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Post by mothergoose on Sept 4, 2017 10:59:31 GMT -5
The glaring omission I see is no fresh fruits or vegetables. That must be a city living cookbook, for sure.
People who had land for a garden were so lucky.
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Post by carol on Sept 4, 2017 14:25:15 GMT -5
You can buy chipped beef the grocery store.It's usually where you find pre packaged cold cuts/lunch meats. I always use Esskay brand chipped beef. Creamed Chipped Beef is easy to make. Directions Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Blend in flour, salt and pepper. Stir in milk. cook over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat. Tear beef into shreds and add to cream sauce. Heat through. Serve over toast. You can also get creamed chipped beef already made in the frozen food section. 
Oh, Wow -- Thanks, Carol !
Never occurred to me that it would still be available today -- and, thanks for telling me how to "create" it !!
Jeri
You're welcome. I still make it occasionally. I don't put in salt because the beef is rather salty. You may also be able to get chipped beef from your supermarket deli counter. Sometimes I get mine from the local Amish Market deli counter. |
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Post by glenn on Sept 13, 2017 5:03:13 GMT -5
And just think....people were much thinner back then! Wonder what we are doing wrong. Besides eating healthier diets than we do now and not having McDonalds, Taco Bell sodas and the abundance of junk food we have now people worked it off back then.Today a good many of us sit behind a desk all day but back in the day women washed clothes by hand over a washboard unlike today where we throw it in the machine and let it take over. Women got down and scrubbed floors rather than just run a mop over it like many of us do now. Women were on the move all day doing something around the house. Men worked in the fields most of the day and chopped wood to keep the fireplace and stove running or like John Walton did a physical job. Also it was nothing for people to walk to wherever they had to go especially during the depression and the war when gas was a luxury. Kids walked a mile or more to school every morning and back home again in the afternoon. We're lazy now. We'll take the car two blocks to the store. I agree! People back then did an awful lot of physical labor, which meant they had to consume a certain amount of calories. It would have been hard to put in a good day's work by being a vegan like a lot of people today are. |
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