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Wow, nostalgia trip for us, too. Spouse's parents were born in 1912 and 1914, and they both had to drop out of school to go to work to support their families during the Great Depression. My folks were born in 1922 and 1929, Dad dropped out of school to go to work and Mom's father lost his dairy farm as a result of the Depression. Spouse and I both grew up eating our mothers' frugal recipes gleaned from those parlous years, and to this day, we both still find the greatest comfort in the simple, solid meals of our childhoods.
Methinks that there's a whole new generation that is about to figure out that it's possible to serve nutritious, satisfying meals without the use of imported pate de fois gras, artisanal cheeses, shiitake mushrooms and Kobe beef. It'll be interesting to see how long the lesson sticks with us this time around.
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Reason: punctuation error - I'm such a word nerd
Interesting concept, but where are the recipes? I don't see anything that I can actually use!
Woofers
You just come over to my house for the recipes. I have heard about her, but have not read anything personally. My mother grew up in the depression and she still cooks this way. It is the way I was raised, and the way I cook to this day. I can do gourmet, but this is the comfort food my kids always ask for.
In fact, I am putting together a cookbook of our family recipes for them.
Well thats how I picked up things from my gram. Standing on the seat of a chair backed to the counter watching every moment. Its inspiration! She gives directions on the youtube site.
Basically though: Buy lots of dry pasta, rice and beans. Meat is a treat.
Frozen veggies/fruit/meat are the cheapest per unit value.
olive oil is the cheapest healthy fat you can use.
I really like the lemon trick to do the meat and then the left over for the salad. I hate to waste lemons.
some things are just as easily gleaned through verbal cues as the written word, such as her recipes.
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