cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 9:02:59 AM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> I like to make depression era recipes regularly. They are typically
>>> light, yet filling, and my favorite - cheap! I've been meaning to
>>> try water pie for some time now. Has anyone heard of it or baked
>>> it?
>>>
>>> https://www.southernplate.com/water-...e-great-depres
>>> sion/
>>>
>>> Speaking of cheap, dandelions are in full force right about now...
>>> my back yard is yellow. Some might think it a nuisance, but the
>>> leaves look like a good salad to me!
>>
>> Don't forget to make mock apple pie. I've made it and found it was
>> absolutely horrible! It's the most famous and most depressing of the
>> depression era recipes. It actually makes you want to kill yourself.
>> Everybody makes it with Ritz crackers but soda crackers might be
>> slightly less sad and definitely less salty. How dumb do you have to
>> be to mistake this for an apple pie? Really, really, dumb.
>>
>> https://copykat.com/mock-apple-pie/
>
> Reviews are actually good for it. I'll have to hunt but there is a
> real recipe from the depression that used applesauce and another that
> used stewed apple preserves.
>

Let's wait till Popeye gets out of the hospital. I'm sure he has
hundreds of navy recipes to produce this pie for 400 sailors. It
will be the finest recipe in the universe.