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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

The Recipes that Ruled the Radio during the Depression

Ever heard of Aunt Sammy? While she’s mostly been forgotten today, those who do remember her often do so because of the classic cookbook Aunt Sammy’s Radio Recipes. 

But Aunt Sammy’s story stretches beyond a century-old recipe book. In fact, a 1927 newspaper article once noted that “she has reached directly more people than any feature of the government service ever instituted.”
-WiscoDave

9 comments:

  1. That’s awesome !! Found it on eBay




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    1. Bought it as well... Very cool. All the old shit will be lost if we don't step up. Thanks for showing us the past. Still Make homemade maple syrup, sauerkraut, sausage, etc...Hote the kids join me some day. They eat it and say wow, when can we get some more?????

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  2. Milk Noodle Soup - My grandma lived through the depression, and would make this inexpensive meal for my lunch while she watched me when my mom was at work all day. Great childhood memory.

    https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/other-soup/grandmas-zupa-mleczna-milk-noodle-soup.html

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  3. We'll be making some of those. Thanks for the post.

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    1. Thanks to biden, we’ll be making a lot of those in the near future…

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  4. According to the article, Aunt Sammy was not one voice actor, but 150 different women across the country. Even a Japanese variant. And who could forget her ghettoized incarnation, Aunt Slappy?

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  5. It's available free here:
    https://archive.org/details/auntsammysradior1927unit/page/n1/mode/2up

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  6. It's available for download at archive.org

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    1. Thank y'all for the address, and Thank you too for the article. I enjoy reading old cookbooks.

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