Great Depression Cooking - Depression Breakfast
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- Clara's Official Website: www.welcometoclaraskitchen.com
93 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression.
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She always says “But we were happy” all the time after she says some slightly sad thing, and it just puts in perspective how grateful they were
1000th like rolling on through
They didn't have the internet or TV back then. No wonder they were happy.
The people of thst time in American history, were very frugal.
And actually possessed a strict work ethic.
The Great depression should be something that should be taught in schools.
Clara impresses me as very warmhearted for her years.
There are people still like her.
The lesson is being able to survive in the face of adversity.
And extreme hardships.
Otherwise a very educational video.
Byron Thomas
Well SHE was happy. Women didn't have to do shit except to sit around the house. Did she have to go to work? Did she have to worry about bringing home the bacon so there would be food to put on the table? Did she have to worry earning a paycheck during the Depression? Did she have to work in the coal mines? Did she have to fight in the war(s). Of course not. Her life was the easy life no matter what the circumstances. It was the men who had to worry about everything. I'd like to hear from her father and her brothers how happy they really were.
@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 women in the work force increased by nearly 30% during the depression while men participating in the labor force dramatically declined... So yes, women did have to "bring home the bacon" for lots of families. Plus they still likely took care of the homestead as well.
I get your point but I think you're over simplifying it. This woman was likely a child during the depression; most the people alive now who experienced the great depression were young enough to not fully understand what their parents were going through or feel the full effect.
Most memorable line: “But we were happy.”
Exactly! 4 words that are hard to come by these day's!😢
Time?
@@TheLastOstrich She starts saying that sentence leading up to it right around 4:53. :)
Don't romantize poorness, people were dying and starving, no one was happy
Soups On I wasn’t answering to you
It’s 2024. And she’s timeless.
Absolutely, with the state of the world Clara’s recipes are becoming more and more useful
Crazy to think it's been over 10 years since she passed
@@morganingram5802so very true in today’s time when everything has become more expensive and hectic! i’ve also come back tonight for some nostalgia. time flies we all miss Ms Clara
Jws are about to create another Great Depression
becuase were having to eat like this again not even 100 years later
I am amazed at people like Clara; she lived before the Atomic age, got to experience the largest war ever, lived through the Atomic age and lived long enough to start a successful TH-cam channel. Truly remarkable.
@@theredhotchilipepperssexof4269 GOOD!!!
I agree, not many can say that
I'd say *she experienced the largest war ever... not *got to experience the largest war ever! You make living through the war sound like an enviable experience😅
@@welllll...ok... Enviable? Not intended. Incredible? I would say so.
@@MrHeavy466 ah, I thought you were implying that it was a good experience because of the way you worded it. I'm not sure I would even use the word 'incredible' re: living through a major war. But I agree it would have been a very character-building and eye-opening experience. She would certainly have learnt a lot about life and human nature having lived through such a time.
we all gather here on the year 2019 10 years after this was made 😌
... she's dead😐
V1sion wait really? Aw :( may her sweet soul Rest In Peace 🥺
Taviana Woods yes!she is now 103
It just now recommend this to me
I love Claire such a peach I love the way she always describes how her family lived...
two questions:
1) why was this in my recommended?
2) why wasn't it recommended sooner?
Coronavirus
Same 😢
Facts
Cause all you watch is naked men
Coronavirus
If you have the money, especially if you are a student struggling for money, please buy her cookbook. The amount of recipies that this wonderful woman shared with her TH-cam channel doesn't even scratch the surface. I've moved on from the Student Struggle, but this book is my cornerstone.
What is the name of her cookbook please
@@cthomfowler I think it’s called Clara’s Kitchen if you weren’t able to find it
I’m buying her book before I go to college!
@johnnydeppisarapistjohnnyd8962 your channel will bring the next depression. Get some damn therapy
Thank you for the suggestion, I didn’t realize she had a cookbook. As a single income family of 5 who primary eats all meals at home (we homeschool as well so we all eat at home during the day.) her recipes have helped save us money. We just made poor man dinner (modified a little) yesterday, it’s one of our kids favorites. She was a gem! I want her cookbook!
As a poor grad student finding these videos has saved me so much money. Bless Clara and her family.
I like her videos as well. I also watch historical cooking videos for ideas on frugal cooking, such as gladiator porridge, makke, frumenty, and others.
An Italian neighbor grandma taught me to make "Aglio e Olio" when I was in high school. It is just fresh garlic low simmered in olive oil then tossed into cooked spaghetti pasta and sprinkled with a bit if Parmesean Cheese when served. It was a very cheap meal I made while in college and I often made it when it was my monthy turn to host study group preparing for a big test. We were all short of money. Sometimes someone would bring a loaf of Italian bread or jello for dessert. Often the Parmesean cheese came from packets "borrowed" from the cafeteria at school. We also ate a lot of baked potatoes and baked sweet potatoes as our meal. Getting through college was an experience close to living through the depression. There were so many students it was difficult to find a part time job.
