Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I have several depression era cookbooks. It's all basic cooking. It's surprising how many families do not buy basic foods anymore. I overheard two younger ladies talking in the grocery store by the dry beans. One said dry beans were pretty to look at and the other said she had no idea why dry beans were even sold anymore because no one she knows ever buys them, her mother never did.
Dry beans are inexpensive and a source of protein. Of course, they have to be soaked and cooked and the general public doesn’t wish to do that. I had to convince our church ladies to make & serve Ham & Bean as a soup choice at the Fall soup supper. It sold out in nothing flat.