Favorite food dishes from childhood

[candy_coated_bitch]

I totally forgot about that Chefboyardee pizza box!!! Me and my mom and my sister used to make that all the time. What a walk down memory lane.

Neither of my parents were always the best cooks when I was a kid, but they tried and oddly have both become excellent cooks these days.

Some childhood faves:
-macaroni and cheese out of a box with chopped up hot dogs (my Dad made this on his nights to take care of us)

-fish sticks and French fries

-homemade mac and cheese with toasted Italian bread crumbs on top (still a major adult comfort food)

-my gram's homemade spaghetti sauce with meatballs or Italian sausage

-grilled cheese (also still a major comfort food)

-mashed potatoes with gravy

-Steak-ums (OMG the most horrifying fucking food EVER that I would never eat now, but loved as a kid. Does anyone else remember these?)

-Beef Stronganoff Hamburger Helper

-Cheeseburgers and French fries (I also loved the Friendly's kids meal with the happy ending sundae)

-fresh strawberries and peaches

-Lipton chicken noodle soup

-homemade Old El Paso beef tacos (my sister and I used to fight over who grated the cheese LOL)

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

Funny every time someone asks about my favorite childhood food memories the very first memory that pops into my mind is how much I hate liver and onions and dreaded that night every week when I was a kid. Still hate liver and onions worse smell I have ever encountered.

As for fav that is easy

Moms country fried chicken with real mashed potatoes and gravy

Grannies soup beans with home made corn bread that was made in her cast iron skillet corn bread only pan OMFG no better corn bread out there

The gardens tomatoes with sugar on them as a treat every summer once they were ripe

My homemade spaghetti that I have been cooking since around 10

My cousins Sunday breakfast for dinner night, eggs, biscuits, sausage gravy,real home fries, all of it except for the chocolate gravy

My aunts home made bread and butter pickles

[Gemme]

I absolutely loved my mom's version of goulash. She made hers with elbow macaroni, hamburger meat and usually onions, peppers and a random bright colored veggie, be it red peppers or carrots, etc.

It was a simple dish but even after all these years, I still can't get mine to taste like hers.

[fatallyblonde]

my mum would make this tuna mornay... god it was so good... I haven't eaten meat or fish in over ten years but I still remember that with love...
... also spinach pie... spinach and cheese in flaky pastry mmmmmmm

my nan would make amazing corned beef with homemade relish... loved it...

on saturday nights we often made homemade pizza with these great bases from the supermarket... tomato paste... olives and cabanosi and ham and mushrooms... delish!

there is this restaurant we would always go to, mixed Asian... loved the sechuan beef...

long drive to the grandparents place, bacon and egg mcmuffin and hashbrown from mcdonalds!

butter chicken made from a packet mix

so many good things!

[princessbelle]

My mom worked but always had a meat and two veggies at dinner.

I remember most....

Salmon patties
Fish sticks
Country fried steak
Fried chicken
Hamburgers and she put bread in them prior to cooking. I know now it was to hold it together better and make it go farther.
Salisbury steak

At dinner time we told each other about our day. It was a happy time...unless there were peas!!!

[Venus007]

Originally Posted by candy_coated_bitch

-Steak-ums (OMG the most horrifying fucking food EVER that I would never eat now, but loved as a kid. Does anyone else remember these?)

My gran used to make a dish with those, she would take Steak-ums and roll it around Stove Top stuffing put a tooth pick in em and put them in a baking dish then pour cream of mushroom soup over the whole thing and bake, I loved that as a kid. I tried to make it again as an adult and it was SO SALTY, I thought I was gonna die

We would also make budget ruben sandwiches with Steak-ums, thousand island dressing, sauerkraut, swiss cheese and toasted white bread. Also loved as a kid, not nearly as good as I remembered them as an adult.

[PinkieLee]

Campbell's tomato soup & grilled cheese sandwich

elbow macaroni & diced tomatoes (with a daub of butter & salt mixed in)

[TruTexan]

I loved my grandma's home made beef stew/soup made with stew meat, tomatoes home canned, carrots and potatoes. YUMMMY and I still make it for myself today. I Love that stuff.

I also loved my grandma's home made chicken and dumplings, awesome stuff and was all hand made dough....not biscuits.

I love my mom's fajita soup over rice. It's really pretty delicious.

There's a lot more I like that I can't seem to think of at the moment.

Ma's mac and cheese with bacon

Braised steak and dumplings

Crumpets and chestnuts toasted and roasted on an open fire

Egg custard (custard tart). My Ma baked every weekend from as early as I remember and only stopped once the three kids had left home.

