Great Depression Cooking – The Poorman’s Meal

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91 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Depression.

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  1. I just discovered this video by mistake and I absolutely love it I wish more people would see the hard times you went through and still could happen again today people don't realize how good they have it now

  2. Thank you for this video it’s so simple but special I’m a grandmother of three and when I have my grandkids over they want me to clock omelettes so simple but they love me to cook omelettes I have to use just the right cheddar cheese in the right kind of pepper and they asked me for it every time they come overAs cooking together and my grandkids grading the cheese in beating the eggs I know I’m building memories with them that’s what it’s all about

  3. My grandma used to make me ox tail soup quite often. She could make anything taste good. You are awesome. I actually grew up very poor so I know how to eat cheap and somewhat healthy.

  4. Times haven't changed a lot. People that are unemployed are still buying whatever is cheap. I had a doctor tell me I should eat fresh vegetables, he said they only cost $150.00 a week. I had to point out that as someone unemployed after paying rent, I had $333.00 for the fortnight, to pay bills and buy food. People that have money really don't know what it is like to not have money. (Did you notice her force of habit comment? She turned on the gas…but was using an electric cooker).

  5. We as kids in Ireland were even more poor than this, I won’t go into the details as it is not a contest.The food that this ladies is cooking would have been for us, a meal fit for a King.

  6. My grandfather lived through the depression…and was just old enough to get drafted into the army during the War. I'm not sure I've ever really fully appreciated how much harder his young life was than mine.

    I'll never forget how he talked about sharing and charity during the hard times. Even years later he had a warm appreciation for the people who had been kind to him and his family when they needed it the most. He never forgot them, even 60 years later. I never had to live through times like this, but I learned a lot about how important it is to share what you have with people who don't from the expression on my grandfather's face when he would talk to us about that part of his life.

  7. No offense but some of these meals are very acidic and difficult to digest. My research shows that we should not combine starches and carbs with proteins. Non starchy veg with proteins is excellent combo. Veg. With pastas good combo too. Great history though, thanks.

  8. My grandma would make it this way
    Peel and Quarter the potatoes, slice the Polish sausage in 1/8inch medallion (not)smoke sausage put 1table spoon of Crisco in skillet fry sausage first till dark on both sides put potatoes in and onion slices on top add cup water salt pepper and cover with lid till done OMG so good …( I never had it with sauce nor with hot dogs ) might be good however to me it sounds strange lol

  9. Wow. Reminds me of my upbringing. My mom grew up in a big family and quit school after 3rd grade because she was embarrassed not to have decent shoes. My dad always made fried potatoes because they were cheap. And he put hot dogs in them too. He didn’t add the sauce but if he had it, he would add cheese on top or sometimes substitute hotdogs for hamburger meat. (Adding onion sounds good) I would add ketchup when I ate them like you do fries. So I guess similar to the red sauce she adds. And any leftover potatoes we would have for breakfast with our eggs. We also got used to eating fried hotdogs with eggs in the morning instead of sausage or bacon. I exposed my kids to it and my grandson. Of course nowadays people eat healthier. But sometimes it’s hard to make ends meet. My daughter had a friend who used to come over just for the fried potatoes because her mother never made them.

  10. ive been eating far simplier and far cheaper meals for the past 14 years. ever since an un-insured driver from california decided to bring her ass to texas n run a light ruining my life. there have been days where all weve had to eat was 2 pieces of bread and a little ketchup. please people….make sure to have insurance when you go out on a drive. the lady didnt even get a ticket…talk about adding insult to injury. and before you start screaming how is it your on the internet…wifi is part of my phone service n im on an old old laptop my son traded some work for to get it for me. lifes a bitch, try to be happy

  11. You are a jewel Clara!! Kids love hot dogs and this is a great way to fix them. My Mom and Dad married during the depression & were tenent farmers. Mom had a huge garden which she canned, chickens for the eggs and meat and raised a pig to butcher and smoke in the smoke house. My mom would often make the potatoes the way you did but added beaten eggs at the end, mixed in with the potatoes as if scrambling them. If it was summer and green peppers were in the garden she added them too. We had home made biscuits & applesauce with it and milk from the cows. Your generation knew how to eat healthy on a budget! By the way, my Mom could not go to high school because there was only one in the county and she had to get there each day on her own and pay for all her own books. How things have changed!

  12. My grandma used to make the very best potato soup, German style. It might sound odd, but it had vinegar and sugar in it, as many German dishes did. She used to make homemade headcheese, too. When my nephew was very young he thought it was the greatest, because it had the word "cheese" in it.

  13. Why would anyone give this a thumb down??? Are there people who don't like elderly people? If so, I'm in trouble, except I live in Hawaii, where the elders are treasured, and called Auntie and Uncle – or the kupuna.

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