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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:12:30 PM EDT
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hot dogs, not the good kind, mixed with potatoes or rice or some pasta
grilled cheese Hamburger helper with chicken or turkey scraps instead of hamburger |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:12:54 PM EDT
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Hamburger in gravy on rice. Still make it!
Miracle Whip sammaches! |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:13:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Powdered mike. Powdered eggs I don’t want to know either of them, even unpowdered. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:13:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Salmon pie. It was just mashed potatoes with a can of salmon tossed in and baked in a pie. Salmon was cheap back then. I make salmon patties pretty regularly. Can, egg, crackers... or crushed pork rinds for keto, it's really good. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:13:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Poor kids are just as good as white kids.  Is that you, Brandon? |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:13:54 PM EDT
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When generic macaroni and cheese came in a plastic bag with a twist tie, it cost $.17. If me and my brothers and sisters could find two pop bottles, we got to eat that night. If we could find four pop bottles we got to eat enough to not be hungry anymore. Of course we had to make it with just water because we didn’t have any butter or milk. But I suppose it was better than starving. The local bakery in town threw away their unsold donuts every afternoon, so we fished those out of the garbage to eat as well. Free lunch was the best part of school, so snow days sucked for us. That meant we didn’t get to eat.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:15:00 PM EDT
[#7]
Spagettios.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:17:49 PM EDT
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We weren't too poor, but we ate some poor food.
I remember making mayonnaise sandwiches. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:20:27 PM EDT
[#9]
lots of hamburger helper and pork chops.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:20:28 PM EDT
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I had to shit in an outhouse. What do you think?
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:20:43 PM EDT
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Kraft macaroni and cheese with hamburger meat and canned tomatoes mixed in. We survived it.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:21:00 PM EDT
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Quote History |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:21:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hamburger in gravy on rice. Still make it! |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:23:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI love chipped beef on toast. 
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:25:58 PM EDT
[#15]
Creamed tuna on toast.
Tuna, milk, flower, butter, toast. or Spaghettios |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:27:41 PM EDT
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We ate fried egg sandwiches and hamburger helper *a lot* growing up. If we were lucky it was beef hamburger. To this day Dad still won't touch the stuff. Unlucky? Don't ask questions you won't like the answers to.
"You know you grew up a po' cajun if you ever saw your grandmother whack the side of a pot with a wooden spoon and growl "You git back in dere" - Ralph Begnaud We used to like a tropical storm passing through because it would drive the gators and snapping turtles out of the swamp. Those bastards are far easier to catch in your backyard and poor or not..turtle/gator sauce piquante is damn fine eating. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:30:03 PM EDT
[#17]
PBnJ on A&P white bread. In my 50s now, I hate peanut butter today.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:31:33 PM EDT
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Instant mashed potatoes with no milk or butter.
Kraft mac and cheese, again no milk or butter. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:32:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: White bread, yellow mustard, and chopped onions. Like a hamburger without the meat. F that! My red beans and rice was a delicacy. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:33:51 PM EDT
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Brown beans and fried salt pork with cornbread
Fried Spam and macaroni and cheese Those cheap bright red wieners and sauerkraut Fried potatoes early and often with any of the above Now my grandparents were the real poors. I've actually eaten Raccoon at their house. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:36:51 PM EDT
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Potato Bread, Carl Budding lunch meat, a lot of Aldi food (when Aldi was bad), butter noodles, beans and corn bread, off brand cereal, microwaved off brand hot dogs. Lots of soups and pasta too.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:37:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Spagettios. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:38:02 PM EDT
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Growing up poor on a farm we still ate well. Dad just slaughtered a few steers a year
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:38:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:39:47 PM EDT
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“I don’t know why they call it hamburger helper, I thinks it tastes fine all by itself”
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:40:36 PM EDT
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Peanut butter and sugar sammich. Spread pb on one slice (not 2, we ain't made of money), sprinkle on some sugar, fold up slice and seal up like a calzone. I still enjoy them and will have one occasionally.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:41:28 PM EDT
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My mom used to make Hungarian goulash. You could use the cheapest cuts of beef you can find, because you cooked it for hours. Egg noodles were cheap, and still are. Find some family pack of beef at the store, maybe something that's getting near the end of shelf life, cube it up, add some seasoning, let it cook for hours.
My dad would look for london broil on the rare occasion we had steak. Steak sauce was w-sauce and ketchup mixed. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:41:34 PM EDT
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Ramen noodles. Lots and lots of Ramen noodles
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:43:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nothing in particular, but I do remember Pathmark's brand.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/334993/no_frills_jpg-2133119.JPG That's some Soviet cold war lookin shit. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:45:12 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Peanut butter and sugar sammich. Spread pb on one slice (not 2, we ain't made of money), sprinkle on some sugar, fold up slice and seal up like a calzone. I still enjoy them and will have one occasionally. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:45:47 PM EDT
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American cheese and ketchup sandwiches
Lil smokies sausage wrapped in Pillsbury dough and baked. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:46:06 PM EDT
[#32]
Cheap 99 cent pack of hot dogs, sautéed in a mixture of ketchup and hoison sauce and onions served with white rice.
