I’m 60 yrs old. I grew up eating these dishes. Had no idea they were “depression era” meals. Both my sweet Southern grandmothers and mother cooked like this, so I do too. It’s just life!😅 And it was BUTTERMILK with the cornbread. 🎉
My dad LOVED, LOVED, LOVED buttermilk and cornbread. He would have hated seeing regular milk on cornbread. 🤭 He would top it off with a little salt and a good amount of pepper.
As a senior I was raised on low budget cooking. Lucky me. I enjoy cooking and now share my knowledge with my adult children. They are also enjoying the knowledge of low cost, homemade cooking.
My mother went through the Great Depression and growing up she would tell me about it. It was such a blessing! One of her stories was how they would take the wheels off of roller skates and put them on long boards (I’m thinking before they were called skateboards). I’m sure anyone who had a parent(s) or grand parents who went through the Great Depression heard a lot of first hand stories. My mother has passed away, of course, and I’m 61 years old, but it was wonderful hearing how things were when she growing up.
In the 1960s my mother made chicken and dumplings by adding a cup of chicken broth to fpour and form into dumplings and boil the dumplings in the broth.
My grandmother, who had raised my mother during the great depression, would spread butter, or peanut butter, on slices of bread. She would put spoonfuls of sugar on top, then baked in the oven like you would cheese toast. I sure loved that special breakfast treat as a kid! I fixed it for my children as they were growing up and I still fix it for my granddaughter on occasion. 😁
My Mom would do the same thing only she would butter the bread and sprinkle a sugar and cinnamon mixture over the bread and then toast. I did it for my kids and grandkids and still do for myself. It is a tasty treat.
I had this too but we added a sprinkling of cinnamon and if no cinnamon we would put on any seasoning used to make an apple pie. I had some a couple of weeks ago. I still crave bologna and other things. Mentioned here
My Mama said they were lucky if they had a little grease to spread on their bread for lunch. They had it hard!! I mean hard. You wouldn't believe the stories she told me. I sure did love when she made dandelion greens. I'd see her out there in the yard bent over but not picking flowers or weeding. It didn't occur to me how hard she was working and that she was picking greens until I got older.
I grew up slightly poor so some of these things are not new to me I'm surprised they're making a comeback however. Growing up without things has prepared me better than most for what's to come.
Hovers stew is called goolash ! Dry pasta "any type", spaghetti sauce or oaste watered down. Hopefully you gotta few soices (garlic, onion, salt, pepper), any type of meat, if you have it !. Its a dry pasta dish usually, hits the spot if your hungry.
My momma grew up during the Depression and she refused to eat barley because that's what they survived on. She could make something out of nothing and her cooking was delicious. She didn't follow rules, she ensured flavor.
I'm 65 and my grandmothers never made any of these dishes. My mother made chipped beef and gravy over toast. Everything thing else is strange, except what you call potato casserole. It's in my Amish cookbook as Escalloped Potatoes only made with a dash of nutmeg. Grandmas never made this either. I remember "Clean Out the Refrigerator Stew", it was really good and she made a delicious roast. She also taught me how to make butter from the raw milk they got from the small dairy down the road.
Cornbread and milk. I just ate my last bowl a few days ago. I grew up eating this. My dad ate Lorna Doone shortbread cookies with it. Somehow, the weird combination of a spoonful of cornbread and milk and a bite of the cookie proved to be so yummy.
My mom would do the corn bread milk and suger or honey. She made good things for us kids and shared lot's of corn bread. We also ate beans..rice.. and hot dogs in it. We never were hungry. How many people remember commodities?? Powered milk...powder eggs... this is what we ate too.
You can make your own cookbook. Look up the Great depression recipes. Write them down and then transfer them over to a binder. And voila you have a cookbook. I have my grandma's old old cookbook from back then
@@sharron6628 I was about to suggest that. It is exactly what I do, but people today don't want to go to the trouble of sitting down and writing anything down.
There are several sites that have many of these recipes you can print off. I have a three ring notebook with these recipes and more from these sites. Happy recipe hunting!
