Support The Jew & The Carrot
Click the gelt to donate
The Jcarrot Cookbook!
Buy It Today
Join Hazon's Mailing List
Chosen Bites
food news around the web
'Eco-kosher' Jews Have an Appetite for Ethical Eating As is the custom, the guests observed Shabbat with a meal, but with a twist: They were sharing a "sustainable" dinner on this Friday evening, with food that was locally grown, mostly organic and intended to elevate their practice of Judaism
Community Access To Good Food Can Help Curtail Obesity More people are seeking out local and organic foods at farmers' markets, through community-supported agriculture subscription programs, and at restaurants. Not all of the food news, however, is good...
When 'Local' Makes It Big On Tuesday, five potato farmers rang the bell of the New York Stock Exchange, kicking off a marketing campaign that is trying to position the nation’s best-selling brand of potato chips as local food.
Over the last 30 years, Americans have grown accustom to food being (falsely) cheap and abundant – so the recent sticker price hikes have likely come as a shock. But one doesn’t have to look very far into the past to find other times in our country’s history when food was neither cheap, nor abundant.My 85-year old father, for example, grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. While he does not recall ever feeling overwhelmingly hungry (his father, a minister, was often paid in eggs and other food, and his mother was known for making a chicken stretch in twenty ways), he does remember the backyard garden his family relied on for a substantial portion of their fruits, vegetables, and other food.
Like my dad, 91-year old Clara (in the video above) was a Depression kid. Unlike my dad, Clara learned how to cook “Depression meals” that made due with what the family had…which meant serving potatoes at almost every meal and in just about every form imaginable. The video above shows Clara making a potatoes and hot dogs dish and, just in time for the harvest holiday of Sukkot, giving her hilarious personal thoughts on “gleaning” (around minute 4:25). Two other videos demonstrate pasta and peas (featuring potatoes!), and egg drop soup. The videos are touching and sweet and who knows? With food prices continuing to skyrocket and the stock market continuing to crash, her advice might turn out to be useful.
Dear Clara, I have just finished watching the “Hot Dog, Potato and Onion” video. It brought back memories of when I was a kid, (early 1950’s). My uncle lived with us at the time and it was a special treat on Saturday mornings when he took the leftover potatoes out of the fridge and made a skillet full of “Breakfast potatoes and onions”. He would then fry an egg and put it on top. He and I would sit at the kitchen table and talk while we ate. It was so good you would think we were eating Filet Mignon. I have put this site in my favorites and am eagerly waiting for a Cookbook. Some of the younger generations have no idea what it is to streatch a dollar. Thank you so much for sharing.