@@sammyjo8109 My grandmother was Italian as well and we (I) had that often for lunch and it was a side dish at dinner time at least once a week.
The camera quality and the noise is great for 10 years ago
Yeah honestly better than the videos I make 😂
I got step it up for Clara
I was thinking the same looks like 2013 onwards
it was her grandson, chris, who filmed this. he was a film student at the time and had a television grade camcorder. you can see it in his memorial video to carla.
@@kaiigosheva910 oh that's why
Clara (Cologira Bonfanti) Cannucciari lived to the ripe old age of 98 years-old. She was born on August 18, 1915 In Chicago, Illinois. She passed away peacefully on November 29, 2013. Her Daughter and Grandchildren comforted her in her last days, which was the fulfillment of her last wish. She is dearly missed by her family and the many fans she has acquired from her online cooking show, Great Depression Cooking.
Clara hoped that none of us ever have to experience what she did during the Great Depression.
🥺I cried reading this. Every single word. I found this channel years ago, and over time I just forgot all about Clara & her amazing Depression recipes. 🍪☕
I just saw this in my YT recommended and freaked out - I can't believe I had totally forgotten all about her & realized that she had to have passed away by now. 😪💔
RiP Miss Clara, you were truly ahead of your time, and had a wonderful witty humor about you, something that is very gracious from someone that had lived through the Great Depression. Thank you so much for all of yqour wonderful recipes. xo
Wow she was born in Chicago I didn’t know that
im sad...i just watched a video of hers for the first time..what a sweetheart
Having been raised by depression era parents I remember eating many of these meals. Mama didn't waste ANYTHING. Even the meat scraps were saved in the freezer and used to make holiday mincemeat pies. Stale bread was used to make bread pudding. Boy, could my mama cook! She could make the Sunday roast last all week. We never went hungry.
Hee name waa Cologira....? Cool. This is only the second time I've ever heard that name. The first time I heard it was in A Bronx Tale, where the main character had the name version of her name ("Cologiro").
I greatly miss this series and hearing Clara's stories . So much thanks to her grandson for preserving this record of living history . 04 / 2024 . please keep this series on the web . Canada .
I'm saddened that this was only recommended to me now. Such a lovely lady.
Same for me. It is interesting, some of the videos are legacy youtube videos from 15 years ago.
There's so many lovely moments in her videos.
It made me depressed when I realized this was made 10 years ago
Friendly Trash - Perfect! Now you can cook and fittingly enjoy your Depression Breakfast!
She died on Nov 29,2013 :c
Sorry to hear she passed. She reminded me of so many family that has passed who lived through the depression and wars.
How did youtube know i needed a depression breakfast.😂
You’re not original or funny
“Thank you very much for watching “
No thank you Clara 😔
I honestly thought the same! She said Thankyou and I thought quietly oh Thank you too.
No, Thank YOU, Clara
that’s how it should’ve been written because it sounds like you’re like “no thank you clara” like “no thanks clara”. i don’t mean to be mean or annoying, i just am like that.
Guys stop I’m gonna cry 😭
I said thank you to her too. Out loud. My mom may have asked who I was talking to.
nola m just let it be and don’t ruin the moment smh
10M Views. She has touched millions of peoples lives. God Bless her! 🙏❤
She comforts me.
@@nevadatan7323 yes 👍
i think our grandparents had something called humility
@@aaroncapricorn5867humility?
@@aesthetix3398 not being too big for your britches
There is nothing on this earth that is more sweet, kind, and loving, than a lil old lady. Grandmas are the love that keep the loose stitches together in this thing we call "civilization"
The best part is, Grandma is color blind. Doesn't matter your color or hers. She'll take care of you, even if you ain't her own. Grandmas will take care of all children and they always have. My prayers go to this sweet lady. 🙏
That is lovely thing to say❤❤❤😊
TH-cam decided to recommend me this now, 10 years later... 😐
Princé Bankz same
better late than never?! 🤷♀️ Watching Clara cook and hearing her stories is wonderful.
Not only that but I found out she died on my birthday :”) rip Clara
Yea😐😐😑
Same
That was the most genuine “thank you for watching” I’ve ever heard 🥺
Awww ♡ shes adorable
🥺
i love when the elderly can just tell stories about their childhood for hours🥰
this is so comforting i miss my grandmother
I'm getting older now my mom is gone 😥 great cook too!
It’s gonna be okay. She love you
Same
"I'm 93 years old"
Uploaded in 2009
*Oh no*
RIP Clara, you will be missed
She died in 2013
She lived to a blessed age, wonder how many of us will achieve atleast 90 ...