Never had corn bread? You poor soul! Ham and beans and corn bread are a classic here. Make jiffy mix with a pinch of sugar and put some butter on it delicious
Fact check! Hey, some of us 'grandma's' weren't around in the Great Depression!! In fact, it's the great, great grandma's of youngsters today that you are talking about.
My father so poor ate macaroni with tomato daily. Sunday they had ring bologna with onions. His mother added canned white beans to the macaroni and tomato. 😊
You have brought back some heart-warming memories! I remember my sister making the butter-sugar bread. She rolled it like a jellyroll and put it in the back pocket of her jeans. Then she ran out to play baseball with the neighborhood kids.The recipe for baked beans sounds like what my mother made. She used horticultural beans which we grew. My Dad loved the baked beans so much, my mother made sandwiches from left-overs and put them in his "dinner pail". I was about 9 when I made the mock apple pie. We were all skeptical. But, it tasted just like apple pie!
Darkened drippings from roast, scraped off the top of stored/saved lard, and smeared on bread. I loved it as a kid. Tried it as an adult and just no...no...lol. We called it bread and dripping. It would be beef lard.
@@windycitykitty In some countries they were. Probably not in other western countries...Chinese name for yogurt translates as "sour milk". Yak milk in animal hides became that, I believe...
@@Kayenne54 yes, of course you are correct. I was speaking from the viewpoint of this video being about recipes of the Great Depression an event which, while felt globally, refers colloquially as a USA event, and the cooking of this video as well.
I've never tried mashed beans on bread, but I did make some runny frijoles when all I had was leftover beans and pasta one day. I then mixed the beans with pasta and butter and it was pretty good.
I came up with my own version of this - I call it bean pate. I blend cooked beans with salt, pepper, homemade chutney or relish and a bit of mayonnaise. It's delicious.
Fried bologna is what we still eat today nothing like fried bologna 😃 dandelion is good for your health also. People were supposed to eat things from the earth without the pesticide.
Chip beef on toast is still a favorite, but you need to elevate it. After I slice the beef into thin strips, I take a quarter and lightly rinse them to slightly reduce the salt content. I add garlic and thyme to the sauce along with lots of black pepper, but no extra salt. I also add some heavy cream or evaporated milk in place of a portion of whole milk, just to make it taste better. I like my sauce to be a nice pourable consistency and my family prefers sourdough bread. Very rich and indulgent. Enjoy!
My grandmother who grew up during the aftermath of the Great depression would always make us kids macaroni & cheese soup which was basically milk soup with butter and macaroni put in and then a slice of American cheese would be it. We'd always ask for more cheese lol.
Nope, Spam and eggs weren't a big part of Great Depression cooking. The Great Depression in the US lasted from 1929 to 1939. Spam was introduced on July 5, 1937. Despite ads, most women didn't trust meat in a can nor was it available across the country at its introduction. Spam first became popular in 1939, when we (US) started shipping it to the Allied soldiers. We continued shipping it after the USA formally joined the Allies the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 8, 1941. The Russians said later they would have starved without Spam. After the war, the returning soldiers from all Allied countries were so familiar with Spam that they demanded it be on the shelves for their wives to buy. Guam, Hawaii, South Korea and the Philippines embraced Spam after the war. In South Korea, Spam is a luxury and is given as gifts. Guam consumes the most Spam per capita, in Hawaii it is a staple and it is a daily dish in the Philippines. More Spam is sold in those countries than anywhere else. Well, that was a longwinded way of saying Spam and eggs weren't a dish of the Great Depression! Sorry, amateur historian here.
Thanks for defining that for everyone…when I watched that part in the segment, I said to myself the same thing! It was developed to feed the troops because of 2nd world war. 👍
Arguably the cheapest fast hot food you can make at home in the blink of an eye is a bowl of porridge @ 90 seconds in the microwave. It takes more time to get out the door and start the car than it does to make this.
My daughter is a diabetic this is how I cook noodles to reduce carbs, boil noodles half way, pour off water add fresh warm water then cook , then pour off any left over water. I do this to remove some of the carbs. It helps prevent bad Suger spikes.
