25 Forgotten Poor Man Meals From the 1960s No One Cooks Anymore

25 forgotten poor man meals from the 1960s. These cheap, old-fashioned Depression-era recipes and frugal meals fed hardworking families for pennies, and most folks under forty have never even heard of them. There was a supper your mother could put on the table for almost nothing and still feed the whole family well. This is a warm look back at twenty-five of those forgotten poor man's meals from the 1960s, the resourceful, deeply loved food a whole generation grew up on. From fried bologna and a pot of pinto beans and cornbread, to potato soup, salmon patties, red beans and rice on washday, milk toast, and the cornbread-and-milk supper so many of us still remember, these were the meals that carried families through the lean weeks with a little dignity to spare. If you grew up in the 1950s or 1960s, especially in the rural and Southern kitchens where these were born, this one is for you. We open the time capsule on the America we grew up in every week. Come sit with us:    / @boomertimecapsule   Tell us the year you were born and which of these was on your family's table. We read every comment. Chapters: 0:00 A poor man's kitchen 1:37 Fried bologna 2:30 Beans and cornbread 3:31 Fried egg sandwich 4:20 Tomato sandwich 5:26 Potato soup 6:24 Chipped beef on toast 7:24 Goulash 8:19 Fried potatoes and onions 9:16 Salmon patties 10:13 Red beans and rice 11:09 Milk toast 11:59 Sugar bread 13:21 Vienna sausages and potted meat 14:20 Navy bean soup 15:55 Fried Spam 16:51 Fried cornmeal mush 17:53 Tomato soup and grilled cheese 18:54 Tomato gravy and biscuits 19:52 Liver and onions 20:53 Fried cabbage and potatoes 21:53 Macaroni and hot dog 22:50 Pancakes for supper 23:54 Everything soup 24:55 Chocolate gravy and biscuits 26:00 Cornbread and milk