The foods we grew up eating

[Kevin]

Wow, lots of strange combos here.

Colonial girl: the only thing I will order in an Italian restaurant is eggplant parmigiana. I absolutely love it. Homemade is even better but it’s so much work.

I used to eat a lot of cornmeal mush growing up also. I forgot about the molasses. That was a staple at our house more than maple syrup.

 

[KIR]

I had breakfast this morn at Cafe Bellini's in Western Village, Sparks, NV and I had Cholula brand red hot sauce. Not as hot as Tabasco. I was only one there so, my eggs, sausage links, hash browns were like HOT off the griddle. Also got a small blueberry muffin and a large biscuit.
NO CATSUP!!! YUCK!

 

[BearBiologist]

Wow, lots of strange combos here.

Colonial girl: the only thing I will order in an Italian restaurant is eggplant parmigiana. I absolutely love it. Homemade is even better but it’s so much work.

I used to eat a lot of cornmeal mush growing up also. I forgot about the molasses. That was a staple at our house more than maple syrup.

I still like fried mush as well as "mush porridge". Also, Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal and Grape Nuts. Boiled rice with milk and sugar. Frozen Sirloin Tips with Mushrooms. XLNT tamales with frozen chile.

 

[BearBiologist]

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.

Numbers 1 & 3 combined. Number 2 was NOT an option!

 

[BearBiologist]

I had breakfast this morn at Cafe Bellini's in Western Village, Sparks, NV and I had Cholula brand red hot sauce. Not as hot as Tabasco. I was only one there so, my eggs, sausage links, hash browns were like HOT off the griddle. Also got a small blueberry muffin and a large biscuit.
NO CATSUP!!! YUCK!

I use Tobasco to enhance many things=gravy, soups, stew, etc. Not for taste. I keep a bag of mixed hot sauce packets (along with horseradish sauce, soy sauce, etc.) in my 4Runner for trips (In the FIRST AID kit!). I prefer Tapatio or Cholula to Tabasco.

We renewed our vows after 35 years and I gave all the male guests a little box with "survival items"=included a tiny bottle of Tabasco for each. Had 1-2 dozen left that went into my bag.

 

[Ride1949]

Fresh small vine tomatoes cut up and sprinkled with pepper are great though. As are Bloody Mary's...LOL

 

[fiasconva]

I never could eat those pancakes with syrup on them. Anything sweet for breakfast would make me sick. My dad would get really pissed off if I didn't eat it "his" way with the syrup on them. He thought that if they didn't make him sick they shouldn't make anyone else sick either. I'd just eat them without the syrup if I could get away with it. Didn't really care for them that way. Mom would make what she called "soup burgers" back then. That was before sloppy joes came out. Fried hamburger with a little onion and tomato soup on hamburger buns.

 

[steveodtw]

My mother was English so she liked Lyle's Golden Syrup when she could get it. More like honey than syrup. I remember growing up with either Log Cabin or Aunt Jemima's maple flavored syrup. As kids, even in Michigan and Minnesota, we didn't get Maple syrup often, cost too dear.

 

[RoninPA]

I'm the guy Kevin was talking about in the original post. And if you ever come to an East Coast Gathering, WE TALK FOOD (as well as other things) because of all the different places we come from for this absolutely FANTASTIC gathering of Ruger folks.

My family has used Karo Light corn syrup, dark corn syrup and the pancake syrup for as long as I can remember. I believe the reason was that we didn't have a lot of money growing up and they were probably the cheapest in the market. I know we couldn't afford true maple syrup (which I also happen to love on pancakes, waffles, french toast, etc,) but I grew up with Karo. Now, that said, I can go into any grocery store here in central PA and can find Karo Light and Dark syrup all day long. No idea why they stopped carrying the pancake syrup.

Catsup, ketchup, however you want to spell or pronounce it on eggs just isn't for me - however - I do like putting a little sriracha sauce on my scrambled eggs. Not a lot, just enough to give them a bit of a zing.

I'm a foodie, love food, love to cook, grill, smoke, bake (I personally make Miss Pennys special extra dark chocolate birthday cake - and DO NOT tEVER try to talk her out of any of it ) That's why I always bring a second one for the crowd.

 

[Snake45]

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.

I don't blame her. I almost puked just reading about it.

 

[kcsteve]

I have heard of lard sandwiches but, I never had one.

 

[protoolman]

Cream of Wheat hot cereal with lots of whole milk and sugar.Also with lots of buttery hot toast got me off to school on cold winter days. Also buttered toast dipped in hot chocolate for supper when mom didn't feel like cooking was a treat we only had a couple times a year.

 

[Old and grumpy]

If you grew up 1930s -1980s Check out this page. Mid Century Menu. It is no longer active but is still up. Lots of good stuff and the stuff our parents WERE trying to kill us with. I just made another batch of Stollen. Best I have found and the only one close to what granny made. I stuff it with cream cheese and use extra fruit and cardamom . https://www.midcenturymenu.com/stollen-1959-a-vintage-holiday-recipe-test/

 

[Hvymax]

I remember my Parent's making scrapple but they called it mush. I still like frying up a mess of scrapple on a Sunday morning.

 

[harley08]

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

I eat scrambled eggs with catsup and Texas pete garlic hot sauce on them!

 

[Mike J]

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.

My wife once came to me & told me that my daughter (she was about 4 or 5 at the time) wanted a sandwich. She told me I could make it for her if I wanted to but she would not make it. If I recall correctly It was bologna & cheese with mayonnaise, peanut butter & jelly. I made it for her. My wife grimaced. My daughter ate every bite and said, "That was a good sandwich!"

 

[Dave P.]

Mostly ate a lot of the same stuff mentioned at home, exception was living with a few different families in Canada while playing juniors.
Winter of 76-77 I got pulled up to skate at Gatineau just north of Ottawa and lived on a farm for almost 3 months, family of mom, dad, two teenaged
daughters and a grandma. Not sure in three months I ate much of anything that wasn't grown on that farm, grandma did almost all the cooking.
All kinds of home made breads and pastries, ham, bacon, beef, canned garden stuff.... Grandma Julia didn't speak much English, but damn she could
cook! I still remember getting up late on mornings with no AM practice after away games, get out of the shower and come downstairs and find
a big hot plate of eggs, bacon, and potatoes waiting. I think I put on ten pounds that winter.

 

[Acorn]

My paternal grandmother used to buy mock chicken. Ground up pork and who knows what on a wooden stick, rolled in corn meal formed to resemble chicken legs.
She’d wrap them in tinfoil and cook them on the charcoal grill.
My cousins and I loved them.
I haven’t seen them since.

 

[turd]

Anybody remember Dagwood? I used to make similar sandwiches with just about anything I could find that would stay between two slices of white bread. Miracle Whip, peanut butter, grape or strawberry jelly, sandwich meat, velveeta cheese, slice of onion, leaf lettuce etc. My Mom would gag, but I loved them.

 

[Fox Mike]

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 !

Fried okra is OK, but eggplant is better used in the hog trough.