Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 ... vinegar cobbler? I remember eating it at my grandparents house as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I have not heard of this. Dessert at my house was usually once a week. It was usually Jell-O except in summer when my Dad was doing well in his business. Then it was cake or ice cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Lots of Jello for desserts. Cool Whip was a luxury on rare occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 No, Okie, I didn't eat that. I remember homemade ice cream for poor folk dessert. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We were so poor that our parents couldn't afford kids so the neighbors had us. After I left home it took me fifteen years before I could eat Jell-O again. I still don't like it, but if it's put on the table I'll eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We were so poor that, for dessert, Mom just showed me a picture of a pie from a magazine, that someone gave her. My sack lunch, that I took to school, was a bag of hickory nuts, and a hammer. We were so poor, that I had no clothes, until I was five or six, so I couldn't play outside until dark. Then, one time, my uncle gave me a cap, and I was at least able look out the window, during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: We were so poor that our parents couldn't afford kids so the neighbors had us. After I left home it took me fifteen years before I could eat Jell-O again. I still don't like it, but if it's put on the table I'll eat it. 40, these are my real parents. Dad's holding me (1947) at our place in Shawnee, Oklahoma. We had electricity and an outhouse. I haven't eaten Jell-O in Lord only knows when. Been decades. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 My mother liked to experiment on us kids. Her worst was rhubarb pie. The dog wouldn't even eat that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We were so poor that I got a pair of jeans for Christmas with a hole cut in the pocket. That way, I had something new to wear and something to play with. Actually, our desserts were about once or twice a week. And it was either fried apple pies, homemade ice cream or rice pudding. Not all of them, just one or the other. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 My maternal grandfather's first house in the New World. By the time I came along 48 years later, things were a lot better. Frame house, shingle roof, running water, indoor plumbing, electricity, fresh beef/chicken/pork every day, fresh eggs, fresh milk/cream/butter, fresh bread, fresh vegetables, wild huckleberry/strawberry/raspberry/chokecherry jams & pies. Realistically, my folks had to save up to buy a new pair of shoes, but for daily sustenance, we had everything we needed. Never heard of vinegar cobbler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: We were so poor that our parents couldn't afford kids so the neighbors had us. After I left home it took me fifteen years before I could eat Jell-O again. I still don't like it, but if it's put on the table I'll eat it. Even if it's green with shredded carrots in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We were so poor that my Dad would give us kids a quarter if we didn't eat supper, then he stole it during the night and gave us kids a heck the next day for losing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Mom was not a good cook. Not having dessert was a relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I have had vinegar pie, and like it. Never even thought about vinegar cobbler, but it makes sense. Grew up not wealthy, not weeping. For desserts it was usually Mom's White Cake made from scratch. Margarine, not butter. Vanilla buttercream frosting (powdered sugar, margarine, imitation vanilla, canned milk). A 9 x 13 cake likely cost a buck and a quarter to make in the mid 60s. Maybe once a month we would have ice cream, Safeway house brand vanilla or neopolitan. Cookies now and then. Double batch of Tollhouse with lots of corn flakes and half a bag of chips. Or thumbprint Cookies using homemade jam or jelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Jello with Fruit coctail in it. Vanilla pudding with bannana & vanilla waffers. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, largo casey #19191 said: Jello with Fruit cocktail We just about always had boxes of Jell-O on hand- a lot of times when we were sick we got it hot to drink. Also always on hand were canned peaches and fruit cocktail. Del Monte brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We got dessert once a week.... If we were Lucky and it was usually Jello I remember getting Jello once at a friends house and it had chunks of pineapple in it.... I'd never seen anything so weird in my Life.... But it Sure did taste Good !! We were so poor a ketchup sandwich for dinner was a Real Treat..... And Ya Know What.... We were Happy !!! Thats more than I can say for some Folks these Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I remember when I was a boy I had to walk to school, barefoot, in the snow, uphill , both ways.... hmmm....maybe you’ve heard that one before. okay... For dessert Mom placed a few grains of sugar on our thumbs and we sucked our thumbs all day! And, we where happy to....oh.... you’ve heard that one too. never mind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 One of the main reasons some of us had 'HOMEMADE' ice cream is because we didn't have a freezer to store and keep anything frozen. I was born in 51. And I can still remember the ice man bringing us our ice cube about twice a week for our 'ice box'. We could only keep things cool, but never frozen. I don't think we actually got a 'Frigidair' refrigerator till about 1956 or 57, when I was about 5 or 6 yrs old. In all honesty, we didn't know we were poor. We actually thought we were middle class with our 'party line' phone and wringer washing machine. