Dont forget, Rubaboo has a little bit of roux mixed in--butter and flour-- it adds thickness, making for good consistency (tastes good too) though you need to cook it by itself a minute, unless you like the taste of raw flour (and the risk of stomach upset that accompanies it).
Most of these meals require some kind of substance like flour as an extender. But given how critically short on grain and butter people were, we see how often people turn to unwholesome fillers as a substitute. By the end of the Starving Time, however, bread and butter return to being the staples of the American diet.
Hominy is still a fairly popular dish in the South today. I never liked it, but my little brother did and ate it pretty much every time my grandma made it. You can even get it in a can at most supermarkets.
Yeah in real life people have finally gotten over the stigma associated with it, but it was such a prevalent famine food in the Depression that it was worth bringing up.
Dont forget, Rubaboo has a little bit of roux mixed in--butter and flour-- it adds thickness, making for good consistency (tastes good too) though you need to cook it by itself a minute, unless you like the taste of raw flour (and the risk of stomach upset that accompanies it).
Most of these meals require some kind of substance like flour as an extender. But given how critically short on grain and butter people were, we see how often people turn to unwholesome fillers as a substitute. By the end of the Starving Time, however, bread and butter return to being the staples of the American diet.
Hominy is still a fairly popular dish in the South today. I never liked it, but my little brother did and ate it pretty much every time my grandma made it. You can even get it in a can at most supermarkets.
Yeah in real life people have finally gotten over the stigma associated with it, but it was such a prevalent famine food in the Depression that it was worth bringing up.