If I had my druthers, it would definitely be a 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧. However, I have never owned a house. If I did, I would have one as large as possible. Having been mostly poor all my life, I've often had to survive on 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐦. Not very tasty but it can go with just about anything including soups, sandwiches, and casseroles. Depression cake (gluten free) for dessert.
Spam! Is a delicacy when fried. Since a teacher mentioned it in high school (in 70s) I associate it with "Star Meat".. maybe was in China, but they stopped selling it when ingredients became known ... "Star" spelled backwards is "rats" (not sure if true, but sounds possible). I went on a chipped beef on toast kick for a while over the past year. Stouffer's recently improved it using a microwavable tray vs the 'boil or nuke it' plastic pouch. It microwaves in 4.5 vs 7 minutes and I don't burn my fingers getting it from the pouch onto the toast.
My dad was in the RAF (Royal Air Force). He spent time in Germany near the end of the war. The Germans were desperate for everything. My dad traded his rationed cigarettes and chocolate for a German dress sword. We still have it.
I remember during the service in early 70s, we had powdered milk & eggs. As a teen I really craved ice cold milk. Since we were in the tropics, anything fresh spoiled within hours so it was the only alternative. I had a chance to go to Bagio, Philippines which is in the mountains & very cool, so they had real, ice cold milk & fresh eggs. I drank enough milk in the 5 days I was there to float my ship right out of the harbor! After the 2nd dozen eggs, I lost count. I still remember how good that milk tasted to a kid.
Could we trouble you to list the ingredients and directions here? There is more than one person here that would be interested, and would happily write down the recipe! Like me, for instance…
My father inlaw told about how they would get drop shipments of Hershey choclate bars, he said also they gave them to the children on the streets just to see them smile, this was WWII in france, bombings were bad and people were hungry, but to see a smile on the face of a hungry child was worth it, bring back the Hershey's chocolate bar in the WWII box, and a cocoa cola for a smile, we would lovevti see thevworld smile again and make peace, offering to our enimies something we love could calm things a bit, every one has some thing in common, food is one thing.
I was stationed in Greenland in 1971-72 and we had powered milk and eggs. When ever we went on leave we would guzzle real milk during the return flight as we knew we would not get the real stuff until we were sent back to the states.
My parents prepared foods on this list, in the late 50s all through the 70s. My Dad was a Private in the US Military and served in WW11. He came home and ate “pickled pigs knuckles”, head cheese and liver worst! I couldn’t stomach these, they made me nauseous just seeing them in the refrigerator!
That was def German food. I grew up with blood sausage and sauerkraut a mash taters. Liverwurst I can't eat anymore ( gout) head cheese! ?no thank you !. God bless
My mom was born in 1930. She told me about what she called the apple-less pie. She explained to me how they used Ritz crackers to mimic apples. I never got a chance to try because she refused to make one. Apparently it was a staple in their kitchen throughout the 30’s and 40’s. Another cake they made was a mayonnaise cake which she would make for all of us kids birthdays. It substituted several ingredients that were sometimes difficult to get.
When I was a kid, the recipe was on the back of the box. I never tried to memorize it, but I do definitely remember it! It lasted into the 70s. It’ll probably make a comeback, provided that Ritz is still around!
@@dangeary2134 I’m sure the recipe is easy to find on the internet but I have little use for it personally. I’m in my 50’s and live alone now. I figure if I want a apple pie the grocery store will have it.
There cannot be many countries in the history of the world that can turn to its citizens and ask them to grow food in this manner. Of course historically most people would have already been growing all the food they could
Victory Gardens were also very popular in Canada during both the First and Second World War. Same in the United Kingdom and Australia. Good on all of them for their effort. Cheers from north of the border.
My mom and dad grew up on farms and in the back woods of Texas during the depression , so when the call went out to dig a victory garden went out , they just shrugged their shoulders and did what they normally did .
