They'll need to learn all these and much worse they way they are running the country into the ground. Watch them panic as the entertainment and media companies start to crumble. Normal people already know how to plant a garden, make wholesome simple foods and how best to stretch them to feed a family. Isn't going to work so well for single apt. dwellers.
I love homemade ice tea. Don't know why I fell in the soda trap for so long. Soda is expensive, heavy to carry, and makes a lot of trash. Tea is easy and delicious. I make it one cup at a time hot or cold, then no pitcher to clean. Lol
@@ricksesker5344 That's so sweet. My husband was the meatloaf specialist, always inventing new variations according to what was in the fridge or cupboard. One day he threw in some leftover crushed pineapple - fifty years later, it's an outstanding memory. We retired in France, where meatloaf is chic, dressed as paté. I have paté du lapin (rabbit meatloaf!) in the fridge for a sandwich.
Came here to say this- “weirdly?” What are they smoking? Although I would hardly call many of these low-cost today. Unless you grow it or raise it you’re paying too much.
I grew up in a poor, country family. At least once a week,we had slow-cooked pinto beans (with diced onions and piccalilli), cornbread, and turnip greens. Still one of my favorite meals and still ridiculously low cost.
In Wisconsin my mom was still making pinto bean soup with ham hocks. I wish she'd taught me more of her cooking. Some people think ham hocks are not something white people in the north ate, but it was affordable and added flavor to soups, so we ate it. Northern native Americans also made hominy and that made it into our diet here as well.
@April Callohan I'm sorry about the substance of your meals. But glad you ate. When I was young I remember having macaroni with milk as the liquid and ketchup and garlic salt. My Dad didn't have work in the winter... so quite skinny. But Mom made it work. and we ate Meatloaf when we could. and Hamburger stew. which was cheap ground beef, onions, celery..... and any very cheap canned vegetables and maybe ketchup or tomatoes in it. So I feel you. I Still LOVE MEATLOAF. It's so filling, delicious, good texture when done right, and VERSATILE!. STAY AWESOME APRIL!!!
@@deannastevens1217 I forgot about hamburger stew! Hamburger got so expensive ever since the foodies "discovered" hamburgers and made them $12-$15. Chicken used to cost more than hamburger and chicken wings were nearly free. I wonder what other poor people food is going to get gentrified next so poor people can't afford it anymore.
Thats how I grew up with it. My dad showed my mom how they made it in the army, and she would make it every couple months when he would get a craving. My mom just called it sos, but my dad always called it shit on a shingle 😂 This is actually making me crave it.
Exactly! I opened the comments just to say that. "Weirdly?" Like, come on. Income inequality has been growing steadily for decades. Don't give us this "Depression era foods weirdly coming back" garbage
@@lawrencehan5591 About a year ago, in fact. Can't eat the ones growing wild, too much risk of them having pesticides or herbicides in them, but if you know where to look for them, you can buy fancy dandelions to grow in your garden. Which I did last year.
I agree, but I never had that SOS or Sht on a Shingle as my Old man told me about he had to eat during the Korean war. He never brought that recipe home.
@@freedomwillring6749 shit on a shingle Take all the things from a Shepard's pie cook everything separate Then how ever you like to layer your Shepard's pie do the opposite on your plate So for me I do Potato Corn peas Cheese meat gravy
Wait, I grew up eating all this stuff as a kid in the midwest. And we weren't even poor, it was just stuff that everybody ate. Probably due to my grandmother and other grandparents growing up when the depression was happening.
@April Callohan I’m not a big fan of beans. But we make potato pancakes all the time. Mainly because there’s always leftover mashed potatoes. I always make too much.
Came here looking for this comment. “Making a comeback” =/= becoming more common again (resurgence). Many people have been thrust into a life without the income they once had as well as isolation, fear and uncertainty. It’s one thing to be just poor, it’s quite another to be suddenly thrown into the situation, as so many have been.
I’m thinking about making myself a hot milk cake with lemon curd as a filling & poor man’s frosting on top for my birthday I love Great Depression recipes & recipes for the poor in other eras as well because it’s good, cheap, & usually healthy
Only a Southerner that hasn't been north of the Mason/Dixon line....There's alot of people descended from Carribean and The Mediterranean that use beans as a staple
Same here, though with the exception of dandelion salad and water pie. And I grew up firmly working middle class, we weren't rich by any means, but in the same sense we weren't poor. To be honest I may have had water pie a time or two at church socials when I spent summers with my grandparents and dandelion salads as a kid struck me some weird food rich people would have instead of a regular salad. LOL
Food _I_ grew up eating in the 2000s lol. I'm 20 and have eaten nearly all of these my entire life. To be fair we are a low income family. But good food is good food.
