favorite childhood foods

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » January 27, 2005 8:01 pm

What foods did you eat as a kid that every now and then you have to have.
Fluffernutter sandwiches (even though I can only eat a half)
Bologna sandwiches with chips on them
Ovaltine
Real mac and cheese

My mother wasn't a good cook and she had to feed 4 kids on a fireman's pay. Gourmet wasn't the thing. We also spent chunks of out time as kids as vegetarians and we had goats who were raised for milk and cheese. I don't long for goat milk, yuck.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 27, 2005 8:10 pm

we were not so well off

I miss good bologna mom made gravy with it
tuna sandwiches
not much else

OH mincemeat pie..

Reefdiver · Post by **Reefdiver** » January 27, 2005 8:19 pm

What is a "fluffernutter" sandwich? Enquiring minds wanna know.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » January 27, 2005 8:21 pm

Do you know what else my mom did with bologna? She fried it then put peas into the cup it turned into. Or she fried it with cheese and made it into a sandwich. I hated bologna as a kid. Swore my kids would never, ever eat it. Now years later I like it every once in a blue moon. My kids who didn't really have it growing up, like I said, hate the stuff.
Ew. my gfather always had to have mincemeat pie for the holidays. We kids would never try it.

You know we lived in an average working class neighborhood. Most owned their own homes and many had 2 cars. We all spent 2 weeks at the shore or a lake in the summer. But nobody was well off, or all are parents were very conservative with money. Now it seems that everybody my kids know has alot of money.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » January 27, 2005 8:23 pm

fluffernutter - marshmallow fluff and peanutbutter, always on white squishy bread. Absolutely no nutritional value but food perfection.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » January 27, 2005 8:35 pm

Two things jump to mind:
1. Spaghettios. Only the ones w/ franks in them. The ones w/ meatballs were good until about 10 years ago when they changed the meatballs. Mom used to "make" Spaghettios for me when I was little and we lived at the beach in the summer. I had to come in for a nap in the afternoon, b/c I was much younger than the other kids.

2. Ho Ho's. Always a fave as a youngster. As an adult, the first step to the solution in any crisis in my life is a box of Ho Ho's.

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » January 27, 2005 8:47 pm

Gooey burgers

Grandma made them, ground up bologna and pickles, put into a hot dog bunn and cooked in the oven.

god damn that was good stuff

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » January 27, 2005 8:51 pm

Mom's Sloppy Joe's, and not the canned sauce stuff. She canned her OWN mix.

Dad's grilled chicken swimming in BBQ sauce

Pancakes on Saturday mornings watching Bugs Bunny

poohbear1324 · Post by **poohbear1324** » January 27, 2005 8:57 pm

Sidew13 wrote:Mom's Sloppy Joe's, and not the canned sauce stuff. She canned her OWN mix.

Dad's grilled chicken swimming in BBQ sauce

Soooooooooo Gooooooooood

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » January 27, 2005 9:07 pm

My grandfather was a navy cook during wwII. Whenever we slept at his house he would make mountains of pancakes and bacon. Sometimes pots of irish oatmeal with brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Sunday dinner at grandparents house was usually spaghetti and meatballs, or a very well done beef roast.
I miss my grandparents. Both of my sons love to cook and I tell them they get it from their great grandfather.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » January 27, 2005 9:09 pm

boudain - love that boudain!!!
stuffed bell peppers
etoufee

What can I say?? Grandma lived in N'Orleans

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » January 27, 2005 9:25 pm

My Nana's pot roast.
My mom's seafood chowder with her homemade biscuits, light as air and hot from the oven with butter and honey.
Molasses baked beans and homemade brown bread.
Dad's barbecued steaks -- rare, no sauce.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 27, 2005 10:13 pm

McDonalds Happy Meals.....LOVED THEM!

Fried chicken in my momma's cast iron skillet.

Burgers and dogs fresh from the grille.

Soda pop

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » January 27, 2005 10:25 pm

I used to love making A1 Steak Sauce sandwiches as well as mustard sandwiches, nothin' but the bread and sauce,mmmmmmm good.
Or maybe tuna fish or potted meat.
I heard Tim McGraw's new song speak of fried bologna sandwiches and I have not had one of those in years.
I'm gonna have to do something about that.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » January 27, 2005 10:34 pm

phjrsaunt wrote:Two things jump to mind:
1. Spaghettios. Only the ones w/ franks in them. The ones w/ meatballs were good until about 10 years ago when they changed the meatballs. Mom used to "make" Spaghettios for me when I was little and we lived at the beach in the summer. I had to come in for a nap in the afternoon, b/c I was much younger than the other kids.

2. Ho Ho's. Always a fave as a youngster. As an adult, the first step to the solution in any crisis in my life is a box of Ho Ho's.

thats because the meat is SOY!

Ho Hos are great I loved Suzi Qs'

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » January 27, 2005 10:40 pm

to this day I still like to overdose on a big bowl of onion dip as well as canned boiled peanuts and vienna sausages.

The Marathon candy bar was the bomb diggety doowop shabang too.

msu#1 · Post by **msu#1** » January 27, 2005 10:55 pm

sonofabeach wrote:I used to love making A1 Steak Sauce sandwiches as well as mustard sandwiches, nothin' but the bread and sauce,mmmmmmm good.
Or maybe tuna fish or potted meat.
I heard Tim McGraw's new song speak of fried bologna sandwiches and I have not had one of those in years.
I'm gonna have to do something about that.

hahaha I just bought a pack of bologna this week and made a bunch just for the hell of it, ah good times

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » January 27, 2005 11:10 pm

When you are spending the big bucks, Taylor's Pork Roll and cheese sandwiches.
I also miss my grandfather's homemade rootbeer. And making snow ice cream, we never get enough snow to do this. Being from Philly, soft pretzels right from the factory still warm, and real Italian water ice in lemon or chocolate. Rita's is not real Italian ice.

finz83 · Post by **finz83** » January 27, 2005 11:16 pm

Spaghetti O's with Meatballs

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » January 27, 2005 11:26 pm

Macaroni and Cheese!

And we often had pancakes for dinner at night. I never thought about it at the time, but probably because meat was soooo expensive....