3:30 We made (very tasty) version of SOS with packaged sliced roast beef and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup-half water, half milk-warmed, stirred, pepper added, then ladled over toast. EASY and YUMMY.
My mom had a bit different recipe. She would take a few heaping spoons of flour, out them into a small Tupperware Kit Cup, and some water. My brother or I would shake the heck out of it until the lumps were gone. Buddig chip beef was chopped into small pieces, and ma bit of milk and butter was added. This was all cooked in a pan until it thickened. That was put over dry toast. It made for a singularly satisfying meal!
OMG Im living in WWII era! I have a garden, eat SPAM, have powdered eggs, use margarine, and eat cow stomach! I think Im going to make mock apple pie and depression cake just to be all around! 😂
In the mid 70s I found some old military rations out in the California desert where troops trained for fighting in Africa during WWII. It was canned peanut butter. It tasted fine. I also found a compass, a canteen, and yards of belt fed ammo.
Am 75, never had to eat any of these items. We are so spoiled. Can you imagine a teen or 20 something today not being able to go to Starbucks, stare at their phone, eat Spam, tend to a garden to be able to eat, no “organic”, no Costco and so much food & choices it makes your head spin. I am spoiled too. I grow tomatoes, herbs & few peppers for fun and recreation. Relaxing & gratifying. We have such a great life in the United States.
SPAM is very popular in Hawaii, Guam, and other US Territories in the Pacific where US troops once visited to include the Philippines. When I was in the Army I loved SOS for breakfast except the Army used ground beef in their recipe. I do cook SOS when I think about it.
At the deer camp of the early 60s cans of soups and various things because paper labels do come off in the humidity of the Delta were boiled in the big pot on the wood burning stove. Whole cans just dropped in and as long as the boiling water kept them covered, they would sit there and churn away. Dad and all of his friends were vets of WW2 and Korea. Sitting around a steel pot full of boiling water and some cans of food was the norm.
My dad became a Spam fan in the Pacific Islands during WWII. He liked it so much he was still eating it off of the end of a knife when he was 80. I can't stand the stuff. I didn't know Hormel made it, interesting because I just finished a Hormel chicken breast with gravy entree, along with some colored mini potatoes.
The chocolate bars were kept from melting by adding parafin wax, and they stopped your bowels up almost like a cork. Its why they no longer exist. Some parafin chocolate still was around even in the 1960s. They made little bowls for a scoop of ice cream out of them for restaurants. I was a little kid and started eating mine and my mother had to stop me. But i ate some more of it anyway.
Just think how far we’ve come… Imagine the government telling you to grow a “Victory Garden” filled with “Freedom Tomatoes” and “Liberty Potatoes” TODAY- it’s such an alien concept …
Today, "governments" prohibit and fine you for planting vegs. in your yard in certain areas! When we raised cattle and had a beef butchered for our freezer, I always asked that the tongue be included. It's a fantastic piece of meat and was served with mashed potatoes and gravy in our home. We have ordered a beef for the freezer and will again be asking that the tongue be included.
The picture at 1:20 if a person eating what is alleged to be "Spam" is actually canned corned beef. Corned beef was contained in trapezoidal cans; Spam was not. The texture of the product and as seen on the eating utensil of the person is clearly not Spam. You should at least use a correct image when trying to show a representative product.
everyone including the video man fake computer narrator guy, deliberately ignoring the fact that SPAM is an acronym for "Specially Processed American Meat".
nah, I pretty much know ppl who were there at that time, it's no big secret.....so yeah. stop trying to rewrite history, you've really nothing to gain from the action. enjoy @chazzyboehner2598
If you had to survive on one of these WWII-era foods, which would you choose?
Depression cake!
If I had my druthers, it would definitely be a 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧. However, I have never owned a house. If I did, I would have one as large as possible.
Having been mostly poor all my life, I've often had to survive on 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐦. Not very tasty but it can go with just about anything including soups, sandwiches, and casseroles. Depression cake (gluten free) for dessert.
Wonderful narration, visuals, and script!
