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Cooking & Baking

Freddie

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1. Mom used to talk about Depression soup

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 10:07 AM

Mar 2021

Grandpa owned a lunch counter/soda shop. She said people would ask for a bowl of boiling water, add ketchup and eat it with saltines or pretzels.

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Grandma Porter's Depression Potato Soup [View all] Kaleva Mar 2021 OP

Mom used to talk about Depression soup Freddie Mar 2021 #1

My dad said his mom would make them ketchup sandwiches Kaleva Mar 2021 #5

hmmmmmm i will have to think about this one samnsara Mar 2021 #2

I'm writing that down . .. . Iliyah Mar 2021 #3

It's simple as heck and I thought quite good. Kaleva Mar 2021 #7

add a few onions rampartc Mar 2021 #4

It'd be very easy to upgrade this soup Kaleva Mar 2021 #6

i learned from a depression era grandmother rampartc Mar 2021 #8

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