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A 1943 recipe for peanut butter, mayonnaise, and onion sandwiches. (thelemmy.club)
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From a wartime edition of The American Woman's Cookbook, some delicious Great Depression food.

Spread peanut butter and mayonnaise on bread, add an entire onion
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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Without the mayonnaise that's just fine. Peanut butter is versatile enough to mix with most savory things. PB and pickle is tasty too.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 month ago

    I think it's more historically interesting than disgusting. 1943 was the height of US WW2 civilian rationing, and it was being written for a generation raised on Great Depression cuisine and all the tinned meats from The Jungle. There's a neat materialist angle to a survival recipe like that making it into a premiere cookbook like this.

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