few years back. Loved her channel and her stories. I don’t think she ever quite knew what to think of people wanting the old recipes from the depression. She was a national treasure. God bless her family and their loss.

[@DeeDee-dl7sl]

I love watching Clara, such a sweet lady.

[@ForGoodnesSake]

Love Clara, she was such a blessing and had such wonderful stories 💖 RIP Clara! Thank you Bev!

[@vloggingwithnina273]

Clara was a sweet woman. I wish there could have been more videos of her. I've made the Poorman's Meal meal before. It's soooo good. I need to make it again soon. I've even made it with canned potatoes after rinsing them. It's nice to see someone else make this.❤️ Enjoy your meal.🇨🇦🤗🙏❤️

[@courtneyphillis]

Oh, how I love Clara! She was so soft spoken (and absolutely hilarious) and so full of wisdom. So happy to see you try one of her recipes !

[@donaclashman7005]

I loved Miss Clara. thanks for doing one of her recipes and reminding us all of a very good meal.

[@jimmys2133]

My mom lived through the great depression. she was born in 1927. sad my sweet mama passed in 2020 she would have been mortified with our government and our situation these days. I just keep praying God will fix this. God bless sweet Clara! I love that channel and grateful her family shared her story. I cry sometimes thinking about what my sweet mama witnessed that I take fy granted. God bless that era! Love ya Bev😘

[@ooohhitskaren63]

My momma was born in 1938 in France. She lived thru ww2 in France. She passed this past December. I am grateful she is not here to see what is going on. Over 3 years ago she said we were headed for ww3. She was seeing the signs and it scared her. So I am going all this alone with my dog.

[@RaphJoli]

That looks like what I do, but instead of adding hotdogs, which we do not eat. I add some corn beef and I will add also an egg or two. No sauce for us. Thanks for sharing Mama B!

[@brendarigdonsbrensden.8350]

I love Clara depression cooking. Her grandson filmed her I believe and asked her to cook for his friends. Making something out of nothing was what they did and shdd we showed us how her mother got them through tough times. Hell I’m sure a dollar was hard to find back then but simple meat potatoes and seasonings would send you to bed happy. I just watched her make Italian ice vid 👍🏼❤️

[@omaerin3529]

Love Clara's depression recipes. She was such a sweet lady. I love watching her videos. Found her years ago. Stay well and safe.

[@KDVoller]

We use brats because we can always find a decent deal on them especially this time of year. This is one of my husband's favorite meals, he was 1 of 10 kids and they ate this way all of the time.

[@venessaevans8674]

I love Clara I've watched every one of here video's mulitable times. Love the one where she said they had some gal over for dinner then they went to town and saw her at a restaurant and they asked her why and she said they didn't feed her enough and she was still hungry. Here camera man was her grandson. She said they ate alot of potatoes.

[@robinkline5600]

Back in the 1950s my mom made a sausage stew, only she used sliced up hotdogs. Chopped up potatoes, celery, onions, carrots, potatoes, and the hotdogs. Water for broth. It was delicious. Could add parsley or whatever seasonings you like. Clara is a gem.

[@cbass2755]

My Mom did the same thing. I was born in 1953….

[@sherryleach2995]

That's a great meal Bev. Clara would be shocked at the price of your meal. Thank you for your interpretation. Much love from Thunder Bay Ontario

[@redgingerbreadpam]

Loved Clara!!! This meal reminds me of one my mom made us growing up & I still make it today. It was potatoes, sausage, onions & Rice because I come from South Louisiana where Rice is grown. I always loved that meal.

[@pamelacourtney8998]

Looks good and filling. I loved Clara, would binge watch her on my days off. Thanks Bev. Blessings to all ❤

[@acolley2891]

50# bag of potatoes at SAVE A LOT is 16.99. You have to preserve them quickly, they don't store well but still the best deal. Clara was a gem.

[@deborahschliep1070]

We love Clara .God bless her.RIP sweet lady. Poorman,'s meal is fantastic.