She’s still alive
@@ChubbyT-Rex43 no, she did die in 2013 like the other reply said
@@untoastedtoast4189 she posted 4 months ago.
Edit: scratch that I'm not the smartest
She may be dead but she's Immortalized on the Internet.
Is it a bad time to bring up rule 34
fobo420 Fuck you
@@fobo3361 😭💀💀💀💀
@@darkzuccerborg dont shoot the messenger
@@rockngrease6463 oh my god
My mom and her siblings (total of 9 kids) were born during the depression years. Today only one lives.
I cam remember my mom making fried egg sandwich and taking that to work for her lunch. My father was so greedy with his money. Mom used every penny of her wkly paycheck to pay bills, buy groceries ands raise me all the way until I graduated high school. My mom would doi without just for her children. Even give the shirt off her back for them. My mom passed in 92 to pancreatic cancer at age of 57. Today, she would be 88.
I even save left over pancakes freeze them and spread peanut butter on them when I need a quick snack or on the go breakfast. Thanks mom and my aunts and uncles for the countless stories about growing up. Ideas and knowledge have been passed from generation to generation.
I am as well disappointed to find ot that this inspiring woman passed. Great ppl left us with knowledge and power to succeed through their stories and experiences. Knowledge is sho powerful!
Hey now, fried egg sandwiches are good!
We used to eat fried pepper sandwiches with mustard-on toast! No meat or cheese.
Fried boloney still is a treat to me lol
In the 40s they would sell fried onion & egg sandwiches.🍞
I just came across this video, what a lovely lady Clara was. Iv just learned she passed away at 98, RIP Lovely Lady. Your recipes and your memories will live on. I so admire someone like you who has been inspirational and made You Tube videos of your depression recipes for the world to see. Great work.
Go back and watch all her videos, you'll love them as well. I followed her as he made the last few videos and was saddened when she passed away but she still lives thru her cooking and stories,, I come back at watch them again and yep,, I do make some of them myself :)
I found her today and I’m hooked lol, what a sweet little lady
I've only just discovered her cookery show today and it is so sad to have heard she is no longer with us, but her legacy will always live on. She was such an incredibly sweet old lady and reaching 98 years is extremely good innings! May she rest in peace!
I just found this channel and I thank you for sharing this wonderful video and information. I had a nanny too and we all can learn from our elders since it might not be the depression but it’s close since many of us can’t afford eggs
@clairedisapia She wrote a cookbook too.
Me every morning:
“today we are making depression breakfast”
😂😂😂 Same especially when I have weetabix aka protien fibre slop
😂😝 I laughed so hard at this but I'm not gunna lie it's a tad disrespectful and tad true all at the same time
Why u like bothering me
😂 😂 😂
A M How is it disrespectful?
I, like so many others, stumbled across this 10 years after the upload date. Tf? Why did this just now show up in my recommended? I would have loved to get the opportunity to message her and learn more of her wisdom.
This video showed up today too on my recommended. Sad to just see this now.
Same some minutes ago
She's so sweet! I hope she's resting easy. ♥️
First of all (because of) the TH-cam algorithm
Louder for the people in the back!!!! 😩😩😩😩
I remember the stories my dad used to tell me that my grandfather would leave for days, looking for work and come home with a bag of potatoes. My grandmother could cook with potatoes or flour or lard and make it taste like ambrosia. Yes, we are a spoiled nation. Shameful. We need to thank and praise God every day for all our blessings.
Thank you for sharing that comment. It made me tear up. 😢
Ambrosia becuz they were so hungry!
Always dressed so nicely I have to mention, reminds me of my grandma. Even if you weren't going anywhere you were always ready for unexpected guests to arrive. I miss my grandma but Clara's videos very much have many grandmas in a 6 minute video that plenty of people can relate to. I love seeing how important pictures were for people back then it wasnt digital repetitive garbage. My grandma passed on 4/19/23 which is why I'm finding myself back at these videos.
She is around. She is right there. Her voice is now in your mind, her lessons are now yours. She lives as long as you do.
I wish I could like your comment 💯 times! Rest in Peace, dear lady!
That was amazing. Truly.
Everybody’s favorite grandma is always with us.
nice sentiment, how many retirement homes have you volunteered at to talk to lonely old people?
Marianne?
Corny
Me realising that she’s passed away has given me the Great Depression
4 door Skrt who is your avatar?! I need to know
@@BikingVikingHHit's called oh yeah yeah
ahhhhh good one
4 door Skrt f
Oh no really? 😭😭😭
I wish my generation would listen to this woman and her experiences like I do
Truly a missed Lady even by those that weren't blessed to know her personally!! 😔😢 Sending much ❤ up to heaven for Mrs. Clara!! 🙏🏽
Hello Lisa
How are you doing today?