LOL Have you seen the price of hot dogs, potatoes, milk, eggs, bread, butter and just about EVERYTHING today? A big cheap Italian depression meal was garlic and oil on top of Pasta with whatever veggie you want. My grandma made that a lot and fed the neighborhood. I am 77 and still make it but even that is expensive now. The oil is outrageous as is the Pasta.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's and we had it, usually in the summer when we were "putting up" (canning or freezing) fresh produce and mama didn't have time to cook supper. Some people use buttermilk but I will only drink sweet (reg) milk--we never added honey or sugar to it. I've heard it called a "country milkshake".
I’m 60 yrs old. I grew up eating these dishes. Had no idea they were “depression era” meals. Both my sweet Southern grandmothers and mother cooked like this, so I do too. It’s just life!😅 And it was BUTTERMILK with the cornbread. 🎉
My dad LOVED, LOVED, LOVED buttermilk and cornbread. He would have hated seeing regular milk on cornbread. 🤭 He would top it off with a little salt and a good amount of pepper.
As a senior I was raised on low budget cooking. Lucky me. I enjoy cooking and now share my knowledge with my adult children. They are also enjoying the knowledge of low cost, homemade cooking.
Good for you @lancelotdufrane!
My mother went through the Great Depression and growing up she would tell me about it. It was such a blessing! One of her stories was how they would take the wheels off of roller skates and put them on long boards (I’m thinking before they were called skateboards). I’m sure anyone who had a parent(s) or grand parents who went through the Great Depression heard a lot of first hand stories. My mother has passed away, of course, and I’m 61 years old, but it was wonderful hearing how things were when she growing up.
In the 1960s my mother made chicken and dumplings by adding a cup of chicken broth to fpour and form into dumplings and boil the dumplings in the broth.
My grandmother, who had raised my mother during the great depression, would spread butter, or peanut butter, on slices of bread. She would put spoonfuls of sugar on top, then baked in the oven like you would cheese toast. I sure loved that special breakfast treat as a kid! I fixed it for my children as they were growing up and I still fix it for my granddaughter on occasion. 😁
My Mom would do the same thing only she would butter the bread and sprinkle a sugar and cinnamon mixture over the bread and then toast. I did it for my kids and grandkids and still do for myself. It is a tasty treat.
I had this too but we added a sprinkling of cinnamon and if no cinnamon we would put on any seasoning used to make an apple pie. I had some a couple of weeks ago. I still crave bologna and other things. Mentioned here
The original cinnamon toast crunch. We would crumble and eat as cereal when there was enough milk.
My Mama said they were lucky if they had a little grease to spread on their bread for lunch. They had it hard!! I mean hard. You wouldn't believe the stories she told me.
I sure did love when she made dandelion greens. I'd see her out there in the yard bent over but not picking flowers or weeding. It didn't occur to me how hard she was working and that she was picking greens until I got older.
What a wonderful memory, 👍❤️
I remember most of those recipes. Glad to see that they are being revised
Toast with butter, some sugar, and a sprinkle of cinnamon is nice with your favourite cuppa.
I grew up slightly poor so some of these things are not new to me I'm surprised they're making a comeback however. Growing up without things has prepared me better than most for what's to come.
Hovers stew is called goolash ! Dry pasta "any type", spaghetti sauce or oaste watered down. Hopefully you gotta few soices (garlic, onion, salt, pepper), any type of meat, if you have it !.
Its a dry pasta dish usually, hits the spot if your hungry.
My momma grew up during the Depression and she refused to eat barley because that's what they survived on. She could make something out of nothing and her cooking was delicious. She didn't follow rules, she ensured flavor.
I am 54 and I grew up eating many of these. I cook some of these for my family now. I hope they pass it down.
@@dbruce5760 Ditto at 66 years.
I'm 65 and my grandmothers never made any of these dishes. My mother made chipped beef and gravy over toast. Everything thing else is strange, except what you call potato casserole. It's in my Amish cookbook as Escalloped Potatoes only made with a dash of nutmeg. Grandmas never made this either. I remember "Clean Out the Refrigerator Stew", it was really good and she made a delicious roast. She also taught me how to make butter from the raw milk they got from the small dairy down the road.
