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RandySF

(86,396 posts) Sun May 21, 2023, 03:03 AM May 2023

Recipes in event of Republican takeover. [View all]

Last edited Sun May 21, 2023, 03:49 AM - Edit history (1)

America found itself at the heart of the Great Depression and within a year a quarter of the population had no employment. To make the most of the dire food shortages, people found highly inventive ways to combine foods to create some truly memorable and oftentimes bizarre recipes to survive. Gear up those tastebuds as we tuck into some of the oddest Depression-Era recipes!

https://www.heraldweekly.com/get-a-taste-of-the-most-bizarre-depression-era-foods/2?xcmg=1

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Recipes in event of Republican takeover. [View all] RandySF May 2023 OP

Some of those look disgusting. murielm99 May 2023 #1

"A Square Meal, a Culinary History of the Great Depression," Jane Zeigelman & Andrew Cole. betsuni May 2023 #2

Yeah, we had some in the 50's. 3Hotdogs May 2023 #3

We'll have to re-name Hoover Stew to "McCarthy Stew." GoCubsGo May 2023 #4

You made me go through the whole thing (took a long time) BumRushDaShow May 2023 #5

Thank you so much for posting! woodsprite May 2023 #6

when you're hungry onethatcares May 2023 #7

We ate a lot of that stuff when I was a kid. 2naSalit May 2023 #8

I think this article was written by a kid who was raised on big macs and never saw anyone cooking crazylikafox May 2023 #9

Exactly. 2naSalit May 2023 #10

His descriptions definitely sound like he's never had them, Hortensis May 2023 #11

You can make perfectly good biscuits Retrograde May 2023 #16

One of those stories that reminds of how short human time Hortensis May 2023 #17

What research done seems to have been limited Retrograde May 2023 #15

Same here. llmart May 2023 #13

My parents were children of The Great Depression. We ate a lot of these growing up. Midnight Writer May 2023 #12

Depression Cake betsuni May 2023 #14