Man, while it’s sad she’s gone, we should really appreciate how aware and alive she was at freaking 93. She must’ve had great genes. I’m glad her and her family were able to savor her life as long as they did.
My grandpa was also super sharp at 90. He died in an accident, not from natural causes, so I think he could have easily gotten to 100 :(
I agree
@@Etianen7 That's terrible. RIP
I agree
My great grandmother's 92 right now, and in perfectly good health, and remembers everything
"my mom didn't give us a lot of coffee, only a drop of coffee and mostly milk, but we were happy"
Coffee is addicting and gives anxiety
@@Whippee true
k
Hi you’re gorgeous
@@Jojester0004 And you're desperate lmao.
Well, it seems we all just gained a new grandmother in Clara, so wholesome. You can't help but be emotional watching this.
She's probably dead, her videos are 13+ years old.
She died 2013 aged 98
This breakfast was probably why she lived so long! This is beautiful! Coffee with evaporated milk. Wow! I could listen to her for hours and she probably loved telling her stories to people. I loved it when she said, "We were happy".
She has said "We were happy" many times in her videos. It's important to note that they didn't need much of anything to be happy. It's perhaps even more important to note that nothing has changed, and people now don't need much to be happy, either. :)
i’ve never had coffee with evaporated milk…. is it the unsweetened one or sweetened? i love that coffee maker too
@@colletteblais1441 Condensed milk is sweetened, evaporated milk is plain. You can pour a can of evaporated milk into a quart jar, fill it the rest of the way with cold water, screw the lid on and shake. This will give you the equivalent of whole milk. The taste is much closer to fresh than powdered, and is great over cereal or for drinking. Good to know if you go camping and don't have refrigeration. Old timers kept an opened can in the fridge and used it as a cream substitute in their coffee. Good stuff.
That is the best part. The stories that go with the "food is love" feeling. My grandma was the same way. I truly miss her!
When i die, she’s the first person i’m giving a hug to.
lol when you get to heaven you see your family and you run past them and break into her heaven house and give her a hug
merge m8 you mean in hell? Huh?
That's sad for you..
Imma hug ma mommy sorry
RIGHT!?
My gram said a big depression meal they would eat was potato soup. It was water potato and onions with butter bread. Me and her would eat it once a week and she would tell the same stories everytime. She just passed away last month. My last grandparent. So cherish everyday and every story they have
Im so sorry 💜 but im happy she lived long and passed wisdom on to you 💜
😢😢
I miss my grandparents. I wish they were still here. Glad I have lots of good memories, it makes me sad when I think about them being gone.
@@chubbybunnie2163 thank you
@@ilihcsydnew6870 I know ugh
Your grandma put smiles on so many people's faces! 🌹🙏❤️
2024, Clara has been gone for some time now, but she and her recipes still rock ❤🥰
Clara (Cologira Bonfanti) Cannucciari lived to the ripe old age of 98 years-old. She was born on August 18, 1915 In Chicago, Illinois. She passed away peacefully on November 29, 2013. Her Daughter and Grandchildren comforted her in her last days, which was the fulfillment of her last wish. She is dearly missed by her family and the many fans she has acquired from her online cooking show, Great Depression Cooking.
Good to learn that she passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones. TY for this info.
Rest in peace, Clara. What a sweet soul and such a nice and informative cooking show 😻
Rest in peace, Clara, I am proud to share my birthday with you
I have no idea why this channel was recommended to me about a week ago and I am not going to question it. I am in love with Clara and her gentle ways and I love when her family is included in the clips. I even watch the videos where she cooks things that I would never eat, like garlic bread. Clara just makes me feel cozy. Thank you for posting the information on her peaceful passing.
Dearly love to watch Clara cooking!! She must have had many great stories to tell and I'm so glad she shared the art of depression cooking!! 💕💋
The fact that this is being recommended to me now doesn't exactly fill me with hope.
Doth thou not cherish thine existential dread, of what might come, of the prolonged uncertainty of it all?
Can't blame u, samesies.
Good luck brother.
Thats the point. Spread panic
Don't be surprised. The recommendations are perfectly accurate with most users.
Embrace living and eating within your means lol.
Alejandro Sanchez by Good Friday we will all be okay
Clara would be tickle to pieces to hear that her video has eleven million views. Rest in peace, Clara.Your videos are still bringing joy to millions of people
My grandfather passed away 04/15/2024. The man was 97 yeara old. Point is ...he lived through the depression but now has all the glory around him.
May he rest in peace
She didn’t need to add sugar to the cookies. She’s sweet enough.
Flash sugar cookies it’s literally in the recipe??
Flash you are just too kind!!!!
Was*
God bless you
And ur hot
“She was nice and chunky” this is the greatest women to ever walk this earth
When I started reading this she said that
@@audreyr5389 dude same
We’d No - she implied that she was thick and healthy.
