The first night, one would bake the rabbit. And finally, dumplings with rabbit stew would be prepared and last for however many days it could sit in the fridge. Similar to the hot water pie, vinegar pie used apple cider vinegar in the filling. We can thank Eleanor Roosevelt for making prune pudding a go-to treat during the Depression. Prunes stored for much longer than fresh fruits and were less expensive than other fruits used for puddings and pie fillings. Usually Clara said she and her family would eat bread and butter with coffee for breakfast every morning.
But her mother used to make sugar cookies for breakfast on Sundays. The cookies were simply made with eggs, sugar, and flour, and the kids usually got more condensed milk than they did coffee. Sometimes, they would also indulge in wafer cookies along with their homemade sugar cookies. Every household had the two staple items — mayo and peanut butter — and the sour, nutty, concoction was filled with enough protein and provided enough sustenance to keep families going.
In the early s, scientists at Cornell University came up with milkorno, an inexpensive food to feed the Depression-hit masses. Nuts, raisins, leftovers, and bread were packed into loaves that served as supper for families who needed to pinch pennies.
Yup, the same Kraft mac and cheese that conjures up the feeling of childhood nostalgia also helped many families survive the Depression. Kraft, which introduced its mac and cheese in , sold 8 million boxes during its first year. Each box contained four servings, making it a cheap meal that was easy to make and delicious. Unfortunately, this meal from the Depression era would not look as beautiful as the carrots and spaghetti dish above.
According to culinary historians Jane Ziegelman and Andy Coe, coauthors of A Square Meal , Depression-era spaghetti was boiled for a good 25 minutes — you know, to make it nice and mushy. As were the boiled carrots, for that matter. School lunches became a thing at the beginning of the 20th century.
We frequently joked about his war injury. He was a cook on the PT boat. One day during a sharp turn a fire extinguisher fell and broke his toe. Years later I realized how luck we were. The death in the South Pacific can not be described! These are our real heroes!!! You should talk with them before they are gone.
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Some farmers kept bees and harvested the honey. Women baked their own bread. During the Depression, this self-sufficiency carried over into their social life. One-dish suppers and church potlucks were important ways to have fun and share food. Lots of soup, beans, canned vegetables, canned fish, and of course, Spam. By , Spam sold its 8 billionth can. If you have space, keeping small, and quiet livestock like rabbits can be a really effective way to meet your protein needs and stay off the radar.
Rabbits eat grass and need water, so if you have access to those two things you could raise rabbits for meat and fur. And, if you have wild rabbits near where you live, you can let nature do the work and set snares. You can grow a lot of food in small spaces. These days most people barely have a front yard. The good news is, many options are available for innovative ways to grow food wherever you live.
Consider vertical gardening options, trellises, raised beds, containers, hanging pots, etc. You can even grow potatoes inside a pair of old jeans on a sunny balcony! Start planting perennial food right away.
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