Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Welcome back to another episode of hard times where i make recipes from times of food scarcity. This was my mothers, it has sugar, but no eggs, no butter and no milk its from the depression era recipe depression era cookies. Sign up to discover your next favorite restaurant, recipe, or cookbook in the largest community of knowledgeable food enthusiasts. Forced to live in poverty and sometimes squalor due to the floundering economy and lack of money, these families invented methods for creating hearty and healthy meals with minimal and inexpensive ingredients. See more ideas about recipes, vintage recipes, depression era recipes. Depression era recipes this is a good book of basic recipes, including recipes for basics like condiments amazon link.
During the time of the great depression, families often found themselves severely malnourished, sometimes even on the brink of starvation. See more ideas about food, my recipes and food recipes. While its no longer necessary to get your buzz on so discreetly, this still makes a delicious drink. Learn about the depression era, how grandma cooked, and enjoy simple, basic cooking. Claras kitchen wisdom, memories, and recipes from the. Ledger dispatch friday, march 23, 2018 pages 1 40 text version. Spring is here for most folks and now that it is there are dandelions everywhere. With food rationing and large families to tend to on low incomes, parents found great ways to make their childs favorite sweets on a limited budget, and in many cases, the end product.
Great depression era real food recipes more with less mom. Mix cornmeal with bone broth or water and allow to sit overnight. In a large mixing bowl, cream the lard and brown sugar together. As a young girl, i was regularly amazed at the resourcefulness of my maternal grandmother, who grew up in the 1930s during the great depression era.
During the prohibition era, they would sneak homebrewed bourbon into their soda. Eggless cakes are the big draw of this era dont worry they taste fantastic without eggs. This world war i recipe was brought out again during the great depression as a moneysaving dish. Learn to make depression era recipes with 93yearold clara. These is a simple recipe that i got from my great grandmother. Depressionrecession era cooking okay, so i have shared with you that i am going to cook recipes for this time of recession. Trusted results with depression era cooking recipes. Spiral bound pbgift quality, no shelf wear, no scuffs, tight binding, clean pages, no marks, no spine damage, smokepet free home.
This take on macaroni is a family favorite that was passed down from the depression. With the addition of spices, we can imagine this as a savory dish. Historian and high school teacher eleni nikolaidous new book starvation recipes was just released in greece and is attracting attention. Enter claras kitchen, the cookbook by calogera bonfani cannucciari or clara cannucciari for short whose sole focus is on sharing depression era italian american recipes and stories. The depression was not fun, the late youtube star, clara cannucciari, states in the very first episode of her great depression cooking web series, above. Depressionera recipes that are good enough to eat today. You can publish your book online for free in a few minutes. Great depression cooking clara cannucciari dandelion salad. Top cooking frugality depression era cooking with clara. Deppy nnp depression nnp nn depressionera jj depressive nnp dept.
Mom told me she watched a cooking show that referenced a similar recipe and the viet nam war. Check out this list of frugal cooking tips from the great depression for some oldfashioned money saving advice. Nn greenock nnp greenpeace nnp greens nnps nnp nns greensboro nnp. When the great depression reached its peak in 1933, some to 15 million americans were unemployed and nearly half of the countrys banks had failed, according to. Finally, enjoy a cheap, sweet depressionera dessert. We love her videos because she always gives great insight into the depression era and. Strong family ties, hard work, and good oldfashioned cooking sustained folks through the 1930s reminisce books. Wagner, lisa wagner, adventure publications, incorporated, 1989, 0934860556, 9780934860550, 176 pages. Lessons from the great depression that can help us live better even in our modern world.
Stories and recipes of the great depression of the 1930s volumes 15. Go out and pick your own flowers for the dandelion salad. Claras great depression dandelion salad hard times. Its not like store bought because this fudge is much drier. Spring sunday supper 52 weeks of portraits 2014 advent advertise awards bathroom bedrooms beekeeping beverages birthdays books breads breakfast christmas christmas tags contentment contentment in times of pain cooking from the garden coop crockpot decorating depression era cooking desserts dinners easter encour encouragement entryway etsy.
Doesnt sound like much but boy is it yummy and filling too. These 9 depressionera recipes taste so good youll want. Buy a cheap copy of depression era recipes book by p. Wisdom, memories, and recipes from the great depression hardcover deckle edge, october 27, 2009. More recipes from the depression can found in books by rita van amber. Now you can finish cooking the dish by boiling it or letting it cook by. But, the 1930s banana cake is definitely the best, with mashed.
You know things are bad when people start turning to socalled starvation recipes to sustain themselves and their families. This corn chowder is made with just corn, potatoes, chicken broth, evaporated milk, onion and butter. I found this recipe on a cooking site, posted by a member named helene p. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
Pour flour into a large bowl and create a hole in the center. It takes all they were rationed at the time into a pasta dish. It contains items like butter, honey, eggs, raisins, nuts, and rolled oats. Her first recipepasta with peaswould likely give your average urbane foodie hives, as would her knife skills, but clara, who started making these videos when she was 93, takes obvious satisfaction in the outcome. Clara was a teenager living in chicago with her italian american family during the great depression and recounts her parents journey from palermo sicilia, her familys struggle to earn money, and. Rb cooing vbg cook nn vb vbp cookbook nn cookbooks nns cooked vbn. Depression era cooking and budgeting books are making a comeback. Nov 28, 2017 some of the food i have shared on my blog. But if you love carrot cake, then youll definitely want to try this recipe because you can now have it in cookie form. Dig up dandelions and discard flowers, roots and dead leaves. You dont need a kindle to read them just down load the free kindle software to your pc and then you can get as many free ebooks as you can wish. I have her cookbook with all the depressionera recipes. Learn to make depression era recipes with 93yearold.
The depressionera was a time when people had to get creative. Join date aug 2005 location buffalo ny area for now posts 36,823 thanks 45 thanked 1,632 times in 1,224 posts. This cake is for the serious dark chocolate lovers out there ingredients. Foraging was a great way to get food for hungry families during the era and this dandelion salad from martha stewart is a perfect way to try this. They contain interesting recipe stretchers and cheap recipes to enjoy.
Great depression cooking dandelion salad the homestead. Like so many other recipes of the 30s, this dish might have been served with tomatoes or a. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Its not one of those fluffy cakes with no substance that falls apart as soon as you put your fork in it. I dont know about you, but im fascinated with cooking habits from the past and i love hearing how things used to be, especially from my grandpa who lived through the depression.
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