Depression Era Recipe// Meat & Potato Patties// Great Depression Stories! 

Ms Lori, I was the baby of eight children. Born in the early 60's. My family ate beans and taters and taters and beans! Lol.. My sister once said Mama cooked stuff that would swell up and go farther. My parents grew up in the depression and made simple food. I don't remember any spices in our home besides salt and pepper unless it was either canning spices or sage for dressing, maybe vanilla flavoring. I don't remember a bad meal ever! None of us were overweight until we got older and started eating out.

Grandma was born in 1895. She taught me how to make milk gravy when I was a young boy. I stood on a stool to stir the gravy. She always told me to stir till the mule eyes come. Never under stood that until I was older. She was telling me to stir till big plopping bubbles started. I still watch for the mule eyes in the milk gravy. Thanks Miss Lori for the good memories. God Bless you and Mr. Brown. PS. I still use her cast iron skillets.

The cost of groceries these days are outrageous! Please give us more meals like this. I can’t wait to make this!

I grew up in a big family. Dad was 1 of 12. I'm 1 of 6. We grew up going to our uncle's house every Sunday. All his nieces/ nephews/ brother's/sister's. We cooked in big pots. Bigger than most canning pots today. We had brown beans, corn bread, fried onions & potatoes, iced tea. Most every Sunday. All women were in the kitchen. We also had, spaghetti, goulash, Spanish rice. Food that could be made simply and feed MANY. Big family.

My husbands grandmother was from the Depression Era, and she used to make Meatball soup with rice and Peas. She made this soup in the winter time. It was my husbands FAVORITE. I made it for him and he said it was Spot On 👌🏻. I was SOOO EXCITED he was pleased with it. Here’s the recipe: Meatball Soup 1 lb grnd beef 1 egg salt n pepper in a bowl. Mix well and make the balls, oh,,, about 2 1/2 - 3 Tablespoons of the grnd beef to make a small to medium size meatball. Make all the meatballs and then carefully drop em in a pot of water with Beef Broth (you can used the Knor Beef boullion. ) (I like to add Worsteshire , about 1 tablespoon per lb , but I’m the one that added that). You allow them to boil for about 3-4 minutes and then Add 3/4 cup of rice ( you can use Uncle Bens or Minute Rice. When the rice is done, the meatballs are done too And then you add a little bit of Frozen peas to the soup). I’m guessing the peas might’ve been an idea She came up with later on in her life. I Really liked adding frozen peas at the last the way She did. You just have to make sure the soup has plenty of water. You might have to add a cup or so as you go. I just thought i wld share with you and your viewers ❤👩‍🍳👌🏻 Blessings!!!!❤️☦️

My parents were raised during the Depression. I've heard so many stories about it from them and my Grandpaw n Grandmaw. The meals my Mama n Daddy would cook was exactly what they had during those times. I was raised on these foods because it was like I was raised during the depression. I came from a large family of 13 and We was very poor. My Daddy was disabled and Mama couldn't work outside home bc she had all us kids. She would do Ironing for people and they'd pay her. She'd also watch a couple of kids bc 2 more didn't matter to her. I was the oldest girl and had 1 brother older than me. All the rest were stair steps n younger. I had so much responsibility at such a very young age. I was 6 yrs old and was watching babies and changing diapers while Mama would Wash n Iron. When the babies went to sleep, I'd have to wash diapers n Hang them on the line to dry and when they did, then I'd have to fold them. I learned how to multi-task at such a young age. By the time I was 8 yrs old, I was cooking and making biscuits. I could peel taters, make biscuits, n cornbread, look n cook beans n do just about anything! We would work in the garden n dig taters, pick beans but I always hated cutting okra bc it would make me itch so bad. Lol. I sure do love some Pinto beans, fried okra, stewed potaters, sliced tomaters, onion n cornbread! There was many times that all we had to eat was biscuits n gravy! I still eat that same foods today. My daughter cooks for me bc I can't no more. I love me a fried egg sandwich with mustard. I love to just eat a biscuit with sorghum syrup n a piece of fried fatback. You can't get no better eating. I love to render down Fatback good n crisp n use that grease to make gravy and fry taters in with onion. I've eat Fatback my whole life and still do if and when I can find it. They ground it up n put it back into the meat now and its so hard to find a good slab of Fat. I ain't had none in a couple of years and would give my eye teeth to have me a slab. Most people don't know what it is. Lol Its some of the best eatin you can eat fried good n crisp with homemade biscuits n sorghum syrup. Yes Ma'am, this Georgia Great Grandmaw knows about hard times, and Depression raising n eatin! God Bless Y'alls hearts. I enjoyed your stories. Much Love n Many Prayers for You both! I hope y'all faired the storms good. They hit us today with 70 mph winds n straightline winds hit us n my neighbors n county and We had about 50-60 trees come down all around us. Thank God that none hit my house n the barn but my neighbors didn't fair to well... When them storms started, I hit my knees and went to praying. I knew we'd be alright bc the Lord always takes good care of us. Our county got hit really hard here in N Ga mtns and many people have alot of damage and power out. Praying for Everyone Safety in these storms. GOD BLESS y'all Miss Lori n Mr Brown... 🙏🙏❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸

