Grandma's 35 Great Depression Recipes to Save Money

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  • @lovelight9164
    @lovelight9164 3 місяці тому +43

    My mom used to make baked stuffed apples they were a treat she put in butter, brown sugar cinnamon and a marshmellow. That was in the 1960s.

  • @eman9467
    @eman9467 2 місяці тому +20

    Hot water corn bread was cooked often. There was no butter, but bacon grease. There was always a can on the stove. Sugar was what rich people had. We had a bee hive and used honey. I could go on and on.

  • @resaneal9538
    @resaneal9538 2 місяці тому +15

    My mom used to make rice pudding. Oh, it was good! Have a great week, everyone ⚘️⚘️🧡🧡

    • @RobinEngel-bo8nz
      @RobinEngel-bo8nz Місяць тому

      Do you remember the one on the minute rice box? Google it!

  • @user-th5hx7kl1l
    @user-th5hx7kl1l 5 днів тому +2

    Merci beaucoup pour l'histoire de Grandma 35 great depression recipe ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤
    Millions of blessings,
    Esther St Juste

  • @juneberesford9165
    @juneberesford9165 3 місяці тому +32

    Love develled eggs

  • @barbaraparker6996
    @barbaraparker6996 3 місяці тому +21

    I remember almost all these growing up in the 50's and 60's. Simple but my mom offered them up as special treat.

  • @mellisande638
    @mellisande638 2 місяці тому +10

    I remember seeing a recipe for burnt toast coffee in my Nan's Aunt Daisy recipe book from WW2 era. I'm not sure I could have burnt that toast and scraped all those charred crumbs up(funny enough it does have a Faint coffee smell) then drunk the resulting brew! My goodness I got a true appreciation early for the hardships endured in hard times❤❤❤

    • @sophiadavid3441
      @sophiadavid3441 Місяць тому +3

      My grandmother did this all the time...1/4 c extra strong coffee or espresso with 1/2 slice burnt toast...heavy on the butter or peanut butter( 1 Tablespoon) as a mid-morning snack every day.

    • @sophiadavid3441
      @sophiadavid3441 Місяць тому +3

      I still remember her sipping hot black coffee from the saucer. Now I do this too.

    • @darlenemstrommer7687
      @darlenemstrommer7687 Місяць тому

      ​@@sophiadavid3441german

  • @richewilson6394
    @richewilson6394 3 місяці тому +18

    My dad always likes gravy bread, It's a real good starter for your kids when they're getting off of baby food. Next to an egg and a slice of bread.

  • @Dfoto679
    @Dfoto679 2 місяці тому +4

    Cornmeal mush is almost like the Italian polenta. My family made many of these recipes all the way through the 1950s and 60s.

  • @carolm4646
    @carolm4646 3 місяці тому +17

    Sugar was rationed during the depression! Recipes are nice ideas for today

  • @paulettesealey8650
    @paulettesealey8650 2 місяці тому +14

    Love corn fritters!

  • @donnabarton6419
    @donnabarton6419 2 місяці тому +5

    Peanut butter and mayo sandwich is one of my favorite late night snacks. The unctuous peanut butter is complemented by the tart mayo. Sometimes I will add a slice of cheese for extra protein.

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  2 місяці тому +1

      That slice of cheese sure does compliment the sandwich! Love it.

    • @eman9467
      @eman9467 Місяць тому +1

      @@donnabarton6419I use Dukes Mayo. That’s the only one that has the old fashioned tartness. The other mayos are just blah.

  • @richewilson6394
    @richewilson6394 3 місяці тому +17

    My grandmother used to make meatloaf that was similar to this only except she had old bread as the breadcrumbs and just put it in a circular dish of any kind she had and bake it that way with just the meat,onions, egg, bread,salt and pepper.

  • @litaheffley6990
    @litaheffley6990 2 місяці тому +3

    I remember most of these meals oh how I miss my mama thanks for the memories

  • @StamperWendy
    @StamperWendy 2 місяці тому +7

    Thanks for the recipe for rice & raisin porridge. I'm going to try it!

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  2 місяці тому +3

      You're welcome! Let me know how it goes!

    • @ked7221
      @ked7221 2 місяці тому +4

      Much better if the rice and milk are cooked in the oven.

    • @StamperWendy
      @StamperWendy 2 місяці тому +3

      @@ked7221 thanks, much obliged

  • @ruthmiddleton258
    @ruthmiddleton258 2 місяці тому +6

    Potato dumplings... 😋 We had them with roast and gravy.