Cornbread and milk. I just ate my last bowl a few days ago. I grew up eating this. My dad ate Lorna Doone shortbread cookies with it. Somehow, the weird combination of a spoonful of cornbread and milk and a bite of the cookie proved to be so yummy.
I was a cafeteria lady. We made wacky cake in the little country school I worked in, in Oklahoma in the 1990’s!
I LOVED WACKY CAKE.....so easy and delicious.I miss those days.
It is made everywhere to this day. It is such a nice moist chocolate cake.
My mom would do the corn bread milk and suger or honey. She made good things for us kids and shared lot's of corn bread. We also ate beans..rice.. and hot dogs in it. We never were hungry. How many people remember commodities?? Powered milk...powder eggs... this is what we ate too.
Love it, tess!
I remember commodities! I loved the beef in a can! Big block of cheese, beans, rice, noodles. We never got a lot, but it really helped.
Grandma Clara. She would tell stories about how she and her family survived the Great Depression
I loved watching Clara
Yes, I remember grandma Clara I used to love watching her shows
I remember Clara's 1st video was pasta with peas 🫛 😋
That lady, Clara was a doll I hope they continue her videos we need it anything that helps us weather this economic meltdown helps
She was a gem.....May she rest in Peace.
My grandfather used to eat cornbread and milk every night
Mine too! Or if there was no cornbread, he would eat milk and crushed up crackers
Grew up eating cornbread and milk with parents who grew up in the depression. I still have some once in awhile. It’s yoummy.
Brings back good ol' memories, right?
Wish I had this all printed out in a book for my Prepper book shelf. Would be amazing!
_Great Depression Cooking With Clara_ is where most of these came from and you can order a cookbook from her UA-cam channel.
You can make your own cookbook. Look up the Great depression recipes. Write them down and then transfer them over to a binder. And voila you have a cookbook. I have my grandma's old old cookbook from back then
@@sharron6628 I was about to suggest that. It is exactly what I do, but people today don't want to go to the trouble of sitting down and writing anything down.
There are several sites that have many of these recipes you can print off. I have a three ring notebook with these recipes and more from these sites. Happy recipe hunting!
@@libertylady1952 thank you, I will do that
I cook many of these today. Family favorites.
Im from Australia but ive been told corn bread is amazing
😁I'm not from Australia, and I heard vegemite has a unique taste😁
It's your Winter there now, so take care!
Would you mind trying one, and let us know how it taste? :D Stay safe!
@@erikaquatsch2190 , I was born in Australia and I can not stand the taste of vegemite and neither does my sister
Never had corn bread? You poor soul! Ham and beans and corn bread are a classic here. Make jiffy mix with a pinch of sugar and put some butter on it delicious
Fact check! Hey, some of us 'grandma's' weren't around in the Great Depression!! In fact, it's the great, great grandma's of youngsters today that you are talking about.
My grandma was! I guess it depends on the age!😊
@@flgirl45I'm that generation, also. No grandma but the most awesome Italian great aunt!!!
Then, this video is for you... not your granddaughter.
My father so poor ate macaroni with tomato daily. Sunday they had ring bologna with onions. His mother added canned white beans to the macaroni and tomato. 😊
Maccaroni and tomatoes were delicious! We canned our own tomatoes, and in the winter, it was a breath of spring! We didn't add the onion.
Noodles were homemade by my mom and grandmothers
I too grew up on most of these dishes. Delicious and cheap. Time to pull these recipes out again!
We cook many of these dishes today.
Probably not a great sign that these kinds of videos are popping up and trending again.
You have brought back some heart-warming memories! I remember my sister making the butter-sugar bread. She rolled it like a jellyroll and put it in the back pocket of her jeans. Then she ran out to play baseball with the neighborhood kids.The recipe for baked beans sounds like what my mother made. She used horticultural beans which we grew. My Dad loved the baked beans so much, my mother made sandwiches from left-overs and put them in his "dinner pail". I was about 9 when I made the mock apple pie. We were all skeptical. But, it tasted just like apple pie!
