I must have inherited my copy of Patricia Wagner’s Depression Era Recipes from my grandmother. She was in grade school during the Great Depression and had a small collection of what I can only describe as “hard times” books with titles like We Had Everything But Money. They were probably mail-ordered from a catalog or…
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Peanut Soup (adapted from Depression Era Recipes)
One of the more bizarre entries in Depression Era Recipes is “Peanut Soup”. It’s probably the one that comes closest to the hardscrabble improvisation that the title suggests, and it’s a stretch to even call it a recipe: it’s just peanut butter mixed with boiling water, salt and pepper to taste, and a little……