  • @pennyburns6123
    @pennyburns6123 2 місяці тому +5

    We used to eat peanut butter and Mayo with lettuce sandwichs. Yum yum still do today.

    • @raysalter2270
      @raysalter2270 2 місяці тому +1

      I used to eat potato chip sandwich spread mayo generously across wonder bread. Pile the potato chips on to one of the slices as high as you can then top it with the other slice and mash down until all the potato chip are crushed. Wash it down with a Pepsi , it’s some good🥪😃🥪

    • @pennyburns6123
      @pennyburns6123 Місяць тому +1

      @@raysalter2270 sounds good

  • @libertylady1952
    @libertylady1952 3 місяці тому +28

    Nice job. People will be needing these type recipes before long if we are not careful.

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  3 місяці тому +1

      Yes, thanks!

    • @tonir6532
      @tonir6532 3 місяці тому +8

      They would be healthier then the majority of fast food takeaway meals.

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  3 місяці тому +2

      @@tonir6532 When fast food chains started popping up everywhere in the 70s, obesity rates in America really began to climb.

    • @ednaoldebeken3853
      @ednaoldebeken3853 2 місяці тому +2

      It won't hurt anybody, but they are going to think they are suffering.

    • @judycrisenbery2982
      @judycrisenbery2982 Місяць тому +5

      We need these recipes now! Grocery prices are atrocious!!

  • @cheryllockard5400
    @cheryllockard5400 2 місяці тому +30

    The Depression Era Meatloaf is still how I make today lol. That’s how my mom always made it with ketchup on top 😊

    • @judycrisenbery2982
      @judycrisenbery2982 Місяць тому +5

      Use a mixture of ketchup, mustard & brown sugar......15 minutes before meatloaf is done

    • @darlenemstrommer7687
      @darlenemstrommer7687 Місяць тому +2

      Bacon across

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому +4

      Yes, when we had ground beef, my Mom did the same meatloaf. I discovered by accident another way to make a tasty topping...a can of tomato sauce, brown sugar & apple cider vinegar, heated on the stove till the brown sugar melts. When the meat loaf is almost done, I pour this on the top. Tastes really delicious.

    • @darlenemstrommer7687
      @darlenemstrommer7687 Місяць тому +1

      @@janetbrowning9089 or bacon as brown sugar on top

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому

      @@darlenemstrommer7687 sounds good too♥

  • @fallenangel3460
    @fallenangel3460 2 місяці тому +3

    Omg!! Peanut butter and mayo is still one of my favorites, throw some chips on there if you want a little more flavor...

  • @CheryiScoggins
    @CheryiScoggins 2 місяці тому +4

    Need to play this again, write down these recipes. Thank you!

  • @vanillamoon9901
    @vanillamoon9901 3 місяці тому +17

    Grandma's recipes are the best

  • @Dfoto679
    @Dfoto679 2 місяці тому +7

    The potato dumpling is very similar in recipe to the Polish pierogi. Always made during World War II and thereafter.

  • @user-di2on5gl2d
    @user-di2on5gl2d 2 місяці тому +7

    Some of these dishes are so delicious 😋

  • @tammydillander8992
    @tammydillander8992 2 місяці тому +15

    Love the rice pudding

  • @chastityrenee4682
    @chastityrenee4682 Місяць тому +2

    My father used to cook up rice / raisen pudding. He lived thru the depression. I didn't like it. I do still make deviled eggs n johnny cakes. I'm sure I am the only person who has drank chickery coffee. It's not bad. I still put my soaps together. It's come in handy.

  • @mirandacouey9456
    @mirandacouey9456 3 місяці тому +50

    Deviled eggs are still popular 😋

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  3 місяці тому +7

      Indeed they are!

    • @paularobinson2352
      @paularobinson2352 3 місяці тому +10

      My family goes through 3 dozen at a family event.

    • @tonyascarlett2413
      @tonyascarlett2413 2 місяці тому +3

      I love smashing deviled eggs and putting it on a tomato sandwich.

    • @norriemcclure5927
      @norriemcclure5927 2 місяці тому +5

      So is milk gravy.

    • @Susan-j9z
      @Susan-j9z 2 місяці тому +3

      Whenever I went to a party or gathering, I brought deviled eggs. I always added a little dash of onion powder to the mix. I have yet to meet someone who doesn't love them.If you have chickens there are times when you have a lot of eggs on hand - deviled eggs are the answer.