Spam! Is a delicacy when fried. Since a teacher mentioned it in high school (in 70s) I associate it with "Star Meat".. maybe was in China, but they stopped selling it when ingredients became known ... "Star" spelled backwards is "rats" (not sure if true, but sounds possible). I went on a chipped beef on toast kick for a while over the past year. Stouffer's recently improved it using a microwavable tray vs the 'boil or nuke it' plastic pouch. It microwaves in 4.5 vs 7 minutes and I don't burn my fingers getting it from the pouch onto the toast.
Not gonna lie the spam and beans looked pretty damn good
My dad was in the RAF (Royal Air Force). He spent time in Germany near the end of the war. The Germans were desperate for everything. My dad traded his rationed cigarettes and chocolate for a German dress sword. We still have it.
I remember during the service in early 70s, we had powdered milk & eggs. As a teen I really craved ice cold milk. Since we were in the tropics, anything fresh spoiled within hours so it was the only alternative. I had a chance to go to Bagio, Philippines which is in the mountains & very cool, so they had real, ice cold milk & fresh eggs. I drank enough milk in the 5 days I was there to float my ship right out of the harbor! After the 2nd dozen eggs, I lost count. I still remember how good that milk tasted to a kid.
I hope you didn’t end up terribly sick!
If you did, you must have grown an extreme aversion to milk and eggs…!
Growing up in the early 50's, my Dad would occasionally make SOS.
We need this kind of national unity again. True Americans.
Zealous patriotism is just a Facebook group away …
You said it!😢
Exactly!
Same, One day that could return
We had a grocery store in the 50s n 60s. Called...Victory Foods Grocery. In the port of Houston. I miss it! Now all we get fake food. Loved SOS!
We've made mock apple pie several times in the last 2 years. We enjoy it a lot!
Same. They're tasty 😊
My mom made it a lot, into the '60s.
Could we trouble you to list the ingredients and directions here?
There is more than one person here that would be interested, and would happily write down the recipe!
Like me, for instance…
I actually remember SOS from childhood in the 80- my grandfather was a merchant marine cook so that probably explains it
We tried three of these - mock apple pie, chipped beef on toast and tongue - which only my dad liked! The first two I'd eat again gladly!
It's called lengua in Spanish, and I love it.
My father inlaw told about how they would get drop shipments of Hershey choclate bars, he said also they gave them to the children on the streets just to see them smile, this was WWII in france, bombings were bad and people were hungry, but to see a smile on the face of a hungry child was worth it, bring back the Hershey's chocolate bar in the WWII box, and a cocoa cola for a smile, we would lovevti see thevworld smile again and make peace, offering to our enimies something we love could calm things a bit, every one has some thing in common, food is one thing.
I was stationed in Greenland in 1971-72 and we had powered milk and eggs. When ever we went on leave we would guzzle real milk during the return flight as we knew we would not get the real stuff until we were sent back to the states.
0:40 I remember my grandmother talking about "Victory Gardens."
My parents prepared foods on this list, in the late 50s all through the 70s. My Dad was a Private in the US Military and served in WW11. He came home and ate “pickled pigs knuckles”, head cheese and liver worst! I couldn’t stomach these, they made me nauseous just seeing them in the refrigerator!
That was def German food. I grew up with blood sausage and sauerkraut a mash taters. Liverwurst I can't eat anymore ( gout) head cheese! ?no thank you !. God bless
Spam. Put it with beans, eggs, potatoes, greens, it's always great.
You bet !!! Goes well with pretty much everything .
My mom was born in 1930. She told me about what she called the apple-less pie. She explained to me how they used Ritz crackers to mimic apples. I never got a chance to try because she refused to make one. Apparently it was a staple in their kitchen throughout the 30’s and 40’s. Another cake they made was a mayonnaise cake which she would make for all of us kids birthdays. It substituted several ingredients that were sometimes difficult to get.
When I was a kid, the recipe was on the back of the box.
