Depression Recipes

Depression Recipes

              by Collette

Grace might have eaten the following dishes at her home or at the hotel.

Swiss Steak with Dumplings

2 pounds round steak                                 2 cups cream of chicken soup
1/3 cup flour                                               1 1/3 cups water
2 tablespoons oil                                        ½ teaspoon salt and pepper

Dredge steak in flour, salt and pepper. Brown in oil. Add soup and water. Prepare dumplings.

Dumplings:
½ cup bread crumbs                                   2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons butter, divided                     salt
1 1/3 cups flour                                          2/3 cup milk

Mix dry ingredients. Add milk and butter. Drop by tablespoons into crumb and then put on steak. Bake 20-30 minutes at 425 degrees.

Macaroni Loaf

½ cup macaroni                                          1 cup milk
1 cup bread crumbs                                    1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon green pepper                         1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon parsley                                  3 eggs
½ cup grated cheese.

Cook macaroni in salted water, rinse in cold water. Cook parsley, onion and pepper in water with butter. Allow to boil nearly dry. Divide eggs from whites and beat separately. Mix all ingredients; fold in whites of eggs last. Bake in buttered pan placed in pan of hot water. Bake in a moderate oven ½ to ¾ of an hour. Serve with creamed peas.