Your 3 Favorite Dishes as a Kid
For me, it was (I'll exclude asian dishes since I don't know what they're called) 1. sausage links + cheese wrapped in crescent rolls (good golly, I'd eat all 12 of them if my mom let me)!!! 2. macaroni and cheese 3. cafeteria pizza (have no idea why, but this was the bomb) |
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| My 3 favorite dishes as a kid are pretty much the same as they are now...lol....
#1. Pasta fagoli #2. Homemade lasagna, only if my stepmom makes it #3. Tomato soup, campbells. LOL |
| Chicken and dumplings
Tater tot hotdish "July 4th dinner"- IE charcoal grilled burger, corn on the cob, watermelon, my moms homemade potato salad, maybe some smores or choclate pudding for desert! gosh that brings back memories of childhood! All of these are still yummy today!!!! |
| wow--this is a tough one!
Hmmm.... 1. Stouffer's French Bread Pizza (pepperoni--no sausage!) 2. Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie 3. Taco Casserole (my mom's recipe) |
| 1. Chicken legs with crispy skin.
2. Pizza 3. Spaghetti I did love Split-pea soup and Lima Bean soup and Peanut Butter and Jelly and Meatloaf and you name it! But you asked for only 3  |
| Lima bean soup was a favorite food as a kid!? Ron, you're crazy. |
| Pork chops and Jack in the Box tacos were my favorites. |
| okay you all are going to laugh at me....
1. Artichokes with hollindaise sauce 2.Perogies filled with cabbage and beef (moms recipe) 3. mashed potatoes with sourkraut and butter.... What can I say...Im polish 
I wont even include pickled herring, steak tartar, or escargot......mom said we had the ripest diapers in town..... |
| well, my Mom can't cook (shhhh don't tell her. She tried though!) so my favorite meals are all from my grandmothers (and my uncle who has some secret recipes for grilling-everyone should have some of his food-YUM!):
1-Spaghetti with meatballs and italian sausage 2-Potato Soup 3-Like Karen I loved the whole Fourth of July meal:burgers on the grill, corn on the cob, green beans and watermelen. (of course this could also have to do with the fact that my b-day celebration was combined with it.  ) |
Darcy, That's definitely the last thing I'd think a kid would say. What a sophisticated pallate you have.  |
barney1 wrote: Lima bean soup was a favorite food as a kid!? Ron, you're crazy.
How funny, I actually loved lima beans as a kid too....lol... never had lima bean soup though. |
| My mom is a very very good cook...and my parents had a lot of dinner parties....we ate what they ate....no special "kiddie" dinners for us...dont get me wrong...I love pizza, spaghetti etc...but those are really the foods that were special to us and that we would ask her to make....I mean I still love and eat liver.....I steal jars of kimchi from my best friends mother in law to this day....I do like weird stuff....but honestly right now I would kill for an Olga's with the sauce and curly fries........ |
| !. Lobster tail (it used to be the cheapest thing on the menu )
2. Shrimp of any kind 3. Peanut butter brownies (I still make those) I've always loved lobster and my parents would let me order it although they thought it was weird  |
| 1. Anything with mashed potatoes and good gravy.
2. Burgers and fries. 3. fried bread...dough boys is what we called it, others call it beaver tails...covered in homeade raspberry jam, or butter and syrup. |
| 1. rice and gravy
(yes, it is STILL stuck to my hips  )
2. Meatloaf (still a favorite) 3. Vienna Sausages
(can't stand the sight or smell of them now, but loved them as a kid) |
| 1. Lasagna
2. My mom's vegetable soup - still love this stuff 3. Anything that my dad grilled - he's awesome with the grill
Darcy, my boys are like you! lol They won't eat a lot of "kid" food. They'd much rather have vegetables and fruits. At Christmas, my MIL makes a candy/cookie tray and a vegetable tray. My two RUN for the vegetable tray and eat all the broccoli, celery, and carrot sticks, lol I'm not complaining though. |
| Darcy, thanks for reminding me:
1. Haystacks: mashed potatoes on the bottom, then diced pork roast, peas, saurkraut, topped with gravy. Yum! 2. Crispy skin chicken....Greek style, KFC, I didn't care 3. Ground beef pizza (instead of sausage) |
| My moms fried chicken .........never been able to do it like hers
Roman Holiday and mac and cheese ( home made ) |
| 1. My grandma's saurkraut
2. My other grandma's fried chicken 3. My Mom's liver and onions I know most people think liver and onions are gross buy my Mom made the best I've ever eaten. Honest! |
| 1. Spaghetti and meatballs - Mom made the absolute BEST meatballs in the world. I've tried duplicating her "recipe" but they never quite taste the same. Mom wasn't one for writing down recipes, so when I sat with her with a tablet and asked her for it, she just rattled off what she did. Same thing with her spaghetti sauce "recipe." I've duplicated that pretty well, plus did some tweaking to it to personalize it. Must admit, I take after Mom in that I don't have a recipe written down, a fact my daughter keeps bugging me about!
