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  1. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    Quote: I don't think you have been to the dollar store lately, that dollar box of crackers has gone up to $1.37, and only has 3 stacks of crackers in it. I used to buy them often since DH and my pitt like the jalapano(sp) cheese dip. I still buy them but not as often. marrie sundance, try...
  2. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    That is something my kids would eat!
  3. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    Quote: In my opinion you are on the right track with the paprika chicken with possibly spaetzle/dumplings added it is very similar ingredients to a dish I had in Germany. Spaetzle is a noodle consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured...
  4. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    Quote: Sorry, but it brought back such good memories! I loved living there. I loved the mild weather.
  5. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    http://www.pizza-myway.com/ We found it by chance when looking for a highly recommended bbq restaurant out in Pacific Grove. Yes, it was expensive and an occasional treat but sooooooooooo worth it! Bubba's was when family was visiting, they loved the novelty. I worked in a store on cannery row...
  6. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    For those of you who lived in Monterey did you ever eat at Pizza my way (best I have ever had and I have lived in a LOT of places!) or Bubba Gumps (bucket of boat trash) or our favorite of one of the seafood vendors (I think legal seafood) that sold the clam chowder in the sourdough bowls??? Oh...
  7. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    Tonight we had bean soup with cuban bread. The recipe is out of a book called the tightwad gazette. The bread is super easy and is done in an hour and fifteen minutes from start to finish. It is my husbands favorite bread I make. Cheap and EASY! It is not a super high rising (about 3 inches...
  8. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    I will try to stick to food then We eat a lot of chicken because it is so versatile. We roast the chicken for day one, then have chicken nachos or chicken and dumplings for day two. Save the broth from boiling off the bone to either freeze or make soup. I also cut up cubes of cooked chicken in...
  9. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    Do the recipes have to be food?? This link to another thread has several great recipes for cleaning and household products that are cheap and use ingredients we usually always have on hand. I make almost all my own cleaners for pennies. I think the most important thing to remember in hard times...
  10. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    My Grocery bill has gone up from $200.00 to almost 300.00 for the same things, I am amazed at the hike in prices. I have been even more frugal and diligent about shopping the sales and keeping track of pricing at each store and looking up their ads on line for the loss leaders for the week so I...
  11. Frogdogtimestwo

    Depression Era recipes..(and others like it)

    In the OP defense I just went to the grocery store and happen to look at the crackers which were on sale for 1.75 however the apples were (I could not believe it I left with none) 1.69 a pound for Granny smiths. So I would guess that if you were able to get generic crackers at the dollar store...
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