Money-Saving Main Dishes is a 1966 booklet published by the United States Department of Agriculture. At forty-six pages it’s more than a pamphlet but not quite an honest cookbook, and contains around a hundred and fifty recipes. The booklet is printed on sturdy white paper with royal blue ink and no cover. There are no…
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Meat-Potatoburgers (adapted from Money-Saving Main Dishes, 1966)
Meat-Potatoburgers is a recipe that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Money-Saving Main Dishes (1966). Judging by name alone I was expecting Meat-Potatoburgers to resemble certain Depression-era burgers, like the Mississippi slugburger or Oklahoma Onion Burger. There are any number of regional variants, many of which are still available if you know where to look, but……
Pork Scrapple (adapted from Money-saving Main Dishes, 1966)
Pork Scrapple is a cheap and easy main dish that can be prepped ahead for a quick weeknight meal. Where I’m from out West scrapple is a dessert or candy, essentially a chocolate bark stuffed with nuts and other crunchy things. It’s occasionally used to describe an improvised trail mix or an ice cream with……