Flavors of Childhood?
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RelCanonical wrote: »I've been thinking of a few, other threads have helped me remember.
Cheddar n' Bacon Easy Cheese on top of Ritz Crackers
Ritz cracker cheese sandwiches (the baby ones)
Squeeze It drinks
Brown sugar poptarts with butter on top
Lunchables pizza
Butter pecan ice cream (which I honestly didn't care for, but we always had it)
Fruit roll-ups
Vienna hot dogs, fried to a crisp on the grill
Those flat, square pizza slices you got at school. I loved those, idc.
Also, the milk cartons you got at school, or the juice cartons where you stabbed a straw through the foil top
That's all I can remember right now.
This was like, regular stuff too, not treats. We ate a lot of fast food too. Chicken nuggets from burger king was definitely a common meal. Same with roast beef sandwiches from arbys.
OH yes I think we were sisters living in the same house! haha
We ate all of that stuff too, except the Squeeze It drinks - probably because I'm older and didn't have siblings.
As for the school pizza squares...I only had that once or twice, I thought the cheese tasted weird...but my friend said her mom worked at a factory where they made it and they always had cases of it in a deep freezer.
My dad and I used to get Arby's roast beef sandwiches every time my mom was out of town for business. Every single time. And cheap Pet Ritz strawberry or chocolate pies from the freezer section that tasted like ice and little else.4 -
Homemade Cherry Mash candy was the BEST Christmas candy!4 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »YUM! Loco Moco is one of my favorite meals right now, even my husband's healthier version (Morningstar griller, egg, brown rice & vegetarian "beef" broth gravy)!
I never heard of it as a kid though...I grew up in the Midwest where some of my biggest childhood favorites are Pizza Hut personal pan pepperoni pizzas (Book It! anyone?) and brown beans served with buttered cornbread and a squirt of ketchup on the beans.
oh my starts personal pan pizzas from pizza hut were the JAM!!! I STILL love pizza hut pan pizza even though it gives me the worst stomach ache!6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »My grandma made graham cracker/frosting "sandwiches" for us, and hot jello to drink when we were sick. Oh, and cinnamon toast.
(When I went looking for a image for cinnamon toast, I found it in a recipe site. Who in the kitten needs a recipe for cinnamon toast?!? :laugh:)
Lol listen i didn't realize that some people make cinnamon toast differently! I always grew up with make the toast first then butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. BUT my husband grew up with buttering the bread and sprinkling the cinnamon and sugar on before you put it in a toaster! BLEW MY MIND!!!10 -
RelCanonical wrote: »I've been thinking of a few, other threads have helped me remember.
Cheddar n' Bacon Easy Cheese on top of Ritz Crackers
Ritz cracker cheese sandwiches (the baby ones)
Squeeze It drinks
Brown sugar poptarts with butter on top
Lunchables pizza
Butter pecan ice cream (which I honestly didn't care for, but we always had it)
Fruit roll-ups
Vienna hot dogs, fried to a crisp on the grill
Those flat, square pizza slices you got at school. I loved those, idc.
Also, the milk cartons you got at school, or the juice cartons where you stabbed a straw through the foil top
That's all I can remember right now.
This was like, regular stuff too, not treats. We ate a lot of fast food too. Chicken nuggets from burger king was definitely a common meal. Same with roast beef sandwiches from arbys.
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Kraft spirals mac and cheese
"pajama party pizzas" (Pizza made on pillsburry rolls
Nutty bars
Yes to the cinnamon toast!
Warming up a whole stick of butter and pouring it over microwave popcorn with extra salt
Lunchables
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777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!2 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
I'll help you look! I'm still searching for what i was looking for... so hard to explain but I can taste them on my tongue... very light texture. Cloudy... clusters. I think they were available in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.1 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
Something similar to this?
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777Gemma888 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
Something similar to this?
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pancakerunner wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
I'll help you look! I'm still searching for what i was looking for... so hard to explain but I can taste them on my tongue... very light texture. Cloudy... clusters. I think they were available in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
You guys. I feel like I’m going crazy... am I imagining this product?! Idkkk. 😩 they were like the yogurt clusters in some cereals, but super airy and would melt in your mouth. What the heck0 -
My Mum’s Tomato Macaroni Cheese, recipe from the back of a Campbell’s condensed tomato soup can. Basically, cooked macaroni with chopped onion in the water, the soup, half a can of water, mustard powder and grated cheese. In an era in the UK when nobody ate pasta it was adventurous and avant garde! And delicious!
Similarly, her Tuna Rice Casserole. Back of a Campbell’s condensed Chicken Soup. Has become a family favourite with all my 4 kids, now grown and feeding kids of their own with it!
Banana sandwiches, apple and cinnamon toast, egg in a cup (standard when I was ill) chopped soft boiled egg, butter, salt and pepper, in a teacup with brown bread soldiers. Bread & Milk - bread soaked in hot milk with sugar and cinnamon. Again, that was a food for when you were ill.
Corned Beef Hash, oh and a Corned Beef Wellington - tin of corned beef, topped with Branston Pickle wrapped in pastry.
Also something we called the ‘Fiendish Beandish’ - Tin of Baked Beans, cooked with onion, dry mustard, hard boiled eggs, dash of Worcestershire sauce and grated cheddar. This was a fast meal when we’d come home from a day out hiking.
