Posted: 2/23/2009 12:54:07 PM EDT
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Ran across this today and thought it was very interesting especially with the possibility of another depression.
Great Depression Cooking Check out the videos! Very interesting! |
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I just finished Aunt Sammie's Radio Recipes from the library, plus a few crock pot recipe books.
We bought a bargain flat of almost rotten veggies at the local fruit stand. For $3 we got 15# of tomatoes, 3 mangoes, 1/2 # mushrooms 3# grapes, a lemon, a peach, a few peppers. I gave away 8 of the nice tomatoes, made lasagna with some, BBQ pork with some and stewed the rest all in a crock pot, gonna use the mushrooms and peppers for pizza. crock pot /cabbage lasagna slice a few tomatoes thin,slice half a cabbage thin layer1/2" tomatoes then 2 layers dry noodles,1/2" cabbage, a few chopped cloves garlic and italian spice,and dust with dry parmesan repeat til pot is full with tomatoes on top layer and dust with parm , cook for 2 hours add water if needed. mango BBQ pork/beans { boneless lean country spare ribs were on sale $1.60/#} dice 5 large tomatoes, 1 mango,2-12 cloves garlic add 1/4 cup brown sugar,1/4 vinegar, tsp salt cook 4-6 hours ,stirring every few hours ,add 1# white beans cook 2 -3more hours for more flavor add store bought BBQ sauce, fish out some meat and serve on fresh buns. stewed tomatoes cut out the bad parts and feed to chickens, throw the rest in the crock pot and cook all day. I got 4 16 oz gladware containers of stewed tomatoes in the freezer for later. Roll less cabbage rolls half a cabbage chopped,1 large onion chopped,1 12-16 oz sausage, 1 cup rice, 3-4 tomatoes, 1 tsp salt 1/4-1/2 tsp cayenne, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice or vinegar dump it all into the crockpot {rice second to last and sausage on top of the rice, then chop/stir the sausage into the rice as you mix the whole lot}, cook for 3-5 hours add water if needed turn all recipies to low after 1 hour |
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Mmmm... Lard sandwiches.
If you are planning on trying to stockpile your way though the next depression, you may end up being quite surprised at a very inopportune time. During the depression, food was still grown here and most folks had their own gardens, farms and means of hunting. Today 80% of people now live in urban/suburban areas and barely know how to cook food they buy at the grocery store. While there may be some things that can be learned from the last depression, this one will be much different. This time there could be a lot more starving folks around with no clue as to what to do. |
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http://www.youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking
Youtube link to Clara and Depression cooking. |
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I recommend finding a copy of the "old settlement cookbook" I have two, they were my Grandmothers. The books are from the 20s and 30s. Basic cooking at it's finest. I wouldn't be surprised if there's one in your family some where. I was googling for "old settlement cookbook" and came across an interesting link... Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project Kind of looks like the motherload.... Contained in this digital collection is "The Settlement" Cookbook. This is from 1901...is this what you're referring to? Note, this link is to an xml page of the whole cookbook and probably isn't dial-up friendly. |