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Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's and Low-Fat Pantry Cooking, Volume II (2 Cookbooks in 1)

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For anyone interested in what it was like to be a housewife in the great depression this book gives good insight. Also, with food prices rising almost on a daily basis, it gives ways we can all use to stretch our food dollar.

The stories are a bit uneven, but that's because they are all written by different people. It's hard to put this recipe book down while reading the stories!

Recommended for people with old-fashioned values.

this book (and the others in the series that i've bought so far) was fascinating. aside from the recipes, some of which are coming in handy in this time of recession (i'm not ready to try others yet... wisconsin gravy.. yuk!), the stories gave me so much insight into the odd behaviors of my parents and grandmothers that i never understood, like the bowl of boiled potatoes in the refrigerator, or my grandmother asking what i wanted a nickel for because "a nickel is a lot of money" (i thought she was nuts), or my mother's obsessive giftwrap and ribbon hoarding. i wish they were still alive so i could ask them the questions i have now. what strong, courageous people the depression/ ww2 generations were!