great depression,food,survival,poor,clara,cooking Great Depression Cooking - Ep. 3 - "The Poorman's Meal"

Great Depression Cooking - Ep. 3 - "The Poorman's Meal"

posted by mkknyr 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1624 views

tags: great depression, food, survival, poor, clara, cooking

From the series, "Great Depression Cooking", where the filmmaker's 93-year-old great grandmother teaches us how to survive in desperate straits.

Featured quote: "I had to quit high school because I couldn't afford socks."

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Upvoting because we might just need knowledge like this... Not that I think it'll be that bad.

written by 14163

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Finally youtube pays off!

written by FNORDcinco | 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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93, and sharper than a lot of people my age.

My grandparents, who also survived the Depression, ate boiled newspaper at one point.

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*promote because that actually looks pretty good.

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, January 16th, 2009 3:37am PST - promote requested by dag.

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This knowledge passed down the old school way. It's an interaction we just don't really have anymore, the elders passing along their wisdom to the young.

I wish we had more of this type of knowledge transfer. Parents are too busy making a living and raising their kids that often I think they just pass along compacted primary knowledge. A grandparent/elder with more time can fill in the details, and often its the details that can make all the difference.

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I wanna adopt her as my grandmother

written by alizarin | 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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I love this woman. Gives me a sense of hope, and puts things into perspective.

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I have an 80 yr old Gramma at LEAST this awesome (okay she's way more awesome but I'm obviously biased). She knit a sweater jacket for my university grad in 2007. And it's not ugly!

written by rosekat | 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH

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actually doesnt sound half bad.. especially if your a single student!

written by 14217

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*promote... On a side note, did ant downvote this?

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@2:17 she says (for the second time, but this time w/ a 'twist')
..."you know, I had to quit high school...because I didn't have sockets...to wear..."
"That's a fact."
Then, turning on her electric rangetop: "now, gonna turn on the gas..."
I love her.

written by laura

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this has inspired me to impose my crew of 5 on my grandma...every woman needs to be needed. I think it's awesome that her grandson comes over w/ his friends for the poor man's meal.

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Yeah, we don't listen to our elders enough.

And yeah, that looks pretty tasty

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'great depression, food, survival, poor' to 'great depression, food, survival, poor, clara, cooking' - edited by therealblankman

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