
Food During the Great Depression
Lectures in History
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Great Depression Meals With Clara
Shanty towns at the edge of major towns were called hoovervilles. Food was not what we would call hot quisine, it was really very, very bland. One great depression recipe that i've seen that looks really, really horrible was that you took spaghetti and you boiled the spaghetti for 20 minutes. There is also out there on the web a really wonderful sight called great depression meals with clara. A creamed chipped beef on toast. That's one that that a number of your grandfathers would have eaten.
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