We’d No *woman
@@audreyr5389 bruh sameee
I've been watching Clara since the beginning. I keep rewatching the episodes to her spirit that she is still loved. I am not a family member but I miss her so much.😢😢
Thank you for the memory. My grandmother gave me coffee and one
Biscuit. We called it kiddy coffee. Lots of milk and little coffee. Then she and I worked in the garden. Canned everything.😊
Me:
TH-cam Algorithm: Do you wanna feel sad?
Edit: what is the deal with all the rude comments? I saw this video and it lead me to watch more of her videos and then I found out what happened. Why are people mad?
For real!!
Victor Alvarez haha accurate!!!
Victor Alvarez 😭😂🤣
same
Victor Alvarez Would ya shut the fuck up with that youtube algorithm bs? Just watch the damn video.
The dislikes are from the people that cried so hard that their tears distorted their vision and made them accidentally dislike
oof
You are wrong, those people dislike everything. *Even their lives*
Nah man I don't know why anybody would wanna be depressed while eating breakfast
Or pieces of shit
ZA NOOBO Yes. Also 1k like btw
I love Clara! I bought her cookbook for my sister and she loves it. My Grandmother (rest her soul) was born in 1900 and lived to be 94. We did a lot of cooking together and many of the recipes were from the time of the depression. Milk Toast was one of my favorites. My paternal Grandmother always had evaporated milk for coffee and we all loved it! I know Clara is gone and this video is 15 years old, but Clara lives on in many of our hearts.❤
Can’t believe this was made 15 years ago. Such an amazing person and great production quality. We miss ya
She's in Heaven watching us all enjoy her wisdom.
DeathRowToDisneyWorld Amen to that !
White Aus First of all thats anti Semitic and Second of all how do you know she’s Jewish ?
@@jesuschrist2612 hearing things again?
caleb hunter he deleted his comment
Jesus Christ i hope you’re joking.
I was going to make a stupid joke about depression until I watched this video. This is just too pure and innocent to make fun of. I just saw that she passed a few years ago, Rest in Peace, Clara.
Awe really she passed away 😢
Pen and Paper Operation
Thank you for not doing a bad joke you are a lovely person with a great hart. Take care.
I'm glad you resisted making a joke. I was missing my mom 1923-2008 and found Miss Clara. My mom would cook like this from time to time when I was growing up. Depression era children never lost that struggle even when times were better. My mom grew up under Jim Crow laws in rural Texas. My dad lived on a reservation until he was 12 in Ohio. He witnessed Klan rallies and marches in town. These two grew up without hate in their hearts and crafted a better life for their 5 kids in California.
havingfun kids Heart*
TOKYO it's about the great depression not the mental illness depression
Clara was a wonderful lady she lived an interesting and happy life to the ripe old age of 97yrs we all should be that lucky rip darling clara❤
My heart is happy that someone captured her memories.
"we're having a depression breakfast" pretty sure that's what I have every morning
😂
Good boss 👍👍👍 it's good to know what you're having for breakfast 🤪🤪🤪🤪
Thought that's what it's about. Guess I'm a zoomer
Lmao
Can I join you guys????😢😢🤧
The quality was ahead of its time, consider how old this video is.
FragileBitch they were probably using a professional camera 🙂
Its 2009, not the 80s
Hector Pereira yeah, but there are many homemade videos on TH-cam that have really bad quality compared to this one
Are you like, 9? Do you really think we were only capable of capturing pixelated mush only 10 years ago?
///AmgFanboi74 Videos on TH-cam usually weren’t that great in 2009. This video has good shots from several angles, and the video quality is decent as well.
Still enjoy all of Clara's videos. I'm so grateful her grandson keeps them here on TH-cam for everyone to continue to enjoy. I still love listening to Clara laugh. She certainly was such a gem!❤
This is teaching me to be grateful not that I’m not but just being more grateful because boy oh boy I couldn’t imagine living thru the Great Depression not being able to afford a pair of socks! May she rest in peace alone with everybody that loved during that time 🩷🩷🩷🩷
The internet may be a horrible place, but it allows us to immortalize people like this
people need to see this comment
Isn't this the truth. Thank you.
I agree.
AMEN
the internet isn’t a horrible place lmao
I love how she says, "...but we were happy." How happier we'd be in this life if we cherished what we had more often.
YES!!! Even though my family of 8 struggled to survive, at 73 I recall some of my happiest memories were from my childhood ...
@@carolgreen9274 That's wonderful. Tell your stories, because people my age(30's) need to hear how you struggled, endured, and thrived. We are listening.
@@buffstuf2 You kind of caught me off guard... I'm not used to people wanting to hear what I have to say!