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I remember, back in geologic time, that on a box of Ritz crackers, there was a recipe for mock apple pie, using Ritz crackers, instead of apples. I have not purchased a box of Ritz crackers, since Moby Dick was a minnow, so I do not know if that recipe is still on the box, or not. I know if Mom could have afforded a box of Ritz, she could have afforded a few apples, to make a real apple pie...so she never made that Ritz mock apple pie. But the pictures of apple pie, she showed me, were really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: didn't know we were poor. We actually thought we were middle class I think that my wife and I are middle class, or middle income. A couple of months ago I looked up what the "official" poverty level is in Sonoma County. Turns out to be about 10 grand more than we make. If this is poverty we are truly blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Vividly recall 'desert' while listening to Gabriel Heater and the news as the Korean war was beginning. Our treat was a pat of margarine (I had the job of mixing the color capsule by hand into the plastic bag of white fat) placed in the center of our cleaned dinner plate. A pool of honey was poured over it and a fork used to blend into a smooth 'honey-butter', which we sopped up with pieces of bread. It was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Grandma: “Try this, it’s from the old country.” ”You should have left it there.” -Tim Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I had a rough childhood. We were so poor, Mom would read recipes to us at supper time because we had no food. My little brother almost starved to death before they found out he was hard of hearing. Seriously, mom was an awesome cook, and we had a made from scratch cake or cobbler every weekend, and usually cookies or jello sometime during the week. Her chocolate chip blonde brownies were to die for. Her oddest dishes were buttermilk pie and pistachio cake. I learned to love buttermilk pie and still don't care for anything pistachio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Alpo said: Even if it's green with shredded carrots in it? Even Mormon Jell-O. It was at every event the church had my entire life. That, and funeral potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I have had vinegar pie, and like it. Never even thought about vinegar cobbler, but it makes sense. Grew up not wealthy, not weeping. For desserts it was usually Mom's White Cake made from scratch. Margarine, not butter. Vanilla buttercream frosting (powdered sugar, margarine, imitation vanilla, canned milk). A 9 x 13 cake likely cost a buck and a quarter to make in the mid 60s. Maybe once a month we would have ice cream, Safeway house brand vanilla or neopolitan. Cookies now and then. Double batch of Tollhouse with lots of corn flakes and half a bag of chips. Or thumbprint Cookies using homemade jam or jelly. I haven't seen Neopolitan ice cram in ages. Used to be some in everybody's fridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: I had a rough childhood. We were so poor, Mom would read recipes to us at supper time because we had no food. My little brother almost starved to death before they found out he was hard of hearing. Seriously, mom was an awesome cook, and we had a made from scratch cake or cobbler every weekend, and usually cookies or jello sometime during the week. Her chocolate chip blonde brownies were to die for. Her oddest dishes were buttermilk pie and pistachio cake. I learned to love buttermilk pie and still don't care for anything pistachio. My daughter in laws have mastered momma's Buttermilk Pie! It is a family favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Mom was born at the start of the Great Depression. She learned how to make amazing dishes and desserts with little supply. We never felt poor. Always something on the table. I remember snow ice cream... And SOS was a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Mom liked to try recipes from the Sunday newspaper. My sister & I could run, but not hide. In our house, you had to eat what was in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 hours ago, LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L said: We were so poor, Mom would read recipes to us at supper time because we had no food. My little brother almost starved to death before they found out he was hard of hearing. We were so poor that when mom took us to KFC she had us lick other people’s fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 18 hours ago, Waxahachie Kid #17017 L said: We were so poor that, for dessert, Mom just showed me a picture of a pie from a magazine, that someone gave her. We were so poor we'd eat cereal with a fork to save milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 We didn't have much but were blessed with good parents that always were there for us. But as an adult I do not eat any internal herbivore organs. My dad would jokingly say that if it did not come from a hooved animal it must be a vegetable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hashknife Cowboy said: We didn't have much but were blessed with good parents that always were there for us. But as an adult I do not eat any internal herbivore pieces and parts. My dad would jokingly say that if it did not come from a hooved animal it must be a vegetable. It was years before I learned what 'Sweet Meat' was!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Hashknife Cowboy said: But as an adult I do not eat any internal herbivore pieces and parts You lost me. You have external pieces, which are on the outside of the skin. That would be hooves, hair, eyelashes, horns. Then you have internal pieces, which are on the inside of the skin. The last time I looked, all of the meat was inside the skin. So all of the meat of a herbivore would be internal pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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