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Chellee

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69. I made a mock apple pie this week.

Mon Oct 16, 2023, 08:31 PM

Oct 2023

To try and deal with the 92 (Ninety-two!! ) green tomatoes I had to pull before our first frost. We now have green tomato pickles, green tomato chutney, roasted green tomato salsa, and we've had fried green tomatoes with every meal, including breakfast, for the last four days.

Don't think that the ripe tomatoes got left out. We've had chili, cream of tomato soup, tomato sandwiches, and tomorrow I'm making a curry. I still have 21 tomatoes, 9G, 5R, and 7 transitioning. I'm getting really tired of tomatoes at this point. We ate and canned ripe tomatoes all summer. Two tomato plants. That's all I planted, but they truly went to town this season.

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Peanut butter stuffed onions were popular during the Great Depression [View all] underpants Oct 2023 OP

hard pass Celerity Oct 2023 #1

Put raisins on it and you have "ants on a sad." n/t Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #2

😆😆😆 🏆 underpants Oct 2023 #6

Nope doc03 Oct 2023 #3

Sounds disgusting! jmbar2 Oct 2023 #4

Ugh. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #5

Well, here's where I break from the herd when I say Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #24

Agree. We loved it too. Nt spooky3 Oct 2023 #27

I still eat it. debm55 Oct 2023 #37

We had it too. I wasn't crazy about it, and later I found out Ocelot II Oct 2023 #38

I still make it once in awhile Marthe48 Oct 2023 #71

We called it favorite meat. I loved it! cally Oct 2023 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author pecosbob Oct 2023 #84

That actually doesn't sound too bad. They're both savory ingredients. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #7

Back then you'd tie an onion to your belt... Blue Owl Oct 2023 #8

Give me five bees for a quarter, we'd say. Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #30

We didn't have any white onions because of the war. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2023 #89

True Depression Story... Hugin Oct 2023 #9

Wow, great story. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #12

... Hugin Oct 2023 #14

My paternal grandfather was in CCC misanthrope Oct 2023 #21

Gramps never took that right turn... Hugin Oct 2023 #45

LOL! Likely so! misanthrope Oct 2023 #70

Great story. ❤️ underpants Oct 2023 #20

B Dylan Hollis did that one. Chellee Oct 2023 #10

Wonderful, every second. Answers any questions one would have, too! Judi Lynn Oct 2023 #53

"Stuffing vegetables is unnatural for me, I usually stuff fruit." Jedi Guy Oct 2023 #63

I'll believe it when I see it. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #11

Could find any visual examples but did find this. NY Times underpants Oct 2023 #17

So glad you added this shocking info. to the day's fare for we who didn't live during that time. Judi Lynn Oct 2023 #58

Judi, I'm throwing a light one out here everyday underpants Oct 2023 #75

I blocked that account on the twitter blogslug Oct 2023 #52

Should have a thread for odd Great Depression hand-me-down recipes. bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #13

Funeral pie was a big go to... Hugin Oct 2023 #15

I'd never heard of that. underpants Oct 2023 #19

Mock Apple Pie, too. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #29

I remember that. It was weird. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #39

I made a mock apple pie this week. Chellee Oct 2023 #69

Bread and butter sandwiches underpants Oct 2023 #18

I used ForgedCrank Oct 2023 #26

My favorite sandwich when I was a child in the 50s was mayonnaise and raisins. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2023 #56

Miracle Whip, ugh. Jedi Guy Oct 2023 #65

Miracle Whip is the semen of Satan. Nasty stuff. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #91

I still eat them. I even developed a taste for salt sandwiches. Buns_of_Fire Oct 2023 #43

😋 underpants Oct 2023 #49

I am far removed from the GD but I remember eating PB and Mayo sandwiches chowder66 Oct 2023 #25

Imagine the gas from that? AntivaxHunters Oct 2023 #16

That sounds ForgedCrank Oct 2023 #22

My father remembered lard sandwiches... bread, lard, bread. oldfart73 Oct 2023 #23

Thanks for the recipe! diva77 Oct 2023 #74

Theres a youtube channel XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #28

Here's the Youtube channel (mentioned above) on Depression-era cooking Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #31

That's it nt XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #40

Is Clara related to Jared? llmart Oct 2023 #60

That presentation sure isn't hiding anything intrepidity Oct 2023 #32

Well it is vegan. But uh still don't want it. mucifer Oct 2023 #33

I grew up with Peanut butter and sliced onion sandwiches. sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #34

I enjoy peanut butter and sliced onion sandwiches myself, DemocraticPatriot Oct 2023 #36

Only the knowing ... wisdom of the elders, home diy, and the grandmothers always say ... sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #44

My wife says she's had that breakfast underpants Oct 2023 #51

My dad ate mashed potato sandwiches too, and was a child of the depression. Maru Kitteh Oct 2023 #78

I can't eat onions without violently retching, Crunchy Frog Oct 2023 #35

Same here. I loathe onions, especially the raw red ones. Ocelot II Oct 2023 #42

Bletch.... Bayard Oct 2023 #41

Yeah, well, you never know where hard times will lead you until they do. Solly Mack Oct 2023 #46

A friend eats peanut butter and onion sandwiches Sympthsical Oct 2023 #47

Like, just miracle whip. underpants Oct 2023 #50

I sometimes eat a slice of keto bread with Vegenaise Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2023 #54

Keto bread's the best Sympthsical Oct 2023 #59

LOL Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2023 #62

So what you're telling me is Sympthsical Oct 2023 #67

Being a responsible adult Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2023 #68

Keto bread with marmalade is my current guilty pleasure... Hugin Oct 2023 #87

Absolutely Sympthsical Oct 2023 #88

I like peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches Kaleva Oct 2023 #73

Me too we can do it Oct 2023 #81

I think "popular" is a poor choice of words drmeow Oct 2023 #48

Love both of those. Maybe have to try this. 😋 Owl Oct 2023 #55

classic hard times cookbook How to cook a wolf by M F K Fisher dembotoz Oct 2023 #57

First failed version of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup SYFROYH Oct 2023 #61

Rejected commercial: Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #64

You got onion on my peanut butter! Kaleva Oct 2023 #76

One paragraph calls it "palatable," but the very next paragraph says "unappetizing." tblue37 Oct 2023 #66

I saw a recipe for Depression era water pie Marthe48 Oct 2023 #72

I organized a food strike when our high school cafeteria served peanut butter- niyad Oct 2023 #77

From "A Square Meal, A Culinary History of the Great Depression": betsuni Oct 2023 #79

We never ate that, but we ate many a night of pea gravy and potatoes. Lol MerryBlooms Oct 2023 #80

I'm going to make that Kaleva Oct 2023 #83

Comfort food for us now days, and good on wintery nights. 🙂 MerryBlooms Oct 2023 #90

Creamed peas and potatoes - had that sometimes as a kid, Ocelot II Oct 2023 #92

This recipe is exactly why we need to maintain the social welfare state Bucky Oct 2023 #82

I'll stick with the "Hobo Skillet". Emile Oct 2023 #85