What dishes were common for families to make in the 1930's?

Question

My husbands grandpa is living with his parents,and was wondering if there was something I could make him that he might like better than the fusion "cuisine" I'm used to making all the time.

Oh, I forgot to add, southern dishes in the 1930's (Kentucky)

Answer 1

fried chicken ,mashed potatoes , fresh Green beans from garden ,chicken dumplings,creamed tomato's over biscuits,

lots of homemade biscuits fried potatoes.Baked steaks w gravy (i throw those in crock pot and then pour 1 can of mushroom gravy over it w a bit of milk.They come out very tender when you cook them all day in the crock pot.

Answer 2

Blackeyed peas over rice, with cornbread

or stewed tomatoes over rice with bisquits.

Answer 3

Pot roasts, mashed potatoes with gravy and beef stews.