ReSeen on Instagram: "Starving through an 1880s Polish winter, many poor Jewish families stretched a few potatoes and scraps of fish into “meals” that barely filled a plate. This reel recreates one of those recorded dinners, so we can feel how close to hunger everyday life really was. Would you have survived on this? #historyreels #jewishhistory #polandhistory #19thcentury #historicalfood realmeals foodhistory socialhistory povertyhistory learnoninstagram historyfacts socialstudies historyteache

ReSeen on Instagram: "What did a “home-cooked meal” look like in a cramped New York tenement in the 1890s? 🗽🥣 This reel recreates a simple cabbage soup lunch in a poor NYC apartment, based on accounts of immigrant families stretching every potato, onion, and crust of bread to get through the day. #historyreels #nyhistory #immigranthistory #foodhistory #learnoninstagram"