My Mom grew up during the depression and her mom (my grandmother), was the most frugal person I have ever met. My mom taught us to be very thrifty also…she could make a very good meal from leftovers of all kinds. I am very appreciative of my upbringing and believe me, it is becoming a way of life for me now that I’m retired.

I know just what you mean Lori. My dad worked in the fields for a farmer for 25 cents a day. Then he would stop at kraft general store and buy one pound of hamburger. He was 12 years old. Grandma Kimball would cook it up for supper with something every day. And if he didn't get the work then they would sometimes eat just beans. Now days alot of kids think that everything comes from fast food. I don't think that they will survive a depression or food shortage. We love watching you cook and I sure hope that our younger kids watch you.

Miss Lori, those look amazing! My grandma used to make “porcupines”. They were equal amounts of the cheapest ground beef and rice meatballs, cooked with a can of the cheapest plain tomato sauce and they were ridiculously amazing. I never associated them with the depression era, they were just supper!!

When I was 13yrs. I had no food to feed my brothers and sister. But I had instant potato and I mixed them with water and baked on a cookie sheet for 1hr. It came out almost like chips so I salted it and they loved it.

We grew up with not a lot but we never went hungry. Once a week and I mean every week Mom would have about a pound of ground beef, saute it and put at a bottom of a 9x13" casserole dish with salt and pepper over it. Then she would put a large bag of cooked egg noodles over the meat. On top she would use a quart of her canned tomatoes over top of the noodles. Put in the oven for about 20 minutes or so and that was supper. Back then 50 so years ago the cost might of been 3.00 for the meal. When we had it and not to many times she would put a little mozzarella cheese on top. Quick easy meal not so expensive. I still to this day still make it but I make a small casserole dish still for about $3.00.

Thank you, this is one of your best videos! Both my parents grew up in the Depression and their longest fight was who had it worst because my Mother and her sisters ended up in an Indiana orphanage. Long, sad story about "enough food". I did alot of research about those orphanages and apparently they started closing them because of food shortages. I hope that folks today recognize how good they really do have it!

I was born in 59. I remember my Mama's cooking. There were five of us kids. So Mama and Daddy made seven. Sometimes it was fried potatoes, Mac and cheese and pintos. And of course biscuits. Before school we had oatmeal or grits. Sometimes it was a can of garden peas and loaf bread. We didn't go hungry.

From what I remember about my grandmothers' and my mom's cooking the potatoes probably got done because they tended to cook their ground beef long and slow. I don't remember ever having a rare or medium rare burger. They were always very well done.