[@lorim.8136]

Clara was such a sweet lady 💕I still watch her channel from time to time. ☺️

[@lawriefoster5587]

Clara loved talking about those times and showing us how to save money. What a sweet person. Thank you for showing us one of her recipes.it looked great!!

[@AZCanner]

I used to make fried hotdogs and potatoes when ever I went camping. There is nothing like the flavor of fried hotdogs with potatoes. Delicious!

[@aussiegirl654]

I've started growing my own stuff again after being ill. I grow potatoes, onions,garlic, lettuce which is $12 some places,broccoli, spinach,rocket. I've only got a small courtyard and it's cold here at the moment. As soon as I have spare cash I plan to plant more stuff. I've just been buying frozen broccoli till mine grow then I'll freeze them. Love your channel and I've seen Clara's too.❤️ Even potatoes are nice to fill your tummy. I like them roasted with McCormicks season all.

[@CraftTeaLady]

I miss Clara so much! Hard to believe she's been gone as long as she has. I just give the outside a scrub - fiber is in the peel. 🙂

[@grampapaul52]

Clara's grandson did the camera work and some production. He still puts out some stuff he recorded from her.

[@CAMMET1973]

Blows my mind that our community is so close yet so far away!¡

[@keciamartens6785]

Hot Dog Stew: 2cans of green beans,2 cans of stewed tomatos,1 package of hot dogs,sprinkle of italian seasoning. Drain green beans and add to pot,add stewed tomatoes,cutup hot dogs and add to pot along with a shake or 2 of italian seasoning. Bring to boil then simmer for 20 minutes...serve over rice.

[@OurHalfAcreHomestead]

I have a hot dog soup video

[@anniekochera]

Clara's video's are wonderful. Excellent job on recreating her dish. God Bless

[@kristenmarie9248]

❤ Clara. Rest in Glory. ❤

[@crazydee1955]

I loved Clara's videos. And I love her book.

[@ebbyiggy]

This looks really good. So simple and easy. After we make Chilli dogs there are always a few hot dogs left over. It never fails. I would always make pigs in a blanket with them but not anymore!!!! I'm trying this next time!!!!

[@cdavid2486]

Looks delicious! I love the idea of cooking simpler and just in the last week or two we have had beans and weenies and mac and cheese so we have been thinking alike. Filling and reminds us of our childhood! Many people would be thankful to have anything warm at all. TY

[@marilynb8136]

Hi Bev. The prices of pretty much everything are outrageous!!! I don't know how folks are able to feed their families. Your cooking videos are so helpful!!! Ty so much!!!!

[@docink6175]

Clara was and is fun to watch. Ive made this several times in various ways. I generally dont peel my potatoes. Ive done it like you in a pan like home fries with hot dogs or little smokies cut in half, Ive done them sheet pan style in the oven and hobo style in foil packs .. the granbrats like the hobo pack with halved little smokies and diced potatoes

[@patriciastrickland9540]

While I love this with hotdogs, I've also used left over ham, spam, and left over deer steaks in this recipe. It's whatever is on hand is what gets used.

[@docink6175]

@@patriciastrickland9540 yes! cubed spam and potato with similar size onions and peppers and then mixed with scrambled eggs and cheese and a similar dish using grated spam, potato and onion like a giant potato fritter/pancake that I had on a camping trip and have made occasionally since...

[@lavonb8108]

This dish looks amazing 😃 And yummy 😋 It Looks like a filling meal and a great country meal . Thank you for sharing. God bless 🙏

[@thewoodenspoon9679]

Clara was wonderful! You did good Bev. Thank you

[@donnawheeler6283]

I truly enjoyed Clara's Depression Recipes videos. I found her videos shortly after she'd passed away. It was a great idea of her grandson to preserve her cooking and passing her knowledge along in videos.

[@karenwest5912]

Greetings from North Carolina! Mrs V, I bet topping your dish with a fried egg would be awesome. It really would be more like a hash. I’ve made something similar but with sweet potatoes, peppers, onions and smoked sausage. Now I’m hunger for sure! Great video as always!