@@carolgreen9274 My grandparents raised me from infancy and taught me to honor and cherish my elders. When we'd visit older relatives during my childhood, I enjoyed hearing stories and songs of the good ole' days. We had a record player, and my grandmother played old Western and Grand Ole' Opry records. In my mid 20's to now, my husband and I ministered in churches where the majority of the congregation was age 55 and above. I remember in our first pastorate I was 600 miles away from my hometown and so lonely. I tried so hard to make friends at work around my age, but I wasn't into clubbing and drinking. Been there, done that, and Jesus redeemed me from that lifestyle. I asked God to send me one friend. A new couple started attending our church. The lady's name was Mary. She was 50, and I was 25. Today, she is one of my closest friends. Another one of my closest friends is 83 years old. We'd go out for coffee and shopping every Saturday morning. Even now that I've moved 600 miles away from her, we write every few weeks and go out when I come up to visit. Other older ladies in my church taught me how to garden, sew, cross stitch, and canning. They ministered to me as I ministered to them. Many people in my generation appreciate our elders and long to embrace the simplicity of life, hard work and self-sufficiency, and emphasis on family and friendships that your generation hoped to pass down.
Even IF we had a change of hearts today, we still deserve what's coming.
That lady is my mother all over again . The looks , the stories , the things she talks about and the Italian heritage. All of it. I swear it is a spitting image of her . My mother's family came from Italy too . Wow how remarkable. I just love this woman ! May she R.I.P .
This is absolutely amazing, she is 93 years of age and can still cook, my grandmother is 89 and can't even make herself a cup of coffee. God bless her.
My cooking involves a different kind of depression and twice the ramen
0 x 2 = 0
@@Lekirius ok so apparently i use no ramen then thanks
Good nutrition is very important 👍
Same
@@Lekirius was about to say that
I’m fucking pissed that it took TH-cam 10 years to recommend this beautiful soul to me.
Hey don't curse,it's rude to her epicness
I know, right? I just bought her cookbook for a keepsake. What a lovely woman, just like my mom.
Was you even using youtube in 2009 lol
Tyyy6108 yeah just like millions were at the time 😂 TH-cam is a lot older than 2009 🙄
@@Kai-bd3hz yes i know very well how popular TH-cam has always been (ive been using since around 2010 -11) but you gotta agree most people have not been round on TH-cam as long as you.
I'm so glad these videos still pop up on my feed. RIP Clara. You were (and still are thanks to these videos) a bright light in a dimming world. ❤
I often revisit Clara’s cooking videos as they bring me much joy. She seemed like a wonderful person, who like many others from her generation, just got on with it. Admirable.
Can’t believe I’m one of those lucky people who got her videos in my recommendation
Awe
Was that sarkasm!?!?
Me too!! Im legitimately honored. ❤❤❤
Same here!
Frs
“Breakfast we had bread and butter, and coffee... We used to dip our bread in the coffee, and eat it. Thought that was great.”
“But on some days we had cookies... Which was a big treat... We didn’t have cookies until Sunday.”
“Times were different in those days..”
*“But we were happy.”*
You never notice how ungrateful people in this day are until you look at someone that has had almost nothing... It really makes me sad that so many people have so much but still want more..
Wdym. I eat bread and butter and dip it in the coffe every breakfest!
Observations like yours make your life better and hopefully cause others to think. Gratitude and attitude.
Kati Jennings
We had butter and jelly toast that we dipped in coffee. That was my breakfast everyday before school.
Because their connections were strong. Deprivation sucks, but you bear it much better in community. Today, those connections are weak to nonexistent, and stuff (like the phone I’m using to write this) has replaced people. All you want is more stuff, because it can’t fill the void, and that doesn’t breed much gratitude.
Kati Jennings Very true! We were poor and didn’t know it. We had and ate whatever my Mom made or not eat at all and everything she made was delicious 😋 I sold Water Ice in S. Philly for $.50 so I could go buy a pair of BoBo Sneakers 👟 I was so happy 😀 I’m glad we were brought up like that, it made us 7 kids know the value of a dollar and to be independent. Clara will be with us forever 🙏🏻💔
This world needs people like Clara❤ rest in peace, wonderful woman
I miss you, ma’am. Lots of love to whoever is keeping these videos.
It comforts my heart knowing that she lives on forever in these videos. Making such an impact on many people's lives even when she's departed from us.
What ? This was my first video of her. I instantly liked her and boom,now i am sad knowing she's no longer alive =(
@@flava2358 she said she was 93 and this video is 12 years old. What did you expect?
@@flava2358 Yeah. There's a sad video where her grandson, who films these sessions, announces her death. Really sad. Then he came back a few years later because he had found tapes that had never been posted ' the lost Clara tapes' and so we had new videos to watch.
