The foods we grew up eating

[Heliman]

My favorite dish was a an item we called “dough fish”. It was actually prepared with chunks of salmon or steelhead filet, dipped in a simple batter and deep fried. Also, a simple dip with mustard, ketchup and miracle whip with a little pickle relish. This was always a favorite for family dinners. You see, I grew up on a diet of wild caught salmon and steelhead and of course, venison.
Yummy! The venison round steaks were prepared like Swiss steak, with tomato sauce, onions and green peppers….. another Yummy!

 

[Mike J]

Since syrup was one of the first things mentioned I'll start with it. We used Log Cabin pancake syrup. We also used to always have a bottle of Yellow Label corn syrup around. If we didn't have anything sweet in the house & Dad's sweet tooth kicked in he would mix Yellow Label Corn Syrup with peanut butter & put it on white bread & eat it. Sometimes he would pour Yellow Label Corn Syrup over corn bread & eat it. I liked this as a kid. The last time I had this it was too sweet.

Not to criticize anyone we all have our likes & dislikes but the thought of ketchup on eggs seems gross to me. Of course covering over medium eggs with grits then cutting the whole thing up & mixing the eggs in with the grits & salting & peppering liberally might turn some of y'all off.

Growing up in the South we ate a lot of vegetables. During the summer we would get them fresh from the garden other times canned. I love fried green tomatoes, fried eggplant & fried chicken livers. Three things my wife wont cook. She despises any kind of liver. We ate Mexican rice too though I think we used a slightly different recipe.

My tastes have changed with age. I don't like most ketchup anymore. Most of it is just too sweet.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Pretty much ate any and everything Mom would cook EXCEPT:

FRIED EGGPLANT *** BARF BARF BARF
and
FRIED OKRA****** BARF BARF BARF

chunks of Okra in stews, low country boils (Contenders place) etc is okay; JUST NOT by itself !

 

[Ride1949]

Ha ha ha… ya know, sometimes I don’t consider Google, not sure why. I had a hard time here typing brickle. Apple spell check doesn’t recognize that word. Brock or brick, but not brickle.

That’s funny, because Google does recognize it.

Who would have thunk it?

Try peanut brittle. (I thought brickle didn't sound quite right) Peanut brittle was what we always called it. Mom and Dad where both farm-raised in Iowa during the depression and used words and expressions that others didn't so I wasn't sure about peanut brittle.

 

[Ride1949]

Something I always liked, but can't find anymore, is blocks of cornmeal mush. Cut thick slices off it like a block of cheese, fry it up in butter with syrup on it. Mom and Dad both liked either dark or light Karo on theirs, as well as on pancakes or waffles. Log Cabin was my favorite. Mom made the best fried chicken and meatloaf I've ever had, but you could make shoes out of her porkchops. I also grew up putting ketchup on scrambled eggs (still do) and sometimes even on macaroni and cheese. Both draw some strange looks from those around me.

 

[Ride1949]

Think small chunks of Peanut Brickle, without the peanuts, in vanilla ice cream.

Apparently I was mistaken. Peanut Brittle ice cream is not the same as Butter Brickle ice cream.

What is Butter Brickle Ice Cream? Everything You Want to Know About the Classic Flavor - Braum's

You know the standard ice cream flavors. There are the basics like chocolate and vanilla and elevated favorites like Rocky Road. While all flavors are deliciously unique, there’s one ice cream parlor fixture we love for its sweet nostalgia—Butter Brickle. Butter Brickle is a true golden oldie...

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[arfmel]

I’ve never had sauerkraut on pizza. Seems like it would be soggy pizza. 🤔

 

[Fox Mike]

Are there supposed to be photos in the post by "sfhogman"? If so I cannot see them. I have tried with and without my AdBlock on.

 

[sixmranch]

Fried Spam sandwiches. Spam and eggs. I love Spam.

 

[larry8]

Spam. Fried or right from the can...really.

I love the various flavors of Spam now. I cut it up into small bits and brown it then add it to my almost done scrambled eggs. Delicious.

