15 Depression-Era Foods That Are Weirdly Making A Comeback

It should be homemade, not mass produced, Boston bakers heard this slander against their livelihood and decided to fight back by

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cracker shaped cookies called graham crackers, it was fine, it had a buttery, crumbly graham cracker crust, the Boston bakers formed the nationally known cookie company. Today as Nabisco, to prevent a decline in sales during the Great Depression, Nabisco created newspaper ads disguised as editorials claiming that science proved the health of the cookies they called Cracker Cookery. The ads showed that the cookies could be used as a simple and cheap pie crust. Without flour, sugar, or rolling pin, Depression-era bakers across the country updated recipes for pies like key lime pie and cheesecake made with graham cracker crusts, and a delicious innovation was born.

Well, I've forgotten what it tastes like, okay, dandelion salad, a dandelion. I thought the frost killed all but one. Nowadays, fine restaurants sell dandelion salads at a high price. However, it is much easier and cheaper to prepare this salad at home than you might think. Dandelions have been threatening gardens for decades and it turns out there is something useful you can do with this plant. The

depression

forced people to get creative and so they turned to their gardens and lawns to see if there was anything they could harvest to eat they make a wish, no, they are to wish over the years, many people have explored dandelion salads and have some tips for anyone who wants to try them at home avoid areas that may be treated with pesticides clean the areas well plants and discard the brown leaves and flowers dandelion leaves can be served fresh but you can also sauté and wilt the vegetables in bacon grease, serve the vegetables with bacon and a hard-boiled egg and you will have a hearty and inexpensive breakfast.

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