Eating Great Depression Meals for a Full Day

[Cool_usrhere]

My grandma lived through the depression. She never wasted anything and was a proficient gardener. Yesterday's meatloaf was today's goulash, mashed potatoes turned into potato patties and she knew every shortcut in the book. It was a joy to growing up!

[TBIJourney]

Pause...2:00 she starts talking about the potato she's peeling. 🙋I personally am one of her viewers who struggle with food. I hit my head very hard a number of years ago. I now struggle with brain over energy. The more I use my head the less energy I have. I like this channel because I can make very good food myself in few steps. This channel helps me live and I will be forever grateful for her videos😁

**DTD you did an excellent job of defending the TBI community 👏my channel applauds you 😃

[chris]

Back in the 70's, I peeled potatoes every single night for dinner. You can save a lot of time by peeling potatoes with a paring knife. The discarded skins will be a lot thicker, but you can bake the potato skins in the oven with cheese, bacon, etc. as a separate dish.

[safyneanais]

I am a Gen X'er adopted by Great Depression parents. I grew up with that cookbook in my family. My Aunt made the ham potato patties a lot and she use to put the potato peels in with the potatoes. It was so good. She add pepper. She also used bacon grease. The ham, milk & vegetables were from the farm.
I still have relatives that make pour over coffee.
I grew up on SOS & homemade corn fritters. I swore my Aunt add sugar to her fritters and she creamed the corn. I can hear her saying that to me.
My Aunt & other beautiful women who were Depression Era cooks would give you a thumbs up.

[halesje]

My great grandmother (born in 1908) used to watch me and my brother when we were kids, and she made corn fritters for us ALL THE TIME. We ate them with honey or pancake syrup. They're my number one comfort food. So happy to see you make them.

[justincase]

My grandma was depression era. I had NO idea many of her meals that we ate, and my mother cooked, and I myself cook, were "depression foods." Until I saw Clara. It is what we grew up on and loved. I still make those foods today❤😊

[vixenjenocidal]

Clara may or may not have done this, but you can extend those potatoes even more by making potato skin snacks!

[gwenvann]

I am one of those people that can’t cook from scratch anymore, like I used to. Physical disability changes everything. But, I LOVE watching the depression era cooking videos. I hope you continue doing them along with your Dollar Tree Dinners. Thank you!!

[myrabeth]

My mom made potato patties with leftover mashed potatoes regularly when I was a kid... in the 80s. They work much better if you start cold. Same concept as fried rice: Your precooked starch has to get cold before frying for the texture to come out right.

[cindyjohnsen]

I feel like you're showing us how to do a lot of things with very little. I also feel as though you don't need to explain yourself to anyone. I like that you did it nicely but be you and never mind having to explain yourself. I have been binging on your channel all morning. I'm now starving. Thanks for that! Haha Keep being you!!

[lonesomebeetroot]

I wonder what recipes will come out of this era because if I’m being honest it’s a good day when I go to a regular grocery store and spend less than $100 on normal necessities

[caitlinwhisenhunt]

As someone who suffers depression, anxiety, and has very little energy due to this, the convenience foods are my go to most of the time. No, it is not cheaper, bit most of the time, I barely have the energy or mental capacity to cook. Thank you for recognizing this ❤

[kathleendonnelly]

I love how inclusive you are. Obviously it would be amazing to be able to do things authentically but in this day and age I think it is great that people can cook even with convenience foods!

[rocknreeny]

My mom was a young woman during the depression, and I grew up on this food. Her corn fritters were very different from the ones you made. She used cream corn, and they were sweet. She liked them with pork chops. Fun video!

[kaycee]

I love your channel because you are so compassionate and thoughtful, recognizing not everyone lives in an ideal situation with tons of money, access to perfect food, have perfect health, or a kitchen loaded with appliances and fancy tools. My Grandma lived thru the Depression and she always peeled her potatoes with a paring knife. 😊

[margeebechyne]

My mom used to make SOS (she called it slop on a shingle, my dad used the other name LOL). But she used the dried beef that comes in a jar, I think Armour is the brand name. It's thinly sliced beef, like deli meat, but it is dried out. Very salty. She would rinse it in water, tear it into chunks, then add it to a can of white sauce and heat it through and serve it over toast. I still see it sometimes in the grocery stores, in the area by canned meats, etc. It's not cheap. One time I had it and someone had added green peas to it and that was really quite tasty too! I love what you are doing and your compassion for people who are struggling, in many different ways. Thank you! And please keep it up!!! 💟

[tanyamckinnon]

I love Clara's channel. She was an amazing person

[shess]

I watched all her videos when they first came out….oh how I miss her. What a legacy!! I’m thrilled you decided to do this!

You are a natural at this! You’re going to do really well on this platform!

[alaskangypsy]

I believe "dried beef" was actually a cured, heavily salted thinly sliced beef. It was very popular back then when prepared in a cream sauce over toast. Or, perhaps it was just a different variety of this dish. Great video!

[lauramackey]

My dad made a dish lovingly referred to as "slop". Two cas tuna, two cans cream of mushroom soup and instant white rice served with la choy chow mein noodles.