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
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Great Depression Era Recipes: Rice and Gravy
For the next recipe in the Great Depression Era series, Rice and Gravy was a simple recipe, and allowed for using up leftovers. It also served as a cheap, but filling meal. We ate this in many versions growing up. The plainest Great Depression version was rice and gravy. Just leftover gravy served over boiled… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes: Rice and Gravy
Great Depression Era Recipes – Split Pea Soup
Walking back into time is cooking this recipe. I can see my Mom cooking in the kitchen. She made a version of this recipe at least once a month growing up. She really loved soup, and for good reason. It fed many people, and could be stretched easily to feed more. It often tasted better… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes – Split Pea Soup
Great Depression Era Recipes – The Series
I don't feel old most days, until I talk with people whose grandparents were born in the 1960's. Then I feel oh so old. My Father was born in 1939, at the end of the Great Depression. Though the Great Depression left Eastern Montana a lot later than it did in the Eastern cities of… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes – The Series