Great depression cookbook pdf download

Hot dogs fell into that category and could be found on many a dinner table. Hoover stew is a recipe that took advantage of this ingredient. This pasta dish combines macaroni, canned tomatoes, canned corn or beans, and hot dogs. Another budget dish that became popular consisted of fried potato and onion topped with sliced hot dog. Other than hot dogs, there weren't many other options when it came to meat, except for dried chipped beef that was often turned into creamed chipped beef on toast.

Thus, families got used to eating meatless meals, such as one that uses just three ingredients—bread, egg, and asparagus; this Pennsylvania Dutch meatless dish would have been perfect in the spring when asparagus was in season. Another meat-free dish was fried cabbage with pasta , a great recipe for leftovers. And soups were a great way to stretch ingredients , from an egg drop soup to a potato soup. If the main dish was somewhat lacking, cooks would try to add heft to the meal with side dishes.

Because they were available and cheap, ingredients like potatoes and cornmeal were commonly used to make side dishes for dinners during the s. Hot water cornbread is made with just three ingredients: hot water, cornmeal, and oil. Potato pancakes were typical in many homes and included grated potatoes or leftover mashed potatoes along with baking powder, flour, and an egg if available.

Vegetables in season were also an easy way to put food on the table. And when times were the toughest, many would go foraging for greens like dandelions which they might have simply served as a salad. Add yeast and dissolve with warm water. Mix together and form a ball. Use towel to cover. Let rise to double its size 30 minutes. Punch dough down and cut into two pieces and roll each piece into a loaf.

Let rise a second time until it reaches top of pan. Uncover bread, slit tops, and bake in oven on degrees. Rub hot bread with water and wrap in a lightweight towel to make crust softer.

This is a long shelf-life plain, hard big cracker. When it is baked, it should be dry and hard. Serve it with butter, jam, or honey.

It is also traditionally dipped in coffee, tea, or soup to soften it and make it easier to eat. Pour water into a mixing bowl and gradually add the flour. Stir continually. Stop adding flour when it becomes too thick to continue stirring.

Knead and fold dough. Use a toothpick or fork to poke holes in the dough. Bake at degrees for about 20 minutes, checking it frequently to make sure it is not burning. You may need to flip it over and bake for more time. This is the most basic form of bread. You can add a slice of fresh or dried fruit, berries, or a piece of meat to come up with some interesting varieties.

I prefer raisins and apples. As the ashcakes bake, moisture from the fruit will keep the cakes moist. These are good served warm with butter melted over them. Mix milk, potatoes, salt, pepper and eggs, together. Continue blending until smooth.. Drop onto oiled hot griddle, flip as needed. Sear onions in an oiled skillet. If using meat, sear the meat as well. Pour beans and drippings from the skillet into a large pot and cook slowly over low heat with onion and pork.

Add water as needed. You can just throw everything into boiling water, but for best results, meaning the most flavor, sear the veggies first. Sautee them in the butter or oil. Add the tomato whatever, water and simmer. The salt and pepper should be added just before serving. Sear the meat in a skillet. Dump the contents including drippings for the skillet into a quart of water.

Add oatmeal, and simmer over medium heat until the oats are cooked though. If you are using meat and onions, sear them in oil in a heavy bottomed stockpot. Add water and bring it to a boil. Add the peas or lentils and carrots. They will take about 45 minutes to cook. Add more water as needed.

If the only main ingredients you have are the split peas, you can still make Pease porridge. Sear the beef bones in an oiled skillet. Add them to a pot of boiling water, and put in one cup of vinegar.

You can sear the veggies for better flavor, or just throw them in and let them simmer until tender. This can be strained and drank as broth, or used to make rice or pasta with more flavor and nutrients. It can also be eaten with the veggies included. Every time you prepare another dish, save the scraps of veggies and peels, and add them to the soup with more water and re-boil it. You can also save and freeze veggie scraps.

When you get a full Ziploc bag, it is time to make soup. This is not a precise recipe. It is a one-pot rough, crude, delicious, and filling meal. You can use whatever amounts of ingredients you have on hand.

Begin by searing meat in an oiled skillet. Beef will give the best results, but you can use pork, lean poultry or wild game as well. Thin the meat and veggie mix with a little water, and stir in mashed potatoes or instant potatoes. Simmer over low heat until warmed, and thickened.

The consistency can be like thick oatmeal, or thinner like a soup; that is up to you. Glop can be so thick that it gels when it cools. I personally like my glop thick. Add chili powder and curry powder just before serving. This recipe pre-dates the Depression era, but its frugal simplicity deserves a place here. The authentic versions were all organ meats, included the marrow gut tube of a calf. If rum where available, that would be added, as well as hot peppers, black pepper, and salt.

This is an upgraded version, in which you use whatever meat you have on hand. Throw in organ meats as well, which are an all too often overlooked and inexpensive source of protein and nutrients. Liver is loaded with vitamin A and iron. Cut all of the meat into bite sized pieces. Sear it in an oiled pan. Cover in water, add rum, and boil until the meat is cooked through and tender. Add the hot peppers, onions and garlic if available and salt and pepper.

Lower the heat, and simmer for a few more minutes. Serve as is, or over rice or potatoes, and with buttered biscuits, hardtack, or bread. Hoosh was a staple meal of Antarctic explorers.

Again, this recipe predated the depression by about ten years, but it deserves a place here, as it makes the most of what you have. This is a modernized and more hopefully more palatable version. But trust me there are a few others you might want to skip! It started in and then ended in the late s. Stock prices fell and people both rich and poor were affected.

Construction was halted, crop prices fell, no jobs, and food shortage affected the USA and nations across the world. Of course, just like people do, they get creative in hard times, which resulted in a lot of these delicious recipes.

One of the staples that became popular was chipped beef. It's canned beef, can sit on your shelf, it was cheap, and they invented even cheaper ways to use it.

I also recommend Clara's Kitchen Cookbook. Before she died her family captured all these amazing Great Depression recipes not only on paper but on video and they have compiled them to this cookbook. Many people have enjoyed this Great Depression meal over the years.

Hearty Navy Bean Soup is great to keep the people in your family full. No wonder this made a great recipe during the depression. Old Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread is something that was enjoyed back in the day. Also known as corn pone or hoecakes. This Lemon Depression Cake Recipe was made when dairy was too expensive to use in everyday food, even if you had a cow and chickens. I still make this one today it's my favorite! Using hot dogs, potatoes, and onions, you will have an amazing meal in no time.

Hoover Stew was also a popular meal back during the depression. This type of meal was named after the President, who just happened to take over at that time. Hoover Stew simply means a thin stew or stew using pasta, hot dogs, can of stewed tomatoes, and any type of veggie. Related: 40 Breakfast for Dinner Ideas. Made with egg yolks, canned fruit cocktail, honey, and whipping cream all create this deliciousness.

This is called Frozen Fruit Salad. Gold fish loaf??? I ashamed of myself for opening my refrigerator door and thinking I have nothing to eat! The simplicity of the ingredients shocked me. They had flour, butter, and bacon. My grandmother made this all the time. She never called it Gold Fish Loaf, but the recipe matches exactly!

There were no food stamps either we ate beans and cornbread and all kinds of potatoes biscuits and gravy bread pudding rice pudding peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and we were not hungry.

And our pets ate the same thing. Some of the best food I have eaten was made by my country Grandma. She raised seven children on these recipes. Beans and ham hock, vegetables and soup bone, but the best was her homemade bread.