I never tried to memorize it, but I do definitely remember it!
It lasted into the 70s.
It’ll probably make a comeback, provided that Ritz is still around!
@@dangeary2134 I’m sure the recipe is easy to find on the internet but I have little use for it personally. I’m in my 50’s and live alone now. I figure if I want a apple pie the grocery store will have it.
Nicely done 😎
There cannot be many countries in the history of the world that can turn to its citizens and ask them to grow food in this manner. Of course historically most people would have already been growing all the food they could
Victory Gardens were also very popular in Canada during both the First and Second World War. Same in the United Kingdom and Australia. Good on all of them for their effort. Cheers from north of the border.
My mom and dad grew up on farms and in the back woods of Texas during the depression , so when the call went out to dig a victory garden went out , they just shrugged their shoulders and did what they normally did .
Even our President lived the lifestyle. He led by example. Can you imagine the weirdo rich folk today doing the same?
The weirdo rich folk of today would think they are too good , they aren't better than anyone else , they are just trash with money
3:30 We made (very tasty) version of SOS with packaged sliced roast beef and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup-half water, half milk-warmed, stirred, pepper added, then ladled over toast.
EASY and YUMMY.
My mom had a bit different recipe.
She would take a few heaping spoons of flour, out them into a small Tupperware Kit Cup, and some water.
My brother or I would shake the heck out of it until the lumps were gone.
Buddig chip beef was chopped into small pieces, and ma bit of milk and butter was added.
This was all cooked in a pan until it thickened.
That was put over dry toast.
It made for a singularly satisfying meal!
When I saw sh1t on a shingle less than ten seconds in, I knew I would enjoy this one 😁
OMG Im living in WWII era! I have a garden, eat SPAM, have powdered eggs, use margarine, and eat cow stomach! I think Im going to make mock apple pie and depression cake just to be all around! 😂
lol-
But what’s your justification? Is it just cost effective? Or do you not live in an area with easy access to everyday staples?
@@mason96575There is no need for a justification. It's just what I eat. Ever had menudo or pho? That's cow stomach baby!
Spam is good stuff! (Don’t eat it cold.)
As a kid growing up in the 50's and 60's in a not so well off household , we ate fried spam a lot !!!! Still have a taste for it now and then .
My father fought in WW2 and he would not allow Spam or Hash in our house. LOL So of course we wanted them.
I loved this thank you
In the mid 70s I found some old military rations out in the California desert where troops trained for fighting in Africa during WWII. It was canned peanut butter. It tasted fine. I also found a compass, a canteen, and yards of belt fed ammo.
Am 75, never had to eat any of these items. We are so spoiled. Can you imagine a teen or 20 something today not being able to go to Starbucks, stare at their phone, eat Spam, tend to a garden to be able to eat, no “organic”, no Costco and so much food & choices it makes your head spin. I am spoiled too. I grow tomatoes, herbs & few peppers for fun and recreation. Relaxing & gratifying. We have such a great life in the United States.
SPAM is very popular in Hawaii, Guam, and other US Territories in the Pacific where US troops once visited to include the Philippines. When I was in the Army I loved SOS for breakfast except the Army used ground beef in their recipe. I do cook SOS when I think about it.
roasted peanuts taste allot like coffee....my ancestors did this in the civil war...i learned it from letters
Tongue is really good. It’s like roast beef with no fat.
Yes! It's easy to boil to remove the skin,very tasty to prepare in many ways,grew up in a farm,we didn't waste anything!
My Navy Grandfather made SOS all the time.
That was my favorite meal in the US Navy '70s. Never had it before or since, haven't seen it on any menu.
Our beloved Captain on the shingle!
I predict you will have 1 million subscribers in one year if you keep posting videos regularly. Spectacular.!❤❤❤😊
Nobody GAF
At the deer camp of the early 60s cans of soups and various things because paper labels do come off in the humidity of the Delta were boiled in the big pot on the wood burning stove. Whole cans just dropped in and as long as the boiling water kept them covered, they would sit there and churn away. Dad and all of his friends were vets of WW2 and Korea. Sitting around a steel pot full of boiling water and some cans of food was the norm.