  • @themeaningoflifeexpert
    @themeaningoflifeexpert 3 місяці тому +18

    0:05 water pie
    0:41 johnny cakes
    1:18 coffee substitute
    1:57 peanut butter mayo sandwich
    2:28 spaghetti with carrots and white sauce
    3:08 potato dumplings
    3:53 soy and lima bean loaf
    4:42 poor man's pudding
    5:22 cornmeal mush
    6:02 rice and raisin porridge
    6:38 tomato sauce with mashed potatoes
    7:16 deviled eggs
    7:55 depression biscuits
    8:33 peanut butter stuffed baked onion
    9:09 eggless milkless butterless cake
    9:46 rice pudding
    10:23 onion sandwich
    11:01 mulligan stew
    11:39 dandelion greens
    12:15 hot water cornbread
    12:56 milkwheato
    13:27 depression era meatloaf
    14:10 tomato gravy and biscuits
    14:52 prune whip
    15:31 desperation pies
    16:12 lima bean and peanut loaf
    16:45 cornstarch pudding
    17:15 depression milk gravy
    17:45 corned beef luncheon salad
    18:14 bread and gravy
    18:45 bean and tomato stew
    19:19 milkorno
    19:53 horminy and bacon
    20:29 potato soup
    21:03 corn fritters

  • @Back-handedLuck-ul7ms
    @Back-handedLuck-ul7ms 2 місяці тому +3

    My grandmother called it a sugar pie instead of a water pie. She also sometimes used molasses or Karo syrup if sugar wasn't available, but I'm sure she add to add more thickener.

  • @ReginaCreates2
    @ReginaCreates2 25 днів тому +3

    This is great … thank you!

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  25 днів тому +1

      You're welcome!!

    • @ReginaCreates2
      @ReginaCreates2 25 днів тому +2

      @@SavingSavers I am new Subscriber

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  25 днів тому

      ​@@ReginaCreates2 Welcome to the channel! Thanks for subscribing!

  • @brigetrussell6782
    @brigetrussell6782 Місяць тому +3

    I make milk gravy all the time! Still A southern delicacy!

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому +1

      lol We made water gravy...used bacon grease as the flavor agent & fat in it.

  • @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc
    @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc Місяць тому +3

    TY MRS ROOSEVELT

  • @janmclain6301
    @janmclain6301 3 місяці тому +11

    I adore mush, but I would starve to death before eating soybeans or lima beans, lol. Most of the others I grew up eating, so you know I am old, lol.

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому +1

      I'd eat the lima beans, but not as a loaf...lol We ate a lot of lima beans because my grandmother raised them in their huge garden. I love mush too...we also ate grits the same way. I'm almost 76, so I remember most of these, plus a lot more...lol Tomato gravy is very tasty...my grandmother would fry tomatoes, green & red ones & to stretch it, she made the tomato gravy & put the fried tomatoes in it...we ate it over toast. Pretty much a free meal. I don't remember seeing a bottle of oil in our house or my grandmother's until after I married & left home. They used bacon grease & lard.

  • @Dfoto679
    @Dfoto679 2 місяці тому +6

    Around 1960 to 68 I had a girlfriend that that was her go to sandwich peanut butter and mayonnaise. It’s definitely different.

  • @ReginaCreates2
    @ReginaCreates2 25 днів тому +3

    Water pie, vinegar pie, buttermilk pie, lemon juice pie … they all sound good 🥧 they would be healthier than pies sold in stores that are loaded with chemicals. 🤣

  • @lovelight9164
    @lovelight9164 3 місяці тому +10

    I would use lentils and black beans instead of soy .

  • @lindahernandez7768
    @lindahernandez7768 3 місяці тому +1

    Mom made us cooked peanut butter and miracle whip. So good. ❤️

  • @Stargazer21112
    @Stargazer21112 2 місяці тому +9

    Looks like we need to own our cow and chickens. The prices of milk, eggs and flour are ridiculous!

  • @debrasterzinger6000
    @debrasterzinger6000 Місяць тому

    Love rice pudding and the prune dish sounds great.Gotfa write that down.

  • @barbsygirl68
    @barbsygirl68 29 днів тому +1

    My dad would eat bread soaked in milk. He grew up in the depression era. Never forgot and was a dyi man because of it. “Make do or do without”.

  • @marleangreene6117
    @marleangreene6117 2 місяці тому +1

    I add relish and chilly pepper to my devil eggs & tomato mayo sandwich were great I still eat them

  • @brendarico715
    @brendarico715 2 місяці тому +4

    Inflation recipes. Thanks grandma

  • @sylviahufer7019
    @sylviahufer7019 3 місяці тому +10

    Love potato dumplings

  • @SarahSherman-di7ku
    @SarahSherman-di7ku Місяць тому +2

    Dandelion root can also be ground and used like coffee

  • @Winsome-n4i
    @Winsome-n4i 3 дні тому

    Healthy recipes!

