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  • I can't thank you enough, Clara, for sharing your stories here. I love your videos. Congratulations on your 96th birthday. All the best!

  • I own a Italian Ice business and i enjoyed your video so much! I think you have a new fan!

  • my bday is aug 15. love you clara

  • Granita!!!!

  • Dear Clara,

    Im only 13 and I found out about you in history because we are learning about the great depression so my history teacher showed you to us and I found your dishes Very Interesting and since we are doing a dinner project I am doing one of yours so thank you for the help I'm very upset that you stopped making videos but thank you very much

    ~Sammi :)

  • THUMBS UP FOR MORE VIDEOS!!! <3

  • I WAS BORN ON AUGUST 18TH TOO! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! PLEASE MAKE MORE!!! 

  • Thank you for your fantastic videos! I love how you share your stories, you are amazing.

  • oh thank u grad mom. i love to cook,this recipe will my from now on...thanks. God bless you!!!

  • I love you Clara! I want to make some Italian Ice now! :)

  • This makes me depressed.

  • It's so easy to forget that you will be old one day, but at the same time when you're old it's easy to forget you were once young...and you haven't forgotten! You're an awesome lady, thanks!

  • Oh god my mouth is now watering..

  • Clara, I just found your cooking show tonight, and after watching about six of your shows I've decided I want to adopt you as my grandmother!! I'm 41 yrs old and my mother and grandmothers are long gone. You are amazing and you've brightened my world more than you'll ever realize. Ah, see - I'm a big cry baby. I've got tears in my eyes now. Anyway, THANK YOU for taking the time to share your recipes and memories with all of us, a bunch of strangers.

    Blessings to you! - Jennifer

  • 96!!! Hope you have ,any more to go!

  • I learn from you Clara. You say things like you were happier then than now. I have also heard you say, those were the days.You were very poor and did not have much. Look at what is going on today. Look at what the poor people have today. Are we really poor.

  • I have a developed a lot of love for this woman. She gives me hope.

  • You inspire me (:

    thank you!

  • This video inspired a poem, and the others have thought my how to cook. Thank You Clara you will be missed.

  • I love this lady!!!

  • U really put a smile on my face just watching your videos...

  • I enjoy this

  • Did she pass away

  • @oglesby2000 No, they just posted her last video-- she's 96 now!

  • Never give up and i hope you have many nore years come!

  • love you, clara!!!!!!!!!

  • You are an amazing woman Clara. I am completely taken with you. I wish your videos would never end. I've been watching and taking notes. You make this world a much better place and you make me smile :)

  • i love your videos so much i wish you would make a new one everyday lol god bless you i love hearing all your stories and i wish i could meet you! you are one strong woman and i really look up to you, whenever im feeling down your videos make everything better. <3

  • we need more videos!

  • Why is she so awesome?! D:

  • agreed...! love the videos

  • Clara rocks! I love her strength and ability to move me. When I watch her, my heart is moved to a profound appreciation for the small things in life. LOVE TO YOU CLARA!

  • I just love watching you! Thanks for sharing with all of us who

    want to learn.

  • Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us, Clara. I've enjoyed every video! Happy belated birthday! <3

  • Miss Clara is right we do have all kinds of accomodations yet we are not satisfied. Our grandparents and great grandparents were happy with the simple things in life.

  • Dear Clara,

    I only just discovered you and already it is coming to an end. I watched one video after another, and I learned that life at times is hard, but much good can come from adversity. Families can draw closer to each other. Individuals learn to be more appreciative.

    We live in an instant gratification society. Through your videos, you have shown that good things come in time... such as "Italian Ice". (smile)

    Thank you for your videos. I will miss you.

    Claudette

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  • True that.They are still squawking.You just ain't just whistlin Dixie.People today need a slice of humble pie.

  • God bless you Clara, I love your videos so much, thank you for your time and all your stories.

  • oh so good. we used to use snow. thanks a lot for great memories.happy birthday glad your born. your so sweet.

  • oh so good. we used to use snow. thanks a lot for great memories.

  • your such a wecome soul very sweet of you to do this.

  • if anyone knows where her final video is can you please let me know. thanks

  • Humor will keep everyone young, no matter how old the body. Clara loves to laugh and enjoys life. Listening to her and watching her are motivational, and shows me that people can have full, meaningful, independent lives at an older age. I should be so lucky. You Go Girl!

  • it will be a sad day viewing her final video. perhaps they will make it a 2 hr feature film. one can only hope

  • Ms. Clara, I love watching your videos. My grandmother also grew up during the depression, and I have always loved hearing her stories.

  • Thank you!!!!! I am definitely a new fan, you remind me of my grandmother and I am so glad I found you, I needed these recipes and there is mo one to ask!

  • You are Great!!!!!