My great Grandma used to make bean cakes and fried potatoes, with cornbread and green onions was a meal 😄💕
Limes and soy sauce etc were not used as unaffordable. Lard was used instead of oil.
I laughed when he said "Greek Yogurt". Ummm....most folks in the 1930s were not familiar with any kind of yogurt. LOL
Darkened drippings from roast, scraped off the top of stored/saved lard, and smeared on bread. I loved it as a kid. Tried it as an adult and just no...no...lol. We called it bread and dripping. It would be beef lard.
@@Kayenne54 sounds very similar to schmaltz (chicken fat / onions / celery) and bagels.
@@windycitykitty In some countries they were. Probably not in other western countries...Chinese name for yogurt translates as "sour milk". Yak milk in animal hides became that, I believe...
@@Kayenne54 yes, of course you are correct. I was speaking from the viewpoint of this video being about recipes of the Great Depression an event which, while felt globally, refers colloquially as a USA event, and the cooking of this video as well.
Toasted cheese sandwiches will make a cheap meal.
I have my mother's original recipes for all these from the Great Depression, both parents lived through it.
I've never tried mashed beans on bread, but I did make some runny frijoles when all I had was leftover beans and pasta one day. I then mixed the beans with pasta and butter and it was pretty good.
I came up with my own version of this - I call it bean pate.
I blend cooked beans with salt, pepper, homemade chutney or relish and a bit of mayonnaise. It's delicious.
Campfire stew. Cut up hotdogs and cook with macaroni. Add Velveeta cheese and a large can of baked beans. Stir and serve.
That cheese (video above) looks way too yellow. Probably full of yellow or orange colourings? But the dish sounds yummy.
Chipped beef! Yes please!
Fried bologna is what we still eat today nothing like fried bologna 😃 dandelion is good for your health also. People were supposed to eat things from the earth without the pesticide.
Louder!!
Chip beef on toast is still a favorite, but you need to elevate it. After I slice the beef into thin strips, I take a quarter and lightly rinse them to slightly reduce the salt content. I add garlic and thyme to the sauce along with lots of black pepper, but no extra salt. I also add some heavy cream or evaporated milk in place of a portion of whole milk, just to make it taste better. I like my sauce to be a nice pourable consistency and my family prefers sourdough bread. Very rich and indulgent. Enjoy!
‼️You had me @ GOULASH‼️🤗
Love it! 😊
I loved Grandma's goulash 😊
I remember seeing the cornbread and milk on Old Yeller. Mmm so tasty.
I love making macaroni and tomatoes
I love leftover cornbread and milk with a little sugar.
2:24 green beans, green peas, what's the difference?
P/B & N 😉
Different vegetables, yes? But they are both green, it is true.
My grandmother who grew up during the aftermath of the Great depression would always make us kids macaroni & cheese soup which was basically milk soup with butter and macaroni put in and then a slice of American cheese would be it. We'd always ask for more cheese lol.
I eat this once a month corn bread and butter milk yummy
The cornbread with milk we called it cush cush it was delicious
Love it!!
The first cake I made as a girl was a Wacky cake! It’s delicious
Care to share your recipe? 🤭
I doomed! My cardiologist has me on a strict low sodium diet coupled with a diabetic diet! I can’t have any of this! 😩
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New Subscriber 😊❤ great information 😊
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@@SavingSavers 😃 my pleasure 🙏
Nope, Spam and eggs weren't a big part of Great Depression cooking. The Great Depression in the US lasted from 1929 to 1939. Spam was introduced on July 5, 1937. Despite ads, most women didn't trust meat in a can nor was it available across the country at its introduction.
Spam first became popular in 1939, when we (US) started shipping it to the Allied soldiers. We continued shipping it after the USA formally joined the Allies the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec 8, 1941. The Russians said later they would have starved without Spam.
After the war, the returning soldiers from all Allied countries were so familiar with Spam that they demanded it be on the shelves for their wives to buy.
Guam, Hawaii, South Korea and the Philippines embraced Spam after the war. In South Korea, Spam is a luxury and is given as gifts. Guam consumes the most Spam per capita, in Hawaii it is a staple and it is a daily dish in the Philippines. More Spam is sold in those countries than anywhere else.