Some marock brand canned sardines in tomato sauce served in a baguette Scrambled eggs with a dash of fish sauce served with white rice Ramen noodles with rice added to it to be more filling |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:46:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's some Soviet cold war lookin shit. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Nothing in particular, but I do remember Pathmark's brand.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/334993/no_frills_jpg-2133119.JPG That's some Soviet cold war lookin shit. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:47:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:47:45 PM EDT
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Braunschweiger and crackers, all manner of chef boyardee, and my parents would get this massive tub of nacho cheese from sams and some shitty Tostitos knock offs for snacks.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:48:30 PM EDT
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We got powdered milk. Mix with a
real gallon and you have 2 gallons. .gov cheese. Miss that stuff. Oatmeal for breakfast. Maybe toast. Black eyed peas and hamhocks 3-4 nights a week. Probably mac and cheese and chili the rest. I won $5 bucks in a coloring contest for Christmas. My parents borrowed it so we could eat for a few days. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:49:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Salmon patties or black eyed peas and cornbread. Tuna patties. Salmon cost too much. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:49:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sloppy Joe Steak-ums Steak-ums are expensive and make decent cheesesteaks. And what's wrong with sloppy joes? |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:49:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, then baked, was a childhood staple. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326493/stuffed-bell-peppers-2_jpg-2133162.JPG I still eat that and ask my mom to make it. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:52:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:52:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hey now! Those are high class treats that I still enjoy on occasion. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Peanut butter and sugar sammich. Spread pb on one slice (not 2, we ain't made of money), sprinkle on some sugar, fold up slice and seal up like a calzone. I still enjoy them and will have one occasionally. Oh absolutely. My mom had remarried and started making more money when I was in my teens, so we usually ate real well. I "rediscovered" them when I was a broke-ass Private in the Army a few years later.  Just remembered another. Ramen. Open the packet like a bag of potato chips and remove the flavor packet. Crush the noodles in the bag and sprinkle on the flavoring. Broke-ass tater chips.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:54:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, then baked, was a childhood staple. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326493/stuffed-bell-peppers-2_jpg-2133162.JPG I Wouldn't consider that "poor food" either. That baked/slow cooked in a tomato sauce for a few hours Add a side of mashed potatoes and you've got an awesome meal.
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:55:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, then baked, was a childhood staple. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326493/stuffed-bell-peppers-2_jpg-2133162.JPG That's good stuff. Use lamb and put raisins and apple in it. Yummy. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:56:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still eat that and ask my mom to make it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, then baked, was a childhood staple. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326493/stuffed-bell-peppers-2_jpg-2133162.JPG I still eat that and ask my mom to make it. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:56:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bell peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice, then baked, was a childhood staple. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326493/stuffed-bell-peppers-2_jpg-2133162.JPG That's good stuff. Use lamb and put raisins and apple in it. Yummy. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:57:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My mom used to make Hungarian goulash. You could use the cheapest cuts of beef you can find, because you cooked it for hours. Egg noodles were cheap, and still are. Find some family pack of beef at the store, maybe something that's getting near the end of shelf life, cube it up, add some seasoning, let it cook for hours. My dad would look for london broil on the rare occasion we had steak. Steak sauce was w-sauce and ketchup mixed. My moms BBQ beans was ketchup and mustard mixed together. To this day I still refuse to eat either condiment. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:57:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/hes_right_you_know-328.jpg. Also lotsa greens , black eyed peas , squirrel , and pecans . Never felt we was eating poor . Still eat all of it now My grandpa and I killed squirrels for us to eat. Gigged frog legs too out of his ponds. Plenty of money for him a that time in his life but he wanted me to experience what it was like for him as a kid growing up during the depression. I still miss and think of him every day. The things he taught me are not available in any university on this planet. |
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Posted: 10/16/2021 11:58:07 PM EDT
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Lima beans on bread.
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Posted: 10/17/2021 12:00:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stram-ums are expensive and make decent cheesesteaks. And what's wrong with sloppy joes? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Sloppy Joe Steak-ums Stram-ums are expensive and make decent cheesesteaks. And what's wrong with sloppy joes? We would usually have a pack of those in the freezer. My mom would act like we were eating high on the hog the nights she would make them. Never liked them. |
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Posted: 10/17/2021 12:00:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Potato Bread, Carl Budding lunch meat, a lot of Aldi food (when Aldi was bad), butter noodles, beans and corn bread, off brand cereal, microwaved off brand hot dogs. Lots of soups and pasta too. Oh yeah! That cheap chopped/pressed stuff. Wow. I can still remember the texture of that swill.  Pebbly, wasn’t it? Was that the gristle they pressed into the lips and buttholes they then said was turkey or ham?
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