The New York Stock Exchange crashed on October 24, 1929, known as Black Thursday.
Thus, creating a whole category of meals now known as Depression-Era recipes.
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Why Make Depression-Era Recipes?
Throughout this period, a lot of that innovation went toward feeding families.
Thats still relevant today with the rising cost of food and other essentials.
People are looking for all kinds ofcreative solutions to save.
Dandelion Salad
This one is literally dirt cheap.
Its history also goes far beyond the Great Depression.
Medieval monks in England and Ireland wrote about foraged greens that were safe to eat.
American pioneers who took part in Westward Expansion also used the recipe.
That includes unassuming weeds in their yards.
Therecipe we recommendcalls for onions, tomatoes, salt and pepper for flavor.
ensure to wash wild dandelions very thoroughly, and let them soak for at least an hour.
Also avoid lawns that regularly use pesticides.
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Poormans Meal
This next recipe comes to us courtesy ofClara Cannucciari.
She lived through the Great Depression, and her grandson recorded her recipes on YouTube.
As a result, the name Hoover became a byword for anything associated with the Depression.
This is all to explain the name of our next recipe,Hoover Stew.
Large families or and struggling communities often ate the nourishing and rich meal.
The mob boss of Chicago ran a criminal empire that started with the 1920s and prohibition.
It reached its peak in 1929, mere months before the stock market crash.
The soup kitchen fed thousands.
Its soup was so delicious, Chicagoans talked about it for decades after.
Made primarily with beef, tomatoes, potatoes and pasta, this soup is delicious and filling.
Its also simple enough to remain inexpensive and easy to customize with whatever you have at home.
During the Depression, international trade tanked, leaving imported spices soaring in price.
Other staple, shelf-stable foods were still around, however, includingpeanut butter.
Peanut butter became a regular part of the American diet because of rationing during World War I.
It was thankfully cheap and plentiful for families in need during the 30s.
Thats where our next recipe, peanut butter bread, comes in.
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The result is a custard-like pie with a light, sweet taste.
Water Pie made a resurgence, mainly on TikTok, because of the 2020 lockdowns.
People soon found that they could even switch waterfor other drinks, like Sprite.
Another dish demonstrated by Dylan Hollis,Mock Apple Pieshows some real culinary wizardry.
It uses Ritz crackers and cinnamon to mimic the taste of apples.
This recipe has been advertised on Ritz cracker boxes ever since it proved a popular recipe during the Depression.
As this requires no milk, eggs or butter, it is also an inexpensive vegan alternative.
Other popular variations of the Depression Cake includeChocolate variations.
For those feeling brave, the ultimate frugal dessert,Waste Not Cake, calls specifically for sour milk.
As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.
The Great Depression was a difficult time to live through.
Many people intodays economic climatemay recognize the struggles their families went through in the last century.
You brew coffee at home, you dont walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
He has also self-published a handful of novels.
