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- By James Walton -
“You don’t need a silver fork to eat good food.”
– Paul Prudhomme
Whether pushing west into the dangerous and unknown territories or roughing
it through times of economic depression, Americans have often used very minimal
ingredients to make meals.
In these times of extreme need, Americans brought knowledge from their home country
or used whatever ingredients were cheap and plentiful to create meals to sustain them.
From these desperate times, some classic recipes emerged.
Bacon Fried Apples
❖ 5 slices of bacon
❖ 6 Granny Smith apples
❖ Fresh butter
Fry your bacon in a Dutch oven. Set it aside. Peel and slice your apples into similar sizes.
Put the apples in the Dutch oven, and fry in the bacon grease until softened. Remove
them and cover with crumbled bacon. Top with some fresh butter.
Bean Sausage
❖ 1 cup soaked lentils, dried peas, lima beans, or beans
❖ 1 egg
❖ 1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs
❖ 1/2 tsp salt
❖ 1 tsp sage
❖ 1/4 cup fat
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