How to Cook Like in the Great Depression


Looking for inexpensive meals on a tight budget? Look no further than Great Depression Cooking with Clara where 94 year old Clara teaches the meals she made during the great depression (the videos were made from the time she was 91 – 94) while telling stories of the past. A great combination that will leave a little extra change in your pocket while making you a healthy meal for about a dollar per serving – here are a few to give you a taste:

Poorman’s Meal

Depression Breakfast

Poorman’s Feast

Dandelion Salad

There are many more videos that you can follow on her YouTube channel at Depression Cooking


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Eileen
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November 18, 2009 at 8:12 am

Times are tough for a lot of us and we need good ideas on how to survive.
Being able to cook good meals out of stuff that is inexpensive is a must. Good food and friends. Life is good!

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Pat Merritt
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November 18, 2009 at 8:25 am

Dagnabbit – I can’t see any of the recipes!!!!

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John DeFlumeri jr
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November 18, 2009 at 10:41 am

Learn to eat inexpensive, but nutritional foods.

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SB
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November 18, 2009 at 10:44 am

I haven’t yet watched the videos, but I already think this woman is awesome. 94 years old and making YouTube videos–wow! Never stop learning.

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Margaret Pickett
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November 18, 2009 at 11:39 am

I would rather have a text copy of the comments and recipes. Most videos are not really audible.

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edith desmarais
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November 19, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Thank you for sharing you LOVE! Clara reminds me of my Na Na and she would cook scrambled eggs and hotdogs! Yummie

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Depression-Era Cooking. | Little Miss Attila
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November 20, 2009 at 11:01 pm

[...] was delightful—and timely in a slightly creepy [...]

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Alton
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November 21, 2009 at 4:46 am

Thank God Clara had FDR as president or she never would have learned to cook.

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Tim Flaherty
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November 21, 2009 at 11:04 am

My aunt cooked like this for me frequently. She never needed a recipe book just fragments of things in the house. She was great at making substitutions in cooking. I still remember her using orange juice in cookies for a great flavor. She remembered traveling in a covered wagon. She died at 99 in 1986. A great teacher.

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Depression Recipes with Clara » The Anchoress | A First Things Blog
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November 23, 2009 at 12:09 pm

[...] love this lady. I love the fact that in her 90’s she is still cooking and taking on new challenges. Look at [...]