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63. It's amazing how smartly the government has had an effect.

Sun May 18, 2025, 05:11 PM

May 18

My stepfather was a canned sardines guy. My wife says they used to have canned salmon (Roanoke). Both of the families were in the Depression era of just coming out of it. Small package easily distributed seafood.

The New Deal created much of the archeology field we know today. Environmental surveys and it was an out of sight out of mind endeavor that supported universities and a lot of women even minorities were employed in.

Musicians were heavily employed during the Depression to travel and play shows for the public and at work camps to improve morale and distract people from there woes.

WWII C-rations using powdered eggs lead to Betty Crocker cake mix. It was perfect but focus groups at the time showed that it wasn’t selling due to guilt. Homemakers felt they were cheating by not doing the elaborate floury measures Grandma did. Drop the powdered eggs + add step 3 (or 4) “Add one egg” = printing money.

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Appalachian meal. And we ate this growing up canned salmon. [View all] Duncanpup May 18 OP

Yup we ate salmon patties, too, Dunc. SheltieLover May 18 #1

The dreaded Salmon patties BigMin28 May 18 #10

Oh no. Didn't dare say you didn't like any food! SheltieLover May 18 #22

You wouldn't know it if you had my pie. cachukis May 18 #62

The bones are eatable.... FarPoint May 18 #2

The bones are a great source of calcium, so there is that benefit SheltieLover May 18 #23

I was pretty easily led to cringe about any weird food as a kid. 1WorldHope May 18 #31

Lol SheltieLover May 18 #33

Good seeing ya! FarPoint May 18 #34

Good to see you, too SheltieLover May 18 #36

Absolutely adore Sterling FarPoint May 18 #41

I've only seen LindaG once SheltieLover May 18 #44

Yes, Linda G does wonder a bit but she reminds me of .... FarPoint May 18 #52

Yes FarPoint May 18 #42

I've been trying to find the DUer musette_sf May 18 #46

Grew up eating salmon patties burgers in Minnesota during Lent NickB79 May 18 #3

Not Catholic, but my mom made salmon 'loaf' and I LOVED it. Attilatheblond May 18 #28

Mom made salmon patties often SheLiberal May 18 #4

We picked the bones and skin KentuckyWoman May 18 #5

We were exactly the same as above poster. Diamond_Dog May 18 #6

Growing up, never heard of salmon cakes! Nittersing May 18 #7

Ate the bones. The canning process softened them to nice consistency that I liked just fine. Six kids - you bet ... marble falls May 18 #8

Staple of depression era mother on Fridays...dad hated them JT45242 May 18 #9

I've made my MIL's southern recipe for Salmon Cakes. No bones. Clouds Passing May 18 #11

I made salmon patties, mac and cheese for supper last night. Lars39 May 18 #12

Growing up in Boston we ate Salmon and peas. maveric May 18 #13

My mom made salmon croquettes. Mosby May 18 #14

So did my mom and grandma. They were from Mississippi, so I considered it a southern tradition. My gran iluvtennis May 18 #17

Same here... Texasgal May 18 #68

yep! johnnyfins May 18 #79

Ever see the Appalachian Word of the Day YouTube shorts? I watch them all the time. elocs May 18 #15

Yes! Elessar Zappa May 18 #57

Would you like sardines better? Historic NY May 18 #16

Mackerel for me. Cross between sardines and tuna. Supposedly sustainable. erronis May 18 #26

I despise canned sardines My college roommate and one of our friends across the hall loved them yellowdogintexas May 18 #51

I can occasionally find fresh sardines here Retrograde May 18 #67

Sardines are my emergency food because the only way I would ever chose to eat them elocs May 18 #53

I like salmon patties and a sardine sandwich with a thick slice of sweet onion and mustard yummy. nt doc03 May 18 #66

My mom figured how to barbeque them in the skillett. rickyhall May 18 #18

Pick and eat the bones. Kali May 18 #19

I picked out the spine and skin. pandr32 May 18 #20

Still eat them Figarosmom May 18 #21

I always just left the bones in. appleannie1 May 18 #24

Vitamin B3 is Niacin, here are a bunch of foods that have it IronLionZion May 18 #25

Well, why didn't you tell them that back in the '30s? erronis May 18 #27

We may repeat the great depression soon so now we are armed with knowledge and experience IronLionZion May 18 #39

We usually had mackerel patties. Mom took out the bones and so do I... wcmagumba May 18 #29

Just made a salmon loaf with a can of sockeye salmon. cachukis May 18 #30

Recipe? intrepidity May 18 #45

Recipe. cachukis May 18 #49

A slice of cold salmon loaf and scoop of cottage cheese woodsprite May 18 #60

It was creamed salmon on toast chez nous Retrograde May 18 #32

We ate salmon patties too. I pick out the bones but I don't think my mother did. LoisB May 18 #35

Mom usually made tuna patties. Moosepoop May 18 #37

I pull off the skin, but leave most or all of the bones. GoCubsGo May 18 #38

My mom made salmon cakes bamagal62 May 18 #40

Mom called them salmon croquettes misanthrope May 18 #43

I remember my grandmother ILikePie92 May 18 #47

We ate salmon patties growing up, too! ShazzieB May 18 #48

I ate salmon when I was a child in Canada and got violently ill Meowmee May 18 #50

that happened to me with pouched eggs CountAllVotes May 18 #76

Awful, sorry that happened Meowmee May 18 #82

zucchini CountAllVotes May 19 #88

We had salmon patties (we called them croquettes) fairly often. yellowdogintexas May 18 #54

Uhmm kozar May 18 #55

Hi Koz malaise May 19 #89

I loved salmon patties. I think they had leftyladyfrommo May 18 #56

I had depression era parents so of course we had salmon cakes several times a year, from canned salmon. badhair77 May 18 #58

I just made this last week for dinner woodsprite May 18 #59

Get canned salmon nearly every month from Food For People / CalFresh. PufPuf23 May 18 #61

It's amazing how smartly the government has had an effect. underpants May 18 #63

We still have salmon patties made with cornmeal and egg and a ton of pepper Peacetrain May 18 #64

Was this similar to canned Tuna ? JI7 May 18 #65

Salmon loaf was delicious Easterncedar May 18 #69

My mom made that for us, and it was good. Better than salmon patties. madinmaryland May 18 #73

Interesting bit of history!! MissB May 18 #70

My mom's family in the Pacific Northwest senseandsensibility May 18 #71

Condiment Chef to the rescue! Aka The Ghetto Gourmet. Noodleboy13 May 18 #72

To this day I can't eat fish at all Bettie May 18 #74

Living in the Pacific Northwest I'm used to fresh salmon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 #75

I remember too!!! elleng May 18 #77

My mother made salmon patties. Morbius May 18 #78

Oh yes. Mom made salmon patties at least once a month. blogslug May 18 #80

Not salmon, but tuna chowmama May 18 #81

My Mom made salmon loaf lots of Fridays Saoirse9 May 18 #83

Bones Maninacan May 18 #84

We still have them xmas74 May 19 #85

I think we always had mackerel because it was cheaper than salmon, we weren't particularly well off in those days... wcmagumba May 19 #86

Family of 2 adults and 5 kids, you bet we ate onethatcares May 19 #87