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Pure carbohydrate + gluten. It causes diabetes, obesity, clogged arteries, depression, leaky gut syndrome, itchy skin, low back pain, arthritis, bloating, reflux, and so on. Not at all a good food. It is just a "slave-food". Dried or smoked meat or pemmican is far, far better.
Mom and Dad called these drop biscuits....they made them pretty often when we were kids....they had the skillet hot before dropping them in...they also cooked them in the oven...350 if I remember...btw. I'm 74 now...
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I remember the hobos that used to come to our back door when I was a kid. That was in the 50's we lived in a tar paper house next to the rail road track in Manteca Ca. They were looking for a little work for some food. Mom always had them come into the house sit at the table and he would fix them something to eat, then send them off with some canned goods. She never asked them to do any work around the house or yard but the usually always insisted, raking the leaves or some kind of handyman job. I remember them well. We never had any problems with them. And of course word got out where we live so about once a week someone different showed up. But Mom never turned away any Hobo hungry time were different then. Everyone then had a measure of respect for others Hobo or not. And Hobos had their own set of rules and laws, if word got around of a fellow hobo stealing from a person like my Mom, well that hobo regretted it greatly and was outcast from the Hobo community and that was close to being a death sentence for them. Yes times have changed. Thanks for the recipe I will give it a try.
I owned a liquor store next to the railroad tracks back in the 70's and would get a few hobos in to buy something or warm up in the winter a little. They weren't considered homeless back then and most had some cash. The next-door gas station would leave the doors open on some old cars he had out back and they would sleep in them when the weather was freezing. No problems from them.
I was raised same way and have never turned away anyone hungry, I have a lot of hens and grow a large garden and word gets out as I had people coming out of the woodwork this past 6 months asking if I could spare some veggies and eggs, I had to put a stop to it when a coworker threatened to come take my place from me when SHTF, I just smiled and told him if anyone shows up at my place well they won’t live long, stupid actions will win that final lotto at my place.
This must be taught in schools teach kids how to survive not the bs they are teaching in schools right now with the woke garbage . Classes on survival should be a MUST in schools as part of the program.
How? There is practically no situation where you'll both have and need those items and if it were to come along, you'll be unable to resupply the ingredients. Living in fear on the other hand, will cause you to miss countless opportunities that if utilized, would prevent you from becoming a colonial-style homeless person. This is doomsday LARPing.
Drop biscuits in a pan are very close to being old fashioned bannock. A cover of some kind on the skillet holds in heat, and somewhat simulates an oven. Not really, but somewhat. I’m a clumsy cook, so use olive oil instead of lard. Adding the water in small increments, and mixing in each incremental little splash before add the next helps keep the dough all more manageable and less a sticky mess. Baking powder is often better if assembled only when getting ready to use it. 2 parts cream of tarter, mixed with 1 part baking soda. Once combined, they react together, and soon wear each other out. So I mix it up on site. Biscuits and bannock can also be “fortified” with goodies. Nut meats, crumbled bacon, berry bits, onion, cheese, etc adds flavor and substance. Jam or jelly is good on them but honey’s better. They go well with fried eggs too, sopping up the egg nicely. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
I enjoy this hobo series of videos. Some great ideas and some old memories. I am 81 years old. Not quite depression era but in my childhood the great depression was common table talk. So many of the implements and things in your video bring back memories of when I was a kid. Here's a thought; I grew up on the carnival. My dad was a boxer in the ring for money and put up the Ferris Wheel. My mom was the floating lady. You might look into the lifestyle back then of "carny's" and find some ideas worth a video.
Would be incredibly interesting. The Yankee Robinson Show established a winter quarters for his circus in a small town down the road from me. By 1926 there were 20 buildings, and even a elephant graveyard. (Dallas County Iowa)
I remember when I was first starting out on my own, I would catch the carnival and rodeo in the local areas and hire on setups, teardown, and general repair and maintenance. The more skills you have like welding or mechanica, working with livestock l the better.
My mother spoke "Carny", it kind of like pig latin but not quite. I can still hear it in my brain but I cannot interpret it. Whenever my mother or anyone in the carnival spoke in "Carny" it was because they were saying something that they didn't want others to hear, so we kids would listen carefully. But I just couldn't understand it. My dad understood it but I never heard him speak Carny. He wasn't the kind of person to hide what he wanted to say so maybe he just spoke his mind and didn't care. One meal I can remember from the carnival in the 40's was goulash. One of the guys would make a big pot of it and friends and coworkers were welcome to share. It was garlicky and a little spicy but so good. My brother and I would sleep on the ground and shared a wool blanket. If the weather turned bad we slept in the back seat of a car. I have no clue where my older sister slept or even where my parents slept. But typically we slept on the grass behind one of the Vardo's or maybe under it and I guess my sister and parents slept inside. I never remember it being uncomfortable. Just a blanket and two little kids sleep until dawn and never thought it was odd.
It’s amazing to see a cookie recipe from the Great Depression! Simple, yet it tells a story of resilience and creativity. I’m from Vietnam, and during those years, my country also went through a difficult war period. Thank you for sharing this 1929 recipe - it’s a reminder of the strength to overcome hard times. Your video is excellent!❤❤
My dad was a hobo as a teenager . Must jave been in the early 30s. Told me they were in a box car. Had a black guy setting by himself. A railroad bull came on with a ball bat and started beating them. When he got to the black guy they heard a gun shot. The bull was dead. They ran like hell. I guess the railroad bulls were hired by the railroads to keep The hobos off the trains. Sometimes they would get arrested and be put to work on the county farms.
In Australia we had swagmen, similar to hobos, they made "damper" a bread thats made from flour, salt and water. Can be wrapped around a stick and cooked over the fire or made like a loaf of bread. Add honey, jam (jelly), peanut butter, butter or dip it in your stew. Its a great basic camp bread.
I'm 30 now, I grew up on Moreton island off the coast of Brisbane... I went to school over in Stradbroke island, and some of the first school memories I have was being taught to make damper by my Aboriginal kindergarten teacher. Good times! Gotta make some damper again!