I come across her randomly and it just brings me happiness everytime i find this channel again, R.I.P you beautiful lady
I'm so glad they made these videos, because she reminds me so much of my grandma who is currently receiving end-of-life care. I'll always be able to come back here and have a pleasant reminder of my grandmother. She made a lot of these things
Me: "The coronavirus won't be that bad"
TH-cam recommendations: "Boy you better start jotting down recipes"
Da_Pikmin_Coder same😂
Me three.
I have not looked up ANYTHING regarding the stock market or the depression, literally nothing in the slightest related but TH-cam just slides it into my feed just because.
I will take it but with a grain of salt ;_;
@Sheree Boulton Try foraging for wild vegetables and edibles.
Meh. I still remember eating ketchup sandwiches during the 2008 recession. We will be fine guys.
219 American CEOs resigned in January.
I’ve learned so much from watching her. She left quite a legacy
I'm just finding this gem of a lady today. It saddened my heart to learn she passed. Blessing for her family.
Me Before Coronavirus induced stock market crash: These videos are cute.
Me After Coronavirus induced stock market crash, scribbling down recipes furiously.
relazar oh wow i’m glad you found this channel. i discovered this channel a few years ago and shared it on my instagram story for others to see and get ideas from. Stay safe out there 💕💕
Same.
relazar 😭😭😭 for real, same here
TH-cam has a singular sense of humor
Can u keep these cringy commentarys to yourself
2009 youtube recommendation: not yet
2019: yes this is the time. Let's send this to everybody's list.
I have just learned that she passed away in 2013. R.I.P dear clara!
@Luke Johnson
You must be an economists. The economy will go down.... Sometime in the future....
@Luke Johnson
You got that from a sarcastic TH-cam comment? Lol also we haven't recovered? I agree the government and people at large haven't learned from the mistakes that led up to the 2008 recession but we have definitely recovered lol. We will never be at prior 2008 growth because that market was inflated and overvalued. Market corrections and financial regulations now are much harsher. But please explain the the pleb how I'm "dim".
@Luke Johnson
Didn't I say people and governments haven't learned anything? I clearly stated that and everything you pointed out was happening before 2008. Nobody has learned. Also, your talking about world markets and honestly everyone can go to hell as far as I'm concerned. The world Bank is shit, Europe is in shambles and they have nobody to blame but themselves. Socialism and importing third world populations is dumb. Also, the world bank is moving to negative interest rate and how do you do it? Socialism duh. American fed increased the interest rate from 0 in 2008 to 1.75% (down from 2.5 which shouldnt be a surprise we are coming into the holiday season) now. America has recovered from the recession the rest of the world hasn't recovered from shooting themselves in foot. On a serious note America is not much better in the long run. If Democrats win in 2020 or 2024 the markets will tank. Democrats and socialist always run out of other people's money. The whole point of my first post was to poke fun at you for being a doomsayer. Your comment was shallow and I wanted to troll you. If you don't see how dumb that comment and that my reply was clearly a joke I don't know what to say. Cheer up bro the holidays are on their way be happy and go grab a beer the world is not more screwed than we've been for the last 100 years. The media and religion just focus on the bull, don't let it get to you.
The people who currently own YT: TH-cam's algorithm this, TH-cam's algorithm that.
Me: I suspect that TH-cam flunked every math class it ever attended.
caz dinleyen kamyon şoförü Awww! Thx for the researching. She is in sure peace.
She gave me the feeling of being home with her, so nice.
She reminds me of my Grandma. She lived through the Depression as well and lived to be 102.
I could sit and listen to her wonderful stories for years. I miss my grandma.
+Antonio Contreras Me too. Mine lived to 101, she had great stories almost to the end. She remembered the Titanic sinking among many other things.
+Antonio Contreras Me too!
+99ETC
for sure....
It makes me wish I had talked to my grandmothers more before they died you never know it would have been great to get more recipes and talk about how it was and their childhoods etc
+Antonio Contreras Me too!!!
+Antonio Contreras she was special xo
I just noticed this is 13 years old. What a legacy. She is teaching someone still. RIP.
i just noticed that bcs of ur comment , i thought this video is recent , the way it's filmed and all
Just stumbled upon this channel and see these are 13 years old and that this lovely lady has passed. TH-cam is wonderful this way for history on the way things were from everyday people.
Yes🙏🏻🐦
Yes, I'm seeing this again after having seen it way back in 2011!
💚
@@sihammoussaid9140 her grandson (Christopher?) made these videos. He's talented and showed his love by putting her in the best light.
She’s so inspiring. What a humble comfort watching her, amazing legacy left for us all. 💗💗💗
Saw a recent video where they recreated one of Clara’s recipes. Glad to know that her legacy lives on! ❤
That’s some good camera quality for 2009
Very true!!
When the quality of the camera back in 2009 was better than pewdiepies :
how old are you bro? this is 2009 not 1999. camera quality was pretty good by that year.
