Depression Era Recipes

by Patricia Wagner

Overview

Get this collection of more than 450 Depression Era recipes, with nostalgic photos, illustrations and comments.

Learn about the Depression Era, how Grandma cooked, and enjoy simple, basic cooking!

• A collection of over 450 recipes from the Depression Era
• “Back-to-the-Basics” recipes use ingredients common to most kitchens
• Includes household hints, weights and measures, a spice guide and even some period poetry
• Brief descriptions of positive aspects of life during the ’30s are noted throughout the cookbook
• Written in a light style; nicely illustrated

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643590776
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/05/1990
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Patricia Wagner is a retired art teacher and now volunteers as Exhibition Coordinator at the Cambridge Center for the Arts. She lives in rural Minnesota with her husband, Robert.

Read an Excerpt

Rhubarb Dessert

1½ c. rhubarb
1 c. sugar
1 egg
2 T. flour

Batter
1 c. flour
½ c. milk
Pinch of salt
2 T. butter
1 heaping t. baking powder

Wash rhubarb and cut into pieces. Mixed together sugar, egg and flour. Add to rhubarb and put in a baking dish. Then make a batter of the flour, milk, salt, butter and baking powder. Put this batter on top of rhubarb mixture and bake until done. Serve with cream, either plain or whipped. This dish can be made with apples, too, if you don't have any rhubarb.

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American Cornstarch Pudding

½ c. sugar
3 T. cornstarch
¼ t. salt
2 c. milk
1½ t. vanilla

Mix it all in the saucepan except for the milk and vanilla. Put on the fire and slowly add the milk while stirring constantly until thick enough. Add vanilla. Serves four people. (In later years, Jackie Kennedy served this at a state dinner, but then it was called “Blanc Mange.” Would the guests have eaten it otherwise?)

1936: The Boulder Dam (later called the Hoover Dam) was completed.

Table of Contents

Breakfasts

Beverages

Soups

Meats

Poultry & Fish

Vegetables

Salads & Salad Dressings

Breads & Biscuits

Pies, Cakes & Pastries

Cookies, Desserts & Puddings

Miscellaneous Recipes

Household Hints & Measures