This 81 year old woman just loves you to pieces! Listening to you bring me back to a young girl. My father was from Kentucky and you sound just like my southern Grandmother and my aunts. I learned how to cook the southern way. My other Grandmother was from Italy. I learned to cook all the great Italian recipes with her. Our neighbours were Mexican so I learned how to their food too. I learned German recipes after I married form a neighbour. I love to cook still at my age and watch many many u tubers but you are my favorite! The recipe you made today is something I remember eating growing up and sometime my mom put rice instead of potatoes

Always love your recipes Lori and enjoyed Mr Browns story time. Thank you so much!

My mother said they ate alot of potatoes. And growing up she made potaoes every day and sometimes for every meal. But we never went hungry

I discovered the same thing with my grandmas cooking. She grew up during the depression and I guess she carried those recipes with her as a married woman. A lot of the things she’d cook that I loved I ended up finding out were “Depression meals” or made with economical ingredients. You’d have never known.

grmama used lard for everything including waterproofing grpapas boots. best darn pie crust ever.

Thank you for this. I am very interested in these depression era recipes and their way of life in general.

My memories when I was a child was alot of fried potatoes with onions. Sometimes we ate with pintos. Sometimes with eggs on top. And if it was a good night, we had hamburger gravy over the top of the potatoes.

My mom made something very similar to this but wrapped with bacon and used a toothpick to hold it together. She cooked it under the broiler then made gravy with the drippings. She called it bacon-wrapped filet.. I thought we were so fancy. 😊

I’ll bet that’s how they got the potatoes , onions and peppers done they made a big pot of gravy and simmered the fried Pattie’s in the gravy fir a few minutes!! I think it would be delicious over hoecake or cornbread also Ms Lori ! Gif bless ❤️🙏🙋🏻

We didn't grow up during the Depression, but our grandparents did, and our parents were married during WW2. There were four children and Mom didn't work. Even though it was not as bad as the Great Depression, we still are frugally due to memories of that era and rationing memories. We are a lot of casseroles and Mom kept a vegetable garden all her life. Now is the time to go back to the old ways.

I'm making this Sunday. My stepsons need to know more basic, humble dinners. They are not picky and appreciate my frugal, home cooked meals. I know we will all love it!!! Thank you for another great video!!

My granny raised me and 2 of my brothers .we ate beans and taters and taters, Saturdays we got hot dogs that was our day to grocery shop,Sunday we had fried chicken unless she cought a roast on sale., Mr Brown's store was so beautiful and so true we ate simple but loved every minute.jusy makes me miss her so much she was born 1900.she was in her late 60s when she took us to raise when my moma passed

Thank you Miss Lori for sharing recipes from the Great Depression. My mother who is 100 y.o. now told me back in the Great Depression her Mama canned a lot of fruit gleaned off of already picked fruit trees and produce out of local gardens that my mother and her sisters picked and brought home. My mother (who was 7-year-old at the time) found her Mama sitting on the kitchen steps crying her eyes out one day and when asked why she was crying Mama told her that she had ruined a batch of canned peaches that was a special gift from the grocer. Her Mama was going to share the batch with the other families on her block that had nothing to eat. They ate A LOT of dandelion salads and dandelion greens with sliced onion sandwiches on homemade bread. Meat was served once or twice a week for supper only. My mother shared heart-breaking stories about those times but also how the Depression brought people together, made them resourceful and strengthened their faith and hope. My mother made sure all her daughters AND SONS could cook, bake, sew and run a household. She raised 10 children who never went hungry because of her life skills she learned and passed on to us. 'nuf said...

I like this recipe very much and the story….simpler times ❤Thank you

That’s a delicious looking supper. I love the stories Mr. Brown read. My grandparents and parents grew up in the Great Depression. I think it helped form their character’s. They were so appreciative for all their blessings. They learned how to stretch a dollar. They definitely learned to save money and put it away for “a rainy day” as my daddy would say. They knew to lean on and trust God. They loved their family, they loved America, and they loved God. They were truly a blessing to me. This sure brought back some precious memories. God bless you both and your family.

