With all the talk about food storage and growing our own food, I did a little digging around to find out what some people ate during Americas Great Depression of the 1930?s. Surprisingly, a few of these were made by my mother and grandmother, traditions, Im sure, from a more frugal era. I still have a soft spot for Chipped Beef on Toast! How many of these are familiar to you, and do you have any others to add to the list?
- Milk toast
- Chipped beef on toast
- Cucumber and mustard sandwiches
- Mayonnaise sandwiches
- Ketchup sandwiches
- Hot milk and rice
- Turtle/tortoise
- Gopher
- Potato soup water base, not milk
- Dandelion salad
- Lard sandwiches
- Bacon grease sandwiches
- Sugar sandwiches
- Hot dogs and baked beans
- Road kill
- One eyed Sam piece of bread with an easy over egg in the center
- Oatmeal mixed with lard
- Fried potatoes and hot dogs
- Onion sandwich slices of onion between bread
- Tomato gravy and biscuits
- Deep fried chicken skin
- Cornbread in milk
- Gravy and bread as a main dish
- Toast with mashed potatoes on top with gravy
- Creamed corn on toast
- Corn mush with milk for breakfast, fried corn mush for dinner
- Squirrel
- Rice in milk with some sugar
- Beans
- Fried potato peel sandwiches
- Banana slices with powdered sugar and milk
- Boiled cabbage
- Hamburger mixed with oatmeal
- American cheese sandwich, American cheese was invented because it was cheap to make, and didnt require refrigeration that may or may not exist back then.