This page was created so that you could have a "taste"
of what the food during the Dust Bowl was like.
Chestnut Stuffing
Put through grinder
2 cups chestnuts, canned or cooked
Add
½ cup milk or cream
¼ cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
Mix
¼ cup melted butter
1½ cup cracker crumbs
Combine the mixtures
Cranberry Sauce
Put in sauce pan:
1 ½ pound cranberries washed
2 cups of sugar
2 ¼ cups boiling water
Let it cook for 10 min. Watch to prevent
boiling over. Scrape off white froth, cool serves 6.
Homemade Vanilla or Dusty Ice Cream
What you will need
3 eggs
1 (14 ounces) can of condensed milk
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
If you want some toppings put 1 cup of it
2 cups of heavy cream whipped
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl beat the egg yolks and stir in the condensed
milk and vanilla. If you have toppings crush it and put it in the
whipped cream. Pour mixture into a 9 by 5 in. loaf pan lined with
foil. Cover and freeze for 6 hours or until firm. Serves 8.
Meat Stew
1 lb. meat stew
2 carrots-cut up
2 potatoes-cut up
1 cup of green peas
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 beef bouillon cube
Salt and pepper
Cook meat stew in 4 cups of water for 30 mins. Add carrots,
cook for 30 more mins. Add potatoes cook 30 more mins.
Add beef bouillon cube, tomatoes, and peas. Add 3 more cups of
water, salt and pepper simmer for 30 more mins.
Black Sunday
Chocolate ice cream
Chocolate chips
Chocolate sprinkles
Nesquick powder
If you want to put this you can chocolate whipped cream and
add as much as you want
Now you can dig in!