Well, that was a longwinded way of saying Spam and eggs weren't a dish of the Great Depression! Sorry, amateur historian here.
Thanks for defining that for everyone…when I watched that part in the segment, I said to myself the same thing! It was developed to feed the troops because of 2nd world war. 👍
@@fahinahigby1152 You're very welcome, I'm glad to hear someone got something out of my long-winded comment!
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Most of these I've never heard of. Interesting
My husband loves cornbread and milk.
We just eat tomato sandwich
Can u do one, for, northern depressed time...
Will consider! Thanks for this suggestion, Melissa!
Cabbage and potatoes,if we were lucky it had corned beef in it,usually not but i still make corned beef cabbage and potatoes a few times a yr
Try cornbread and buttermilk!
Add pork n beans to the fried potatoes and hot dogs and you have a good meal.
Very nice tasty 🎉
Arguably the cheapest fast hot food you can make at home in the blink of an eye is a bowl of porridge @ 90 seconds in the microwave. It takes more time to get out the door and start the car than it does to make this.
I was brought up to call it macaroni and tomatoes
To many to keep up with and some I would like to the recipe
Yes it's very salty u only ineed ti scrape in and of yes it's winter here and so cold
None of this is cheap in 2024. 😢
I wish we had poor man’s meal. We had fried spaghetti noodles loaded in butter
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2:19 Who rinses pasta?? WHY? 😧
My daughter is a diabetic this is how I cook noodles to reduce carbs, boil noodles half way, pour off water add fresh warm water then cook , then pour off any left over water. I do this to remove some of the carbs. It helps prevent bad Suger spikes.
@@shavinmccrotch9435 To remove starch. It sticks together in clumps otherwise. I do the same with rice.
It all depends on the health of the person or the recipe you want to do.
Not many people could afford meat during the great depression.
LOL Have you seen the price of hot dogs, potatoes, milk, eggs, bread, butter and just about EVERYTHING today? A big cheap Italian depression meal was garlic and oil on top of Pasta with whatever veggie you want. My grandma made that a lot and fed the neighborhood. I am 77 and still make it but even that is expensive now. The oil is outrageous as is the Pasta.
One hour for beans. Try like 3
Was when Americans were starving 😢😢😢
Ever had a lard sandwich? 😢 Yuck but we ate what we had
Until recently, we never heard if anyone putting cornbread in a glass of milk.
I grew up in the 60's and 70's and we had it, usually in the summer when we were "putting up" (canning or freezing) fresh produce and mama didn't have time to cook supper. Some people use buttermilk but I will only drink sweet (reg) milk--we never added honey or sugar to it. I've heard it called a "country milkshake".
Demflation brought me here
Weirdo!
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Many are seeking budget heIpers these days, it's getting worse aII the time. Gotta stop this destruction.
Use alot of electricity to heat up. Can the middle and low income people afford it nowadays?
I never knew anyone who actually grew dandelion to eat??
Some of this is accurate, some is not but interesting
HAVE TO RECAL BALONEY DEVIL HAM. KIND OF SICKLY
Correction: Pearl Harbor, was bombed on Dec 7th, 1941. !!
My Grandmother was Belgian. This was not her style of food... I must be her Granddaughter because its not mine either. These don't even sound good.
Those are peas, not green beans!
FRY BALONEY I RECAL
Was she Clara ?
Vinegar pie is NOT tasty at all, no.
Butter , Sugar Sandwiches Grama?? No Wonder we have SO MANY ADULT DIABETICS 😞😞
Nah, it's the new food pyramid and processed foods and fast food. Sedentary peopIe these days, too.
Video has nothing to do with the narrative.
you don't need garlic for every dish.it yuk.i wish garlic was never made..
I don’t like it either.
Apparently, You are Not preparing Garlic the Right way. Garlic is a Wonderful Flavor.
There used to be a man here in Australia in the trade union years ago his name was Mr garlic. I bet he stinks 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well, I don't like mayonaise or Miracle Whip. YUK!!!! So there!