I grew up eating these. My mom taught me how to make them. Her mother learned from a hobo who came to her house and asked her for a cup of flour. They came around on several occasions asking for something. A cup of flour, a potato, lard and things like that. Grandma asked the man they did with the flour and he told her they were making fried biscuits. He told her that the man went out in groups to different neighborhoods and each group would ask each house for certain things. It was his group's job that time to ask for flour. Once they all collected what they needed they would go back to their camp, put it all together and make one big meal for everybody. It's really good with homemade gravy or peanut butter and jelly, butter and honey or butter and syrup. I make those a lot but I never knew the measurements of anything. I just dumped it in a bowl and made it. I have made it for years using cooking oil instead of lard. You can also substitute the powdered milk with coffee creamer. This recipe also makes very good dumplings, baked biscuits and with a few more ingredients (vanilla flavoring, sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon) it makes good cinnamon biscuits.
What a good, kind Mom. Like you I have no exact measurements for biscuits and use that 'recipe' to incorporate other ingredients for sweet or savory foods. Love putting basic ingredients together and adding in what's handy and fits with the rest.
@Roy-f5h that's how I would have to explain it to them. It's basically a biscuit that you fry. And a lot of the people I've talked to said they've never had it that way. Don't ask me. They have just told me they have never heard of it
My granny always made the best biscuits! Out of her 7 daughters and 7 sons, none of them were ever able to truly replicate her biscuits, but a couple of my aunts came darn close. Granny used to always put in plenty of butter when they were fresh out of the oven and when we got them on our plates, we'd cut them in pieces and drizzle on some table syrup. My God, I'd forgotten just how much I miss those biscuits. 😋
My mom used to make biscuits like this with bacon grease and bake them in the oven. She probably used real milk and a little less water, don't remember ever having powdered milk in the house. She made hers about golf ball size and they'd spread out a little as they baked. So good with white gravy or butter and honey. 🤤
My Momma made those biscuits my whole life, we called them “drop biscuits”. I have looked for the recipe for years because Mom just had it in her head, so thank you for bringing them to life for me! I’ve never liked the big fluffy biscuits, moms always had a crunch that was so good.
A couple of months ago I asked my 85 yr old mother for her drop biscuit recipe. Self-Rising flour, milk, and bacon grease. She didn't ever measure anything. As a child, my grandmother made something that she called a chocolate butter roll. Sadly, no one in the family has the recipe or knows how to make them. They were delicious.
This puts me in mind of the men in Jack London’s accounts of the gold rush of the North. How each man made his biscuits was of high and serious importance and could come to serious blows when everything froze solid, and the men had too much free time on their hands. Newcomers were dubbed Chechaquas and sneered at for needing baking powder to rise their biscuits. His works are still regarded as the premier history of the North’s broad expanses at that time. I absolutely love them. Some of my very favorite characters in all of literature. I love your channel! So much to admire! 👍👍
Been making biscuits for over 60 yrs. Thankyou for showing how it's done. My parents are from the Era of the depression and mom taught me this very technique. I have taught my grandkids now great grand kids how to make biscuits only I use a hardwood dowel as a rolling pin thanks so much
Really appreciate you getting straight into the video and not using the same old tired youtube formula( talk about subject, then 10 second intro thats not needed) and then deliver the same information from the start. I really wish other channels would stop wasting the first minute of their videos. I cant speak for everybody but this way catches my attention quicker. Anyways great video sorry for the rant
Your giving of thanks faithfully, reminds me of a line from David in the Psalms. "I have been young, now I'm old. But I have never seen the LORDS people go hungry"!
My suggestion would be to make sure your pan is well greased. Seriously though, it's great practice, we may need to go live with it soon. Thank you James👍🏻
@CathyLoveFerguson-gl9ts I like learning about wild edibles and medicinal plants too. I should probably take the little books on the subject out into the woods and practice in case I don't have them with me
This recipe has to be really close to what my granddad used. They look just the same. I can still smell and taste them. He also used to always have the best bacon, and a pot of beans on the stove. The thing that grabbed me the most was that old tin cup. He kept a pot of coffee going in an old percolator all day, and he would pour it boiling hot into a cup just like that and drink it black and boiling hot. I would take permanent damage if I tried it. These are actually good skills to know, and I'm glad to see you're keeping them alive. I don't usually subscribe after one video, but I'll make an exception here.
I'm a born again Christian. I care very much. The King James Bible is God's word and most people who call themselves Christians don't follow it. If you as an atheist are saved by Jesus Christ and live by the King James Bible (no church buildings or blind religion) you would be doing more than anyone who calls themselves Christians @@mort8143
@@IsaacNelson54As Jesus didn't speak in Elizabethan English I prefer a more modern translation. Learned Hebrew and Greek in seminary but the average person in the US doesn't understand it. Thus I prefer a bible translation that's easier for everyone in the modern day to understand (NIV, NASB, etc.)
@@Greybeard1357 Thank you for posting an ignorant comment so everyone can see the foolishness of liar "Christians" today I love my KJB. It wasn't authorized by the Vatican as the Nestles Greek text says.
I've always respected the people who just prefer to live off the grid in this crazy world. Some people prefer to have a nomadic lifestyle and it's very hard for some folks to understand that. I'm addicted to the creature comforts myself but damn, those biscuits look amazing!😊❤
Thanks James. Love these simple recipes not only for home but camping time. Love the history you bring. I have the pan exactly like one you used. It was my grandpa’s and only cooked his eggs in it. I use all the time.
What a wholesome channel. Absolutely enjoy and look forward to these videos. Some of them remind me of the stories my grandfather (Papa) would tell me about his life experiences on the go.
