Flavors of Childhood?

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  • neugebauer52
    neugebauer52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    We baked a delicious poppy seed strudel yesterday - haven't tried this since childhood.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    neugebauer52 wrote: »
    We baked a delicious poppy seed strudel yesterday - haven't tried this since childhood.

    Tried that in Calabasas in my mid twenties, so not much a childhood memory for me. Our ( sis & I ) had a Hungarian friend's mum who would always make some for Shabbat dinner. Sometimes she added pecans or walnuts to them which was just as lovely a bite.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    For a moment I thought the wicker in the back was long rows of nutty buddys and became envious.
  • bear2303
    bear2303 Posts: 251 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Ok so this is VERY off topic but your package of hot chocolate mix made me think of it and i can't not share now. Anyway, so my best friend's boss is a geologist and a major chocoholic. Both are equally relevant to the story trust me.

    So she used to sometimes just eat straight hot chocolate mix like in powder form if she didn't have any other source of chocolate around. One day she was working and got a craving so she spied a little pile of powder on the corner of her desk and scooped it up and ate it. It was then that she realized that the powder on her desk wasn't hot chocolate mix but was ACTUALLY DIRT. GIRL ATE STRAIGHT UP DIRT THINKING IT WAS CHOCOLATE.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    edited November 2019
    bear2303 wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Ok so this is VERY off topic but your package of hot chocolate mix made me think of it and i can't not share now. Anyway, so my best friend's boss is a geologist and a major chocoholic. Both are equally relevant to the story trust me.

    So she used to sometimes just eat straight hot chocolate mix like in powder form if she didn't have any other source of chocolate around. One day she was working and got a craving so she spied a little pile of powder on the corner of her desk and scooped it up and ate it. It was then that she realized that the powder on her desk wasn't hot chocolate mix but was ACTUALLY DIRT. GIRL ATE STRAIGHT UP DIRT THINKING IT WAS CHOCOLATE.

    🤮
  • slimtastesbetter
    slimtastesbetter Posts: 8,433 Member
    I will admit I've eaten hot chocolate mix powder with a spoon when I am craving chocolate and no other chocolate in the house.... But yikes on eating dirt thinking it was chocolate! Reminds me as a kid when I drank apple cider vinegar thinking it was apple juice! :s
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    slimtastesbetter wrote: »
    I will admit I've eaten hot chocolate mix powder with a spoon when I am craving chocolate and no other chocolate in the house.... But yikes on eating dirt thinking it was chocolate! Reminds me as a kid when I drank apple cider vinegar thinking it was apple juice! :s

    I must have a dry mouth because it would drive me up the wall from a texture standpoint to eat powdery things dry. I am a frosting fiend but I can't stand powdered sugar unless it is mixed with something.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,142 Member
    edited November 2019
    Have those Lifesaver "books" been mentioned yet, I used to get them every Christmas. I've been getting Pez dispensers in my stocking every year and I'm 48 now! Too bad I didn't save any of the early ones.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    bear2303 wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Ok so this is VERY off topic but your package of hot chocolate mix made me think of it and i can't not share now. Anyway, so my best friend's boss is a geologist and a major chocoholic. Both are equally relevant to the story trust me.

    So she used to sometimes just eat straight hot chocolate mix like in powder form if she didn't have any other source of chocolate around. One day she was working and got a craving so she spied a little pile of powder on the corner of her desk and scooped it up and ate it. It was then that she realized that the powder on her desk wasn't hot chocolate mix but was ACTUALLY DIRT. GIRL ATE STRAIGHT UP DIRT THINKING IT WAS CHOCOLATE.

    I ate Milo granules mixed with dried fortified buttermilk powder by the spoonful as a child. Think that started before we were taught to serve ourselves from the thermos my Dad would prep for us. My sister could reach the milo and buttermilk powder, whereupon she would serve our wee cups with the correct measurements, where the hot water was the hurdle, until THERMOS. Pre-kindie.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    i still eat these tbh

    I may or may not have eaten these the last two days.
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Especially love the french vanilla! I was gifted a set like this for Christmas a few years ago.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I want dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and dinosaur shaped kraft macaroni and cheese.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    puffbrat wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    i still eat these tbh

    I may or may not have eaten these the last two days.
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Especially love the french vanilla! I was gifted a set like this for Christmas a few years ago.

    I now feel compelled to buy some chicken nuggets
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,142 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    I want dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and dinosaur shaped kraft macaroni and cheese.

    My SIL always says she never thought she'd see the day she'd be feeding her kids dinosaur nuggets and how much she's changed.
  • New_Heavens_Earth
    New_Heavens_Earth Posts: 610 Member
    Mom's macaroni and cheese, fried bologna and cheese sandwiches, tuna salad and chips. Just made cube steak, mashed potatoes and broccoli for dinner. Might have rice cereal sometime this week- rice with butter, sugar, and condensed milk. Think rice pudding but soupier.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    @777Gemma888 I have to admit, I come here just to read your posts. I am vicariously reliving your childhood because your younger years sound like they were wonderful.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited November 2019
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    For some reason they taste WAY better than regular chicken nuggets. I think the breading:chicken ratio is higher.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Had these for lunch today 0sjszenmpfdr.jpeg
    For some reason they taste WAY better than regular chicken nuggets. I think the breading:chicken ratio is higher.

    Yes!! Omg I want these with Kraft macaroni and cheese... Also waffle fries. The Dino nuggets are better than regular nuggets with dipping sauces too... idk why
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    debrakgoogins wrote: »
    @777Gemma888 I have to admit, I come here just to read your posts. I am vicariously reliving your childhood because your younger years sound like they were wonderful.

    Thank you for the mention Debra. My childhood was peppered with a lot of love plus crazy adventures thrown in. Lol
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    edited November 2019
    Eh, I'll play. My grandma used to bake a lot (and very well) so I could post a lot of things, but my favourite was sour cherry cake:

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  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    Lol I used to think I was so fancy having these as a kid... they were my favorite
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
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  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Cheezits

    Homemade buttermilk biscuits with maple syrup

    Capri suns

    Open faced peanut butter and raisin sandwiches
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
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    @Noreenmarie1234 I WANTTTT! I am always tempted to buy these when I walk by them at the store lol
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Pierogis ! Made some today in the air fryer and reminded me of childhood. We are a polish family and used to make homemade ones with my grandma every Christmas. 0cmpljhpnikm.jpeg

    I've never had! And my family is 25% polish haha
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    Did anyone else used to eat the cresent/biscuit dough raw?? Lolll
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
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    Did anyone else used to eat the cresent/biscuit dough raw?? Lolll

    I'd never heard or seen cookie dough or butter dough been eaten raw until I came to the US. Raw veggies, yes. Raw flour plus plus pre-baking, never.

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