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Oh my goodness, how did I not know about this show, “Great Depression Cooking” hosted by Clara, a 93-year-old cook and grandmother who grew up in Melrose Park, Ill., and now lives in Upstate New York. I love how quiet this show is. Clara also has her own blog. Thanks, Behind the Curtain, for helping me to discover Clara.
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What a treat!! Thanks for introducing us to Clara!
She is absolutely wonderful! Thank you for introducing me to Clara. I’m going to follow her blog and her youtube page.
Thanks again
That’s awesome! I love Clara. My mom always used to say that my Hungarian grandma could whip up entire meals as long as she had some flour, sugar, salt, “grease” and some other ingredient, during the depression.
I would have sent this to you awhile back if I’d known you’d never seen it! I love her
In today’s economic downturn, it’s good to know we have survivors around from the Great Depression to offer their experience.
I’m glad that I listened to my parents describe the GD and rationing during WW2. My maternal grandparents used to barter/trade for food and such during the Depression. Grandpa was a jack-of-all-trades when it came to construction, plumbing, electrical, you name it, so he did a lot of work in exchange for necessities. Grandma even took in ironing and mending from doctors, dentists and other professionals during that time to pay for the family’s health care.
I also was told by children of Italian and Sicilian immigrants that their mothers used to make bathtub gin during Prohibition to keep food on the table, since the fathers were laid-off from work.
So I’m glad that I know how to do things by hand just in case and I study recipes that don’t need a lot of the exotic ingredients that we’ve become accustomed to eating. Panzanella is one such recipe that was thought up by thrifty housewives in Italy during hard times.
I have also been “rewinding” these clips to check out the awesome old radio and stove in her kitchen!
Wallpaper, too, Allison!
OH! I love her… Even my son was watching with me and thought she was ‘cute’