We call it Eraser Gravy. I am a senior and have had to slow down but a chair in the kitchen all most beats one on the porch. 14. We ate our share of lettuce sandwiches with miracle whip. Tastes ever so good as leftovers too. Also cook oatmeal, cream of wheat and if I get chicken I shred it to make it last. We keep 40 to 50 hens all the time and have eggs aplenty year around. Back then they could get it free or for .10. Mix until smooth. The place I go to is American Discount Foods. Linda, Hi Tiffany, thank you! Just the other day, I got $10.00 off a new suit for my 7-year-old because I diligently stood at the register until I found a coupon code she would accept. Linda. Next, put bone-in chicken thighs skin-side up on top of the veggies. She could get hot dogs and slice them up and add garlic, tomato sauce,and water and make the most awesome casserole ever. 57. We hope to get laying chickens this spring, hubby is building a coop fit for queens lol! If you save in all the other ways, then if you have to purchase meat or whatever at the store, you have the money to do it. Add only 1/2 cup of boiling water, cook, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Oh yum, I must make this sandwich now. Salad can be made night Your family will think they are living large and you will cut your grocery money down. Back then they could get it free or for .10. "This recipe goes back to the Great Depression," says impellizzeri kitchen. Meat mixed in gravy makes it go farther than chunks of roast for everyone. The noon meal was usually a sandwich with salad or some soup. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. Image and recipe from Taste of Home. Oh my goodness, the prices just keep escalating at the grocery stores. We actually ate a lot of beans when I was a kid because they were cheap. My grandmother made Top Ramen once a week for dinner with sliced boiled eggs. They usually added whatever they had on hand: olive oil, hard-boiled eggs, cooked white beans, bacon bits, bacon grease, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Its all about saving money, right? I love it! As each item rings up shell tell the checker the adjusted price, the checker keys it in, no big deal, takes hardly any extra time in line. The water you boiled it in is now a quick broth use for soup). Save all your vegetable scraps to make a good stock base for any soup or stew. And honestly, I use turkey bacon because its cheaper! We also add beans or lentils to taco meat, eat lentil soup (lately with brown rice thrown in to make a complete protein), and rely on popcorn and bananas for snacks also lots of carrots! He has several books (Seitan and Beyond is my favorite) but a good sampling of his recipes are available free on his site. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I have read and agree to Food Storage Mom's privacy policy, Im Linda Loosli. Now, cover everything with a layer of sliced potatoes. 1.8 Great Depression Foods - Peanut Butter Stuffed Onions. Another great (old) book if you can find it is How to Make All The Meat You Eat Out of Wheat by Shandler (my favorite). Here is a recipe from Cheap Cooking. Also, I do one month worth of grocery shopping at a time. I think the best way to save is to make more to spend less. BEST COMMENT EVER!! Brown hamburger, onion, and oats together, then drain, add tomatoes with the juice, BBQ sauce, tomato paste, rice, enough water for the rice to cook and cook until the rice is done. Lets face it those big servings of meat were never good for us anyway. Little greens, a slice of cucumber, few chopped onions, a small grape tomato, and a few carrot curls. Linda. Your email address will not be published. Menu Plan: Great Depression Recipes. Lard sandwiches - nope though roasted marrow on toast is good. Then, slowly whisk in 1 cups of milk until the mixture begins to thicken and boil. We raise all we can. Pasta and rice are great for stretching anything at mealtime. , Hi Camille, oh this comment makes me so happy! 2 cups of boiling milk. Butter. This recipe jazzes them up a little bit. The idea is how to fill everyone up and save money on the most expensive part meat which we all need more veggies and less meat anyway. When I buy meat, I buy it only on sale, and I buy enough for several meals and then freeze either portions or leftovers. 