25 Cheap Winter Meals Depression-Era Families Ate to Survive

What would you cook if you had to feed your family on just pennies a day during the harshest winter imaginable?

In this video, we journey back to the Great Depression era to uncover 25 ingenious winter foods that kept millions of American families alive when money was scarcer than hope itself. From potato soup stretched with water to feed unexpected guests, to cornbread baked in cast iron skillets, these resourceful recipes reveal how our ancestors transformed the humblest ingredients like beans, cabbage, and cornmeal into life-sustaining meals. You'll discover the forgotten art of making something from nothing, learning how mothers created filling dinners from potato peels, stale bread, and saved bacon grease while teaching us profound lessons about resilience, creativity, and survival.

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00:20 Potato Soup
01:11 Bean Soup
01:59 Cornbread
02:52 Macaroni and Cheese
03:39 Gravy and Biscuits
04:30 Rice and Beans
05:18 Potato Hash
06:09 Vegetable Stew
07:01 Fried Dough
07:49 Cabbage Soup
08:37 Pasta with Tomato Sauce
09:19 Chili
10:04 Scrambled Eggs with Toast
10:52 Turnip Greens
11:36 Oatmeal
12:21 Rice Pudding
13:00 Stew Meat and Dumplings
13:42 Lentil Soup
14:25 Baked Potatoes
15:06 Fried Potatoes
15:49 Cornmeal Mush
16:33 Sausage and Sauerkraut
17:22 Onion Soup
18:04 Bread and Butter Pudding
18:44 Fish Cakes


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