Heinz oxtail (my pref) or tomato (my bros pref) soup with a few chips in (chips>fat fries). Usually given upon return of appetite after being poorly-sick.

[MsTinkerbelly]

I started cooking at 7 (mostly as a girl scout project), but also because although a pretty good cook, my Mom really didn't want to cook.

By 10 i was a much better cook than she was, but i still can't make her chicken and dumplings or her shepards pie as well as she did. Perhaps i didn't really try hard so she would still cook sometimes.

[JustLovelyJenn]

My grandmothers on both sides provided my favorite childhood food memories!!!

At Grandma and Grandpa's house...

... Instant oatmeal with Grandpa
... Eggcake and eblaskiva at every holiday
... Carrot pudding
... and Rainbow sherbert!

At Grandma and Pappys...

... cabbage and milk
... fresh corn on the cob (us kids spent hours in the back yard husking all of it)
... bread and butter (because thats how you get the butter on your corn)
... manti turkey
... fresh plums off the tree

[RockOn]

my grandmother's large white lima beans ... she was a short little Indian woman and I can see her at her stove right now in my memory ... she is the only one I miss from my family ... I could depend on her to tell me like it was and always the truth ... I remember when I was about three years old, I would wiggle in church (hyperactive) and if she told me she'd pinch me if I did not get still, *laughing* then I knew it was coming. I really loved that old woman! Everyone did!

[RockOn]

Man, I am really so sorry but it was not the same. When I tasted it, I was like wtf??? Why they had to go messing with a great product like that ... I don't know.

[RockOn]

oyster stew

I stayed with grandparents a lot growing up ... when I was with Charlie's (charlie is my father's name)parents, sometimes I would walk down to the bottom of the road and stay with my great grandparents. They would make what they called oyster stew. Here is their very simple recipe: Take 2 cans of oysters and pour into a pot, then add however much milk, a pat of butter, a pinch of sugar to cancel out bitter flavor of oysters, bring to a slow boil stirring frequently, serve with crackers broken up in your bowl. Sweet tea to drink.

Decades later, I nuke mine in my own bowl, only put the juice from the 2 cans in there and toss the oysters in the trash. Add about 24 ounces milk, lots of black pepper ... Sometimes chip up some onion in there when it is hot.

I call it my porridge - it always makes me think of goldi-locks and the three bears.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Brock

Man, I am really so sorry but it was not the same. When I tasted it, I was like wtf??? Why they had to go messing with a great product like that ... I don't know.

Maybe you just remembered it wrong? I don't know...not sure your tastebuds are trustworthy!

Maybe it tastes the same, your tastebuds have just grown up!

[ahk]

So my last post I talked about what my ma cooked me when I was a kiddo. I came from a family who divorced when I was younger. My nana (dad's mom) cooked a lot too when I would visit my dad (every other week).

Some of her dishes I loved was--

Shepards pie (still love, but make my own version)
Mac/Cheese with scrambled meat/mushrooms and canned corn.
This casserole she made with chicken, green beans, mushrooms, dill, and a bread topping. It was amazing good.
Hamburger soup.
Corn pancakes served with sausage, real butter, real maple, and peanut butter. YUM.

My mom-- she wasn't a huge fan of cooking but she did it.

The meals I remember of her--

Spaghetti with broccoli.
Pizza night every Friday with orange soda.
Hamburger night every Wednesday with grape soda.
Chicken stew with biscuits.

[Blade]

Papaw, use to fix hamburger, with diced taters and onions all mixed together and cabbage. I guess I liked it cuz it was something Mom never fixed.

I had to laugh at Princess Belle's pea's statement. Mom wasn't an experienced cook when I was growing up and didn't try new recipes.

You could trust and believe that every night there was going to be either cream corn, or sweet peas on the table, rice and gravy and some kind of fried meat. It was hard in my adult life to get away from the fried meat and rice and gravy. It is still comfort food and sometimes I crave it. Let me get down in the dumps and I will fry me up some pork chops and make rice and gravy.

[RockOn]

I thought about that too ... that maybe it had something to do with my taste buds changing. I wish you would give it a go. I really would like to get your opinion. If you try it, please please let me know! Maybe it was just that one box that had the funk on ... I love it so much, if I get a good review from you, I will have to hazard the risk and buy another box.

Thanks!
Brock.

[RockOn]

Now I am wondering if nycfem has tried the Chefboyardee pizza in the box lately ... How about it, we want to know and if so, did the sauce taste like the original?
Thanks in advance.

Who else besides me notices nycfemme thinks up the best topics? I am serious!