And I can honestly say there are no chips (French Fries) like those my Mum made. Don’t understand what she did differently but you’ll never have a chip like it!7 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
I'll help you look! I'm still searching for what i was looking for... so hard to explain but I can taste them on my tongue... very light texture. Cloudy... clusters. I think they were available in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
You guys. I feel like I’m going crazy... am I imagining this product?! Idkkk. 😩 they were like the yogurt clusters in some cereals, but super airy and would melt in your mouth. What the heck
Like the nougats in Special K?0 -
AustinRuadhain wrote: »Ripe tomatoes, right off the vine! (I am with you @lynn_glenmont !)
Also blackberries and muscadines, right off the vine, so warm and sweet!
Cold milk, drunk after you first shook the jar to mix the cream back in.
Homemade rum ice cream!
Thin pancakes (not crepes, but not fluffy American standard pancakes) with a bit of powdered sugar and some lemon juice.
Homemade fudge.
My dad's homemade black-bottom pie!
Oh, I forgot about homemade fudge!
My older brothers would make it before I was allowed to use the stove, but they never let it cook long enough to set. So we would eat it out of the pan with spoons, or pour it over ice cream while still warm. Mmmm.4 -
777Gemma888 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
Something similar to this?pancakerunner wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
Something similar to this?
Neither of those, I just found them though!!
They made them in peanut butter and cinnamon sugar. They were so good.
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pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
I'll help you look! I'm still searching for what i was looking for... so hard to explain but I can taste them on my tongue... very light texture. Cloudy... clusters. I think they were available in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
You guys. I feel like I’m going crazy... am I imagining this product?! Idkkk. 😩 they were like the yogurt clusters in some cereals, but super airy and would melt in your mouth. What the heck
Hmmm... do you remember what company made them? Or what color the packaging was?2 -
Kraft Deluxe Macaroni Dinner, with bacon on it finished in the oven. Still make this when I'm in a bad mood.
Mom's cookies. I've got the recipe and they just aren't the same as the ones she made. She would bake a batch and put them in our stockings at Christmas. Got them well into adulthood. I miss those.3 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Super random, but does anyone who was a kid in the 2000s remember those yogurt-covered cluster-like snacks that came in pouches?? They were like crunchy... chocolaty and strawberry. I'm searching but can't find any pictures!
You have me thinking of nougat clusters.
I dont remember those, but I am still trying to find someone who remembers these mini cinnamon rolls they made. They looked like mini cinnamon rolls but were made with oats. I was 99% sure it was quaker, but could not find it after looking for ages on google etc. They were a small snack pack with like 5 dime sized oat baked cinnamon "rolls" with icing. I used to microwave them and they were delicious!
I'll help you look! I'm still searching for what i was looking for... so hard to explain but I can taste them on my tongue... very light texture. Cloudy... clusters. I think they were available in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
You guys. I feel like I’m going crazy... am I imagining this product?! Idkkk. 😩 they were like the yogurt clusters in some cereals, but super airy and would melt in your mouth. What the heck
Hmmm... do you remember what company made them? Or what color the packaging was?
Thinking about it more... I remember getting them in my middle school's a la carte line... I can't remember if they were even in a package or not. Hmmm. It's gonna bother me now haha0 -
On the Pizza Hut Book It thing - our Pizza Hut was right across from the library so I used to take my books with me and read while eating my personal pepperoni pan pizza except for when we would play table Ms Pac-Man before the food got there. Such good memories!7
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Someone mentioned Cheerios and that made me think of the peanut butter Cheerio bars that were always a staple at the bake sale fundraiser at my school.
Also for me nacho cheese Doritos and frito lay nacho cheese dip in a can was a staple of every slumber party (along with Ouija and Dirty Dancing followed by Girls Just Want To Have Fun marathon).
Fried chicken legs, mashed potatoes and chocolate pudding from one of those in mall smorgasbord buffets.5 -
Potato Lefse spread with butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, rolled up and popped in the toaster oven. Yum.
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Doritos and french onion dip combo.3
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Mine was 2 ranch pringles with american easy cheeze in between.3
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oh man all the Doritos & dip memories take me back too! Mine was Cool Ranch Doritos with Hiland french onion dip (I think it's kinda regional, Missouri).0
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My mom was an excellent cook and always cooked/baked from scratch and my favorite dish(es) of her's was:
Pork chops rice and gravy:
Chicken and Dumplings:
German chocolate cake:
Stawberries in cream
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Another few things I was thinking about...
Mom used to make "cheese crisps" that were my FAVORITE! I used to eat them for dinner or night snack all the time. (tortilla crisped on a pan topped with melted cheese) and I would put tons of franks hot sauce on them.
Also these specific brand of chicken nuggets with the heavy breading. They have a signature taste I can still remember. Again with tons of hot sauce.
And my favorite oatmeal as a kid.
Also these. My aunt was always "on a diet" and had the southwestern chicken and sesame chicken south beach diet wraps in her fridge all the time. I would always have them when I went to her house because they were SO good.
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My dad did not cook at all but there was a couple times when I was a kid that my mom had to be hospitalized. So we ate boiled hot dogs and canned chili because I think that was literally the only thing he knew how to prepare LOL7
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My Grandma made the best fried eggplant. Extra thin and extra crispy! The Eggplant was from her garden.
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