Civil War Era/Depression Era Recipes?

[marylp]

Not sure if I am in the right forum, but was wondering if anyone knew of a good website sharing these kind of recipes. I am looking for bare bones kind of stuff. I wonder how people pulled it off feeding their families with limited ingredients. Thanks alot guys!! Mary

[crashdive123]

Here ya go.

Civil War recipes

http://www.angelfire.com/me/civilian/recipes.html

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/cookbook.htm

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpioneer.html

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/ba...9/recipes.html

http://laurarebeccaskitchen.blogspot...l-war-era.html

Great Depression recipes

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1918/great.html

http://coveredbaptists.proboards31.c...nt&thread=1426

http://frugalforlife.com/depression-era-recipes/

http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/44025.aspx

[RobertRogers]

This is a great idea. The people in those times were often hard pressed to make do with whatever the could scrounge up - much like many people today and post shtf.

[marylp]

Wow! Crash! Thank You so much!!

[crashdive123]

You're quite welcome.

[trax]

Crash is quite possibly the only person here with more links available at a moment's notice than Rick.

[Rick]

Since the economy is still so bad and we have so many new folks I thought this thread could use a bump.

[mountain mama]

thanks, Rick!

[Lorna]

Great idea Rick. Thank you so much. I can always add more sites and receipes to my collection

[Rick]

And the QC group can always use more samples.

[Ken]

Crash and I thank you for the referral!

[rat31465]

I got ahold of a cookbook titled "White Trash Cooking" from the Library a few years ago that had many simple and old fashioned recipes in it. Can't recall the authors name now, but I recall that there were many simple recipes in it.

[mountain mama]

I find that a lot of southern cooking follows the same principles of civil war and depression era cooking....use of basic ingredients.

I collect Southern Cookbooks...and my daughter is now learning to cook like a true southern lady too. Chess pie...yummmmm!

[Lorna]

I use to be known for my care packages. Guess I could start sending them again. Strictly for QC purposes.

[crashdive123]

I use to be known for my care packages. Guess I could start sending them again. Strictly for QC purposes.

...and the QC Department thanks you in advance.

[Pal334]

For those of us that need visuals, her is a lady with some "depression era " receipes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zXqk...eature=channel

if you look to the right on that screen, she has several other videos

[Rick]

She's a hoot! I've seen some interviews with her. Great lady!

[edr730]

The large sugar cookies, mixed fruit salad, fried pies from dried apples, wild grape and elderberry jelly, cobblers, homemade ice cream or shaved ice, scones, pasties, smoked everything, shortcake made similar to biscuits.

[Rick]

And that would be the answer to, "Hey, Grandpa! What's for supper?"

[edr730]

Mostly Mama's cooking. I never saw Grandpa cook anything but coffee and then only when he threw out the insides of the percolator. I've made most of those things, but not like Mama does. I still get to take the jelly home, but she ran out of Elderberry, so I told her we'd pick some next year.