  • you look alot like my grandmother and i dont know way but i love you like my granma

  • Just recently was directed to your youtube channel by a friend who knows I am an old-fashioned gal who loves to cook from scratch! I don't really fit in too much in society today. I use old-fashioned cloth diapers with pins, have 7 children, cook from scratch, everything from decor to furniture and shelves I DIY, People tell me kids are expensive and I wonder why they splurge on so many unnecessary luxuries. Enjoying your videos Immensely! Thank you for doing them! God's Blessings!

  • Clara did you ever eat Mush or Hasty Pudding as some called it? Except when we called it Hasty Pudding we put molasses in it and as Mush it was very much like grits but with a much smoother texture - honestly it is so much better than grits. Love you Sweetheart, all the way down here in Mississippi. D. R. "Raggy" Ragsdale

  • do you listin to lil wayne ,kanye west ,or the one and only Emin3m

  • old

  • do you wash your hands

  • hehe

  • haha clara is too awesome

  • You are an Inspiration to all us Chefs!

  • I love your spunk Clara. Thanks for these videos. Its not only a part of you but its history. Love your stories. Best wishes to u :)

  • u remind me of my grandma =) i miss her

  • I love you miss clara! My 5 year old son loves watching you too! I have your book and I plan on making the fig cookies this christmas! LOve to you!

  • Clara said soo <3 =)

  • Thank you for so many wonderful videos, Clara! You are an amazing woman. We will definitely miss seeing your beautiful face smiling out at us from our computer screens! I have to tell you, I was so excited to hear you mention the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel! My father used to attend the Feast in Little Italy in New York with his family when he was a child. Two years ago, I had the great fortune to take my own two daughters to the Festival in the exact same spot. It was awesome :)

  • What a beautiful woman!

    You may like this video type in: Nutty Cooking with Peter Part 5

  • When I'm 95, my ashes will have already been long gone.

  • Dear Clara,

    I just discovered you. I so enjoy everything about your videos.  I am a 46 year old woman in NC. I love to cook and I especially enjoy hearing about the 'olden days'. Thank you for sharing your life and recipes with us.

  • Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us, Clara! You will definitely be missed! <3

  • Clara...you are wonderful!!! I've enjoyed all of your videos so much and will be looking for your book to buy! I hope I am just like you at 96. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. All the best to you and your lovely family - Kim in Canada :)

  • We Love you CLARA! i only just, found you i'm sorry that you will only be making one more video! we share the same birthday month! Mine is the 23 so happy belated Birthday to you !!!!!! hugs to you !

  • I love your recipes! We have the same birthday, Clara!

  • I love Clara!

  • lol and their still squawking

  • I love her she reminds me of my Papa!

  • happy birthday clara

  • Clara is a treasure. She reminds me of my great-aunts and my grandother. May God bless her.

  • Chris, I miss your grandma Clara. Can she come out of retirement? :) She's a joy and a blessing. I just adore listening to her and watching her. Thank you for the gift!

  • You're an inspiration Clara. I enjoy your stories of a naive life. God bless you for sharing your history with us all. There's a lot to learn and enjoy by listening to the elderly. Again, long life to you.

  • I'm so upset you are closing the shop, Clara, you are the best I'vee seen in Youtube and you represent the best of your country. Oh, and also, if people coocked with your recipies, there would be a lot less obesity. Go back to natural, that's what we need.

  • "It's so easy, even a 95 year old could do it" lol Clara you always put a smile on my face. Thank you for all of your wonderful stories and tips..

  • I'll do it, since Clara said so!

    Thanks for all your videos!

  • your amazing and hillarious :) thanks clara!

  • Clara I could just hug and kiss you the videos are so simple yet make me smile and laugh I admire your tenacity and can only pray to be as alert and vibrant as you when or if I ever reach the grand wise age of 95. Be Well Clara and know you are adored by many fans whom you make smile.

  • i enjoyed these videos so much that i showed them to my 2 daughters - eight and four years old, they love them too and we got busy and made every recipe you had posted, why wasnt i blessed with a grandparent like u ?! thank u thank u thank u, u are not just cooking, u are helping thousand of families survive. bless your soul and best wishes to you!

  • Clara you are WONDERFUL, and your family is blessed to have you! I am looking forward to ordering your cookbook. I recommend your videos to everyone! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

  • Clara I hope your Birthday was as wonderful as you are. Thank you so much for making these videos, watching you has been a real joy!

  • This needs to be on the Food Network

  • That was great your wonderful

  • Happy birthday Clara!!!!!!

