My Mother-in-law was here for supper the other night and we had quite an interesting discussion on foods that were eaten during the Great Depression.
Both my Dad and my husband’s dad were alive during the later years of the Depression and it left a lasting impression on their eating habits and memories.
Some of these include:
* Eating a bowl full of crushed saltines covered with milk as a snack.
* Enjoying radish sandwiches every spring.
* Melting lard over popcorn instead of butter.
* Eating rice with milk and cinnamon and sugar.
* Enjoying a dish of cooked macaroni noodles, crushed saltines and melted butter.
* Taking a lard sandwich to school for lunch.
It seems that their parents learned to be content with what they had and just made it work. The kids didn’t seem to even know the difference! They learned to like what they were served and did just fine.
They gave new meaning to the word Thrift, not because they wanted too, but because they had no choice.