@@santos9680 lol right. They act like we were in the stone age at 2009
Dick masterson, this is 2009? Past is in the past seems you’re the one living in 2009.
TH-cam: *recommends this to us*
US economy: *going down due to the coronavirus*
Oh yeah, it's all coming together
Desolate Galaxies youtube knows the future
Fuck, man. It's almost like it isn't an organic disaster.
Great Depression 2
It all makes sense.😢
Think about it, 1918 flu pandemic and 10yrs or so later the stock market crashed. Now it's just all happening all at once
There is such comfort to watch Clara, even though she went through the depression , she seems so happy and calm and describes a time that sounds so much better in so many ways that today's craziness.
Me coming back 14 years later. Miss you Miss Clara ❤
Darn TH-cam algorithm, why couldn’t you recommend this 10 years ago
Why though
youtube didn’t have an algorithm like it does now, it kinda just recommended what was popular i guess.
Wait there is a vid that was posted a week a go what is this sorcery is she dead or not??
Stumbled on this today, so sad she's gone. So much we can learn from this generation.
Because 11 years ago the algorithm was much more largely based on subscriptions
this is by far the best and most wholesome comments section ever.
Daniel Sanden I was going to say the same thing. Gives me hope that people aren’t all bad.
Yup, the comment section on this channel has always been positive, I found this channel years ago when she still posted and it’s really nice to see she’s getting the views she deserves
I can't help but cringe when her old hands touch that shit fuck that I'd rather starve
@@JprimeWorld why are you like this
@@catherinewhittington6928He said that because they jinxed themselves by saying it.
This was breakfast for us when we'd go to grandma's house! When her hands went bad from arthritis she started buying those Stella doro cookies shaped like an S. She even made her coffee in the old pot...we'd get some too but with a lot of milk and some sugar. I miss my grandma and Clara reminds me so much of her.❤
This video is over 14 years old. How amazing that a platform like YT can help keep this amazing lady's spirit alive 🙏⭐️❤️🌈
Her spirit haunts her house still. They call her Spooky Clara now
“I’m David, I’m 93 years old, and I’ll cook you a Pandemic breakfast”
*cooks 4 eggs and ramen*
petersondavid79 we wont live that long with that diet.
@@avariceseven9443 got that right. Enjoying fresh greens fruits and veggies from my garden while this pandemic goes around
@@1-gz7xy fresh eggs beat rabbit food any day
@@theelodgeovkeku3467 well this rabbit food gives me strength nutrition and the list can go on and on foo
@@theelodgeovkeku3467 I got baby chicks a few weeks ago so soon fresh eggs too 😎😎👌even got two cats a year ago to eat all the pest roaches and mouses. Thankfully find mouse roach dead carcesses everywhere so they doing there job
Is it just me or does it seem like she is everyone's grandma?
lilalienangel my grandma is black
Besides its the grandma spirit she encapsulates. Of course she isn't your literal grandma. That's silly..
No
Kikolopita
Good for you. However at least 272 people feel the same way. It's the grandma spirit that matters here.
wes i think what op meant was black grandmas generally dont act like this at all and therefore OP doesnt get reminded of their grandma
I can't imagine what Mrs. Clara knows from life's experience that I don't. I'm privileged to have seen her video.
Bless her and thank you. I remember my grandmother, aunts and uncles in 1950. I learned what depression was second hand. Kids went to work age 12 and my dad was a newspaper boy at 6. We took nothing for granted and it’s stayed the same for me, I’m 77. Waste not, want not. I never throw away food, save money, buy what’s important at Christmas, drive economical cars, care for my property, and always share. There were good things that came out of the Depression. We were strong and resilient, and thankful.
“I’m 93 years old”
Me - :)
*posted 10 years ago*
Me - :(
Lanny2thicc she died years ago being 98
Hi I'm Lucy doja cat😂🥰
Hi I'm Lucy - Super original comment
You just copied some body else's comment..
SAME
In her memory, i'm going to make Clara's cookies and share them with my family on a Sunday like she did.
Update: made the cookies and they were good we enjoyed them!
I love that ❤
Update please
@@Mayusunshine It's not Sunday yet. ^^
@@Mayusunshine i'm going to write out what she did as a recipe and look up how long they need to bake for. Will send a link when they're done ^^
You actually made me cry with this comment.
Thanks for keeping her videos up! She reminds me of my great grandmother!
Her calm, her voice, her spunk. She reminds me of my great grandma Dot. Had it ever occurred to me that someday I wouldn’t have her (I was young and I knew about death but I didn’t yet know death) and how homesick and lonely I’d one day be for her, her knowledge, her spirit, I’d have recorded every minute we had in the end. Clara’s videos are a treasure and such a breath of fresh air from the sort of artificial over produced thing TH-cam has become.