My Dad, a WWII veteran, said they called SPAM - Spare Part, Army Mule.
My dad became a Spam fan in the Pacific Islands during WWII. He liked it so much he was still eating it off of the end of a knife when he was 80. I can't stand the stuff. I didn't know Hormel made it, interesting because I just finished a Hormel chicken breast with gravy entree, along with some colored mini potatoes.
The chocolate bars were kept from melting by adding parafin wax, and they stopped your bowels up almost like a cork. Its why they no longer exist. Some parafin chocolate still was around even in the 1960s. They made little bowls for a scoop of ice cream out of them for restaurants. I was a little kid and started eating mine and my mother had to stop me. But i ate some more of it anyway.
Cool!
I just wonder at the amount of chocolate bars, etc. That the rear echelon gobbled up while frontline troops did without.
We have a local dinor that serves creamed chipped beef over fried potatoes.
2:35 My mom was a _frequent_ maker of "Mock Apple Pie."
Nook: your hoomans did a wonderful job preparing the tree for Father nChristmas. Blessings to all with a wish for a fantastic 2024. ❤️😊
Still occasionally make creamed chip beef on toast.
At 4:25. The ad about war flour is from world War one.
I've had pickled tongue and pickled bologna and tongue does indeed have a distinctive taste.
Pretty sure kids wouldn't like it at all.
My Dad ate this stuff but it made me sick in the 1960s-70s 😮
Love it now!
Just think how far we’ve come…
Imagine the government telling you to grow a “Victory Garden” filled with “Freedom Tomatoes” and “Liberty Potatoes” TODAY- it’s such an alien concept …
Today, "governments" prohibit and fine you for planting vegs. in your yard in certain areas! When we raised cattle and had a beef butchered for our freezer, I always asked that the tongue be included. It's a fantastic piece of meat and was served with mashed potatoes and gravy in our home. We have ordered a beef for the freezer and will again be asking that the tongue be included.
We are waiting for next video
Victory Gardens.
VICTORY GARDEN!
...and chipped beef has been SOS ever since.
Beef heart and tongue are extremely tasty cuts.
I still buy Spam.
I like spam fry it good with fry potatoes and soup beans yummy 😋
Or fried with an egg sunny side up on a sandwich!
Spam did it translate to Spiced ham?
SPAM: Something Posing As Meat.
But I don't like SPAM!
"spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam SPAAAAAAAAM!"
Done right, it is delicious!
Another Viking victory at the Green Midget Cafe in Bromley.
Sounds like a personal problem, no sympathy, you adapt and overcome, or you die
@@emeraldfox7175 *whoosh
Still like SPAM.
Now they have vegetarian and vegan mre's
It was called...shit on a shingle
The picture at 1:20 if a person eating what is alleged to be "Spam" is actually canned corned beef. Corned beef was contained in trapezoidal cans; Spam was not. The texture of the product and as seen on the eating utensil of the person is clearly not Spam. You should at least use a correct image when trying to show a representative product.
everyone including the video man fake computer narrator guy, deliberately ignoring the fact that SPAM is an acronym for "Specially Processed American Meat".
Hormel disagrees with you. They say it means spiced ham.
nah, I pretty much know ppl who were there at that time, it's no big secret.....so yeah. stop trying to rewrite history, you've really nothing to gain from the action. enjoy @chazzyboehner2598
They knowingly ate animal tongues...
Full stop.
I wouldn't comply with the ration rules.
You would have to! You don't know what you are talking about.
@@danielulz1640 you don't know what your talking about. You suck up
You had no choice. You were given a book of stamps used for food. You could only buy what you had stamps for.
_I wouldn't comply with the ration rules._
Um, yes you would. Without your coupons, you were NOT getting anything.
LOL!