  • @grettalemabouchou6779
    @grettalemabouchou6779 Місяць тому +3

    Grandmother would send Momma and her 4 brothers out into the fields to find whatever they could to make soup. Mother told me Grandmother would cook dandelions in fat. Which actually has Vitamin C.

  • @margaretdominik7952
    @margaretdominik7952 9 годин тому

    Soon we will have to eat and cook that way😂 good to learn❤

  • @janetbrowning9089
    @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому

    When I was growing up, a lot of the time for breakfast, we had something called Milk Toast...all it was was reconstituted milk, heated on the stove with a small bit of sugar in it & a touch of cinnamon. We toasted the bread & then placed it in our bowls & the milk mixture was poured over top of it. It was simple, easy & dirt cheap. We were poor growing up we did eat a lot of the things that are included in this video, plus an array of a lot more cheap meals. The worst one was beef brains & scrambled eggs...still almost makes me nauseated remembering it...I just went hungry on those nights. I guess it was a cheap alternative to meat...but, I just couldn't get it down!!

  • @christhompson3750
    @christhompson3750 2 місяці тому +3

    Cornmeal mush is the same as polenta

  • @RoseGoubeaux
    @RoseGoubeaux 20 днів тому +1

    A few years ago I got the recipe for the chocolate cake. It's also called poor man's cake

  • @darlenemstrommer7687
    @darlenemstrommer7687 Місяць тому +1

    I was born in 60s as oldest girl so cooked everything started at 6

  • @explorer0213
    @explorer0213 2 місяці тому +2

    I reccoment small families or ppl that live alone buy small oven they use only half energy.

  • @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc
    @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc Місяць тому

    STILL WORKING ON BEAN SOUP TY

  • @Tylwaa
    @Tylwaa 13 днів тому +1

    Yes but not so much the recipes that call for flour and sugar two of the hardest to get items.

  • @marleangreene6117
    @marleangreene6117 2 місяці тому +2

    No mayo peanut butter , syrup 😋

  • @christinaw9807
    @christinaw9807 Місяць тому +2

    Milk, butter...? The cost of these things have gotten prohibitively expensive. 😢

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому +1

      Since I'm old anyway, I just use dry milk now...a lot cheaper in the long run. I don't drink milk, per say...just use it in cooking & baking.

  • @LA-rc7cw
    @LA-rc7cw 28 днів тому +1

    Muligan stew had steak in it at the end

  • @robinhendrickson511
    @robinhendrickson511 2 місяці тому +6

    How hungry do you have to be before you eat baked onions and peanut butter 😢

    • @pennyburns6123
      @pennyburns6123 2 місяці тому +1

      @@robinhendrickson511 I eat baked onions with butter and salt

    • @Susan-j9z
      @Susan-j9z Місяць тому +1

      Gotta tell you - I've never been that hungry!!

    • @robinhendrickson511
      @robinhendrickson511 Місяць тому

      @@Susan-j9z me either, and I hope I never am.

    • @janetbrowning9089
      @janetbrowning9089 Місяць тому

      I've often wondered about that one too...but, I guess if you never have tasted it, it might just fool you too.

    • @robinhendrickson511
      @robinhendrickson511 Місяць тому +1

      @@janetbrowning9089 agreed

  • @lizworkman9967
    @lizworkman9967 2 місяці тому +3

    The pictures of the items being cooked aren't what the announcer is making!

  • @debrasterzinger6000
    @debrasterzinger6000 Місяць тому +2

    That one granny sure has on a short dress.Only saw my granny's ankles

  • @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc
    @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc Місяць тому

    OK HOME MAKERS CARRY ON

  • @PhantomQueenOne
    @PhantomQueenOne 2 місяці тому +1

    If the egg yokes had a green ring around the yokes, they have been cooked too long.

  • @brendarico715
    @brendarico715 2 місяці тому +2

    Hotwater corn bread😊

  • @Ann-co9bb
    @Ann-co9bb 14 днів тому +1

    Y'all showing two different recipes for one recipe and showing blueberries for prunes. Show the recipe for pie and in the middle of it it was a 5 inch tall cheesecake

  • @vancerichards4763
    @vancerichards4763 2 місяці тому +1

    I thought I invented the peanut butter and mayo sandwich when I was a kid

  • @Heatherbob201
    @Heatherbob201 2 місяці тому +7

    Peanut butter stuffed onion???? 🤮🤮🤮🤮

    • @Susan-j9z
      @Susan-j9z 2 місяці тому

      Should peanut butter and onion be used in the same sentence??

