One of my uncles was married to a tiny woman who made the best chili ever. For her, it must have been a luxury to make that simple chili, with plenty of meat and beans--which we kids loved. I found out later that the reason she was so tiny was that she had grown up during the Depression, in East Texas. Her family was so impoverished that they literally ate dirt, flavored with chili powder to make it palatable.
I think about that whenever I have to cook dinner for the family and don't feel like it.
You know, I eat dirt all the time: lake dirt, garden dirt (this is on accident) and it really doesn’t taste bad or weird. Never occurred to me to cook with it but I wouldn’t have a problem trying if times got that hard.
Dirt recipes?