Favorite food dishes from childhood

nycfem · 02-10-2014, 08:14 PM

Here are some of mine:

Noodles Romanoff (It was like mac and cheese but with linguine-type noodles, and I liked the version that came right out of a box and was discontinued, so says the Internet. It had this amazing cheesy cheesiness!)

The Chefboyardee pizza kit (OMG, it was so cool, all in one box. Mom would have my brother and I make it with her. We'd make the pizza crust which was quite thin. Then we'd get to pour a small can of tomato sauce from the box on the pizza. Then we'd get to sprinkle this parmesan like cheese packet all over the pizza and put it in the oven. Pizza magic!)

Homemade potato chips (Our longtime babysitter would make us this after school. She'd slice a potato, fry it in butter, salt it, and put ketchup on the side. It is best eaten while watching Little House on the Prairie.)

Fried clams at Friendly's followed by the Happy Ending (!) Sundae (Perfection.)

MsTinkerbelly · 02-10-2014, 08:18 PM

My mom's chicken and dumplings.

Yumbolicious

nycfem · 02-10-2014, 08:20 PM

My grandma would make this home made baked bean dish that she had individual special baked bean dishes for with long handles. They'd be baked in the oven for hours, and the scent was too die for, as was the taste!

Gráinne · 02-10-2014, 08:36 PM

As an aside, I make my own potato thins (when industrious) by slicing potatoes really thin, tossing in just a little olive oil, then sprinkling with light salt and sometimes oregano. Something like 425 oven for 15 minutes. I got that from a book, though.

My mom was an OK cook but a fabulous baker. She made rhubarb pie with rhubarb from our garden. Every Christmas, she made a giant pile of cookies. I found the recipes at my brother's. She used to make cakes from scratch, but mixes always tasted homemade, somehow.

Anyway, some of her dinners were:

Stouffer's Creamed Chicken on rice. I haven't found creamed chicken in years, but could probably find the recipe or something close.

La Choy Chow Mein and sweet rolls. Sounds terrible, but I make this myself.

Meat loaf. Her recipe was, "Oh, I don't know, I never measure". I like mine, but it doesn't come close.

Her spaghetti sauce, which only I like. It was very tomato-ey and strong. I do have that recipe, and like to make a huge batch and freeze in bags. My kids won't eat anything but Prego.

My dad made first-class pancakes, and he was the undisputed cook for his service organization's pancake breakfasts. He made them for us every Sunday. Of course, mine can't come within light-years.

Venus007 · 02-10-2014, 09:12 PM

My grandma made colcannon (cál ceannann), I make it from her recipe but it just doesn't taste the same

Jesse · 02-10-2014, 09:28 PM

My birth mother was not a good mother, but she was a fantastic cook. I loved her homemade banana pudding and would stand at the stove and stir the pudding (for what seemed like hours back then) while it cooked. Then she would layer banana slices and Nilla Wafers. It was a rare treat.

She also made the best homemade biscuits I've ever had.

Kenna · 02-11-2014, 10:17 PM

Favorites my gramma made for me...

cream of mushroom soup with toast
grits with butter and brown sugar
plain yogurt mixed with brown sugar
her homemade sugar cookies and ginger bread
The church lady's "love feast" bread and tender roast beef
Amish made apple dumplings and cinnamon bread
Cinnamon sugar coated roasted pecans
and sharing my gramma's Arrowroot cookies with hot mint tea

02-10-2014, 08:14 PM	#1
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