Great Depression Meals

kokonut said:
:ugh:

Has anyone tried scrapple?

:ugh2:
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No, but family members like it. I think my mom said the only way she could eat it was if she used ketchup with it.

I thought scrapple was a local food here in the Mid-Atlantic. I know DE has an annual scrapple festival.
 
LoveBlue said:
No, but family members like it. I think my mom said the only way she could eat it was if she used ketchup with it.

I thought scrapple was a local food here in the Mid-Atlantic. I know DE has an annual scrapple festival.
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Scrapple festival? :shock:

The scrapple food was the one I was bringing up...not Spam. I mentioned Spam only because it reminded me of scrapple, a food that was already well established prior to the Depression era.

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The Shameless Carnivore
 
Dandelion salad? :shock:


Bacon grease sandwiches? Nasty!

Ketchup and sugar sandwiches? :lol:
 
kokonut said:
:shock:

I'm not sure I'd enjoy the smell over there wafting all over the place.
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:lol: Luckily I live in northern DE and the festival is in southern DE.
I used to live within range of the mushroom farms in PA. Now, that isn't a pretty smell either. We'd only smell them when the wind was blowing just right (or should I say just wrong).
 
Bottesini said:
When I was a little kid, creamed chipped beef came in Banquet Boil In bags. It went in a sauce pan of water on the stove and then was just poured over toast.

I actually loved that stuff. I think part of the reason was my obsession with individually packaged foods, but it still tasted great to me as a child.
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I also grew up with it that way and think that may be a brand that I have still purchased from time to time. I also thought I remembered Stouffer's having a version and I did find this "Creamed Chipped Beef Tender strips of dried beef in a seasoned creamy sauce" on their web site. I find it good over toasted English Muffins.

Another thing I picked up from my dad is putting dots of ketchup on milk gravy. Such as when the gravy is put over biscuits.

Chicken-a-la-king (sp?) is something else that I like on toasted English Muffins that I wonder if it came out of that same era. I can't remember when we didn't have it. A version was also made with leftover turkey.
 
LoveBlue said:
:lol: Luckily I live in northern DE and the festival is in southern DE.
I used to live within range of the mushroom farms in PA. Now, that isn't a pretty smell either. We'd only smell them when the wind was blowing just right (or should I say just wrong).
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How about within a block & a half of a potato chip factory instead? It was in a residential area. Before they moved to that location they started as very small operation close to where one of my aunts worked and they used to go buy them warm to have with lunch. I did get some warm ones when we toured the plant when I was in the 5th grade and we got to grab some before they went to the cooling stage that was done before bagging. They no longer sold any warm. Then Kas was sold to a larger operation and left town completely.
 
Jane B. said:
I also grew up with it that way and think that may be a brand that I have still purchased from time to time. I also thought I remembered Stouffer's having a version and I did find this "Creamed Chipped Beef Tender strips of dried beef in a seasoned creamy sauce" on their web site. I find it good over toasted English Muffins.

Another thing I picked up from my dad is putting dots of ketchup on milk gravy. Such as when the gravy is put over biscuits.

Chicken-a-la-king (sp?) is something else that I like on toasted English Muffins that I wonder if it came out of that same era. I can't remember when we didn't have it. A version was also made with leftover turkey.
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I Googled that and I see Walmart does sell the Stouffer's version. I bet you microwave that today, but it is very nostalgic.

Chicken ala king and chicken pot pie are other frozen food favorites from my childhood.
 
Jane B. said:
How about within a block & a half of a potato chip factory instead? It was in a residential area. Before they moved to that location they started as very small operation close to where one of my aunts worked and they used to go buy them warm to have with lunch. I did get some warm ones when we toured the plant when I was in the 5th grade and we got to grab some before they went to the cooling stage that was done before bagging. They no longer sold any warm. Then Kas was sold to a larger operation and left town completely.
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Herr's is about 1/2 hour from me and I've been there a couple of times for their tours & free samples.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
There is Dandelion wine too! I knew someone that ate dandelion , she grew up in the Great Depression
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My grandfather used to make dandelion wine. He was born in 1900, so he was an adult during the Depression.
 
TCS and I like chipped beef on toast. In the Navy, it has a different name--SOS. Not a nice name. I don't know why because it's actually not bad tasting. Maybe it was the appearance.
 
Chipped beef is one of my favorites and cheese sandwich is another favorite..
 
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