Former 50 of 74 years a hobo. Pan fried biscuits. I sometimes do these on my stove for breakfast. Now in the fact that we are talking about a longer term jungle it's fairly easy to make a hobo tin can oven from a gallon size can. I think that's a # 10 can but I may be wrong on that. When you open can, save "lid". 4 finger size trench dug n the dirt a few inches deep. Lay the coffee can over the trench. A couple of those little tomato juice with both ends cut open stacked in back side of coffee can. Stable the coffee can with a row of smaller stones on either side. Pack outside with mud at least an inch thick. The tomato juice cans are the chimney. Open both ends of a tall juice can. and flatten. Fit on the bottom of the coffee can and grease it a little. The coffee can lid with a stick about a 45 degree angle holding the "oven" door. A twig ( pencil to pinky size ) fire in the trench. Coals for a moderate oven. Burning twigs for a hot oven. I wish I could send pictures of building this "oven" because it's really easy to make if you see the pictures. Can be used quite a few times.
I recognize that fry pan! My parrents had a pan just like that, It has a” keep cool” handle as iI recall. I learned to cook bacon in tha pan. my Dad told me that his Mother used to bake cornbread in a cast iron skillet on the stove instead ov baking in the oven. he grew up on a farm during the 1930’s. and most nights thier diier was buscuita & gravy or cornpone and gravy. Meat was usually only for Sunday dinner.. My mother -in-law also raised in a large family and lived on the road in their car camping out driving around the country looking for work.y Father-in-law l lived a hobos life in his teens he left home and rode the rails to fid work until got in the CCC
C.C.C. ----California Conservative Corps. My pop was in the organization too .. building roads in the mountains ( Angeles Crest Highway) .. then joined the Navy in 1938...
Love this channel! My father rode the rails in the 30's, and told me many stories. It is really eye opening to see his life stories come to life on your channel. Thank you so much, keep up the great work and research. I also enjoy that you mostly use period correct gear. Thanks again!
I grew up on biscuits with butter and maple syrup up north Minnesota way. Now down Texas way ya'all gotta have your biscuits and sausage gravy. Either way, you can't beat good biscuits.
I’m 76 years old my mom had 5 boys and felt that a man should know how to cook and taught us from an early age to cook at around 10 years of age this was the first thing she taught me to cook keep up the good work of putting together these videos
You have encouraged me greatly. I've been camping for 2 months and cooking outdoors. For years I've felt like a hobo in training now it may come to pass but I am sure the Lord will continue to take care of me. Thanks @
Love your heart and content, looks delicious i simply love the no profanity and no alchohol content, it is so appreciated, thank you sir, huge respect to you and your channel.
I love these recipes! My son,and I were just talking about making some bannock (in the Stanley all in one/piece of metal napkin holder oven we made) on our next camping trip. Thank you!
I've been camping as long as memory goes back. I love these videos to remind me that we don't need the latest gear. PLUS...I will be makin these biscuts.
Great pepper recipe! I enjoy your history lesson about hobo life. My great-grandmother used to give them food and provisions and they would mark her gate in a symbol that someone helpful lives here. I know you know all about that.
I'm glad for videos like this. Since I've always have bad luck and still poor, I've made food for my wife and kids using things thrown together that we happen to have available. We don't always have meat, so sometimes I'll do simple things like buttered noodles, baked beans mixed with chopped hotdogs, different cans of vegetables mixed with instant mashed potatoes, instant mashed potatoes with cans of sausage and gravy...heck even for a treat I sometimes make Navajo Fried Bread. Maybe I'm not as good as making it as a the Navajos, but wife and kids still like it. I teach my kids these ways of cooking too. If there's something new that I've learned, I pass it on. Good job on your video 👍👍
Reminds me of stuff I've done and a life I've have lived ❤ GoD bless You and keep making videos, I believe that we will repeat history and what once was will be again, ❤ thank God
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I remember seeing this cookware, the skillet, the cans, the scoops in the back porches or garages of houses back in the 1950's when I was a boy. Perhaps mementos from their times past or camp gear. There were many folks who had ridden the rails before finding full time work even if the had been in the military. Thank you
My grandfather was a veteran of WW I and he hopped railroad cars looking for work during the Depression. He died in 1943, so I never met the man. I can only imagine this is the kind of survival meal that he would have had during that era. People did what they could to survive during the Depression.
This recipe is ridiculous. It's so easy and field ready. This can even be pre made and hauled into field. This plus a meat and potatoe... Good to go. I'm somewhat resentful though that there isn't a listed ingredient reference!😆 I've made these biscuits three times and had to watch the video each time through💪❤️ Fantastic recipe, sir!! You knock it out of the park every single time. This morning I taught two of my sons the recipe. Last month, I taught my ten year old nephew this during our 3 day Bushcraft crucible. Just know that your channel reintroduces and reinforces base necessary man-knowledge and skills. Thank you for all you do.
Always learn alot my dad was born in 1930. And he told me about the old ways he grew up with. Like I said Always enjoy your videos. Cause we need to know how to live and survive like they used to.
Wow I love the way you guided us through this. Everything you showed, reminds me of my Mother and Grandmother's simple recipes. Love the thro-back. We need to know these old forgotten tips on how to survive in emergencies. Thank you so much again! I'm a new subscriber and want to see more of your tips! You really do look like you stepped out of the past to show us. Loved it!
Cant help but think a handful of raisins would make a nice addition to the recipe..though probably hard to come by in those days ?! Excellent presentation , another classic...thank you
Im living out of my truck and always looking for easy, cheap recipes, ill definitely be trying this with my cast iron skillet, i love that you dont need eggs and everything is dry product, keeping my fridge powered during winter is a real pain....ill definitely be checking out more of your vids!
First time I've seen you. I really think you're showing something that could help in a survival situation. I bet those biscuits would be a feast for a displaced person who was cold, hungry and tired. We give very little thought to how lucky we are to have supermarkets and diners and such and easy access to almost anything we want but, should we find ourselves as refugees or homeless a simple recipe like this would provide comfort to anyone who was in need. Thanks!
Simple, easy, cheap - and good! Watching your videos with my children and we tried the Mulligan Stew recipe - it was great and it "included" some nice history. Now we will try the Hobo Biscuits.
