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re: Food and activities us OT Poors had growing up
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:21 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:21 pm to CAD703X
Every day after school we'd hurry home (grandmother lived with us) and she'd leave light bread on the stove top over the pilot light all day so it would be crunchy for us to make mayo or catsup sandwiches with. Or, we'd eat leftover cornbread dipped in catsup.
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Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:21 pm to CAD703X
- half of our suburban backyard was a garden...folks were from Bama and La., grew everything. Never developed a taste for rootabegas.
- hated it those 2-3 summers my folks leased a few acres w another family out in the country...that's where we spent our Saturdays pulling weeds...then picking everything when it was grown...butterbeans are a PITA.
- kids groaned when parents would show up on a Friday w a bushel of purple-hulled beans. kids had to shell them by Sunday so the folks could can them.
- Picking blackberries...we lived near the intersection of I26 and Ashley Phosphate road in Charleston SC...back in the 70's in one of those strips of land in the cloverleaf of the Interstate had massive blackberries...so every May / June our poor asses were out there picking berries while all of humanity zoomed by and pointed at us. Mom's cobblers were pretty awesome tho. And we only ever had blackberry jelly.
- never ate at restaurants / fast food. fried chicken once a week and a pot roast on sunday. once in a while they'd cook chitlins (nasty) and fried green tomatoes served w pancakes (yum). Nobody went hungry.
- If any of the kids drank the last of the pitcher of Kool Aid (never had "pop"), they had to make the next one. One cup of sugar.
- Only vacation we ever took was every summer when we tent camped for a month up at Lake Moultrie in the enlisted peeps camping area. Every day us kids could roam free while our folks worked. Good times.
- we weren't "poor" I don't suppose, four bedroom brick house w a 2 car garage and a boat. But my folks were clearly products of the Depression.
- hated it those 2-3 summers my folks leased a few acres w another family out in the country...that's where we spent our Saturdays pulling weeds...then picking everything when it was grown...butterbeans are a PITA.
- kids groaned when parents would show up on a Friday w a bushel of purple-hulled beans. kids had to shell them by Sunday so the folks could can them.
- Picking blackberries...we lived near the intersection of I26 and Ashley Phosphate road in Charleston SC...back in the 70's in one of those strips of land in the cloverleaf of the Interstate had massive blackberries...so every May / June our poor asses were out there picking berries while all of humanity zoomed by and pointed at us. Mom's cobblers were pretty awesome tho. And we only ever had blackberry jelly.
- never ate at restaurants / fast food. fried chicken once a week and a pot roast on sunday. once in a while they'd cook chitlins (nasty) and fried green tomatoes served w pancakes (yum). Nobody went hungry.
- If any of the kids drank the last of the pitcher of Kool Aid (never had "pop"), they had to make the next one. One cup of sugar.
- Only vacation we ever took was every summer when we tent camped for a month up at Lake Moultrie in the enlisted peeps camping area. Every day us kids could roam free while our folks worked. Good times.
- we weren't "poor" I don't suppose, four bedroom brick house w a 2 car garage and a boat. But my folks were clearly products of the Depression.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:26 pm to RT1941
My mother made the salad with a pineapple instead of a pear. That was an old Better Homes and Gardens recipe from sometime in the 60’s that everyone started making. Ham steak was another.
We grew up on toasted cheese and still do them. Only way is with American cheese until half of it is black. Salt and pepper. A good couple slices of tomato on them is good too.
My father was in WWII so I grew up eating chipped beef on toast or shite on a shingle and I still make it. It’s made with Hormel Dried Beef that you soak in water first to get the salt out instead of ground beef and served over toast.
Chicken gizzards cooked down in a gravy over rice. And my mother cooked short ribs all my life down in a gravy because they were so cheap. They make the best gravy. Now they are very proud of them.
Brisket too. She cooked it in the oven when no one around here knew what it was because it was good and very cheap and she had a fleet of kids to feed.
We grew up on toasted cheese and still do them. Only way is with American cheese until half of it is black. Salt and pepper. A good couple slices of tomato on them is good too.
My father was in WWII so I grew up eating chipped beef on toast or shite on a shingle and I still make it. It’s made with Hormel Dried Beef that you soak in water first to get the salt out instead of ground beef and served over toast.
Chicken gizzards cooked down in a gravy over rice. And my mother cooked short ribs all my life down in a gravy because they were so cheap. They make the best gravy. Now they are very proud of them.
Brisket too. She cooked it in the oven when no one around here knew what it was because it was good and very cheap and she had a fleet of kids to feed.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:41 pm to dgnx6
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we used to recycle cans for money.
There was a golf course near my house and we would use a metal milk crate tied to a rope to throw in the lake and drag balls out. We would sell the balls to the golf shop.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:42 pm to dgnx6
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prob either because their parents went through the depression or their grandparents, so that shite is passed down.
This is what happened in my family…my grandparents were young during the Depression and some of the stuff carried over even after they became well-off. Also, passed down because some of that shite is good! Cheese toast with browned spots? Crisp Spam? I had salmon patties for lunch today.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:49 pm to LSUJML
quote:my mother always cut them in half LOL
This is how I know you weren’t poor Ours rarely had the cherries
Posted on 8/2/23 at 4:50 pm to CAD703X
Milk Shake - mix milk, sugar, and a raw egg in a blender. That a thing with anyone else?
