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Old-School Struggle Meals That Need To Make A Comeback By Amanda Ketola Nov. 29, 2025 12:19 pm EST

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The cost of food has risen an average of 2.8 percent every year since 1995, and while special occasions may call for the finest gourmet offerings, regular weekday meals can be a much simpler affair, while still satisfying the most discriminating palate. Old school struggle meals were both budget friendly and, in some instances, quite delicious. These essential dishes offered more culinary variety than you may have thought, but many of these hard times staples that grandma used to dish out have long since faded into fond memory.

Well, really, why would we want to serve Depression-era dishes today? Life is hard enough without sacrificing

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