 

[Snake45]

My Mom used to make "Spam & Bean Casserole." I believe it was some kind of baked beans with cut-up chunks of Spam, poured in a casserole dish and then covered with a layer of cornbread and baked. I loved that stuff!

 

[Danjet500]

One if my favorite snacks still to this day, PB&J and Miracle Whip on bread dunked in chocolate milk. My wife can't even watch me eat it.

 

[harley08]

Aunt Jemima.

Peanut butter and cucumber sandwiches.

Kraft Sandwich Spread sandwiches. (Yech!!)

Fried bologna sandwiches (Yech)

Fried SPAM Sandwiches (Double Yeechh!!)

Aunt Jemima pancake syrup or Blackburn's dark cane syrup. Pork breakfast sausages, grits and scrambled eggs with bacon pieces.
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You can't say Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben any more! (U racist pig = joke)
I always had real maple syrup and Crowley cheese from Vermont - I remember being in where they make the cheese and they let my Mom stir the cheese in a large vat.

 

[KIR]

Dad preferred Brer Rabbit Dark Black strap molasses. I remember having the tin Log Cabin in the house, but my favorite growing up was the Light Karo Syrup on pancakes. About once a month mom would make waffles. I liked those because one could fill up the square depressions with butter and or syrup. In the 70's I bought a maple syrup that had a maple leaf on the label, a light amber syrup from Canada. It did not overpower with sweetness. Unfortunately, Costco stopped carrying it a decade or so ago.
Having Mexican ancestors Mexican food is the best as there is a myriad of flavors in just about every bite of any dish. Wendy's Chorizo con Huevos for breakfast, but my aunts and uncles liked menudo aka: Hangover Soup as they used to drink a lot on weekends. Something I have not had in decades is Albondigas, Meatball soup. Commercially, the meatballs are too small. My mother made them so one would have to cut them up so they would fit into my mouth. Hate catsup by the way...too much sugar in it. Fresh small vine tomatoes cut up and sprinkled with pepper are great though. As are Bloody Mary's...LOL
For a snack, my mother taught my bro and I how to make basic quesadillas. Thin slice Monterey Jack Cheese place on a corn tortilla, sprinkled lightly with sugar. Place a second tortilla on top, heated over a gas stove.
Dad was a truck driver who brought in fruits and veggies from the valley and delivered to the central market in L.A. He always brought home a box of whatever he delivered, so we always had fresh fruit and veggies. Morning cereals always had fresh fruit in it.
Once I remember making a peanut butter sandwich, but place some tuna fish salad that my mother had made in the middle. I loved it. Can't seem to find anyone else that likes it. Wonder why??? Someone mentioned cornmeal mush. Well I have a recipe for...Mexican cornbread which consists of tossing in a small can of Ortegas diced green chiles and a can of creamed corn into the cornbread mix. Cook in a casserole dish.
Enchiladas filled with ground beef or Chilaquilas Cut up corn tortillas with lots of cheese and a red sauce.
Well that should give most of you...food for thought. (NO PUN INTENDED, HONEST!!!)

 

[hittman]

I forgot about the Log Cabin brand syrup. Pretty sure we used that brand too.

 

[harley08]

Best maple syrup I had was from either Vermont or New Hampshire. Love it.

Your right!

 

[GPFrank]

Homemade popcorn on the stove, ahh yes, good ole Karo "pancake" syrup. Dad made puffed rice in a skillet with butter and salt.
Try it it's good stuff. It was a treat when we got Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth's syrup.
Ate Spam occasionally and others......

 

[GPFrank]

Just to be ornery.... the first time I saw a guy put ketchup on eggs I got nauseous ......

In regards to this thread.... about every couple of years I will order a piece of lemon marange pie... just to be reminded that there is no one on the planet that can make one as good as my grandmother did.

I, too, got sick looking at someone eating eggs with ketchup....yuk.

 

[hittman]

From time to time I’ll put a little catsup on scrambled eggs but not my over-medium.

 

[sc1911cwp]

If it hit the plate I was expected to eat it. If I didn't I would end up with three choices.

1. Sit there until I ate it.
2. Go to Bed hungry.
3. See it for Breakfast.