While this wasn't exactly the recipe my Mom would have baked for us, she loved baking a soft gingerbread cake quite often. This dates from the Great Depression Era, but due to it containing butter and an egg, it would have come from kitchens on farms, that could provide these fresh ingredients. That it also… Continue reading Depression Era Gingerbread Cake
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Depression Era Recipes: Hoover Stew
My Mom made a lot of Great Depression Era recipes when I was growing up. My mom was a war baby (born during WWII) and picked up recipes from elders she knew, especially since my dad was born during the Depression years. When I was young, we lived more like it was the 1930s than… Continue reading Depression Era Recipes: Hoover Stew
War Cake
I had never had this recipe until I met my husband and his mother shared it with me. It was a Great Depression Era/WWII bread recipe. In their family they call it Aunt Hulda's Yum Yum Bread, and it's baked in bread pans. I was trying to make it sugar-free, because frankly, while it is… Continue reading War Cake
Great Depression Era Recipes: Hoover’s Sour Cream Cookies
Growing up my Mom made sour cream cookies often. What I didn't connect is her recipe was very close to the Herbert Hoover recipe, that is in his Presidential Library and Museum. Apparently it was a favorite of his. I know my Mom's recipe came from an ancient version of the Red Plaid Cookbook, so… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes: Hoover’s Sour Cream Cookies
Great Depression Era Recipes: Poor Man’s Meal
Poor Man's Meal is a classic recipe. You can have it with or without baked beans added, but it is far more filling (and tasty with it added). As a recipe in the Great Depression it filled the belly, but also tasted pretty good - and used relatively inexpensive ingredients, but also ingredients that lasted… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes: Poor Man’s Meal