[@SoozeeQ]

I was just looking at her recipe on this yesterday. I'll have to try it. Thanks for sharing her recipe

[@09echols]

We never considered this a poor man's meal. It was a tasty treat. My mom had a lot of children and we ate a lot of beans with neck meat or spaghetti. So when ever this meal shower up we were ecstatic.

[@loladuran6933]

Love Clara trying to get her book.. I made them before and it's very yummy.. new subscriber Blessing

[@tondamccarthy6537]

I bought her cookbook just to support her. She was utterly delightful and I miss her videos

[@lucydiazcolon734]

Yes loved Ms. Clara may she rest in peace. She would not have believed these prices. You did very well following her recipe. Yum 😋

[@denisekinney1087]

Love Clara! I have made her peppers & eggs It was good did not eat it on bread. Very sweet of YOU to honor her by making one of "famous" recipes! Thanks Miss Bev ~ God Bless 🙏😘🤗

[@lauraslilhomestead9208]

I’ve watched all her videos many times . Love Clara and wish I could have met her !

[@laurieshatney9279]

I love watching Clara's videos and I've made several of her recipes. Simple and basic and the family loved them. Thank you for sharing with us and your time to show us how things were done way back when. God Bless

[@mayhembeading3737]

I love her channel! I don't know if her family still manages it, but I really liked watching the videos.

[@mayhembeading3737]

I forgot to say thank you for this video. We're going to make this for supper tomorrow.

[@6240tv]

Yes her grandson does , from what I can tell the one whom filmed her originally .he has put up high definition videos of her

[@patriciastrickland9540]

I absolutely LOVE Clara, her videos and recipes!! I've made several of her recipes and poor man's meal is my favorite. Thank you Bev for making this video. Much love from North Alabama! 💜

[@paisley1134]

Love watching Clara's videos. I scrub my potatoes with a good brush and if possible with any dish I leave the skins on. That's where all the vitamins are and we love them.

[@gramalaney]

I enjoyed watching her show and remember her doing this one ...

[@mariannekemp5432]

I had a dear elderly friend that grew up in the mountains of Kentucky and she made a meal she called Garden Goulash. She would fry up some bacon bits or left over ham add onions and whatever potatoes she had ,then whatever veggies were in the garden and of course some tomatoes and simmer. At the end she add a pinch of sugar and a hand full of corn meal and cooked until it thickened. It is still my favorite meal. Shes gone now but thank you Ruby.

[@thefirstnoob5577]

I loved watching Clara.

[@donnaweiss9667]

Loved listening to Clara! It was like I was back listening my Gram. We made this too, it was delicious!

[@rebel0905]

I love Clara!!!!! I found her channel a few years ago, and have made quite a few of her meals..

[@lauriewheeler4103]

Clara was such a sweet soul ♥️ It’s so sad that generation is almost gone. Great video, love Mr. Volfies 👍’s… you guys are to cute.

[@susansailors1716]

Loved Clara's videos and bought her cookbook.

[@MartinRiosIII]

My grandma has been making that for us since we were kids!! Yeah she would put it inside flour tortillas and make a breakfast burrito for us , she said she learned from her mother… so that was back in the 1950s!! And the recipe still holds up today… also instead of tomato sauce she would use jalapeño-tomato salsa!! And it was much better that way!!

[@mollysmith6055]

It has been a few years since I've made this but you prompted me to pause the video and go get a pan of it started for hubby's lunch. Less onions for hubby per his taste and just two of the cheapo kind of hot dogs with 4 potatoes. It is smelling great and I remember that he enjoyed it last time. I'm thinking in the future of using a quart jar of home canned potatoes along with the 2 sausages for times when I may not have fresh potatoes. Thanks for the reminder of this goodie, Bev.

[@marthaholcomb8148]

Well I think you did a great job cooking up Clara's poormans meal. Rest in peace dear Clara.

