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    Could you stomach Great Depression meals?

    I thought this would be of interest to the members here. Take a look at some of these foods our grandparents used to eat when times were rough.

    With all the talk about food storage and growing our own food, I did a little digging around to find out what some people ate during America’s Great Depression of the 1930′s... A few examples from the article listed below. Follow link for plenty more dining delicacies.

    Cucumber and mustard sandwiches

    Mayonnaise sandwiches

    Ketchup sandwiches

    Hot milk and rice

    Turtle/tortoise

    Gopher

    Potato soup – water base, not milk

    Dandelion salad

    Lard sandwiches

    Bacon grease sandwiches

    Sugar sandwiches

    Road kill

    One eyed Sam – piece of bread with an easy over egg in the center

    Oatmeal mixed with lard

    Fried potatoes and hot dogs

    Onion sandwich – slices of onion between bread

    Tomato gravy and biscuits

    Deep fried chicken skin

    Creamed corn on toast

    Corn mush with milk for breakfast, fried corn mush for dinner

    Squirrel

    Fried potato peel sandwiches

    Banana slices with powdered sugar and milk

    Boiled cabbage


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    Hamburger mixed with oatmeal

    American cheese sandwich, ‘American’ cheese was invented because it was cheap to make, and didn’t require refrigeration that may or may not exist back then.

    Tomato gravy on rice

    Toast with milk gravy

    Water fried pancakes

    Chicken feet in broth

    Follow the link above for lots more yummy ideas.
    Lessons learned from this list? Stock up on ingredients for bread, including buckets of wheat. Bread, in some form, is one of the main ingredients for many of these meals. Second, know how to make different types of bread. Next, have chickens around as a source for meat and eggs, and if possible, have a cow or goat for milk. Another lesson is to have a garden that will provide at least some fresh produce, and plant fruit trees and bushes. Finally, don’t waste anything, even chicken feet!

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    Great link thanks.

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    Makes you grateful for going to the fridge to eat when youre bored.

    Something I do alot.

    Some of the kids nowadays couldnt hack it.

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    I have eaten a majority of those items.

    I was surprised that there were so many sandwiches being that bread can be hard to find. There are a lot more creative things to make with limited resources.

    I grew up eating a lot of "odd" items off the land, my grandmother carried her Native American heritage and knew everything that was edible. My grandfather was a depression survivor and between the two of them they could make a feast from nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irish View Post
    Cucumber and mustard sandwiches
    Mayonnaise sandwiches
    Ketchup sandwiches
    Hot milk and rice
    Dandelion salad
    Sugar sandwiches
    One eyed Sam – piece of bread with an easy over egg in the center
    Fried potatoes and hot dogs
    Onion sandwich – slices of onion between bread
    Creamed corn on toast
    Banana slices with powdered sugar and milk
    Boiled cabbage
    Hamburger mixed with oatmeal
    Sounds like eating with a 4-6 year old.
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    I too have eaten many of those as well as a few that aren't nearly as palatable...

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    Probably. My meal now is pretty close, some venison ground meat with a little bit of spices over white rice.
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    I may not want to eat some of the mentioned foods but hunger has a way of making almost anything look better.

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    Sounds better than wish sandwiches...

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    I think I would avoid a lot of those , unless I was really hungry. The lard and grease sandwiches ... no thanks. I'm afraid I'd gag.

    On the other hand my depression era grandparents fed me some of the others, such as One eyed Sam, fried corn mush, onion sandwiches, American cheese sandwiches and squirrel. They weren't bad at all. Heck, growing up we hunted squirrel and rabbit every weekend during the winter. I cleaned so many squirrels I could probably do it in my sleep. We obviously ate a lot of it too.

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