I have been looking for a good recipe for biscuits. My grandmother made some biscuits like this on her woodstove top. She called them 'drop buscuits'. My cousins & I loved these. Brings me back to my childhood.
This is pretty appetising to say the least, the information provided along is quite fascinating as well. People down on thier luck or judt camping can also benifit from a lot of these tricks and tips
Thanks James. I have Mark Wyman's 'Hoboes' here in Canberra, Australia. Ive reread it a few times. I find the subject interesting. Moving around, looking for seasonal work still goes on today. I guess backpackers are the modern bindlestiffs. I like the idea of adventure. 🇦🇺👍
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Pure carbohydrate + gluten. It causes diabetes, obesity, clogged arteries, depression, leaky gut syndrome, itchy skin, low back pain, arthritis, bloating, reflux, and so on. Not at all a good food. It is just a "slave-food". Dried or smoked meat or pemmican is far, far better.
Love ur cooking videos.
How would it be if you could add an egg to the dough? It would definitely reduce the water needed of course.
Mom and Dad called these drop biscuits....they made them pretty often when we were kids....they had the skillet hot before dropping them in...they also cooked them in the oven...350 if I remember...btw. I'm 74 now...
Can I put these in the oven?
If you’re smart you’re paying attention to this guys videos not only are they well done but they’re highly packed full of information everyone needs to know
James is good. I remember a lot of the things he covers and can say he is dead on with his history and info.
I love all the old items he has
Self sufficiency is a great quality. 🇦🇺👍
Y'all should take his classes in person highly recommend
Yup, tried and true techniques that would have been lost forever.
Thanks for the kudos, Roadrunner!
I remember the hobos that used to come to our back door when I was a kid. That was in the 50's we lived in a tar paper house next to the rail road track in Manteca Ca. They were looking for a little work for some food. Mom always had them come into the house sit at the table and he would fix them something to eat, then send them off with some canned goods. She never asked them to do any work around the house or yard but the usually always insisted, raking the leaves or some kind of handyman job. I remember them well. We never had any problems with them. And of course word got out where we live so about once a week someone different showed up. But Mom never turned away any Hobo hungry time were different then. Everyone then had a measure of respect for others Hobo or not. And Hobos had their own set of rules and laws, if word got around of a fellow hobo stealing from a person like my Mom, well that hobo regretted it greatly and was outcast from the Hobo community and that was close to being a death sentence for them. Yes times have changed. Thanks for the recipe I will give it a try.
Thanks for sharing that! It's amazing how much things have changed.
I owned a liquor store next to the railroad tracks back in the 70's and would get a few hobos in to buy something or warm up in the winter a little. They weren't considered homeless back then and most had some cash. The next-door gas station would leave the doors open on some old cars he had out back and they would sleep in them when the weather was freezing. No problems from them.
How wonderful to grow up with a parent teaching you the right way to treat your fellow man. What a wonderful mother; thank you for sharing! 🎉
I was raised same way and have never turned away anyone hungry, I have a lot of hens and grow a large garden and word gets out as I had people coming out of the woodwork this past 6 months asking if I could spare some veggies and eggs, I had to put a stop to it when a coworker threatened to come take my place from me when SHTF, I just smiled and told him if anyone shows up at my place well they won’t live long, stupid actions will win that final lotto at my place.
I bet your dads a hobo😂
Tough times don't last, tough people do. Thanks, it reminds me of the stories of my parents and Grandmother.
Indeed.
Some Tom Macdonald lyrics. And they are from one of his best songs ! IMO
Another fantastic wardrobe attire, tools of the era, and classic hobo presentation.
Cheers!
Thanks for watching!
This kinda information will keep people alive. We need classes in school teaching this
That would be a great idea!
classes used to be called Home Economics. Not taught anymore in high schools.
also older copies of the Boy Scout Handbook covered this kind of stuff.
This must be taught in schools teach kids how to survive not the bs they are teaching in schools right now with the woke garbage . Classes on survival should be a MUST in schools as part of the program.
How? There is practically no situation where you'll both have and need those items and if it were to come along, you'll be unable to resupply the ingredients. Living in fear on the other hand, will cause you to miss countless opportunities that if utilized, would prevent you from becoming a colonial-style homeless person. This is doomsday LARPing.
Eating delicious biscuits in the great outdoors has to be one of life’s better pleasures. Thank you for showing us how they’re made!
You're welcome!
You sir are a credit to Hobo's everywhere.
Drop biscuits in a pan are very close to being old fashioned bannock.
A cover of some kind on the skillet holds in heat, and somewhat simulates an oven. Not really, but somewhat.
I’m a clumsy cook, so use olive oil instead of lard. Adding the water in small increments, and mixing in each incremental little splash before add the next helps keep the dough all more manageable and less a sticky mess.
Baking powder is often better if assembled only when getting ready to use it. 2 parts cream of tarter, mixed with 1 part baking soda. Once combined, they react together, and soon wear each other out. So I mix it up on site.
Biscuits and bannock can also be “fortified” with goodies. Nut meats, crumbled bacon, berry bits, onion, cheese, etc adds flavor and substance. Jam or jelly is good on them but honey’s better.
They go well with fried eggs too, sopping up the egg nicely.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Allways great vides.
Now they call them homeless and there are hundreds of thousands of them around the country. 180 thousand in Commiefornia alone.
You are a legend. Thank you for what you do
You're very welcome!
I enjoy this hobo series of videos. Some great ideas and some old memories. I am 81 years old. Not quite depression era but in my childhood the great depression was common table talk. So many of the implements and things in your video bring back memories of when I was a kid. Here's a thought; I grew up on the carnival. My dad was a boxer in the ring for money and put up the Ferris Wheel. My mom was the floating lady. You might look into the lifestyle back then of "carny's" and find some ideas worth a video.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestions!
@WayPointSurvival Yes would be cool. Could do a history or how they camped or cooked.
Would be incredibly interesting.