  • I thinks shes a beautiful person and her sharing at her age is wonderful, to even 'remember' at her age is a wonder, I am a youngun compared to her and I truly appreciate her input, I am born 1970 and the way I see things sometimes I wonder we may need this knowledge someday and noone will know how ... unless youtube still works and they find this wonderful lady :) Altho when i was young I still remember Cola sold in bottles not cans.. they tasted better in bottles

  • Thanks for sharing with us Clara~I love you and your recipes!

  • I love your videos and your stories, I will miss you, sad to hear your not doing any more videos, but you have to take care of yourself and do what is right for you! Your a very charming, intelligent and funny woman who has really contributed to all of us with your recipes and your stories! Thank You So  So Very Much!

  • Happy Birthday Clara,

    You're such an inspiration to all of us. Thank you for all your wonderful stories and recipes. Wishing you many more years of joy!

  • Happy Birthday. Hope you have a great one and can't wait to see your 100th birthday bash.

  • This was such a touching video! I'm just a girl, trying to learn how to cook and bake, and I stumbled upon Clara. Bless you for sharing your story with us.

  • She is a true treasure...

  • Happy Birthday Clara from our three generations all enjoying your cooking and memories from times past ..

  • Happy Birthday Clara!

  • Mahalo Clara, Happy 96th Birthday. I enjoy your stories of the great depression. Aloha Clara.

  • Greetings from the deep south and Happy belated Birthday Clara, you are a inspiration to all that see your videos and a beautiful person !

  • Happy Birthday Clara!

  • happy birthday Clara!!

  • Happy Birthday Clara Thank you for bring me back to a time when I was born(1937). I remember a lot of the dishes you make especially the pasta and peas. Your family are so lucky tohave you. Keep up the good work. We italians never get old we get better. ciao

  • Happy Birthday Clara, from a new Chinese descendant Mexican fan, I love your cooking

  • Hello Clara, we are sailing back home to Texas and spending the night in the Tortugas'. It is very hot here, but with a sea breeze things are tolerable. We made your recipe this evening and it was wonderful. It was the perfect treat and the kids loved it. Thank You!

  • Happy birthday Clara! You are the greatest!

  • If you are seriously closing shop will you be auctioning off anything from the kitchen? Congratulations and all the best for your 96th!

  • Happy 96th Clara! You're like my great-grandma, you'll hit a hundred years and still be sweet and cooking up a storm!

  • Happy birthday clara <3

  • Dear Clara, I know this may seem selfish but maybe you don't have to "close up" shop, maybe you can do just holiday vids. With every one of your recipes I get so much more than just instructions for a delicious dish to make, I also get instruction for living. Your stories actually make me feel like I'm there. I do understand when you say people were happier then with less. I know why too, these days people just want to accumulate and never enjoy what they have. Food makes you enjoy life. <3

  • @roblou62 You could not have put it any better. You put into words the exact way I have felt about Clara and her wonderful programs.

  • God Bless you Clara! Happy 96th Birthday!!!

  • Clara, I've been watching you since you first started putting videos up. You have touched my heart in every way possible. Your amazing depression stories and the memories of your childhood put a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. I hope you have a fantastic 96th birthday and many more! Thank you for making videos so I and others can enjoy watching you! Thanks,

    Steven

  • happy Birthday

  • Happy Birthdayy :))

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

  • happy birthday, it's still not 12am yet! i love your stories

  • It's midnight happy 96 th

  • Happy birthday Clara, God bless you and again thank you for sharing I hold your stories near and dear to my heart.

  • Dear Clara, I'm trying to stay awake until midnight to say happy birthday and to see if your video is ready. With the way the economy is I started looking for great depression meals that's how I found you. I've watched all your videos sometimes more then once. I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your life and stories. I'm sorry your closing shop. Thank you Clara , sincerely, Diana Rogers

  • I'm going through financial difficulties right now and the first thing I thought of was to look through your videos for meal ideas. I can always turn to your videos and count on your recipes to feed the family. Thank you so much and I hope to see 96 like you!

  • God bless you ms. clara.

  • Tomorrow is your birthday Ms. Clara. Thank you for reminding us that good food can be simple food. I am so thankful for all the smiles you have brought me. Happy Birthday. God Bless.

  • Happy Birthday Clara, hope you get my flowers and balloon :) Sandy

  • One more day till our birthday

  • Happy Birthday Clara

  • you are a fantastic Lady ..and thanks for sharing some great secret on how to make real food and snack :)..and happy birthday

  • love this -- do you do BBQ Clara?

  • hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!!!!!!

  • she is just so adorable she makes me sad for some reason and makes me want to cry how can you dis like this video!!!!!????

  • I just love Italian Ice, and you make it just like my MomMom did! I hope you have a wonderful birthday! YAY 96!!!

    

  • I sent u a card a few days ago, hope you got it! Love, Nadia :)

  • I love all your videos and I'm sorry there won't be more soon. Thank you so much, best wishes, and love to you Clara and family!

