I know everyone has seen this dear sweet grandma-
But Clara makes me smile. And makes me glad I actually paid attention when both my Grandmothers told me their depression stories, and later during my starving early twenties, taught me more than a few things about living on the cheap.
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Now how have I missed Clara? Its not just the recipes but the stories - the oral tradition continues on YouTube.
Thanks for the introduction.
I just found her yesterday...she is so cute.
My own Grandmother,had she lived,would be 109 years old.
I'm officially adopting Clara as my surrogate Gandma!..
Not only did I grow up on creative Depression era concoctions like Pasta and Peas,(Lord he'p me...I love Navy beans and cornbread!),..but I actually continue to eat like this on a weekly basis..
..I never go to bed hungry.
i like clara..she's sweeter than my old grannie..who was meaner than a box of snakes..but she could stretch a meal better than most..and no matter when we ever went to her house..there was a pot of beans on the stove..thanksgiving, easter, christmas, we'd have turkey,ham, all sorts of veggies and potatoes and pies, cakes etc..but there was always beans too...pinto beans..with huge hunks of ham hock ...
Wills- That's what I love, the stories, makes me miss my Grandmas.
Sage- Don't you just want to put her in your pocket?
Sling- Nothing wrong with white beans and cornbread!
Granny- If there's a pot of beans on, you must be home, right?
Here's where balance comes in - my grandparents learned well how to live on the cheap (a very important skill), but never wuite go tto where they could spend a little money to enjoy themselves when they had it.
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