James48843
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Since we're talking long-term now, perhaps it's time to start thinking about how we are going to survive once we retire. With the market collapse, and people talking about the Great Depression, it's time to bring up some ways our parents and grandparents dealt with living in times like that.
Here are some recipes to help get us through the tough times ahead. All are relatively low cost- meals that feed a family for under $1 a person.
Combine all the ingredients together. bake in a loaf pan for 30 minutes or until loaf is goo.
Cut cabbage into cubes, salt and pepper to taste and cook until well done. Drain. Peel and quarter potatoes. Salt and cook until well done. Drain and mash potatoes with butter but make sure the mash potatoes are on the dry side. Place hamburger in large skillet, add onion and cook until well done. Drain off all the fat. Stir in the cumin. Line baking dish at least 3" inch deep with cabbage. Place meat mixture on top of cabbage. Cover the top with the mash potatoes, sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 25 minutes at 350/o. makes 4 large servings. In the casserole you had your whole meal. Meat potatoes and your vegetable.
Cook beans until tender. Sear bacon in hot frying pan, then remove from pan and add onions and sliced green peppers. Cook these until tender. In greased casserole place layer of lima beans. Sprinkle onions and small pieces of bacon, salt and pepper to taste and a little flour over the surface of beans. Repeat until all material is used. Add milk and bake in oven, 400/o for 30 minutes. just before removing from the oven increase the heat 2 minutes. Just to brown. If already brow omit this extra 2 minutes.
Quarter the cabbage and place in a deep casserole dish or pan. Add other vegetables alternately with the rice. Put the ham {from which the skin has been removed} in the middle, together with the spices, tied in a small piece of clean muslin cloth. Cover with boiling water and cook very gently for 3 hours in a slow oven at 275 degrees F..
Beat eggs separately, put 1 teaspoon of butter in baking dish and 2 tablespoons butter melted butter into cracker crumbs. Add yokes of eggs, milk, salt and sugar to corn, fold in whites of eggs. Bake in casserole dish for fifty minutes in moderate oven. Serves 4.
Fry bacon until crisp, remove bacon, then cook onion and green peppers until the onion turns a yellow color. Add all remaining ingredients to the bacon and onion mixture. Bake in greased casserole dish, at 350/o for 30 minutes. If desired sprinkle grated american cheese over the top before baking This recipe will serve 4.
Here are some recipes to help get us through the tough times ahead. All are relatively low cost- meals that feed a family for under $1 a person.
Recipes my Mother made during the Depression
Meatless Loaf
- 1 cup rice
- 1 cup peanuts crushed
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
Combine all the ingredients together. bake in a loaf pan for 30 minutes or until loaf is goo.
POOR Man's Casserole
- 1 small head of cabbage
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1/2 pounds of hamburger
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 stick butter or margarine
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, more or less. depending on taste
- pepper to taste
- dash of paprika
Cut cabbage into cubes, salt and pepper to taste and cook until well done. Drain. Peel and quarter potatoes. Salt and cook until well done. Drain and mash potatoes with butter but make sure the mash potatoes are on the dry side. Place hamburger in large skillet, add onion and cook until well done. Drain off all the fat. Stir in the cumin. Line baking dish at least 3" inch deep with cabbage. Place meat mixture on top of cabbage. Cover the top with the mash potatoes, sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 25 minutes at 350/o. makes 4 large servings. In the casserole you had your whole meal. Meat potatoes and your vegetable.
Lima Beans en Casserole
- 1 1/2 cups lima beans, fresh, dried or canned,
- 4 strips bacon
- 1 cup milk
- 2 medium sized onions
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 green pepper
- flour
Cook beans until tender. Sear bacon in hot frying pan, then remove from pan and add onions and sliced green peppers. Cook these until tender. In greased casserole place layer of lima beans. Sprinkle onions and small pieces of bacon, salt and pepper to taste and a little flour over the surface of beans. Repeat until all material is used. Add milk and bake in oven, 400/o for 30 minutes. just before removing from the oven increase the heat 2 minutes. Just to brown. If already brow omit this extra 2 minutes.
Casserole of Vegetables with Ham
- 1 pound cabbage
- 2 cups carrots, cubed
- 2 cups turnips, diced
- 1 quart tomatoes
- 3 onions, sliced
- bit of bay leaf
- 1 cup celery, diced or 1 teaspoon celery seed
- end of ham
- 3/4 cup uncoated or polished rice
- 6 cloves
- 6 peppercorns
Quarter the cabbage and place in a deep casserole dish or pan. Add other vegetables alternately with the rice. Put the ham {from which the skin has been removed} in the middle, together with the spices, tied in a small piece of clean muslin cloth. Cover with boiling water and cook very gently for 3 hours in a slow oven at 275 degrees F..
Scalloped Corn
- 1 can corn
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups sweet milk
- 1/2 cup soda cracker crumbs
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Beat eggs separately, put 1 teaspoon of butter in baking dish and 2 tablespoons butter melted butter into cracker crumbs. Add yokes of eggs, milk, salt and sugar to corn, fold in whites of eggs. Bake in casserole dish for fifty minutes in moderate oven. Serves 4.
Spanish Rice
- 6 slices chopped bacon
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped green peppers
- 2 cans canned tomatoes
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup uncooked rice { makes about 3 cups of cooked rice }
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Fry bacon until crisp, remove bacon, then cook onion and green peppers until the onion turns a yellow color. Add all remaining ingredients to the bacon and onion mixture. Bake in greased casserole dish, at 350/o for 30 minutes. If desired sprinkle grated american cheese over the top before baking This recipe will serve 4.