The Yankee Robinson Show established a winter quarters for his circus in a small town down the road from me. By 1926 there were 20 buildings, and even a elephant graveyard.
(Dallas County Iowa)
I remember when I was first starting out on my own, I would catch the carnival and rodeo in the local areas and hire on setups, teardown, and general repair and maintenance. The more skills you have like welding or mechanica, working with livestock l the better.
My mother spoke "Carny", it kind of like pig latin but not quite. I can still hear it in my brain but I cannot interpret it. Whenever my mother or anyone in the carnival spoke in "Carny" it was because they were saying something that they didn't want others to hear, so we kids would listen carefully. But I just couldn't understand it. My dad understood it but I never heard him speak Carny. He wasn't the kind of person to hide what he wanted to say so maybe he just spoke his mind and didn't care.
One meal I can remember from the carnival in the 40's was goulash. One of the guys would make a big pot of it and friends and coworkers were welcome to share. It was garlicky and a little spicy but so good.
My brother and I would sleep on the ground and shared a wool blanket. If the weather turned bad we slept in the back seat of a car. I have no clue where my older sister slept or even where my parents slept. But typically we slept on the grass behind one of the Vardo's or maybe under it and I guess my sister and parents slept inside. I never remember it being uncomfortable. Just a blanket and two little kids sleep until dawn and never thought it was odd.
It’s amazing to see a cookie recipe from the Great Depression! Simple, yet it tells a story of resilience and creativity. I’m from Vietnam, and during those years, my country also went through a difficult war period. Thank you for sharing this 1929 recipe - it’s a reminder of the strength to overcome hard times. Your video is excellent!❤❤
Thank you so much for the kind words.
Um it's a biscuit recipe 😂
My dad was a hobo as a teenager . Must jave been in the early 30s. Told me they were in a box car. Had a black guy setting by himself. A railroad bull came on with a ball bat and started beating them. When he got to the black guy they heard a gun shot. The bull was dead. They ran like hell. I guess the railroad bulls were hired by the railroads to keep
The hobos off the trains. Sometimes they would get arrested and be put to work on the county farms.
@@ralphwood8818 Tough times. Never judge someone until you have walked in their shoes.
Give us this day our daily bread. Great simple hobo meal!
Right! It's so simple and delicious.
The old timers knew how to make delicious gravy to put on those biscuits
In Australia we had swagmen, similar to hobos, they made "damper" a bread thats made from flour, salt and water. Can be wrapped around a stick and cooked over the fire or made like a loaf of bread. Add honey, jam (jelly), peanut butter, butter or dip it in your stew. Its a great basic camp bread.
👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👌 proud Australian
I'm 30 now, I grew up on Moreton island off the coast of Brisbane... I went to school over in Stradbroke island, and some of the first school memories I have was being taught to make damper by my Aboriginal kindergarten teacher. Good times!
Gotta make some damper again!
Indeed.
I knew I'd find an Aussie mentioning Damper. Used to make it all the time in scouts, we'd have ours with Golden Syrup.
We made the same here in Newfoundland. We called them damper dogs.
I grew up eating these. My mom taught me how to make them. Her mother learned from a hobo who came to her house and asked her for a cup of flour. They came around on several occasions asking for something. A cup of flour, a potato, lard and things like that. Grandma asked the man they did with the flour and he told her they were making fried biscuits. He told her that the man went out in groups to different neighborhoods and each group would ask each house for certain things. It was his group's job that time to ask for flour. Once they all collected what they needed they would go back to their camp, put it all together and make one big meal for everybody. It's really good with homemade gravy or peanut butter and jelly, butter and honey or butter and syrup. I make those a lot but I never knew the measurements of anything. I just dumped it in a bowl and made it. I have made it for years using cooking oil instead of lard. You can also substitute the powdered milk with coffee creamer. This recipe also makes very good dumplings, baked biscuits and with a few more ingredients (vanilla flavoring, sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon) it makes good cinnamon biscuits.
That's an interesting story! Thanks so much for watching!
What a good, kind Mom. Like you I have no exact measurements for biscuits and use that 'recipe' to incorporate other ingredients for sweet or savory foods. Love putting basic ingredients together and adding in what's handy and fits with the rest.
@Roy-f5h unfortunately no not everyone. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who's never even heard of it
@Roy-f5h I don't know, maybe it's an area thing or whatever but I've met plenty of people my age and older that's never heard of it.
@Roy-f5h that's how I would have to explain it to them. It's basically a biscuit that you fry. And a lot of the people I've talked to said they've never had it that way. Don't ask me. They have just told me they have never heard of it
Always love the cooking videos. As a solo truck driver they are nice to watch while im eating.
Thanks for watching, and happy trails!
My grandparents made similar biscuits, and as James stated they always used bacon grease. That really makes a flavorful biscuit. Ahhh the memories.
Sounds great!
OOOO!
you had me @bacon grease, errrr hog sauce!
My granny always made the best biscuits! Out of her 7 daughters and 7 sons, none of them were ever able to truly replicate her biscuits, but a couple of my aunts came darn close. Granny used to always put in plenty of butter when they were fresh out of the oven and when we got them on our plates, we'd cut them in pieces and drizzle on some table syrup. My God, I'd forgotten just how much I miss those biscuits. 😋
And I always throw away my bacon grease. Not next time though.
love how you dress for these and love all the old vintage items you use in them. thanks for all the great info over the years
You're welcome!
My mom used to make biscuits like this with bacon grease and bake them in the oven. She probably used real milk and a little less water, don't remember ever having powdered milk in the house. She made hers about golf ball size and they'd spread out a little as they baked. So good with white gravy or butter and honey. 🤤
That sounds delicious!
Butter milk
My Momma made those biscuits my whole life, we called them “drop biscuits”.
I have looked for the recipe for years because Mom just had it in her head, so thank you for bringing them to life for me! I’ve never liked the big fluffy biscuits, moms always had a crunch that was so good.
Yep, that's what my Dad and mamaw called em. They'd use buttermilk ❤
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the recipe!