"weirdly making a comeback" as though A.) We stopped eating this stuff and B.) nobody is aware of exploding rates of poverty & food insecurity amongst the working class
I have been eating these things my whole life! I also had rose petal tea, honey from local growers, and other things. Thanks to my European grandparents. ❤
My mother, born 1919, made a meatloaf to die for. I now make it for my granddaughter and it is just about her favorite meal...with mashed potatoes and green beans, it's a timeless classic.
enough with the lies.... if your mom was born in 1919, you were born in the 40's..... meaning you're in your 80's and there is 0% chance of you being in the youtube comment section. ffs.... even if you got 2k upvote on your dumb lie, what would it change? there is no premium youtube, you know?
I love Rice pudding but not the store-bought kind, my mom used to make rice pudding and it was really good. When I went to Disney World we went to this Norwegian restaurant where they had rice pudding and it tasted exactly the way my mother used to make it, but they called it rice cream instead.
I remember when I was a little girl, I grew up Brazilian Portuguese and I was jealous of my neighbors who ate hotdogs and baked beans and other American foods. I was embarrassed of our chickens of our vegetable gardens, our grap vines and peach trees. when my dad built a rustic fire pit with cement and rocks to bbq Portuguese food I was so done with him. I was ashamed of it all. Now that I’m 36 I realize my parents were the first real hipsters in the 90’s. Now my whole neighborhood strives to be like my parents they are so proud to have soo many neighbors stop by anytime to ask for gardening advice and building your own bbq pit advice. I wish I had more respect for them than be a ungrateful teenager. They taught me so much.
My maternal Grandma's parents came from Germany. Potato pancakes and homemade apple sauce is a traditional food in my family. It is definitely something you have to have a taste for. They are delicious
me too. i still watch them from time to time. she is one nice lady i miss. really glad we can remember her and get to watch her videos to remember her by.
I have my grandmother's recipe for the baking soda vinegar cake. It's very moist and delicious. Actually I have her entire hand written depression era cook book.
Cream peas on toast was a favorite my dad shared with me. That was a concoction that sustained his parents during this time period. This reminded me of that…where did that memory go? I haven’t thought of that dish in countless years. Now I’m hungry…
They've always been creeping upwards. In the 70s, orange juice was 79 cents a quart. Then there was a freeze in Florida and the prices went up and up and up... Funny how the prices never go down if the weather is normal.
I hope you realize that meatloaf can be made with other ground meats, besides beef. And, is just as tasty, even if a bit "different". I know it's reaching the point where most meat is "expensive", but it can be made without ground beef. Just sayin'.
I'd love to get the recipe for the "poor man's cake". It sounds very much like a cake my mother made. No butter, white sugar, or eggs. The fat was Crisco or lard, or a mix. It had raisins, sometimes nuts, was heavy and satisfying. She made a light frosting with powdered sugar and strong coffee. She called it "Boiled Spice Cake".
These foods has always been on my table and to stretch the meat add oat meal , also if you use can mushroom soup about two heaping table spoons in the loaf and freeze the rest in sandwich bags (use that amount in 2-3lb.).it does something for it.and mom's those who hate onions haha i learned to grate my onions for my meat loaf , they never new the difference till one day I didn't add it. And all I heard was something is wrong with this meat loaf ,it don't taste the same. It was much much latter when they found out about the onions and I say with a smile🤗
I use to do that until my daughter saw me one day and wouldn't eat. I just went back to putting chunks of onions in and told her to pick them out. Save me time and clean up 😁😎
Dandelions: harvest before the flowers come in and avoid the bitterness. Also, wash, cut out the main vein or rib, chop it up and put it in spaghetti sauce or soup, rice. Lots of good nutrition including calcium. Freeze the chopped stuff. If you use it that way instead of salad greens, the bitterness doesn't come through anyway, I've never noticed it after it got into something hot.
@Vicky Pedia I was shocked at the amount of flavour in just nettles with a bit of salt. I could have sworn a whole vegetable stock cube went in there and some onions or something.
I am 51 and went to Bible camp as a Child. I Loved the fact that we had a choice of Porridge, Cream of Wheat or Cereal and the reason I Loved it was because most of the kids hated the Cream of Wheat so it was guaranteed to be left overs. Love it with Brown sugar and Lumpy! I used to make it extra thick at home and lumpy and put it in the freezer to make it cold faster. I know I am a weirdo...everything that most hated about it I liked! Unfortunately I can't do Gluten anymore so I miss it a lot! Glad I'm not the only one who likes Cream of Wheat!