[@grandmasewhappyhomestead187]

She was an amazing cook love her recipes. This looks fantastic. My oldest son the other day him and I were talking about when we use hot dogs on pizza when we would make a homemade pizza. He said he was talking to somebody at work my son is in his early forties and this coworker said they did the same thing when they were young. Pepperoni was a lot of money hamburger was quite a bit and I remember you used hamburger for something else but hot dogs we're more reasonable and so you use that as your topping on your pizza with cheese and sauce. Back then we would buy the package of the dry Pizza mix and that was a easy way to make a pizza for dinner. We did that once a week. It is very sad the prices that are happening my mom is 83 and she has had to learn how to cook through some really tough times when I was a baby. My mom said she would make a meal we were really poor and then how she would find other ingredients to add to the previous meal to try to make it stretch. She said many times she didn't eat because there wasn't enough food. I cannot imagine times like that. Although I remember time when my kids were young and I became a single mom my husband had left me with three little boys. It's amazing how when you have a knowledge of cooking you can create amazing meals and survive we did and now we've got to go back to the skills people need to wake up. I remember every Saturday night for a while my mom would make white rice we would put milk on it with cinnamon and sugar that would be dinner. My mom raised us kids my birth father was not around. My mom worked and she said she cooked homemade meals even though she worked full time so on Saturday nights we had white rice with cinnamon and sugar milk on it. We never knew why but my sister and I will say today we thought it was great it was tasty. My favorite thing someone could do if they had eggs is make a good old dish of rice pudding. That could make a good meal as well if you had your own eggs rice milk cinnamon sugar yum yum

[@tashapatton4699]

This is one of our favorites of hers. Delicious and filling.

[@alicecilva4534]

I think I might try that with some dehydrated potatoes! 😁

[@terrylewis_]

I get my groceries delivered, I haven't stepped foot in a store since 2017/2018 probably. But the main issue I run into is produce. I usually buy my produce in singles versus the bags, because the people shopping don't give a crap. I've gotten a bag of apples or potatoes with a handful already rotten. I do get my money back, but I still don't want to have to deal with that. So I pay extra and get two or three at a time. I have tried gardening the last two years with no success, but I am learning more every year so it isn't a total loss. :) My Mom has a green thumb, but I am the opposite, she helped me get my garden set up and it was flourishing during the weeks of her visit, as soon as she left things went downhill. Hahaha I love Clara's videos though. I have watched them many times, it felt like sitting with my Nan - I LOVE hearing stories. :)

[@OurHalfAcreHomestead]

Keep trying at the garden! Success doesn't happen overnight..I STILL am learning! The only way to learn is to PRACTICE!

[@lizf4717]

Clara was like my grandmother and she made the best recipes and she made things with love and was just a very nice lady.

[@tprada6214]

My mom made that. I think she learned it from my grandmother. We always loved it. Brings back memories. Thank you.

[@beaandmaddy6623]

That was a tasty looking meal. Thank you. 🥔🧅🌭🍽🍺

[@chrisb5391]

That looks pretty good to me. I'm in my 70's and from a family with 7 kids. Believe me the depression era spilled into our house many times. I remember my grandmother making scrapple but also we had fried "cornmeal mush" with homemade maple syrup from maple flavoring and sugar syrup. Many a breakfast was a large biscuit made in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop with butter and syrup. It tasted good to me then and it still does now.. Thanks Bev.

[@mamabear10]

Been a minute since I made Poor Man’s Meal..my family liked it. One of the few dishes they all agreed on! I’ve used diced ham instead of hot dogs, and probably way more sauce than I shoulda. I also used regular tomato sauce as that’s how I interpreted her recipe before I saw her book. I’d just add Italian Seasoning. I will definitely be trying this out again since I’m only cooking for 4 instead of 12 like in the old days.

[@cookinmum]

I loved those videos, I bet there will be a lot pre views as this year and next wears on. Thanks Bev

[@hayaclark2767]

One of Claras tips I do all the time is that when you crack your egg, to run your finger inside the shell to collect all the white. It’s surprising how much is still left inside.

[@suebrown8775]

My family (my kids and grandsons) have what we call Nana's spaghetti. (My mom had this once a week when she was little) ingredients were some kind of pasta bacon grease and home canned tomatoes. A lot of times Nana didn't have bacon grease so she used her own rendered lard. Now I'm hungry for it. Have a great day and I love Clara

[@OurHalfAcreHomestead]

Is macaroni and tomatoes with butter is my favorite

[@theresamascorro2724]

I’m laughing like crazy Mrs V. For supper tonight I did potatoes,onions and sausages cooked the exact same way we loved it

[@xobrebre23]

I love your videos Bev! Please keep making them !

