Before You Spend Another Dollar on Groceries, Try Grandma’s 4 Forgotten Recipes

When my grocery budget got cut in half three years ago, I sat at this table scared, until I remembered a winter from nineteen fifty-nine and the way my grandmother stood in front of her pantry instead of writing a list. This video walks through the handful of old dishes that carried her house, and mine, through the leanest stretches. They're simple, they're cheap, and one of them turned out better than anything I expected from a pot of scraps. What did your family cook when money got tight? Tell me in the comments. I'd like to hear it. June Chapters: 0:00 A Week I Don't Talk About 1:05 The Winter the Shifts Got Cut 3:00 The Cheapest Thing in the House 5:18 A Little Taste Like a Lot 7:25 Nothing Left to Call Supper 11:48 What My Own Lean Week Looked Like 13:09 So He Knows Somebody Saw Him