What wonderful videos!! I love listening to older people talk about their lives during the depression and WW2. So many have already passed, it’s invaluable for not only ourselves, but our children to hear it. Some really nice recipes too, thanks so much for sharing these.
Those are great. I collect old cookbooks and my wife is amazed sometimes at the recipes for common dishes back then (brains and eggs, sweetbreads - etc) that aren’t used anymore. The depression families certainly made due by wasting nothing.
Lol, my parents were young and both in college when they were raising me. I learned to eat parts of a cow that people these days wrinkle their noses at including my husband! I gave up trying to feed him cow tongue a long time ago. More in the world for the rest of us ROFL!
I learned to eat parts of a cow that people these days wrinkle their noses at including my husband! I gave up trying to feed him cow tongue a long time ago. More in the world for the rest of us ROFL!
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My mother prepared cow tongue when I was growing up and I loved it, so I continued in my adult life. My husband had never heard of eating it, but has grown to like it quite a bit. Problem now is trying to find it. The store where I used to get it stopped carrying it, and when I asked why, the butcher said, “Because it’s not very popular - we only had one customer for it!” LOL!
My parents were young adults during the Great Depression, and thus taught me frugality from their experience. “Take what you want, but eat all you take” - which taught us not to be greedy. I also remember my dad’s art of repairing things - just because a toaster or mixer stopped working was no reason to throw it out and go buy another. LOL - I’m still using a waffle iron they got as a wedding present in 1940 and passed down to me in 1970!
Thanks for sharing. It was really inspiring. I am an old soul when it comes to cooking. I rarely use any food prepackaged. So this was a joy to see , Thanks again.
I was raised by two parents that grew up during the depression. My Mother was raised during that time by her Mother who had been widowed while pregnant with her 7th child. Now talk about having a hard time of it. Anyways, even though things were tight, they always had a good meal on the table due to them growing their own veggies and such. And man, was she one good cook.
well..that kinda is me too I live in town adn have hauled my my dirt in and made raised beds.. If i didnt have a big garden i would be in big trouble. wont go into details much..but in this wonderful economy my job has gotten slashed to 20 hrs week for the last year .. I cook from scratch so my garden produce i freeze and can ..lasts me all year till about march/april. I eat seasonal also. I plan to build a cold frame this year from straw bales and 2 windows ( for the top) . I can plant my kale and spinach and start my tomato plants in it..
if ya want..go here http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-08-11T16:06:00-07:00&max;-results=125 give the page time to load..my blog is very graphic intensive..several 100 pics on a page…then scroll down to the may posts..you will see what all i did with the dirt to build my gardens ...this year i hope to double the areas for produce and add berry bushes.
My parents grew up in the great depression and my mom made alot of strange things when I was growing up that I have never seen anyone make. lol One was spaghetti soup that was very simple but it is actually quite tasty. She would saute onions in butter and then add water (enough for soup), when the water boiled she added in spaghetti and when it was almost done she added in a partial can of tomatoes and some salt and pepper to taste. You would be surprised how tasty this is (the more butter the better while sauteeing those onions! She also made scrambled eggs on the rest of the can of tomatoes the next day. They didn’t waste anything. She also used to buy these packages of chicken gizzards and hearts and dip them in seasoned flour and fry or bake them with oil in the bottom of a pan. I used to see those alot in the 70s but I never see them anymore in the stores other that 1 in a whole chicken when they include the parts. I used to eat them as a kid but I don’t really care for them now.
I good idea is to run your kitchen like a french kitchen and reuse what you can. Have left over roasted chicken? make chicken soup. Leftover porkchops? How about pork fried rice with veggies? The combinations are endless and only limited by your imagination and pantry/fridge leftovers.
And while you are at it…..for those of you that are growing your own veggies (kudos to you all ) don’t forget to keep those scraps from your vegetable prep and start a compost pile. Makes good dirt to add to your garden!!!!!and it’s free.
I good idea is to run your kitchen like a french kitchen and reuse what you can. Have left over roasted chicken? make chicken soup. Leftover porkchops? How about pork fried rice with veggies? The combinations are endless and only limited by your imagination and pantry/fridge leftovers.
And while you are at it…..for those of you that are growing your own veggies (kudos to you all ) don’t forget to keep those scraps from your vegetable prep and start a compost pile. Makes good dirt to add to your garden!!!!!and it’s free.
Yes, we’ve been boiling down quite a few bones here too for broth. Our latest favorite is ham broth for ham/veggie soup. No one out there has had a ham soup recipe for quite some time. I submitted ours for contest and am waiting to hear back.
My mother still cries about how poor they were during the depression. I don’t know what they would have done had they not grown their own vegetables.
TRUE if you can grow your own veggies you have it made, saves soooo much at the store since you can grow veggies at a fraction of the price of produce! But of course, good soil helps.
I live in town adn have hauled my my dirt in and made raised beds.. If i didnt have a big garden i would be in big trouble. wont go into details much..but in this wonderful economy my job has gotten slashed to 20 hrs week for the last year .. I cook from scratch so my garden produce i freeze and can ..lasts me all year till about march/april. I eat seasonal also. I plan to build a cold frame this year from straw bales and 2 windows ( for the top) . I can plant my kale and spinach and start my tomato plants in it..
