Depression Era Dinner I Hamburger Gravy with Mashed Potatoes I Poor Man's Salad
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Published 2024-07-30
Hamburger Gravy
1# hamburger
1 medium onion diced
3 cups of beef stock
1/4 cup flour
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Brown the hamburger about halfway in a hot pan, you want to develop brown bits. Add the onions and continue to cook. Once the meat and onion mixture is cooked at the flour and mix thoroughly until you can’t see the flour anymore. Then add the beef stock and bring to a boil. Let it boil for a couple of minutes stirring frequently to help cook the flour. Serve over mashed potatoes.
Poor Man’s Salad
1 sleeve salted crackers
2 medium tomatoes diced
1 bunch of green onions chopped fine
3 hard boiled eggs chopped
¾ cup mayonnaise
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Into a medium bowl add the broken salted crackers along with the rest of the ingredients. Serve immediately.
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All Comments (21)
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I am the 13th child by a minute and we grew up on hamburger gravy and potatoes and venison gravy and potatoes. But never heard of a poor man's salad. Thanks for sharing
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We never had this growing up. But in the 90s my sister hosted a foreign exchange student from Denmark. One day, when he was homesick, he asked to make supper. This was the dish he made! She taught me, and I've loved it since. Thanks for the reminder. I have never heard of the cracker salad. Stay safe.
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Oh I hate fire season. It scarred our daughter, probably forever. When my husband was in the military, we spent several years in southern California. We woke up one Sunday morning and you could see the flames from the upstairs window. The kids were 8 & 4. We came down the hill and there was only one direction that we could go in because the fire had jumped 12 lanes of the freeway interchange. We were evacuated for days not knowing anything. Our daughter slept in a sleeping bag for years with her treasures in the bottom just in case. Even when we transferred to another base, October would come back. One year, we were triangulated by separate fires. Whoo, memories
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This made my heart smile!! My grandmother OFTEN made this dinner when we visited. At 71, it is still one of my comfort foods,and I think of Grandma every time I make it!
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In my Scottish mother's home we called this mince and gravy, and I still make it today at 74 yrs of age. She would add flour to the leftover mashed potatoes, roll it out and create triangles then were fried in a little butter---called them "tatie scones". Thanks for reminding me of such lovely times.
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Please Stay Safe and I will be Praying for you and your Hubby 🙏🙏💕🌹
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You're right, Colleen. There's no way even one person can be fed on $10 a week in these times. Even if you watch for sales on meat, etc. you can't do it - not if you want to eat reasonably healthy. I used to have hamburger gravy when I was a kid and it's still a staple in my house.
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Well, the hamburger gravy sure took me back many many years. In fact, we still have it occasionally to this day. We really like it. Continued prayers that you will be safe from the fires. Sending you love and hugs, Colleen.
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I enjoy your recipes. I am happy when I see you on YouTube with a new video, it feels like we are sitting in your kitchen and you are talking about what you are cooking. The fire season is scary, please be safe. Thank you for taking your time to be with us. ❤❤
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Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes was one of my favorite meals growing up. I’ll have to make it one day soon! Prayers that fire is under control and no one gets hurt ❤ Thanks for sharing
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I've been making a version of this meat dish for years. I didn't realize it is a depression era recipe. it makes sense since I started making it to feed many people when times were lean. i just called it hamburger gravy. thank you for sharing. 😊 the salad looks like a meal in it's self! i pray the fires are finished and you are safe.
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the salad idea is amazing...loved this video
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I make hamburger gravy w mashed at the school. One of their favorites.❤❤ I put a bit of thyme in it. I love thyme or marjoram with beef.😊
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That amount of food could easily feed 4 people 😮
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Oh Colleen it made this for dinner tonight but with steamed beans. Gosh be safe
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Prayers that you and your neighbors can remain safe!! Amd wow on the price of that hamburger meat! Canadian prices are a lot higher than in the U.S.
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When I was raising my children I use to take a lb. Of hamburger and make four meals
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Colleen I’ve never heard of a salad like that one. Looks interesting. The meat and gravy looked delicious. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
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At one point last year, scallions/green onions were $2 a bunch. I bought myself a window box that could sit on a window sill in the house in cold weather and put outside when its warm. I filled it with soil, cut off the white bulb of the scallions and plunked them into the soil about half inch apart. Within a few days, they started sprouting. They grow very quickly and you will have a continuous supply.
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Hamburger over mashed potatoes one of my husbands favorite suppers. Tasty, easy quick meal with a vegetable. Prayers for all to be safe from the fires.