Posted on 8/2/23 at 5:56 pm to CAD703X
Doggie-roni. a box of 5 for $1 knock off mac n cheese and a pack of the 4 for a $1 red hot dogs mixed together. That was a staple in the summer.
Smoked turkey necks
We lived near bayou teche and my dad was in the seafood industry so a lot of our meals were fish, alligator, eel, etc. based and most of those were some type of courtbuillon. To this day I can’t eat it.
Vienna sausage sandwiches. Mom would make the 6 sausages in the can stretch for two sandwiches.
Like you, our first vacation was to a hotel but we went to the metropolis of Baton Rouge. Unfortunately for us, the motha lovin pool was closed for maintenance the entire time. Mom said screw it and let us go swim the last day. When the front desk guy came and told her it could be harmful she said “they swim in the bayou normally. This water won’t do anything but help them”.
It was normal to fix a bowl of cereal, then wait a minute or two to let the weevils float up so we could pick them out.
Mom was a teacher and only got paid once a month. We knew it was close to pay day when the powdered milk got broken out.
When other kids had Nike, Reebok, girbeaud, etc. we had Kmart specials and would fight to the death if anyone made fun of us because we knew how hard my mom tried. Well, except when my grandmother (God bless her for trying) made me a Coke shirt by stitching Coke into a rugby shirt. Wasn’t even close to the same script. Never wore it out the house.
Mom would make us snap beans, shuck corn, etc. for a friend of hers with a farm in exchange for some of the vegetables.
Smoked turkey necks
We lived near bayou teche and my dad was in the seafood industry so a lot of our meals were fish, alligator, eel, etc. based and most of those were some type of courtbuillon. To this day I can’t eat it.
Vienna sausage sandwiches. Mom would make the 6 sausages in the can stretch for two sandwiches.
Like you, our first vacation was to a hotel but we went to the metropolis of Baton Rouge. Unfortunately for us, the motha lovin pool was closed for maintenance the entire time. Mom said screw it and let us go swim the last day. When the front desk guy came and told her it could be harmful she said “they swim in the bayou normally. This water won’t do anything but help them”.
It was normal to fix a bowl of cereal, then wait a minute or two to let the weevils float up so we could pick them out.
Mom was a teacher and only got paid once a month. We knew it was close to pay day when the powdered milk got broken out.
When other kids had Nike, Reebok, girbeaud, etc. we had Kmart specials and would fight to the death if anyone made fun of us because we knew how hard my mom tried. Well, except when my grandmother (God bless her for trying) made me a Coke shirt by stitching Coke into a rugby shirt. Wasn’t even close to the same script. Never wore it out the house.
Mom would make us snap beans, shuck corn, etc. for a friend of hers with a farm in exchange for some of the vegetables.
Posted on 8/2/23 at 6:51 pm to Jenious
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I lived right across the street from a small grocery store. Sunkist was my drink back then. I walked across the street, bought one and as I hit my driveway, I realized I won a free drink. Walked back over and exchanged for a free one, gave it to my brother and that one was a winner too. Walked back and got another. That one was also a winner. The owner told me I wasn't allowed to win anymore after that. He was probably joking but I took it seriously as a 10 year old.
I remember doing the same thing. It was usually Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper for us. We'd ride our bikes the quarter mile or so to the neighborhood store and buy one. We usually didn't trade the winners in right away. We'd save up two or three for the weekend. Mom wouldn't buy many cokes for the house. It seems like once a month she'd buy a 12 pack or two. That had to last because she wasn't going to buy more. It wasn't a money thing, it was, "You're not getting them all the time" deal.
I'd go to friend's houses and see fridges stocked with them and more cases in the garage or wherever. We just didn't do that, and had to buy our own if we wanted extras.
This post was edited on 8/2/23 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 8/2/23 at 7:07 pm to LegendInMyMind
Canned spaghetti with sauce put in the oven with ground meat and bread crumbs on top.
Pancakes with sliced spam cooked in them.
Good times!!!
Pancakes with sliced spam cooked in them.
Good times!!!
Posted on 8/2/23 at 7:12 pm to CAD703X
cold rice, milk & sugar
Sunday night after Church
Sunday night after Church
Posted on 8/2/23 at 7:16 pm to TigerKurt
Cheese toast and cinnamon toast were had often. Tuna casserole also a good bit. A whole lot of bologna sandwiches.
I remember going to the “bread store”. The discount bread store. I thought that place was the coolest.
My parents were split, but both awesome. We never went without. My dad coined “free fun”. We’d go to parks or fly our cheap kites he kept together. Grab a loaf a bread and make pbj. Stay there all day. They had a water fountain if you got thirsty.
I remember going to the “bread store”. The discount bread store. I thought that place was the coolest.
My parents were split, but both awesome. We never went without. My dad coined “free fun”. We’d go to parks or fly our cheap kites he kept together. Grab a loaf a bread and make pbj. Stay there all day. They had a water fountain if you got thirsty.
Posted on 8/3/23 at 4:35 pm to h0bnail
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Doughnuts made from canned biscuits
Oh yeah, we ate a lot of that as a kid, along with "Lost Bread" AKA French Toast made with leftover French bread with a batter of egg, cream, cinnamon and sprinkled with sugar after it was cooked in the frying pan with butter.
One of my favorite donut places was a little mom & pop operation out of a garage behind a house on Verbena St. not far off Franklin Ave. You had to go down the driveway to the garage and they had a full-blows donut making operation in that place and they were ggggoooooodddd.
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