A couple of months ago I asked my 85 yr old mother for her drop biscuit recipe. Self-Rising flour, milk, and bacon grease. She didn't ever measure anything. As a child, my grandmother made something that she called a chocolate butter roll. Sadly, no one in the family has the recipe or knows how to make them. They were delicious.
@kimt1054 just type in southern Butter rolls recipe... that chocolate ur talkin bout is Nutella I'm pretty sure 🤎 hope this helps.
@@kimt1054 I searched for chocolate butter rolls and found several recipes. Hopefully one is your grandmother’s or close to it.😊👍
This puts me in mind of the men in Jack London’s accounts of the gold rush of the North. How each man made his biscuits was of high and serious importance and could come to serious blows when everything froze solid, and the men had too much free time on their hands. Newcomers were dubbed Chechaquas and sneered at for needing baking powder to rise their biscuits. His works are still regarded as the premier history of the North’s broad expanses at that time. I absolutely love them. Some of my very favorite characters in all of literature. I love your channel! So much to admire! 👍👍
Thanks so very much!
Been making biscuits for over 60 yrs. Thankyou for showing how it's done. My parents are from the Era of the depression and mom taught me this very technique. I have taught my grandkids now great grand kids how to make biscuits only I use a hardwood dowel as a rolling pin thanks so much
That's awesome you're passing on the tradition!
Really appreciate you getting straight into the video and not using the same old tired youtube formula( talk about subject, then 10 second intro thats not needed) and then deliver the same information from the start. I really wish other channels would stop wasting the first minute of their videos. I cant speak for everybody but this way catches my attention quicker. Anyways great video sorry for the rant
Thanks! I'm glad you appreciate that!
Well done James. The world needs more training like this 🙏
Thanks!
Your giving of thanks faithfully, reminds me of a line from David in the Psalms. "I have been young, now I'm old. But I have never seen the LORDS people go hungry"!
I love that verse! Thanks for watching!
@@WayPointSurvival
Question. How did Christian Hobo's worship?
Did they gather and partake of the LORDS supper?
Grits eggs sunny side up and studded tomatoes. So good.
Studded tomatoes? Never heard of such a thing. Do you mean stuffed?
Sounds like a great breakfast to me!
Stewed😂❤@@florarix2210
@@florarix2210
Maybe "stewed" tomatoes?
Always gotta stay ahead of autocorrect!
My suggestion would be to make sure your pan is well greased. Seriously though, it's great practice, we may need to go live with it soon. Thank you James👍🏻
He did
@independentthinker8930 It was a high flyer
You're right, a little grease wouldn't hurt!...lol.
Agree... better to be prepared... also should have some info on foraging for edible wild plants, as well...
@CathyLoveFerguson-gl9ts I like learning about wild edibles and medicinal plants too. I should probably take the little books on the subject out into the woods and practice in case I don't have them with me
Depression cooking videos gonna be all the rage in 2025 and onward. Thank you for your knowledge.
I've always loved them ❤
Agreed! And with the economy due to improve so drastically now everyone should have plenty of money to try all these awesome old time recipes!! 😊
@@Oppdega17 troll or cope
@@VerbalCoffee no trolling, in all seriousness.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
This recipe has to be really close to what my granddad used. They look just the same. I can still smell and taste them. He also used to always have the best bacon, and a pot of beans on the stove.
The thing that grabbed me the most was that old tin cup. He kept a pot of coffee going in an old percolator all day, and he would pour it boiling hot into a cup just like that and drink it black and boiling hot. I would take permanent damage if I tried it.
These are actually good skills to know, and I'm glad to see you're keeping them alive. I don't usually subscribe after one video, but I'll make an exception here.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I'm really happy to have you as a subscriber! Welcome aboard!
Very happy to see you giving thanks to the Lord!😊
I'm an atheist bindlestiff, I couldn't care less. 😀🇦🇺
I'm a born again Christian. I care very much. The King James Bible is God's word and most people who call themselves Christians don't follow it.
If you as an atheist are saved by Jesus Christ and live by the King James Bible (no church buildings or blind religion) you would be doing more than anyone who calls themselves Christians @@mort8143
@@IsaacNelson54As Jesus didn't speak in Elizabethan English I prefer a more modern translation. Learned Hebrew and Greek in seminary but the average person in the US doesn't understand it. Thus I prefer a bible translation that's easier for everyone in the modern day to understand (NIV, NASB, etc.)
Thanks. My faith is very important to me!
@@Greybeard1357 Thank you for posting an ignorant comment so everyone can see the foolishness of liar "Christians" today
I love my KJB. It wasn't authorized by the Vatican as the Nestles Greek text says.
James, absolutely amazing, and thanks for your time to teach us! What a great but easy recipe. God Bless and Be Safe!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and God bless you too, my friend!
Those looked very good.
They're pretty simple but really tasty!
finally!!!! a survival video that teaches instead of just having us watch them go camping or fishing!!! Awesome!!!
Glad you liked it!
I've always respected the people who just prefer to live off the grid in this crazy world. Some people prefer to have a nomadic lifestyle and it's very hard for some folks to understand that. I'm addicted to the creature comforts myself but damn, those biscuits look amazing!😊❤
Thanks for watching! They were pretty tasty!
Thanks James. Love these simple recipes not only for home but camping time. Love the history you bring.
I have the pan exactly like one you used. It was my grandpa’s and only cooked his eggs in it. I use all the time.
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That's a great story. I love how you're carrying on a family tradition.
Thanks James for the video. Never made any biscuits so fancy, but made a simpler "bannock" for camp bread and "hardtack" for food storage.
You're welcome!
What a wholesome channel. Absolutely enjoy and look forward to these videos. Some of them remind me of the stories my grandfather (Papa) would tell me about his life experiences on the go.