2. My dad's homemade Sicilian pizza. This was back in the days before the pizza shops and restaurants sold thick crust pizza. Only the hard core Sicilians made this at home. He would go to our local Italian bakery and buy bread dough and make his own crust. With mom's homemade spaghetti sauce on it, it was to DIE for. The only thing he put on it that I didn't like was anchovies - yuk! 3. Fried dough - they used to sell it at our parish's annual carnival, and my mom and I would work behind the oil vat making them. I like it sprinkled with powdered sugar. The carnival used to sprinkle them with regular sugar. Sounds very plain, and it was, but boy! Were they GREAT!! We made them at home, too, with the same bread dough from the Italian bakery. Today I can buy fresh bread dough at Wegman's, so occasionally I indulge myself and make some. Obviously, all my childhood favorites were Italian - still are!! Chris |
| What is Roman Holiday?
And Tammy, my brother and I used to LOVE Vienna Sausages...I thought of putting them on my list here...but what were we thinking! They are so disgusting now. I don't even know how we discovered them... |
barney1 wrote: What is Roman Holiday?
And Tammy, my brother and I used to LOVE Vienna Sausages...I thought of putting them on my list here...but what were we thinking! They are so disgusting now. I don't even know how we discovered them... 1. Other than an Audrey Hepburn movie, I have no idea? Deana? 2. I KNOW!! They're horrible!! But as a kid I would eat an entire can of them. YUK!  |
| 1. Tomatoe Soup(Campbells) and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Comfort Food
2. Kraft Dinner - Spirals 3. Babba's Cooking. Especially Perogies, Cabbage Rolls, Borscht, Chicken Noodle Soup. (Still my Favorite by far). |
| Well, gues that I would have to say that my three favorite were:
1. Sauerkraut and Weiners (Can't stand them now though) 2. Pizza 3. Fish Stick and French Fries |
| Chelsea..Im coming over for babbas cooking |
| Anytime.
All of my friends love it when we have huge family gatherings. 
I take my own tupperware over there when she makes supper. I always get the leftovers. (I am one of the only single grandchildren in the city). |
| Chels...Jewish or Polish? Im polish and my grandmother used to make awesome stuff like that...both are so similar in cooking styles...just "old world" good real cooking......sigh....I miss it....because it always tastes better when they make it...It must be because they "make it with love"..lol |
| Ukrainian. Yummy. It is so close to Polish food. My AUnt is 1/2 polish and when Bubcha cooks, it just about the same but no quite. |
| Favorite dishes growing up. Well my mom was pretty good in the kitchen as was my pop, but my all time favorites were
Mom's mac and cheese - made from scratch and just so good Corn on the cob - in the summer I could eat some corn Okay, don't shoot me on this one. I loved my mom's liver and I liked it served with Popeyes fav Spinach. I still do. one of my all time favs and everyone thinks I'm crazy. |
| My mom was the BEST cook so my favorites as a kid are still some of my favorites:
1. Shrimp Creole 2. Fresh corn off the cob (she pan fried it in tons of real butter) 3. Crab Omeletes (we ate these like a sandwich with mayo, lettuce, & tomato - still request it every birthday!) |
| My Mom was a great cook, but my favorite meals where:
1. Roast Beef, potatoes, carrots, gravy and corn on the cob 2. Chicken and Dumplins 3. Mom's Apple Pie. I have a story regarding my Mom's Apple Pie. My Mom passed away in August 2001. She was hospitalized two weeks before her passing. She was in the hospital a few days when she received the bad news that her life was coming to an end. She chose to go into Hospice at her home. As soon as she arrived home, she made an Apple Pie and then felt her job was done and retired to the bed, and waited for the end. My Mom's Apple Pie was the one thing that her whole family looked forward to when they came to her house. The Grandchildren always expected that Grandma would have one waiting for them when they visited on Sunday. One of the memories I have of my Mom's last day before she headed off to Heaven, was my Children, Nieces and Nephews sitting in the living room, with my Mom in her bed surrounded by them eating her Apple Pie....... Helen, Mom of Violet, China and Pearl |
| I don't know how I missed this thread back in February!!!
My mom is not a good cook, but she doesn't know it. And growing up we didn't know she couldn't cook...so here goes... 
1- Jello on toast for breakfast..... mmmmm 2- Hamburger soap.....my kids and husband hate it
3- Fresh boiled cod (that's right...boiled not broiled) |
violet wrote: One of the memories I have of my Mom's last day before she headed off to Heaven, was my Children, Nieces and Nephews sitting in the living room, with my Mom in her bed surrounded by them eating her Apple Pie....... What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing that with me. |
| My Mom is the worst cook.