Both parents were depression era kids and their values passed down. It's amazing how far a lb of hamburger can stretch. Mom felt the effects more than Dad. We grew up on the basic beans, potatoes, cornbread, biscuits & eggs. But macaroni and hot dogs were cheap too. My auntie was a wonderful cook. She would stretch hamburger with milk soaked bread and an egg. Little garlic too. The bread made them moist. Never crusty hamburger just old-fashioned goodness.

Hi from Drummond Island, Mi! Send us some sunshine, please! Looks good y'all, enjoy!

My mum used to make little patties which we called rissoles (I live in the West of England) from leftover chopped cold meat and mashed potatoes which she dredged in flour and fried. We loved them. My mother was born in 1926 in working class South Wales, she was one of nine children so there were a lot of mouths to feed at a time when my grandfather was often out of work. They were a good way of making a small amount of protein go a long way. I haven't eaten them since I was growing uo in the 1960's. Thank you Miss Lori and Mr Brown. you are both such a delight to watch, I was inroduced to Whippoorwill Holler by a dear friend in Florida and I rarely miss one of your videos.

I very much enjoy the depression recipes. They are nothing but good ol' home cooking, which has always been the best. And Mr. Brown could read anything at all and I'll be happy to listen...

Ms Lori I used to make these back in the early 80's.I got it from my Mama who was born near the end of the Great Depression. She used a lot more shredded Potato and never softened any of the Veggies she put in it. She fried them up until the shredded potatoes were all crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They were delicious. Her favorite meal was Pinto's, Fried Taters w/onion & Corn Bread. Some of her Cornbread was always saved to go in her Buttermilk. Biscuits and Gravy were a staple, one or two biscuits were always saved to have sugar and butter on them. So many more Southern delights I can remember her making. Her Mama's Family were from Jacksboro,Texas. Blessings to your family.

My grandparents lived during the depression and my parents grew up during the depression. There were eight kids in my family plus my parents, and sometimes a neighbor or friend would stop by, so there were a lot of mouths to feed, but we never went hungry. We had a huge garden that grew a lot of veggies. My Dad shared what we grew with friends and neighbors. Especially if someone was having a rough spell because of sickness or lack of work. I grew up living and eating simple. Thank you Miss Lori and Mr. Brown for the recipes and the stories. 🙂❤️

I love the encouraging stories of the survivors. My Poppa was born in 1926 and grew up on the family farm. I wish I'd recorded his stories. He gardened every year until his back gave out and Momma and us girls preserved the harvest. Pop became successful financially but he never forgot doing without. I wonder how thawed hash browns would work in those burgers. Just a thought.

A lot of the depression era recipes were nothing but comfort food. My grandparents were sharecroppers in South Georgia and had a total of 9 children. My dad was born in 1929 and remembers the depression well and my mom was born in 1935. Granny had a little garden and some chickens. Many times, especially during the winter months they had soup meals with cornbread or biscuits. Meat was hard to come by in the winter months, but they made do with the wildlife for a meat source, like squirrel, rabbits and birds. The chickens were rarely killed due to the need for eggs but if they quit laying then there was chicken on the table for sure. My mom said they all went barefoot with the exception of grandpa or when it was winter, or they went to school. My granny made clothes using flour sacks and she also made quilts and rag throw rugs from clothing that was beyond repair. Mom said they never were extremely hungry and can only remember a handful of times when they went without eating supper or dinner and that was only during really hard times. To this day, I make a lot of depression era meals just as my granny made them. They are mainly comforting foods for me as the food that was mainly used were potatoes, rice, cornmeal, flour, onions among other things. I just ate some chicken and rice for supper and that was it, nothing else was needed. I had smothered potatoes and onions the other day. Granted, I only eat one to two meals a day now due to the high cost of food, but I don't go to bed hungry. I have tried other ethnic foods, but I prefer just good old southern cooking. I love watching your videos and learning things from you. Thank you, Ms. Lori and Mr. Brown.

Miss Lori! My oh my, your videos are just getting better and better.

It doesn't matter if you were raised in a large family or not. I remember my daddy and mommy talking about the depression and my grandma, too. With the times that are about to happen, we will probably be eating like this again. Thank you Ms. Lori for giving us these basic meals that are hearty and filling and best of all, CHEAP!

