Thread: Depression Recipes

I just love looking at these depression recipes. Many of them are good, just like grandma made, comforting foods. Thanks for the great post

Tonia, I just throw things together too Sometimes it is difficult when someone asks for a recipe. I think after cooking a while you learn what goes good with what and can pretty much eyeball it LOL

Originally Posted by tsgal

Someone had this posted on Craigslist, has free depression recipes. So I ask them to send me a copy. Very interesting recipes here. Love the way they worded things back then. These are recipes that they used during the depression I believe.

Depression Recipes

Yes that is " Depression Cooking with Clara " You can see her in action with her lovely stories to tell on youtube! thanks for the recipes so I don't have to keep jotting notes as she's cooking!

I love Clara's YouTube videos! I wish she had more on there.

Originally Posted by tsgal

Someone had this posted on Craigslist, has free depression recipes. So I ask them to send me a copy. Very interesting recipes here. Love the way they worded things back then. These are recipes that they used during the depression I believe.

Depression Recipes

Pasta with Peas
potatoes
onions
olive oil
peas
tomato sauce(optional)
water to cook pasta in
peel and dice potatoe and dice onion. put a little olive oil in it fry it until potatoes are "rosy". Open can of peas and put them in. Wait til it boils to put the pasta in. Simmer til pasta is done.Put desired amount of salt and pepper. Put desired amount of tomato sauce in and Serve.

Egg Drop Soup
Eggs
Potato
Onion
Olive Oil
1/2 pot full of water
salt and Pepper
Bread(choose to toast or not toast)
shredded cheese( you shred yourself or buy already shredded)
Dice and peel potatoes and onions. Fry potatoe and onion in olive oil. Brown. Get eggs ready and let it simmer for a bit. Put the eggs in it, let them scramble. (one egg per person.)

Poor Man's meal
Potatoes
Hot dogs
vegetable oil
tomatoe sauce(optional)
onion
peel and cube tomatoes and onions. Put pil in with them and let them simmer. Cut up Hotdog, Fry with potatoe and onion, when hotdogs bend up a little it is done.

Peppers and Eggs
red, yellow and green peppers(1 of each)
vbegetable oil
4 eggs
salt and pepper
cut and fry pepper in oil. Turn heat down after peppers begin to brown. whisk 4 eggs together, put them in and let them scramble under wown heat, serve with homemade bread (see below)

Homemade bread

5 lbs of flour
2 oz of yiest
water
add room temperature water throughout. When it feel like proper dough, add salt and sugar to taste. let it rise for about 3 hours.cut slits. bake until it gets fairly rosy

Depression Breakfast
coffee
(homemade) bread(cook night before)
butter
sugar
eggs flour

mix together eggsadd 1.5 cups of flour and add sugar. make into cookies, bake at 350 til rosy. serve with bread, butter and coffee.

I made the Pasta with Peas tonight for dinner, pretty tasty! (I used wholewheat pasta). Can't wait to try the other recipes. Thanks!