Former 50 of 74 years a hobo. Pan fried biscuits. I sometimes do these on my stove for breakfast. Now in the fact that we are talking about a longer term jungle it's fairly easy to make a hobo tin can oven from a gallon size can. I think that's a # 10 can but I may be wrong on that. When you open can, save "lid". 4 finger size trench dug n the dirt a few inches deep. Lay the coffee can over the trench. A couple of those little tomato juice with both ends cut open stacked in back side of coffee can. Stable the coffee can with a row of smaller stones on either side. Pack outside with mud at least an inch thick. The tomato juice cans are the chimney. Open both ends of a tall juice can. and flatten. Fit on the bottom of the coffee can and grease it a little. The coffee can lid with a stick about a 45 degree angle holding the "oven" door. A twig ( pencil to pinky size ) fire in the trench. Coals for a moderate oven. Burning twigs for a hot oven. I wish I could send pictures of building this "oven" because it's really easy to make if you see the pictures. Can be used quite a few times.
Thanks for the great tip about the hobo oven! I may have to give that a try!
It’s always interesting to me seeing how people were able to make a lot with a little
Indeed.
Would love some hobo / camp cooking recipes!
I do have several others on my channel.
As usual, another great video!, James, you make the Hobo Life really come alive! Thanks, and may God bless you.
You're welcome, may God bless you too!
LEARN WELL
we may soon need these skills
Possibly!
Once again such an astonishing collection of gear...that little lard bucket!!! I NEED IT! 🤣🤣🤣 Ok, need is a strong word but it's so cute!
Thanks! It is a really cool little bucket!
Thank you sir. ✌
Glad you enjoyed it!
I always enjoy a you tube video that is clean, practical, wholesome and you never know may be very informative. Thank you well done.
I recognize that fry pan! My parrents had a pan just like that, It has a” keep cool” handle as iI recall. I learned to cook bacon in tha pan. my Dad told me that his Mother used to bake cornbread in a cast iron skillet on the stove instead ov baking in the oven. he grew up on a farm during the 1930’s. and most nights thier diier was buscuita & gravy or cornpone and gravy. Meat was usually only for Sunday dinner.. My mother -in-law also raised in a large family and lived on the road in their car camping out driving around the country looking for work.y Father-in-law l lived a hobos life in his teens he left home and rode the rails to fid work until got in the CCC
Thanks for sharing your family’s history! It’s incredible how much people have had to go through.
C.C.C. ----California Conservative Corps. My pop was in the organization too .. building roads in the mountains ( Angeles Crest Highway) .. then joined the Navy in 1938...
Thank you for educating me on something. It’s long and lost about the depression area of recipes and things you can do this. To survive.
You're welcome!
Good evening!!
Good evening to you too!
That's good to know. I'm a widower now and sometimes I would like to cook That's easy and quick to fix. Keep up the good work and God bless.
You're welcome, and God bless you too!
Nothing like bread or biscuits baked on a campfire... the good things in life.
Cathead biscuits
Indeed.
Thank you for the video, I wouldn't be surprised to see those times again.
At 10:28 WW 1 canteen. My dad used one in WW 2. The WW 1 canteens had the metal aluminum screw tops. I still have my dads canteen.
Indeed.
Love this channel! My father rode the rails in the 30's, and told me many stories. It is really eye opening to see his life stories come to life on your channel. Thank you so much, keep up the great work and research. I also enjoy that you mostly use period correct gear. Thanks again!
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it!
Great stuff to know. Keep it coming my man!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!
I don't get out in the woods much anymore but practiced these on the stove top soooo yummy whole family couldn't get enough!
Glad to hear they were a hit!
I grew up on biscuits with butter and maple syrup up north Minnesota way. Now down Texas way ya'all gotta have your biscuits and sausage gravy. Either way, you can't beat good biscuits.
You can’t go wrong with biscuits!
I’m 76 years old my mom had 5 boys and felt that a man should know how to cook and taught us from an early age to cook at around 10 years of age this was the first thing she taught me to cook keep up the good work of putting together these videos
Excellent, thanks so much for watching!
You have encouraged me greatly. I've been camping for 2 months and cooking outdoors. For years I've felt like a hobo in training now it may come to pass but I am sure the Lord will continue to take care of me. Thanks @
Thanks, love the recipe. Pathfinder is cool.
Indeed!
Love your heart and content, looks delicious i simply love the no profanity and no alchohol content, it is so appreciated, thank you sir, huge respect to you and your channel.
That's very kind of you to say. Thanks for watching!
Definitely useful knowledge in these current unpredictable times. Peace and blessings in Jesus name.
Thanks for watching!
Every time I see your videos, you are more and more Hobo and time seems to be going back! that's really sensational! Thanks!
I try to be as authentic as possible, thanks so much for watching!
Awsome !!!!
Glad you liked it!
@@WayPointSurvival Thanks 😊 love your videos ! Godbless
They looked amazing James! Can't wait to see more hobo recipes!!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Survival tucker for Apocalypse 👌👌👌
Right!
I love these recipes! My son,and I were just talking about making some bannock (in the Stanley all in one/piece of metal napkin holder oven we made) on our next camping trip. Thank you!
Thanks so much for watching!
YUM!
Indeed!
I've been camping as long as memory goes back. I love these videos to remind me that we don't need the latest gear. PLUS...I will be makin these biscuts.
Just in time
Glad you liked it!
Great pepper recipe! I enjoy your history lesson about hobo life. My great-grandmother used to give them food and provisions and they would mark her gate in a symbol that someone helpful lives here. I know you know all about that.
Thank you Mr Bender
You're welcome!
Sorry I'm late, had to visit hubby in nursing home. I love all of your videos. Thank you Sir for being here for us ❤
That's so kind of you! Thanks for watching.
@WayPointSurvival you the Man Sir... thank you
Good survival information
Glad it was helpful!
The character of this channel is outstanding. Thank you algorithm
Glad you liked it!
4:10 " centinal lard bucket" im gonna use that as a insult
Lol. Right?