15. Eggs and milk (hormone free) are less at Aldis! Potatoes were a staple, and according to Clara Cannucciari, an elderly woman who runs the YouTube channel "Great Depression Cooking," one popular dish was called the Poor Man's Meal, which consisted of potatoes combined with hot dogs (also cheap) and onions, chopped and fried up. Check out these 10 Cheap Recipes You Can Make Out of Leftover Produce. A hand full of mixed veggies from the freezer and some seasoning along with some onion and a small part of the meat is good, or you can add noodles or barley. Weeding and bug picking were my first jobs. 6. It stays good for months. Last night I made a lemon pound cake to have on hand from ingredients I had in the house. I dehydrated my whole garlic crop in slices (other than the ones for replanting) and can use as is or grind up. Honestly, I like it best without chorizo. Chicken for a chicken veggie soup, beef for a beef veggie. Feeding 5 here. Food not only had to be cheap, but it had to be filling. Said it tasted like eggs so they ate it. Im glad you and I had moms who taught us how to cook from scratch! (Some of my family & friends Swear by one or the other). I buy organic veggies but dont peel them when I am low on cash we dont do organic but still dont peel them. I dont need recipes. I used to have one of their old recipe books had a lot of recipes for a fake meat product, I think they use a lot of TVP now, it made for aninteresting read. Still do and hate food waste. This recipe combines macaroni salad, home fries, baked beans, and sausage or ground beef and is topped with chili, onions, mustard, and hot sauce or ketchup. 59. Shell tell the Walmart checker, thats priced $1.99 for a gallon of milk, etc. Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 1 1/4 tsps. People made comments that they are eating many of those meals today. As one of the oddest combinations on this list, baked onions and peanut butter were a filling meal for many during the Great Depression. There was only one "R" out of "reduce, reuse, and recycle" during the Depression, when anything you had in your possession could be pressed into duty for a completely different purpose at any time. I think I could get 5 meals at least for our family of four (although eating is more like 2 1/2 people). 58. As kids, we asked for this for dinner and could not get it often enough. Again, I make my WalMart run and freeze the milk. This meal costs less than $3 for four servings. Im the owner and editor of Food Storage Moms. This included all my paper goods, so it doesnt represent food only. We put all sorts of methods into practice to save money some already mentioned others a little specific to our unique situation. Leftover Potato Pancakes. My sweeties standby recipe he calls goulash just elbow macaroni, seasoned hamburger, onion, and tomatoes. 60. it tastes awesome with some spices (especially turmeric) and a little salt (sea salt, pink salt) and maybe a few veggies and chicken meat scraps, noodles or rice. But through the years, accurate amounts were noted. I use chicken leg quarters in foil packs with potatoes, carrots onions,and fresh green beans. I never pay full price, I dont care if I stand there for 10 minutes with the line piling up, I am determined to find a coupon that works. We also shop Aldis, just be careful and know your prices at other stores. OH, Linda, this is the best comment! Add your frozen mixed veggies and some bean for protein and you have a big pot of soup for $3-4. She finds amazing deals at some of these different stores. I fry ground beef, use the grease to make a gravy and serve on toast. First of all, I am going to share some meals my husband and I grew up on and some we still eat today. Next serve a small portion of meat, not the large ones we have grown accustomed to. My book is currently available for sale at book stores around the world and of course: https://www.homeecathome.com/the-home-economist/slow-cooker-butter-bean-soup, https://www.homeecathome.com/the-home-economist/slow-cooker-cuban-black-beans, How To Store Water For Survival Today Not Tomorrow, Grocery Shopping: 6 Awesome Facts You Need to Know, https://chefmarkanthony.com/menu-category/burgers/. "Anything" Loaves. Serving fresh bread and pickles with meals used to be very common. These Depression-era recipes are proof that food from the 1930s is worth revisiting. I was just talking to my cousin about this today. Toast with mayo, sliced onion, pepper, and fried egg over medium. Love it! To stop eating out, we take cheese and crackers or sandwich makings. Our goal at Food Storage Moms is to help one family at a time.. Sorry, it took me so long to post but Ive been getting in at near midnight all week long. I was really skimpy o. n the meat, but Ive always liked that ratio better. 