  • Thank you for all that you have given to the viewers in You Tube land. Watching you makes me feel the love that I had with my grandmothers. I am very thankful to your grandson for having the foresight to document these recipes and stories from your life and then gracious enough to share them with the world. Thanks again and Happy Birthday Clara!

  • Happy early birthday Clara!

  • Lol my birthday is august 18

  • Don't forget Clara's birthday fellow YouTubers. My card goes in the mail box tomorrow morning!

  • Aww. Whenever I watch this, I smile.

  • Clara you are so beautiful. I love your cooking and your stories. Thank you.

  • OH nO!! Clara, Clara, Please don't go!! We need your Grace, Your Knowledge and your Smiles and Humor!! I have grown so Fond of you, Dear Lady!!

  • Clara, I love when you say "Nowadays, they have all the accomodations, and they are STILL SQUAWKING!!! You are correct, dear Lady..

  • Oh and at 4:17 Im not easy to stir. Im kinda thick. From yur great cooking! YUM!

  • You can sooo tell since she told the PO box and all that shes gunna a LOADED mailbox on Augus 18!!

  • Happy Birthday Clara,You are So Beautiful. May you Always Stay in Good Health & May the Good Lord send you many Blessings. You are a Jewl. Wish I could give you a Big Hug ! LoVe your stories, Take Care have a Wonderful Blessed Day !!!

  • Please more Videos!

  • Wishing you a Happy Birthday Clara. You are a beacon of hope to this country as we face tough economic times. May God continue to Bless you. Shelby

  • Hi Clara. Have a very Happy Birthday! I love your videos. When I hear your stories, it makes me grateful for what I have. Thank you!

  • Don't you just love how food can tell stories? I hope there will be more videos. I'm a fan! Happy Birthday in advance, Clara. :)

  • Thank you so much for the history lessons and the opportunity to learn affordable ways to feed our families during tough times. I'll miss your new videos but I intend to pass the ones you've made to anyone that will watch.

  • NUU TEH VADS CANT STOP!! Love ya clara!!! U seem younger thank 95 wow yu have one of a kind laugh and i wish ya a great B day!!!

  • Clara, I hope you have a fantastic birthday! :)

  • You shouldent be thanking us we should be thanking you you taught us to be grateful for what we have and told us how to make all this good food thank you and happy birthday

  • Happy Birthday Clara! Thank you for sharing your time with us. You have shown us that there is dignity and beauty at any age. I love you.

  • Happy birthday!!!!

  • Happppppyyyyyy Brithddaaayyy Ms.Clara

  • Thank you Clara for your videos and stories !!! Mom grew up during the depression and learned early how to make the most of what she had. Grandma and Mom have both taught me a lot...and so have you !!! Thanks again and happy birthday !!

  • Happy Birthday Clara! xoxoxoxoxo

  • What a long life. Glad these videos exist now. :-)

  • Sure we want to hear you stories! I can listen for hours to them. You taught me how to fix tasty cheap meals. I want to thank you for taking time to share your wonderful life with us, God Bless you Clara.

  • awww....i will miss your vids so much ms clara

    HUGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • Thanks a lot for your recipes and stories, Clara.

    I've learned one really important thing from your videos - to be happy about the small things in life and enjoy every bit of it.

  • Iowa sends you much love and appreciation, Clara!!

  • We love you too, Clara. Please keep us updated on how you are. I certainly wouldn't mind holiday specials, just as a side note. You have been a wonderful darling and I thank you for documenting your experiences. I am sorry to say that I never had a chance to write down or tape my grandfather before he passed away. They say a library burns to the ground every time an old person dies. It is true. Once again, love you Clara.

  • As one of your subcribers, I can trully say that I will miss you so much. I love hearing your voice, your stories, your laughter and learning new recipes. They may be old to you but to me they are new. You are my you tube grandma. I pray that the Lord continues to bless you and your family. Thank you to Christopher Cannucciari for sharing your blessing with us. Hopefully you change your mind and record a few more videos. Happy Happy Birthday.

  • Ms. Clara, you're awesome! I'm so sorry I haven't discovered your channel earlier than this! You have a huge heart, and a great spirit. Truly an inspiration to mankind, you are a heroine.

  • Stupid spell check - that was supposed to be "get one of your grand kids"

  • I was so happy to see a new video, but so sad to hear you won't be making any more ... I never knew my grandmothers and watching Claras videos feel like visiting grandma ... But it's kinda dangerous posting an address on such a public forum, you should have had one of your grandiose get you a PO box instead.

  • 3 dislikes? REALLY????????

  • I'm 22 and I love watching your video while also listening to your stories! Wish you best health and a Happy Early Birthday! Much of love from Malaysia :)