My parents were children during the Depression and say they grew up on raw potato hash, deer meat, and whatever they grew in their garden. Apparently, when the people around home heard they were in a Great Depression, they said, "What Depression?!", because they didn't see any difference from the way they'd always lived. As hard as it was for country people, I can only imagine how much worse it was for people living in the city with no room for a garden, at least! I'm going to get one of those whisks.

The simple recipes are often the best recipes❤

My parents grew up during WWII and the great depression. One of the meals my mom mad fairly often was something similar made with ham leftover from boiling a small hank of smoked ham to make pea soup. She would put it through a meat grinder (which I still have) and add leftover mashed potatoes and onion. When times were good it would be topped with a fried egg with a veg or salad on the side.

Thank you. Loved both the recipe and the story. The guy who wrote the story was in the next town to where I grew up. The Depression has always fascinated me. I often read stories on it and how people got by. My parents grew up during it, but they never really talked about it unfortunately. Later on as I grew up, I became interested in it, and wish they were here to ask them about it. My Grand parents never talked about it either, and they were raising 5 kids during it. How I wish they were all here now.

I’m first generation German and some of the recipes are so good. We love rouladen, my husbands favorite. He’s as country as they get, but once he tried it he asks for it all the time. I don’t know if you’ve ever had it, but do some time.

Yeah. I get to be the first one. Love your videos so does my MIL. Love all things you and Mr Brown do. You to are so cute together. ❤

My grandma and my mother almost always made water gravy, occasionally making milk gravy. It was always good, and so I usually make water gravy when I make gravy. Two things my grandma made that has been passed down was "red noodles" ( homemade noodles and tomato juice) and chili. She always added diced boiled potatoes with onion to her chili stretching it out. She definitely knew how to stretch food as she had ten children. Great cook.

More stories please, Mr. Brown. I was listening to you read while I was cooking dinner; I was hoping for more. Growing up I lived with my grandparents, a sister, and my dad. Grandpap immigrated to the US from Massa, Italy. Dad was a kid back then and, oh, the stories he would tell us about living through those depression years in the small coal mining town of Nanty-Glo, PA. I can't wait to hear more about those days. Thanks for sharing the stories and for Miss Lorie's recipe. Blessings... Cindy

In this day and time I think our hearts long for a simpler day when being neighbors meant something. I loved this video, the simple cooking and I CLD listen to Mr. Brown read till I nodded off to sleep. Thank you guys, it brought peace to my mind. God bless you

I love the stories you tell but knowing you love the Lord and talking about your family and heart warming thank you

My dad always made hamburger gravy, Hamburg soup, goulash. It was delicious!

My parents grew up during the depression. They would tell us kids of the struggles they endured and many times they went to bed hungry. Work, food, and money were very scarce.

Pure comfort food!!! Makes you feel like a big hug from above,

My parents grew up in the depression and my mom cooked many of those old time recipes. We had a large family so stretching ingredients were necessary. Ms. Lori my mom used any leftover veggies cooked in the frig and grated them up to mix in burger meat.

We all just love you and your videos Miss Lori, greetings from Canada. xo

My mother made hamburger Pattie’s with onion and green bell pepper and added garlic , but no potatoes . She would make creamed potatoes and gravy to go with. When I was a mom I started making the same thing! It was simple , easy, everyone loved it and it went along way! Thanks for the reminder.

Miss Lori I was born in 1954 and growing up we raised what we eat most of the time it potatoes and beans or beans and potatoes and our meat my daddy hunted for beef I can’t even remember ever having beef at home but in school we had hamburger patties . That was the good old days those are comfort foods for me now 😊

I watch your videos multiple times. Would like to know canning time for pints of butter. Prefer half pints like you did, but I am out. Lol. Trying to use what I have.

I crave the stuff My Gma use to make. Noodles, scalloped potatoes and ham, bean soup homemade all of it. Very few seasonings but it was amazing!

