How rural Ontario cooks prepared ground beef during the Great Depression era
In short: This video recreates a 1936 recipe for escalloped hamburg, a dish featured in a community cookbook from a church group in Poplar Hill, Ontario. It offers a practical look at how home cooks of the 1930s layered simple ingredients to create a hearty meal.
The recipe originates from a collection published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of a local religious organization in Poplar Hill, Ontario, spanning the years 1886 to 1936. While the cookbook is primarily known for its focus on desserts and baked goods, it also provides a window into the regional culinary habits and local commerce of that time.
To prepare the dish, one alternates layers of ground beef with thinly sliced raw potatoes and finely chopped onions in a baking dish, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper and adding dots of butter. The assembly is finished by pouring in enough milk to moisten the contents, followed by one hour of baking in a moderately hot oven.
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