The only thing she makes that is any good is her brisket and it's really good. So.... #1 Mom's Brisket #2 Friday night dinner at sleepaway camp (Shabbat Dinner) Roasted and seasoned Chicken, Barley, chickensoup #3 Anything at Mc Donalds |
| ooooh now then
1) Faggots, mashed potato, peas & gravy 2) Curry (my mums only) 3) Cottage pie (my mums only) |
Ollie's Mum wrote: ooooh now then
1) Faggots, mashed potato, peas & gravy Uh, that word has a completely different meaning here! What is a faggot? |
ButtersStotch wrote: Ollie's Mum wrote: ooooh now then 1) Faggots, mashed potato, peas & gravy Uh, that word has a completely different meaning here! What is a faggot? They eat cigarettes in their mashed potatoes? Ewwwww! |
| oh my god !! so sorry
Faggots are like large meatballs, made from liver and beef, with onions, really yummy. I must admit, we had a US visitor here at work, and someone said, I'm just off out for a fag, the US guy was gobsmacked, but of course what the English guys mean't was, I'm off out for a cigarette (fag is slang) Hope that clears that up LOL xx |
| Ha ha just saw the end of previous post about the fags - good job I mentioned it then LOL |
| Lol. Fag I knew, I'd never heard the long version! |
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never heard of the food version of that word. |
| Well if I'm ever over in the US, I better not ask for faggots then !!! LOL |
| #1 - going with Dad to White Castle for those little burgers.
#2 - Campbell's Bean 'n Bacon soup #3 - mashed potatoes at school |
| Cottage Pie, Brown Sauce.
Spaghetti bolognese Fishfingers, Chips, Peas (Yummy) Oh and Red sauce.. Kim & Maizie |
Quote: Well if I'm ever over in the US, I better not ask for faggots then !!! LOL
No, probably not a good idea, Since it also has another meaning which we've skipped here |
| I didn't miss this thread way back when it started - really I didn't.
I have been reading it all along. I have been thinking about what foods I liked as a child, and it has brought back so many memories. I find it very interesting what a diverse group we have here. I am so curious about some of the English responses. If you all have a moment, could you please tell us more - like what exactly are these foods? Preparations? I am Pennsylvania Dutch and that is the cooking I grew up with. As an adult that is the food I fall back on when cooking for a group, or when I am totally stressed and don't want to have to think. I guess you all know about PA Dutch foods. My three are: 1 - Chicken Pot Pie (here that doesn't come with any crust anywhere) (this always came with butterbread and crumb cake and NEVER bought noodles) 1 1/2- Chicken Rivvel soup (it's a tie for first) 2 - Pig Stomach (this always came with red beets & red beet eggs 'cause you make them at the same time, butterbread and a pie - usually shoo-fly) 2 1/2 - Schnitz und Knepp (came with butterbread, dried corn, and a schnitz pie or cake) tie for second! 3 - Fried scrapple (fried in bacon grease, hard, with either syrup or applebutter, bacon or fried ham, and also butterbread) Makes me want to 'go home'. Shellie |
| I don't know if anyone remember these, but one of my favorites was Hunt's Skilet Dinners, the Hawiaan Delight. It came out before Hamburger Helper. It had rice, pineapple and yummy seasoning.
Loved my Dad's homemade pizza. Lived on tacos as a teenager. |
| Shelly, you may as well have written your post in Dutch. I have no idea what any of those are.
I suppose New Mexico has it's fair share of strange food though like Chile Rellenos, Stuffed Sopapillas, Calabacitas (yum), Pasole, Tamales. As a kid I didn't like the New Mexican food too much, because it's all hot, but now it's my favorite. My favorites as a kid were Roast Beef Pizza And my mom's fudge (I know it's not a meal, but it still counts) |
Scruffy's Mom wrote: And my mom's fudge (I know it's not a meal, but it still counts)
Ha ha, of course that counts anything chocolate is at the top of the food groups!! |
| Hmmmm...this takes me back! My mom was a great cook. We just didn't know then that everything she made would kill us !! 1. Lamb (shoulder) chops, mashed potates and peas (I'd stick the mash potatoes in the round hole in the lamb chop and then suck it out). 2. Brisket, roasted potatoes and chicken soup on Friday night. 3. The REAL Swanson fried chicken "TV" dinners in the tin trays. Gosh, I could go on and on!!! |
Bosley's mom wrote: 1- Jello on toast for breakfast..... mmmmm
Do you really mean Jello....or did you mean Jelly???? |
Yuck, just looked up what scrapple is....  |
| Stacey- then I won't tell you that pig stomach really is stuffed pig stomach.
Not much goes to waste. I'm not sure what you read, but scrapple is what happens to what is leftover after butchering. Of course there are also pig knuckles, pigs feet and tripe (HEY! there is another food I don't much care for -who knew?!) One of my major pet peeves is having to throw out food. I can't tell you the last time I actually threw anything out. Shellie |
Darcy wrote: Bosley's mom wrote: 1- Jello on toast for breakfast..... mmmmm Do you really mean Jello....or did you mean Jelly???? Nope. Definitely J-E-L-L-O.... Red is the best...but yellow is not far behind. The butter has to be well melted, and best when the toast is still warm.....mmmmmmm. We didn't have much money growing up, so I think Jello was cheaper and with 8 kids it would go farther...than jam/jelly. Although I have met someone from the Maritimes who also had this as a kid...Maybe it was an eastern thing? |
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