Quick and Easy Great Depression Meal Idea
Are you as interested in Great Depression meals as I am? I love learning new ways to save money when cooking. What better way to learn than to familiarize yourself with meals from the Great Depression? I decided to pick a meal from a recipe book I have called Clara’s Kitchen.
The recipe that I’m going to share with you today is for the potatoes and egg sandwich. During the Great Depression, a 100-pound bag of potatoes was $1 a sack. $1 was a lot of money back then, but 100 pounds is a pretty decent amount of potatoes.
Clara writes that that dollar was money well spent, as just about everything they ate had potatoes in it. None of it went to waste. If there were bad spots, they just cut those parts off. Clara writes the other thing they always had was eggs, so potatoes and egg sandwiches were a pretty regular meal in her house.
Ingredients:
- 4 potatoes peeled and cubed
- 8 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 8 slices of bread, thickly sliced and lightly toasted
First I cracked the eggs in a bowl and added some salt and pepper before beating them with a fork.
Then I peeled and cubed the potatoes. I fried up the potatoes in some vegetable oil and sprinkled on some salt and pepper.
I let the potatoes sit in the pan for about 3–5 minutes before I stirred them. I find potatoes can start to fall apart easily if I stir them right away.
When the potatoes were done cooking, I poured in the eggs.
Clara’s recipe said to crack the eggs straight into the pan and stir them, but I was nervous I’d get eggshells in the pan, so I modified things a little.
I mixed the eggs and potatoes until the eggs were cooked through. Then I put the mixture onto some bread and made my sandwiches. I used some delicious homemade sourdough bread.
The sandwiches were pretty tasty, especially for meals for hard times. Since I’m not living in the Great Depression, I decided to add a bit of ketchup.
Great Depression meal
Make sure you guys leave me a comment and let me know if you want to learn some more Great Depression recipes.
I think it’s so interesting to learn what people did to survive back then. It’s fascinating, and it also helps me appreciate everything I have even more than I normally would.
You should definitely give this recipe a try. Especially if you’re looking for a meal that is cheap and extremely easy to make.
Next, check out these 9 Easy Tips on How to Save Money on Groceries.
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