When I was a youngster about 70 years ago, my Nana would make an elegant breakfast for us on special occasions. It was called "Toast Mulligan" and we kids thought it came from England or Scotland where my family had emigrated from. I had an epiphany of sorts when I was told by an older cousin that it was just sweetened milk gravy spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon which were special back then. It was served over well buttered toast from the wood oven. We thought we were rich. When I think on it, I realize we were.

This looks delicious. When I was young, my mom would take a pound of hamburger and then would take about 4 or 5 pieces of light bread, run water over the bread and then squeeze out the water. She would then mix with hamburger with her hands real good and the fry them. I love them and still today I make my own because I like bread in them. One of my sons fixes his like that in his household. This , I know, was a hand me down from the depression days.

I just love your video's they remind me so much of when I grew up I think it was very similar to your childhood as well.

I enjoyed. The reading takes us to what is important, priceless. Thank you. 😊

You are making me hungry for all these good foods!!! I sure do love watching you and Mr. Brown!!! I love you guys and you sure are a Blessing to so many. Love and Hugs ❤️🙏

I love a fried egg sandwich!

I sure wish I could have a garden. We had everything carrots peas beans green onion potato’s . We had fish, venison, Hardley ever had pork. 2 cows for milk butter even cottage cheese. Mom baked bread every week. There was five of us.

I really Enjoyed this video, and I will try those meat and potato patties, Thank you

I was raised by my grandparents who both lived during the depression. Grandma was from Tennessee and her meals were amazing. If you don't already have a cookbook of your recipes you should!

I enjoy story time.

The depression story...that's how I felt about the pandemic. Never took the time or had the time to get to know my neighbors or enjoy the slow life.

Awesomeness ❤

9 patties! I am impressed

Everything looks delicious. It reminds me of my father. He was the gravy person. My father made the best gravy. He used the potato water after the potatoes were cooked for mashed potatoes. He was a meat, potatoes, vegetable man. Thanks for the reminder of good memories. I cooked mostly how I was raised. As the generations change, there is alot of processed food. I try to keep cooking the same foods I grew up with and cook them for my children. They still love that kind of food. But like most of us, we like to try all kinds of ethnic foods too. Thank you for sharing this recipe. ❤️

A grated potato would cook in the Hamberger meat, I think your precooking the shredded potatoes was a good idea! I was raised on depression foods from my mother and grandmother those foods are to this day my Favorite foods.

Really enjoyed the stories from the depression era.

Thank you for reading the book enjoyed it. Thank you for the recipe it reminds me of something like my mom would make when I was growing up in the 60's. My mom grew up in the depression times Nana and Papa had nine kids to feed and everything with that I remember mom telling us so many things they did in them days. But thank God they never went to bed hungry. See you next time God Bless. 🙏❤️

Lol, my husband and I just had fried egg sandwiches for breakfast this morning !!XOXO

You tugged my food heartstrings when you said fried potatoes and onions. It has always been a favorite. It was the first thing I learned to cook and gave me my first knife injury lol.

I love depression recipes. Got hooked when I tried bread crumb cookies

I love the story that Mr. Brown read 🌺

Ms. Lori I ordered the book you are reading “We Had Everything But Money” I actually ordered it on a site that sells used books. It only cost a little over $5. My husband had surgery this week so he’s had to stay still for a week and of course that drives him crazy 😜. So I ask him if he would like for me to read to him out of the book and he said said sure. Let me tell you it’s been such a nice quiet time together and we are enjoying the stories about those people in the depression era. Thank you for the recommendation. This recipe you are making today looks delicious. I will definitely make it soon.

Loved the story time!❤️

Love the depression stories too! Your recipe today reminds me of meatloaf patties. Just turned 74 , retired from our school system on Dec. 31, 2021. Thanks for sharing, blessings from west central Ohio.👍

I love these!

Do you have any recipes of a hamburger egg noodle sourkraut hotdish! I had a delicious one from an old neighbor ( who has passed away now) We had a house fire and I lost so much including my favorite recipe. I have been searching but have been unsuccessful in finding it! I was wondering if you would be able to share any if you have some?

