A Broken Life

Great Depression Cooking Ep:4 – Peppers and Eggs (part 1)

93 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression.

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Duration : 0:5:42


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25 Responses

  1. myciel32 Says:

    I LOVVEEEEE U!
    I LOVVEEEEE U!

  2. openheart234 Says:

    moore salt, …
    moore salt, mooooooooore salt! :D

  3. katiewntrs Says:

    she sure does love …
    she sure does love her salt!

  4. joealanouf Says:

    i love cooking this …
    i love cooking this. i add mushrooms and garlic powder to it too. so tasty on tost

  5. MrPinksBane Says:

    I love Miss Clara – …
    I love Miss Clara – she uses salt the way I do :)

  6. freya1924 Says:

    Oh Clara!
    You Are …

    Oh Clara!
    You Are my mom. XD
    So far in your episodes you’ve done things we did as a kid (Mom always had a small budget) and I still do some of them – make that dollar squeal! Now days we really need to remember, or learn in some cases, how to get by with less.
    Thank you ever so much for sharing both your cooking and your memories with us.

  7. joeeverett87 Says:

    i love this woman.. …
    i love this woman…it makes me yearn for my dead grandmother, god bless all grandmothers like this

  8. wysteriaqueenfaerie Says:

    everything is …
    everything is scarce during the great depression. this is a woman talking of her experiences back then….they made do with whatever they had. *roll eyes* simple yet effective.

  9. jmkeller Says:

    She said her family …
    She said her family didn’t have a cutting board. I think she knows what she’s talking about.

  10. CodeKitten Says:

    you didn’t have the …
    you didn’t have the “convinience” of a cutting-board. Uhm… it’s a piece of food… Didn’t you have wood during the great depression? :S ?

  11. LadyofTheSummer Says:

    Now that’s …
    Now that’s resourceful! People throw away the seeds from the peppers, yet we could just plant them and get organic bellpeppers.great and simple recipe

  12. BigJandthe40oz Says:

    I love watching …
    I love watching your vids at work, helps the days go by faster….just dont tell me boss

  13. randomweirdo25 Says:

    looks so yummy.
    looks so yummy.

  14. TheMasterChapstick Says:

    lol your at work??? …
    lol your at work??? shouldn’t you be working??? but it’s ok, its clara, watching clara is more important than work

  15. BigJandthe40oz Says:

    Only of a dish …
    Only of a dish! I am cooking this tonight when I get off work!

  16. JAZZO10458 Says:

    she good
    she good

  17. TVLazarus Says:

    I’d rather die at …
    I’d rather die at 40 than live 90 years without salt. Clara appears to have gotten the best of both worlds.

  18. GlutenFreeExperiment Says:

    I made your lovely …
    I made your lovely recipe and added 2T of rice flour and cornstarch and bit of soy milk, this added up to 3 vegan eggs. It turned out delicious, we could taste the sweetness of the capsicums and the vegan scrambled tasted like 5 eggs were in it instead of two. Thank you Clara! you’re a champion.

  19. holyshititsjennie27 Says:

    I made this tonight …
    I made this tonight and it was AMAZING and super filling! I only had 1 pepper and 2 eggs left in the fridge. That fed me and my husband and where still huffing cause where so full! But I added a lot less oil & salt <3 I love you Clara.

  20. Itsottoisaid Says:

    She seasons with …
    She seasons with salt just like a chef does. They use considerably more than we do in our home. That’s why restaurant food tastes so good!

  21. joshryker Says:

    Why? Because she …
    Why? Because she uses a teaspoon of salt instead of a dash? The oil isn’t so much, just enough to cook her food in most of these recipes. Olive oil is considerably healthier and lower in fat than most others.

    I suppose her personal taste towards heavier salting is simply a result of her old age – one of the many faculties which leaves us with time is sensitivity to taste. The elderly often prefer food that is mildly spiced but heavily seasoned, i.e. no chilis but lots of salt and pepper.

  22. Raguel22 Says:

    Good idea about the …
    Good idea about the seeds… I’ll have to try some to see if they catch root thank you for the wonderful idea.

  23. gmary0525 Says:

    She sure uses a lot …
    She sure uses a lot of salt!
    But what a great lady. I hope I’m half as cheerful and able as she is, when I’m 90+.

  24. mugwomp3000 Says:

    Considering she’s …
    Considering she’s almost 100 years old I wouldn’t be that scared… I’d be more scared of the stuff you breathe.

  25. CelticLady44 Says:

    My husband grows a …
    My husband grows a big garden every summer. Those peppers he grows for me are gonna be sooooo good in this!

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