LoL... how funny is it that Cream of Wheat is now some extra special treat because most of us don’t eat tons of carbs or gluten now?!!? 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂 I like it piping hot with cream & white sugar on top... only have it once a year maybe 🤷🏻♀️
@T. Lee I like Coco Wheat. Just like Cream of Wheat, but chocolate flavor. I also like it lumpy, with just a spoon of sugar and a little milk. Problem is nowdays most grocery stores don't carry it anymore. At least in my area. Matybe folks in other parts of the country would have better luck finding it. I can find it at Walmart sometimes, but since the virus I quit going there. I do miss those Coco Wheats.☹
My grandmother was born in 1908 (passed in 1994). I remember going to visit her in southern Kansas and she cooked a lot of these types of food which my mom still fixes today. I just think of it as good ole southern cooking.
My father grew up during The Great Depression, jobs were a rarity and sometimes people did not eat for days. Told me about a man who ordered a bowl of hot water and a cup of coffee, he poured ketchup in the hot water added salt and pepper and then he had a bowl of tomato soup.
Oh my god showing images of starving people with a hyped-up ditzy voice over. REALLY? Geeze, show a little sensitivity to those who were suffering. We are entering a new era of mass poverty now.
Meatloaf hasn't left plates, so it never made a comeback due to never going anywhere in the first place. My sister ate it in the 80's, we both ate it in the 90's, I continued to eat it in the 00's, I made it myself in the 10's, and now that we're nearly done with 2021, I just ate it like 2 days ago with my family. Similarly, S.O.S. has been a part of many people's diets for several generations, and is still a thing in the military right now. Like the meatloaf, it never left. Same thing can also be said about baked beans, and the various ways to prepare them. Hell, the band Weezer has a song called Pork and Beans. What are Beanie Weenies but a literal brand of canned pork and beans? It too never left.
Literally ALL these recipes were on the menu at our house in the 1960s. My grandmother on Mom’s side actually worked at the Graham Cracker factory breaking the crackers down to the right size for packaging! Most of these recipes came through my Dad’s family. He was the youngest of five so was in charge of some of the cooking. During the war, they kept a cow, chickens, and grew a large garden so they seldom went without the basics. One thing my Dad talks about is how his Dad made his own sauerkraut. There was always a couple of large crocks at various stages of fermentation. All the kids liked to sneak a wet handful when no one was looking. I’m sure it kept them healthy during difficult times.
The title of this video reminds me of that Post article talking about how, in September 2020, most couples hadn't taken a trip together in seven months. WELL GEE, GO GODDAMN FIGURE, WONDER WHY???
If you think potato pancakes are making a “comeback,” I’m sorry for the travesty that has been your life up until this point, but at least you got here in the end. Pro tip: try Tabasco and/or honey.
I'll tell you what else is good, veering away from the state food of New York: cornmeal pancakes. Dress with butter, bacon grease, nuts, molasses or what you like best. Lick the plate while you carry it to the sink.
Most of the stuff on here is everyday, normal stuff for some of us. Meatloaf never LEFT our menu. We have been eating it for over 60 years that *I* can remember. Pretty much once a month until I left home at age 25. And I (and now my daughter) still make it. I think the recipe came from a Better Homes and Garden cookbook from the early 50s (it's the one with the red and white checked cover - there have been MANY editions). It is fantastic and flexible. re: rice pudding - my mom makes a family dish that can either be a main meal or dessert. She would cook the rice in milk and add raisins to make them really plump up. It would be served hot with butter, sugar and cinnamon. I think it is very similar to a Norwegian/Scandinavian dish called risgrøt. We called it grøt (my mother is of Norwegian ancestry).
When I was a young girl my father would make what he called his famous rice and raisins which was just rice with butter cinnamon raisins a touch of vanilla and some milk on top. Then he would make cinnamon toast to go with it. It made for a very sweet but delicious meal.
My kids didn't enjoy beans and wienies. Instead, they added chopped up hotdogs to their mac and cheese. They called it "Mac Dog". A good favorite and easy on my budget as well.
@@diedonnerfrau7565 For a bit of pizzazz, you can also add some spaghetti sauce in there too for special occasions. Comes out great, and I still make it from time to time.
Baked beans, meatloaf, salads, quick breads, simple dessert recipes, etc., when have any of these ever been "out of style"? Only snobs who had servants and grew up eating fancy food would marvel at the ideas of simplicity in cooking and needing to get creative with whatever you happen to have on hand. I will say, though, you guys rock for mentioning Clara. I discovered her channel when she was still with us and she was an absolute joy to watch. Her Poorman's Meal--a dish of sautéed onion, potatoes, and sliced hotdogs with a touch of tomato sauce--is delicious and has been a staple on our table for years.