I am the first of 13 children we always enjoyed Sunday dinner mom would fry 2 frying chickens and make gravy with some of the drippings and used evaporated milk and water, I helped her peel and cut up potatoes for mashed potatoes and we had some of her canned vegetables once in a while we had a scratch cake with 7 minute frosting or dewberry cobbler but we only had desert on Sunday we always looked forward to Sunday dinners.

You always knew when it was 5 o'clock in the evening at mom's house because the radio station would be on with hymns playing and old stories and of course, the mixer as mom made mashed potatoes to be the base for our meals. We didn't have much, and wore hand me downs Mom would ladle chili 😋 over the mashed potatoes to stretch the meal Sometimes instead of chili, it'd be sauerkrat, or "swiss steak" over the mashed potatoes I never knew you were supposed to eat chili in a bowl and I accidentally embarrassed mom when we were served chili in a bowl at the school cafeteria. Mom worked there while we were in school I stood in line waiting for the mashed potatoes and was told they didn't fix it that way. Mom was SO embarrassed I didn't know that she fixed it to stretch the meals at home I still like it the way mom fixed it

Ms. Lori, some people like eating raw potatoes. As long as they have been washed real good, they won't hurt you. Also, since they are shredded, most people probably wouldn't even notice them. I'm going to make this recipe tonight. I'm sure it is going to be good. Thank you for posting this recipe.

My grandparents were raised during the depression. My grandma always made incredible tasting food. Everything was from scratch and nothing was ever wasted. Nothing. But as I think back, it was always simple food with simple ingredients and man oh man was it good! For everyday meals she often made a cucumber salad with round sliced cucumbers and round sliced onions and then a homemade dressing with mayo and sour cream and other things, that would knock your socks off. And for special occasions she made from scratch lemon meringue pie. Out of this world! Your recipe reminds me a little bit like a meat loaf in patty form, yummyyyyy! God bless. Shirley.

Hey Miss Lori, t hey probably cooked the Burgers well done,so the shredded Potato would cook okay do you think? Mum used to add a couple Carrots to her mashed potatoes to make them stretch! I don't know if She learned that from Her Mum ,but it tasted good 🌞. Like you said Miss Lori a lot of the recipes Stuck as favorites! Thanks Mr Brown 🤗😘. JO JO IN VT 💞💨❄️☃️

My mama called it Poor Boy stew. We added ketchup and let it simmer a bit. I cook cubed potatoes, added browned ground beef and onion.

I’m loving this ❤❤

Yes, I agree Miss Lori that simple is always good! I Never tried potatoes mixed in but I have sautéed the trinity mixed with the burger and then dredged them before frying; it sure makes a tasty gravy served over rice and Mr. Man LOVES anything served with gravy over rice! Another favorite of ours is fried potatoes for breakfast or dinner with the Hillshire polish sausage...quick and tasty! Thank you , I always love watching you and learning new recipes, tips, and tricks! 😋🥰

Loved this video, the recipe, and storytime. God bless us all in the coming times ahead.

My fav is grease, (bacon) s&p and flour...lots of pepper

Hey 👋 Mrs. Lori, they look good Thanks for the video and recipe and the talk 👍🏽🥰❤‍🩹🙏 GOD bless ya and Mr. Brown

I was born in 1948 my Mom and DAD lived thru the depression .Mom said if DAD hadn't been a good hunter they could have been hungry.Thanks Lori and Pa Brown have a Blessed day

Just too wonderful . You both mean the world to me . ❤️

Thank you! I am going to give this recipe a try!,I am going to teach it to my grandsons. Thank you pa Brown, I so enjoyed the reading of the depression! It made me smile.

I love to see depression era meals, because I know this is what I grew up on. Would ask when I was older where Grandma's recipes were, and I know now they were just created from what they had available. Wish I could find a depression era cookbook. Most of those meals were so delicious.

Yum, this looks amazing. Delicious. Mrs. Lori.