Cook Like a Hobo! [ 1930s Mulligan Stew Recipe! ]

A "rule" on Mulligan stew is that all the pieces are cut uniformly small. Cooks faster and nobody gets a bigger piece.

The hobo kings in heaven above are proud of you Sir , my uncle was a hobo and a hard working man. He never drove a car in life never married no kids . He died rich of adventures and stories he would share with us as kids and man he could cook up some delicious hobo grubs. He was my mom’s little brother. They are both with God above. Please more hobo videos ❤

I've been cooking Mulligan for years. I'm older than most of my friends, and they marvel at how something so simple can be so tasty. My mom was the most frugal person alive, so she taught me how to do things like this. My personal recipe adds some taters and substitutes kidney beans in for the peas, but it's mostly the same, right down to the Libby brand corned beef, though I do use just regular store brand ketchup. Hardtack ain't easy to get sometimes (the one place I can get it locally only has it every so often), but some Matzah bread or Ritz crackers works just fine for that. Add in a big hunk of bread, some strong black coffee and brother, you've got yourself a feast. Thanks for this! Always nice to see someone cooking how actual people eat rather than how celebrity chefs think we eat.

Great one again. Im 50, having a hip operation soon. Single, need to do more travelling. Ive spent most of my free time outdoors, climbing, wild camping in the Scottish Highlands. Im retired now. Youve given me inspiration (when im recovered!) To take a few essentials and spend some time as a modern hobo. Ok im not young but ive been healthy and fit all my life. This time next year im giving it a go. 👍🤙

I grew up in Iowa during the 1950s. There was an old man who lived about a block away in a neighbor's shed. He used to ask us if anybody's mother was defrosting the freezer or cleaning out the refrigerator. We all would run home and ask. If we had any leftovers, Mom would pack up the food and she always added a couple slices of fresh, buttered bread which was neatly wrapped in wax paper. The final offering was a jar of cold milk. Mom would say that a person never outgrew the need for milk.

Growing up in the 1970s, here in Scotland, a Mulligan stew was made up of leftovers, and whatever else was left in the pantry. It was a dish eaten when money was running out just before pay day. It was never the same twice. Ours often had locally shot rabbit and squirrel in them. My grandfather used to call it cat stew and told us kids, "You never saw many cats during the war" (WWII). A skinned rabbit and a skinned cat look very similar. Apparently. I know times were hard when he was young, but to this day, I don't know if he was joking. Good video. Thank you.

im not even murican but this videos and its comment is so heartwarming thanks yall

Good on you for creating such an interesting series and keeping the hobo traditions alive! Nostalgic fantastic!

I made some of the best meals I have ever had and shared when I was homeless.

More hobo cooking videos, please.

Thanks for making another banging video. Also your videos look great on a TV too.

My dad was born in 1913 Washington County, PA and told me stories all my life, until he died, of his adventures when he used to hike or thumb for a ride and even ride the rails as a young man, trying to find work. He never liked to be called a hobo but he admitted that he probably was one, too. He was a great cook and used to make Mulligan stew for us kids frequently. He said meat was hard to come by but if you could catch a squirrel or two or a rabbit, then it made the meal all the better. The other guys in the camp would add beans or an onion or whatever they could find that they gleaned from a farmer's field, so it never did taste the same each time. He used cubed beef or ground round to make our stew though and he kept it pretty simple. The only spices he would use were pepper and salt as well. Thanks for the nostalgia stew; I think I am going to try your way using a can of corned beef, never thought of that before. Thank you also for all of your videos; they are so enjoyable and make me want to go camping again.

Watching these hobo videos has shed a new light on hobos. I now see a romance and adventure to it that could have only been there in that time in history. Cars were newer and not as accessible and trains were perfect for easy long distance travel. I reluctantly realizing that had I lived back then, I would have been a hobo for a period and if not I would have spent time daydreaming about it.

Your channel is amazing man. I'm so glad i came across it. Thank you

Ain't nothing better than cooking a fine meal while out in the camp on your fire that you built, a shelter that you erected yourself. Relaxing and taking it all in he outdoors. Thanks James.

These hobo videos are awesome. Always interesting learning about how people survived during the Depression.

I love your videos. Foods always taste better when they are cooked over a fire.

Love it when I was about 14, me and some friends they’re all gone but 1 spent a weekend hoboing it in the park near where I lived- NYC great experience- told our parents we were at one of my friends house

I love your videos and teaching of an almost forgotten rich history!

my grandfather was a young man in the depression. He was a newspaper boy before school and swept the floors for a shop after school. (he dad abandoned them right around 1929. because he couldn't maintain a family. so just left my great grandma, him and his little brother back at her parents home in utah.)....he would work weekends at a chicken farm, for payment in a dozen eggs a week, wrap any extra hard boiled eggs that weren't used for breakfast, in the spare newspaper sheets he had. He was one of the roughest, toughest, hard working men I ever had the pleasure of knowing. He spent 5 months wages on a sears magazine .22 cal rifle...... just so he could hunt squirrels for his family on the way to school. would hand his small caliber rifle to the principle and the animals (squirrels, rabbits, moles. etc) to the school cook. who would make them into meals for him to bring home for his family. im almost 30 and not NEARLY as manly as he was at 10. he was a very kind man. family oriented and i'm very lucky to have in my life for so long, until i was 19.. I miss you pappy. You were an idol in my life. Meet you again someday. You tough sob. Cant wait.