1 can of soup with leftovers served 4-5. Stay well, eat at home. Then I have a nice hedge on inflation, plus I dont have to purchase that product again until it goes on sale. Fish patties (salmon or tuna, bread crumbs, lemon juice, mustard, onion, egg. What do you think? 4 cups water (divided) Small amount of oil, butter, or lard for frying. Onions and peanut butter were both cheap and easy to find, so mothers would hull the middle of an onion before stuffing it with peanut butter and baking it until soft. We always had our own large garden plus another garden down the block. I participate in a food co-op for fruits and veggies, buy canned items in case lot sales, pack lunches for my husband to take to work, eat lots of leftovers, and most importantly, never go grocery shopping while hungry. Potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, onion, and cumin to flavorthem. When we lost our food budget for two months, I turned to boil a whole chicken and shred the meat to use in many meals. It is labeled a dollar each. Cook your own. Ok. THEN, leftover chicken gets turned into a chicken and rice soup! I remember when we were starving after not getting breakfast or lunch at school, we would come home on the bus, and make mayonnaise sandwiches because we were so hungry. Im also learning something, thanks. We make it once a month in a huge stock pot. Drizzle olive oil, salt, and pepper on everything. The savings are HUGE! 67. It's not always kid friendly, but if you start them young or try deconstructing the salad and just giving piles of cut veggies with dip. We cook things from scratch about 90% of the time, rather than using packaged stuff. 11. Mom was awesome is all I can say. and Walmart accepts it. This is a tip I got from someone else-at Halloween. Ida's Depression Goulash - Goulash is one of those foods that you can make a big pot and feed a LOT. We have started trying to go meatless a few days a week. My mom took this in her school lunch every day and liked it then her classmates started juggling for the option to trade their sandwich for hers each lunch. Anytime were making something with ground meat in it, I substitute half the meat with TVP (online ). Hoover Stew from Time Traveler's Kitchen. I pay $25 in feed a month, which gives us on average 250 eggs a month. When we have leftover veggies of any kind, if it is not enough for another meal, I freeze them, then add to a bag of other frozen veggies. 79. This filling dinner, described as a recipe that "came out of the hard times of the Great Depression," works as an easy way to use up leftovers. That saves your own money. Meat mixed in gravy makes it go farther than chunks of roast for everyone. This can be made sweet with honey, sugar, maple syrup, or molasses, or savory with salt and pepper or beef broth. We ate lots of beans and Mexican rice. flipped into Bottles of Happiness. Its really good, especially with a little shredded cheese thrown in! It never gets old, does it? This makes a roux. I also use the big oven app, it has a search function that allows you to put in an ingredient then it will pull recipes with that item. No money for luxuries. shape, BOIL. a long counter, freezer, meat slicer etc. 41. We raised goats for milk and meat. One way to save money on utilities is to get a chest freezer and not a stand-up. 48. Oxtail:Its the bone of the tail and very tender meat. One more detail to add, that is, that, for a long time, most . Then I freeze several containers for later meals. We buy wheat berries rather than flour and grind our own. People made comments that they are eating many of those meals today. So, I still eat a lot like I did growing up, but less now because I cant raise anything, and cant afford much. I try to make from scratch all our snack foods like crackers, granola bars, granola, fruit leather(when I find a great deal on fruit), bagels, bread, yogurt, etc. Grow everything you possibly can each and every season. We buy meat in bulk, so most of my purchases are for perishables only. My Grandmothers died when I was 15 and the other at 16 so I never got to ask them about the depression. Linda, a follow-up about Walmarts price matching: Their price matching policy is online and they are very specific about some things. Wash the rice and sprinkle it on top. Twice a year we go to an Amish bulk supply store and buy the basics. II, (1986-93, p. 29), includes two cups of flour, one tablespoon of baking powder, 1/2 . I make soup stock out of the icky bits of meat, pan juices, and vegetable cooking water and add some Chinese noodles that only take 2 minutes to cook. 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