I was not raised in the depression, I was born in 1968. About the only thing I've never had in your list is water pie. I'm now 53, and my children grew up with me making these same foods. I still do now that it's just my husband and I.
@April Callohan I can afford to eat what ever I desire. But some things the utuber mentioned I still eat because I like them. I don't eat pork and beans on bread but I do like pork and beans with Frank's. I like beans and rice but I also like steak and baked potatoes. You don't have to be poor to eat what some people may think is considered poor people food. Fortunately I am able to eat my choice of food and my choice sometimes is food I was raised on
I make the version with baking soda and vinegar as the leavening all the time. Always comes out great (and baking soda plus vinegar are cheaper than mayo).
I'm only 36, but I grew up in the rural south, and I ate all of these things. Plus, what's more, I still cook most of them. Pandemic food shortages just make me laugh.
Mama used to bring us biscuits and lard, when we were working in the field.We’d sprinkle sugar on top. Delicious! Tasted like wedding cake. When we were lucky enough to get bacon for breakfast, mama would save the grease and mix cornmeal with it. We Called it “greasy meal “and have it for lunch. On Sundays we always managed to have bread pudding. Stale bread never went to waste. Yeah we were poor but dang we were fat.
@@joanbelmont5450 Mama made it to 102. But she was a real hard worker. Probably burned it off. Me on the other hand. I’m big and fat, probably won’t make it out of my 80s.
I lived in Galway for a stint, every Sunday I'd cook up boxty, some back bacon, sausages, black pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, some toast and some eggs for a proper Irish fry up
7:04 The rice pudding is originally called Sütlaç and it's from the Ottoman Cuisine. As a Japanese guy first it seemed to me so weird because, well, it's rice but in pudding, but now I love it. I hope you can try it in Turkey.
I've made this chocolate snack cake in my Betty Crocker's cookbook that uses vinegar and baking soda like that. It's very simple and there's no frosting, so I wonder if this is the era the recipe originated from?
Hmm..bad writing and weird editing. The “potato pancakes” that’s being sautéed in butter are actually sea scallops in butter with capers....when they got to rice pudding, I turned it off since my wife eats that weekly...
@@60cmad It's not a "Coastal vs. Middle American" thing. I live on the East Coast and these are all very common foods that never went away (except for the PB bread; that was a new one to me). The issue here is class/income based. Whoever wrote this is privileged as hell and has probably never eaten anything non-organic in their life.
Making a comeback? All of these have been in my life. My mom also loved to make salmon patties, using canned salmon and bread crumbs. (like potato pancakes, but with fish. xD)
We always made rice pudding with raisins in it, as well as cinnamon, sugar, coconut, ginger & cloves. Yet another traditional Puerto Rican dish and served warm or cold.
OMG pretty sure most of this never went out of style. I eat Meatloaf on a regular basis...one of the best Comfort foods. Appreciate the history though that is very interesting!
I've been married since 1980 and making meatloaf and grew up on it. My grandmother, Honey, made a "Just before bedtime" treat that was bread, white or brown, torn into pieces with cold milk and a little sugar. She passed in 1991 at the ripe old age of 82.
I'm surprised milk toast isn't on here. It is really good and is just warm, sweetened milk and cinnamon poured over bread. People would serve it to their sick kids or would eat it when they were too poor to handle richer foods (because their stomachs and their wallets couldn't handle it). I eat a vegan version when I'm feeling sick.
We eat this growing up warm milk bread and little brown sugar if mom had it... Also poor man soup. Hot water butter and salt and butter and if there were left over noodles we may get some of that in it..
@@padraig5335 I hear you. I honor my ancestors when I eat kielbasa and pierogi and bigos and gołąbki, and SE Michigan where I live has lots of Polish stores.
Lots of these recipes we still cook and eat. Dad, in the Navy, called "chipped beef on toast" "shit on a shingle", but my mom still makes if for herself and for me. We also make wacky chocolate cake.
Yes, but that's not what they're talking about. You want to avoid eating dandelion greens that have been sprayed with pesticides or that grow too close to the road. They're not good eating.
@@xyj1313 True you don't want to eat dandelions that are covered in pesticides, but your statement is not in the video. I'm referring to the sentence that begins at 5:19: "An estimated 80 million pounds of pesticides are used each year to eradicate dandelions and other plants that are perceived to be invasive." That sentence is absolutely incorrect--but it may be correct if "pesticides" is changed to "herbicides"; assuming the 80 million pounds applie there as well.
