The Family Cookbook: Quick Frankfurter Potatoes

Today's recipe comes from one of my cousins, from the section titled "Quick-to-Fix." This recipe is similar to the Poorman's Meal by Cooking with Clara on youtube. She talks about the meals they made during the Great Depression. Except this recipe comes from a later generation. My point? People struggled then to feed their families, and that never really changed.

So let's take a look at this recipe!

Quick Frankfurter Potatoes

6 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced. Nothing unusual here. Just what you have on hand. If you don't mind the skins, leave them on. I would guess russets were the intended potato.
1 onion thinly sliced. (may use 2) Any onion you happen to have on hand.
2 tablespoons oil or margarine. I would love it if you chose butter, coconut oil, or animal fats.
1/2 teaspoon salt. The frankfurters are going to have salt as well, so starting with less salt is always a good plan.
I cup beef broth or chicken broth (beef is best). If you have broth. I suggest you use it. It will add flavor and some nutrition to this dish. If you don't you can substitute water.
1 tablespoon mustard. I'm positive that this is prepared mustard. Use any flavor you like. I think Dijon would be nice here.
1 lb. frankfurters, cut in chunks. Frankfurter is the name of the sausage we call in modern vernacular 'hot dog.' Buy a pound of your favorite hot dogs. I would choose frankfurters that have no fillers, and simple ingredients, like meat, spices, and salt.
1/4 teaspoon pepper. This is black pepper. I would go way heavier on the pepper, personally.

Directions

In large skillet saute onions and potatoes in hot oil or margarine (tallow or lard would be so good here!) until they begin to brown. Add remaining ingredients, bring to boil, cover, simmer 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

There you have it! A straightforward and simple recipe from my family's cookbook, that was written almost 50 years ago. Easy on the budget and easy to prepare.

I will leave you with this: Sausages and potatoes as a meal have been around for a lot longer than these recipes. And before the potato, turnips and rutabagas. Both are delicious. We are feeding our families today the way we have fed them for generations. The biggest detriment has been the addition of industrialized food products, falsified claims that became health recommendations, and the declining nutritional properties of the food that's grown. So be curious, don't blindly trust experts. Keep feeding your family as best you can. Thanks for being here!

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