I'm glad for videos like this. Since I've always have bad luck and still poor, I've made food for my wife and kids using things thrown together that we happen to have available. We don't always have meat, so sometimes I'll do simple things like buttered noodles, baked beans mixed with chopped hotdogs, different cans of vegetables mixed with instant mashed potatoes, instant mashed potatoes with cans of sausage and gravy...heck even for a treat I sometimes make Navajo Fried Bread. Maybe I'm not as good as making it as a the Navajos, but wife and kids still like it. I teach my kids these ways of cooking too. If there's something new that I've learned, I pass it on. Good job on your video 👍👍
Thanks for watching!
We may have more hobos than ever after this election....🥺
I wrote that prior to Trumps glorious victory. Now, I am filled with hope again. 😁👍
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Agreed 💯 percent
Nah.... everyone says the same thing EVERY election.
@astrumdeus7098 🙃
Thanks for watching.
Reminds me of stuff I've done and a life I've have lived ❤ GoD bless You and keep making videos, I believe that we will repeat history and what once was will be again, ❤ thank God
Thanks so much and God bless you too!
TRUMP 2024 OR WE WILL BE HOBOS
Bear independent said if she should somehow stay in power, he's done, taxes he will send them 750.00! 😂
With project 2025 gutting unions and social security I'd say Kamala 2024 or we'll be hobos.
@christophersnedeker so you are uneducated and brainwashed, Trump does not back 2025, your liar is desperate and a loser liker her supporters. Hard truth, only ignorant fools vote blue
@christophersnedeker by the way, unions are corrupt and past their usefulness
@@christophersnedeker Project 2025 is not his- it reads like a grocery list of How to Scare people into voting against him.
I'm always glad to watch your videos. Learning something new every day
I'm glad you enjoy them!
I remember seeing this cookware, the skillet, the cans, the scoops in the back porches or garages of houses back in the 1950's when I was a boy.
Perhaps mementos from their times past or camp gear.
There were many folks who had ridden the rails before finding full time work even if the had been in the military.
Thank you
You're welcome!
Yep, my dad did, he was born in 1930. Man do I have stories 😮
My grandfather was a veteran of WW I and he hopped railroad cars looking for work during the Depression. He died in 1943, so I never met the man. I can only imagine this is the kind of survival meal that he would have had during that era. People did what they could to survive during the Depression.
Absolutely.
Those actually do look really good. Thanks for the video. Good to hear ur friends with Dave. I have a lot of respect for him
Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
This recipe is ridiculous. It's so easy and field ready. This can even be pre made and hauled into field. This plus a meat and potatoe... Good to go.
I'm somewhat resentful though that there isn't a listed ingredient reference!😆
I've made these biscuits three times and had to watch the video each time through💪❤️
Fantastic recipe, sir!!
You knock it out of the park every single time.
This morning I taught two of my sons the recipe.
Last month, I taught my ten year old nephew this during our 3 day Bushcraft crucible.
Just know that your channel reintroduces and reinforces base necessary man-knowledge and skills. Thank you for all you do.
I'm glad you and your family are enjoying the recipe!
Always learn alot my dad was born in 1930. And he told me about the old ways he grew up with. Like I said Always enjoy your videos. Cause we need to know how to live and survive like they used to.
Thanks so much!
Wow I love the way you guided us through this. Everything you showed, reminds me of my Mother and Grandmother's simple recipes. Love the thro-back. We need to know these old forgotten tips on how to survive in emergencies. Thank you so much again! I'm a new subscriber and want to see more of your tips! You really do look like you stepped out of the past to show us. Loved it!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, I plan to post more of these old time recipes.
Excellent, brother. And again, you showed giving thanks to the Lord. Welld done, yet again brother.
God bless you.
Thanks so much, and God bless you too!
Great easy recipe! Thank you for your sharing of history and knowledge!
Thanks!!! You are awesome!!! I couldnt imagine the honor it would be to go campin with you for a weekend.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!
Cant help but think a handful of raisins would make a nice addition to the recipe..though probably hard to come by in those days ?!
Excellent presentation , another classic...thank you
Great idea!
Im living out of my truck and always looking for easy, cheap recipes, ill definitely be trying this with my cast iron skillet, i love that you dont need eggs and everything is dry product, keeping my fridge powered during winter is a real pain....ill definitely be checking out more of your vids!
Excellent! It's a really good recipe!
First time I've seen you. I really think you're showing something that could help in a survival situation. I bet those biscuits would be a feast for a displaced person who was cold, hungry and tired. We give very little thought to how lucky we are to have supermarkets and diners and such and easy access to almost anything we want but, should we find ourselves as refugees or homeless a simple recipe like this would provide comfort to anyone who was in need. Thanks!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Your hobo living posts are the best, James!
I appreciate it!
Thanks Chef Bender😊 I always appreciate and enjoy your videos
Thanks, I appreciate you watching!
Simple, easy, cheap - and good! Watching your videos with my children and we tried the Mulligan Stew recipe - it was great and it "included" some nice history. Now we will try the Hobo Biscuits.
Glad you like them!
I have been looking for a good recipe for biscuits. My grandmother made some biscuits like this on her woodstove top. She called them 'drop buscuits'. My cousins & I loved these. Brings me back to my childhood.
I think you will like these biscuits!
This is pretty appetising to say the least, the information provided along is quite fascinating as well. People down on thier luck or judt camping can also benifit from a lot of these tricks and tips
I'm glad you found the content interesting!
THIS IS GREAT WILL BE WATCHING MORE AND FOLLOWING!!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Thanks so much!
Thank you for sharing these skills and recipes they'd be lost if it wasn't for individuals like yourself.
You're welcome!
Thanks James. I have Mark Wyman's 'Hoboes' here in Canberra, Australia. Ive reread it a few times. I find the subject interesting. Moving around, looking for seasonal work still goes on today. I guess backpackers are the modern bindlestiffs. I like the idea of adventure. 🇦🇺👍
Indeed, the idea of adventure is still alive and well!
Your hobo series is one of my favorite series on TH-cam.
I'm glad you like them!
Thanks for the camp biscuit recipe. I'll use it soon at the next bonfire. May God bless you and yours.
Thanks for watching and God bless you too!