Depression era cooking
By newtondak
@newtondak (3946)
United States
June 12, 2008 3:58pm CST
I'm beginning to wish that I'd paid more attention to some of the things my Grandmother did - the things she cooked and how she managed to feed her family with the small amount of food that she did!
I'm thinking that we need to consult the older generation that lived through the depression to advise us in dealing with the high food prices we're experiencing.
I can remember that my Grandma never let ANYTHING go to waste - I guess we could take a lesson from the way that generation lived.
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@tdemex (3540)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I was born in 1947 and my mom never let anything go to waste. No leftovers were ever tossed out, 1 chichen went along way, dinner, and soup. She'd use lots of potatoes, beans, sausage, ground beef. We ate good and I never left the table hungry, there were mom,dad ,and 4 kids. meatloaf,speghetti,sausge and german patatoe pancakes/with sour cream, hot dogs and beans,potatoe salad.... to name a few. She used cupons and cheked what was on sale! There's lots more... tdemex
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
16 Jun 08
Yumm - potato pancakes (i.e. potato patties) are so delicious. I used to hope that we had leftover mashed potatoes so that we could make potato patties. Do you remember how your Mom made the German Potato Pancakes?
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
16 Jun 08
Yes I make them at least twice a month,they go good with sausage, I like fresh sausge, Polish or johnsonville brats.
peel 4to6 large potatoes, sherd them on the large side of a grater (this is the hardest part)
chop 1/2 of an onion
1 egg
1 tblsn flour
mabe 1 or 2 ozs. milk
mix all together in a bowl add salt and pepper to taste.
fry in med. hi fry pan, (I use bacon greese LOL) add a little oil
use about 3 to 4 tblspns. pre cake they take awhile to fry up I usually use two pans at once
put sourcream on top, I add a little salt also. ENJOY!
@nanayangel (7877)
• Philippines
14 Jun 08
Hi there New Tondak!
My husband's aunt is like that too. She used to have an eatery in the city when my husband was in high school and thankfully, my husband got some of her techniques in cooking.
@teka44 (3420)
• Brazil
12 Jun 08
Hi newtondak, you are right. Bad times teach us to be frugal. I never let anything go to waste because I think that in the world when many people don't have food to survive it is a misdeed waste food. But when we have money to buy anything we want, people tend to waste things. I buy only what I really need and some extras this way I never have food to be wast. I also use all my leftovers. The old people grow up knowing this and we must learn with them. Many years a go I have bad times in my life so I learn and still doing it untill now.
