Tag: depression era
Shit on a Shingle
The unofficial term—abbreviated as “S.O.S.”—became popular slang among American soldiers during World War II. It refers to “cream chipped beef on toast,” a dish that's been featured in Army cookbooks for over 100 years. Any creamed meat (shit) served on t...
GLOP?
This is a really easy dish to make when you're pressed for time or just too tired to cook. Only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish with no prep time at all and very little clean up.
City Chicken
Chicken Sans Volaille or chicken without poultry? What in the world? Let's time travel to the 1930s where in some places chicken was expensive, so industrious folks came up with City Chicken or mock chicken. Depression Era Mock Chicken + Vintage 'Chicken...
How To Make Great Depression Pork Cake With Viral TikTok Baker Dylan Hollis
"Like a pig ran into a box of Duncan Hines!" TikTok and YouTube baking star Dylan Hollis shows Jay Leno, Ayo Edebiri and Kelly how to make one of the strangest recipes from U.S. history, the Great Depression pork cake!
Hard Times Burgers
Let's streeetttch our budget by adding sour cream and milk to our beef and make $.35 burgers.
A Meal For Pennies - Flour Soup
This is such a simple recipe. I mean, it's meant for when you don't have very much. Just 4 simple ingredients.
Crackers And Milk
Depression Era Recipe - Poor Man's Meal - Hard Times Recipe. This is a recipe that people ate during the Great Depression. I remember my Mother and Grandmother serving this to me a few times when I was growing up. Just because it's good. Typically we h...