My grandmother was In The depression as an adult with 3 kids and a husband. My mom was her daughter so When I came along I definitely saw these meals . They were FABULOUS! Thank you mom and nana!!!!
My gma had my aunt in 35 and my mom in 45 (she was an unwanted surprise becuz my gma was awful) She had grown up fairly poor on a farm too So frugal was their natural state no matter depression, WW or whatever
Fascinating. My parents were blessed. They grew up on farms in central Indiana. They always had eggs and meat and veggies. My grandpa grew a field of potatoes just for town folk to come out and dig up.
I love dandelion leaf salad. Great with a good vinaigrette dressing, blue cheese crumbles, and some chopped walnuts. I also love "**** on a shingle" as it used to be called.
My mom made lots of soup for us, growing up in the 60s. She was a child of the depression. Potato soup was a regular, and she would put some cut up hot dogs in it. Also would some make a skillet full of fried potatoes and onions, with a few cut up hot dogs. These were kinda day-before-payday meals. Fed all 6 of us kids, plus both parents
I share your videos with friends. Most of them struggle with food costs as I do, tho they are much younger. I do have to admit my poor mom was a terrible cook whose version of slum gullion scarred me, lol. Her spice rack was cinnamon, salt, and pepper, and she used none of them except cinnamon on cinnamon toast, lol. Her slum gullion used ground beef, macaroni, and tomato paste. Salt and pepper were on the table, but you had to ask permission to use them.
My grandmother was In The depression as an adult with 3 kids and a husband. My mom was her daughter so When I came along I definitely saw these meals . They were FABULOUS! Thank you mom and nana!!!!
My gma had my aunt in 35 and my mom in 45 (she was an unwanted surprise becuz my gma was awful)
She had grown up fairly poor on a farm too
So frugal was their natural state no matter depression, WW or whatever
Fascinating. My parents were blessed. They grew up on farms in central Indiana. They always had eggs and meat and veggies. My grandpa grew a field of potatoes just for town folk to come out and dig up.
I love dandelion leaf salad. Great with a good vinaigrette dressing, blue cheese crumbles, and some chopped walnuts. I also love "**** on a shingle" as it used to be called.
Foraging these greens can be dangerous due to sprays, either direct or drift.
My mom made lots of soup for us, growing up in the 60s. She was a child of the depression. Potato soup was a regular, and she would put some cut up hot dogs in it. Also would some make a skillet full of fried potatoes and onions, with a few cut up hot dogs. These were kinda day-before-payday meals. Fed all 6 of us kids, plus both parents
The cake is delicious! I got the recipe from my grandmother! It is very moist also.
I share your videos with friends. Most of them struggle with food costs as I do, tho they are much younger. I do have to admit my poor mom was a terrible cook whose version of slum gullion scarred me, lol. Her spice rack was cinnamon, salt, and pepper, and she used none of them except cinnamon on cinnamon toast, lol. Her slum gullion used ground beef, macaroni, and tomato paste. Salt and pepper were on the table, but you had to ask permission to use them.
So sad ppl who don’t make food have a taste
What a dull existence growing up!
lettuce was 69 cents in August and in December it was $2.47 cents 2024. in 1960 Lettice was 10 cents.
We call Slumgullien (unsure of spelling) Goulash.
Got that right.
Kidney beans.. take kidney beans milk and butter... bring it to a scourch serve it over anything from toast biscuits mashed potatoes.. really anything
Recipes are good. That background music sounds like my car alarm going off.
Lol it does! I just couldn't pin point where I heard the ding-dong sound till I read ur comment. 😂😂😂
Agree ! The " music " is distracting / irritating ...
Potatoes aren’t creamy, they’re starchy
Big difference
For potato soup, you can heat the potatoes in the microwave first to save time.
Wacky cake is really good I make it all the time
Onion skins are also good.
For stock
Dandelion salad.
Bean broth is good for people who can't eat the whole bean.
I wonder....How nutritious are these budget friendly meals?
Nutritious enough to keep people alive and functioning during the Great Depression
Very
Not very
U may survive but u won’t do more than that
We want to thrive and be disease & ailment free
Not the mock apple pie
More nutritious than what the food industry throws at us.
Where can you get these recipes?
by searching in google
Wacky Cake is ok but real cake is more luscious and satisfyingly dense
I grew up eating the wacky cake. It's wonderful. Moist and yummy. We used it as a snack cake😊
greed much greed.
I here 45 cent for eggs. Lol they need two update this because eggs are 7 dollars for 18 count of eggs lol 🤣😊
AI.. sigh, we wont need real people soon.