    • @Heatherbob201
      @Heatherbob201 2 місяці тому

      @@Susan-j9z nooo!!! 😂. Who would even come up with that combo?? 🤢

  • @wandahall4435
    @wandahall4435 3 місяці тому +6

    ❤❤❤😮😮😮😊😊😊

  • @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc
    @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc Місяць тому +1

    SYRUP NEED TO BUY JELLY

  • @pamlawrence7565
    @pamlawrence7565 3 місяці тому +2

    Can someone please help me with the recipe jonney cakes he says add 3/4 to the boiling water 3/4 of what

    • @SavingSavers
      @SavingSavers  2 місяці тому

      Sorry for the confusion. 3/4 - 1 cup of boiling water, so anything between these should be fine.

    • @monayu949
      @monayu949 2 місяці тому

      Corn meal.

    • @karendewitt1812
      @karendewitt1812 2 місяці тому

      Would love to have these as a printable!!

    • @darlenemstrommer7687
      @darlenemstrommer7687 Місяць тому

      Cornmeal pancake mix

  • @kimhenry2884
    @kimhenry2884 2 місяці тому +2

    That onion and peanut butter!🤮🤮🤮

  • @kevinsmith9297
    @kevinsmith9297 2 місяці тому +9

    Get ready that we’re heading back to these meals after the election 2024

    • @RobinEngel-bo8nz
      @RobinEngel-bo8nz Місяць тому

      Cashless machines in 3 states! 😢😮don't take this chip! Mark of the beast, no entry into heaven! They are forcing it or no chqs. And if you still say no to the chip... Then they are going 2 take children, even newborns!

    • @FartAssOG
      @FartAssOG 29 днів тому

      Yeah if camel hairs gets in the office, absolutely.

  • @jilliansherrard2152
    @jilliansherrard2152 Місяць тому +2

    Peanut butter mayo sandwhich took it tooooooo far….

  • @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc
    @AdrienneReneau-ky4sc Місяць тому +1

    MUM SANKA THAT STRONG

  • @debbiemcdowell849
    @debbiemcdowell849 Місяць тому +1

    To bad 80% of the pictures don't match up with the recipes, no wonder people can't cook any more with this kind of references

  • @free_spirit_corfu
    @free_spirit_corfu 8 днів тому

    These are everyday foods to the rest of the world to day with even less ingredients and Americans think they were poor because there was no three pounds of bacon in every meal.

  • @audreyjackson9760
    @audreyjackson9760 3 місяці тому +13

    The directions do not match what they are cooking. It makes it hard to follow.

  • @debrasterzinger6000
    @debrasterzinger6000 Місяць тому +1

    All foods today are mostly fillers

  • @rachelbishop8556
    @rachelbishop8556 2 місяці тому +2

    Growing up the neighbors had me over for lunch . I was given and traumatized by peanut butter and mayo. Gross I thought it would make me throw up. The taste was awful

  • @audrabushue6043
    @audrabushue6043 2 місяці тому +39

    After Bidenomics for 3 1/2 years, who else is writing these recipes down feverishly?

    • @Susan-j9z
      @Susan-j9z 2 місяці тому +10

      Biden and Harris should be forced to eat these recipes, especially the onions stuffed with peanut butter.

    • @donnabarton6419
      @donnabarton6419 2 місяці тому

      Joe Biden's administration did an excellent job at keeping the post pandemic inflation to a level that was much lower than that experienced by the rest of the world. I wish people would get their facts straight and stop disparaging him.

    • @pauliamullins1011
      @pauliamullins1011 2 місяці тому +1

      Me!!! Kamaltoe Harris and Biden have WRECKED our economy. I'm disabled and cannot afford my medical. At least when Trump was in office I could eat,pay my rent AND afford my meds...

    • @judycrisenbery2982
      @judycrisenbery2982 Місяць тому +1

      Lol

    • @sherrymainquist1638
      @sherrymainquist1638 Місяць тому +1

      I am😂😊

  • @shannonrobinson262
    @shannonrobinson262 2 місяці тому +3

    If you actually cook, i bet you laughed y9u butt off all through these videos,too

  • @RainImanKhan
    @RainImanKhan 4 дні тому

    Pb n mayo .......wow yikes

  • @clarencejacksonjr.
    @clarencejacksonjr. 19 днів тому

    Some of those recipes...no thank you

  • @tinaf1739
    @tinaf1739 Місяць тому +1