[@pamelaj25]

My 23 year old son found Clara some years ago. He insisted I watch her video. We ended up power watching her Then the unthinkable was recorded. We fell in love with her and was heartbroken that she had passed. Rest in peace dear lady 🌻. Her camera man was her beautiful grandson.

[@customerservice95]

I made that a couple years ago and I really enjoyed it don't have to be poor to like something good!

[@joannsilva4715]

Love Clara, got her cook book too! She was a sweet lady!

[@HobbsHomestead]

It's funny that you made this, because I did too! It's our go to Thursday dinner! I use 1 onion, 5 potatoes and 1 polish Kielbasa! Hillshire Farms is my go to, but really you could use any or hot dogs, pretty much whatever you want. I also used bacon grease, since it was already paid for!

[@kathy3178]

Poorman's meal is a favorite in this house. We have made it with sausage links (when caught on sale). A couple of times we were out of spaghetti sauce, we substituted with ketchup and extra seasonings. It is such a yummy and versatile dish.

[@cherylkruse500]

Clara was a God sent for her amazing recipes

[@jennyrogers2070]

Love watching Clara era recipes

[@집밥-mukbang]

나에게는 새로운 요리로 보였어요 오래전부터 해온 음식이였네요^^ 간단하면서도 부드럽고 고소할것 같은, 먹음직 스러운 요리 영상 최고!!!

[@goldieleyva3002]

My husband loved fried potatoes and hot links with onions. We make it about once a month at least sometimes more. Easy and cheap.

[@typhoidmary34]

I’ve made her recipe a dozen times. Each time it’s a tad Different, depending on what I have. It’s so very tasty.

[@ajourney50]

I love watching videos by fellow Canadians.

[@fadeddenims501]

I know this is about frugal cooking, but I just finished doing the dinner dishes and I noticed that my favorite Dollar Tree round scrub pad with a course side and a mesh side...the sponge in the center was disintegrating, and my favorite Dobie pad with plastic on the outside, was falling apart but the sponge was almost perfect. Yes, I opened up the Dollar Tree pad on the mesh side, pulled out the disintegrating sponge, then I removed the Dobie sponge and inserted it in the Dollar Tree pad and hand stitched the mesh closed.

[@dinachiello8858]

I loved watching Clara and learning from her but I had that alot when I was a kids but not with the sauce and I still make it for my family

[@TracieSmithpomeranian]

I love Mrs. Clara. My daughter got me her cookbook a few years ago.

[@tagladyify]

My other grandma was born in the late 1800s in Sicily. They used to tell me about surviving the wars with cheese as their main protein. Likely some of it was homemade from their own animals.

[@cookiegirl2cookie197]

My mom used to make stew/soup with hotdogs or ring bologna. Potatoes, carrots, onions and sometimes some rutabaga and hotdog pieces in chicken broth, quite tasty, also hotdogs and onions in brown gravy ( made like hamburger gravy), served with mashed potatoes.

[@fyrekrystaal27]

I have been making that for a will now every since I first saw Clara's video on it. I usual use small red potatoes washed well because I don't peel them and I used any kind of weiner or sausage from regular to little cocktail sausages. The first time I made it I didn't have tomato sauce or paste and used ketchup I stead.

[@fyrekrystaal27]

I forgot to add that I cut the whiners or sausages at an angle for more surface area for browning

[@donnarichey144]

Good job, Bev!

[@Diane-nr3sf]

That looks really good I love when your hubby put you some up ☺️

[@jrae6608]

We ate this a lot at home. Grandparents made the hotdogs and sausages. Yum. Looks good might make this tomorrow. Thanks

[@nancyritland9116]

you are so fortunate to have a Papa to cook for! cooking for one is no fun!

[@rosesavoia4657]

Love Clara.