12 Depression-Era Polish Meals That Feed a Family for Pennies

12 Cheap Meals Polish Grandmothers Made When Meat Was Rationed If you love frugal living, budget meals, and old fashioned recipes that feed the whole family for just a few dollars, this video is for you. Babcia Zofia grew up in Krakow in the 1980s, when meat in Poland was rationed with kartki, ration cards. Her mother learned to stretch every egg, every potato and every scrap of kielbasa, and scarcity made the cooking better. These are real grandma recipes and depression era style cheap meals that still work today, when you want to save money on groceries and eat well on a fixed income. The 12 meals in this video: 1. Kasza gryczana with mushroom sauce, buckwheat supper for four for about $4 2. Kotlety jajeczne, egg cutlets that taste like a meat cutlet, about $4 3. Kaszanka fried with onions, crispy and filling, about $5 to $6 4. Eggs in warm horseradish sauce with hot potatoes, about $5 5. Leczo, pepper and tomato stew with a little kielbasa, feeds six for $8 6. Buckwheat patties from yesterday's leftovers, about $2 7. Kotlety mielone, the stale bread trick that stretches half a pound of meat to feed six 8. Pulpety, meatballs in dill sauce that make potatoes taste meaty 9. Fasolka po bretonsku, Polish baked beans with kielbasa, feeds six for $7 10. Pierogi with buckwheat and farmer's cheese, three dozen for about $5 11. Zapiekanka, Poland's ration era street food pizza 12. Kotlet schabowy, how one pork chop fed a family of six Perfect for Americans over 60, anyone cooking on a fixed income, home cooks who love Polish food, and families looking for cheap dinner ideas, meals on a budget, and frugal meals that taste like home. Which one would you make first? Comment your number 1 to 12 below. #frugalliving #budgetmeals #polishfood