Flavors of Childhood?
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Chicken a la king and shredded wheat snack mix. I miss that stuff where shredded wheat cereal was essentially tossed with butter and garlic powder and baked before mixing with pretzels and nuts.1
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Chicken a la king and shredded wheat snack mix. I miss that stuff where shredded wheat cereal was essentially tossed with butter and garlic powder and baked before mixing with pretzels and nuts.
Homemade "Chex Mix"! 😋
Friendly's Swiss Chocolate Almond Sundae
My mom was the best cook! She made so many delicious things. A few more: mini meatloaf, beef burgundy, lasagna, pasta primavera, baked apples; cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, all from scratch.3 -
InspectorRed wrote: »
Homemade Cherry Mash candy was the BEST Christmas candy!
Never had this, but it looks delish! 😋
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BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »Corned Beef Wellington - tin of corned beef, topped with Branston Pickle wrapped in pastry.
That sounds magnificent.BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »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.
So does that! If I wasn't already a fat knacker I'd have that for my tea.2 -
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I want the recipe for the hawaiian fried rice.
As for kid food--ice cream sandwiches as I remember them. But nowadays my tolerance for sweet is lower and they are too sweet for me.1 -
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@Noreenmarie1234 YES to the dinosaur! (that'w what my brother and I called it growing up)
Mom: what do you want for breakfast
Us: DINOSAUR!!!1 -
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.
I remember in school I loved the Stromboli that was served. I remember the crust being especially crispy. My sister's friend said she would flatten one down & put another one on top & get it for one.0 -
I used to eat this with a spoon.4 -
My beloved mother, when it was really HOT outside would make what she called a "cold dinner" for us. I was ALWAYS thrilled when we had a "cold dinner"!
Coldcuts, shrimp cocktail, cheeses, pickles, green and black olives, various kinds of pickles, devilled eggs and fruit (usually grapes, watermelon, pinaeapple chunks, peach slices, strawberries). Even though we were children, she would have the table looking marvelous and always used colorful and cute toothpicks to have everything on, When I think about it...my mom was a wonderful person! We ate all of these with saltine crackers and washed it down with homemade sweet ice tea or kool-aid--looked kinda like this:
Shrimp cocktail w/homemade cocktail sauce
cold cuts and cheese (but again Mommy used to make it look GOOD with pretty toothpicks)
Relish plate/platter
Devilled eggs
Fruit plate/platter
This is what the old school tin can of saltine crackers used to look like when we ate with everything above17 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »My beloved mother, when it was really HOT outside would make what she called a "cold dinner" for us. I was ALWAYS thrilled when we had a "cold dinner"!
Coldcuts, shrimp cocktail, cheeses, pickles, green and black olives, various kinds of pickles, devilled eggs and fruit (usually grapes, watermelon, pinaeapple chunks, peach slices, strawberries). Even though we were children, she would have the table looking marvelous and always used colorful and cute toothpicks to have everything on, When I think about it...my mom was a wonderful person! We ate all of these with saltine crackers and washed it down with homemade sweet ice tea or kool-aid--looked kinda like this:
Shrimp cocktail w/homemade cocktail sauce
cold cuts and cheese (but again Mommy used to make it look GOOD with pretty toothpicks)
Relish plate/platter
Devilled eggs
Fruit plate/platter
This is what the old school tin can of saltine crackers used to look like when we ate with everything above
That reminds me! My mom used to ALWAYS make me saltines sandwiches in my lunch or for snack. She would put cream cheese in between two saltines or cream cheese and jelly in between. I couldn't find a pic, but this was the closest I could find.
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pancakerunner wrote: »
I used to eat this with a spoon.
YES! I loved the classic malt. I can taste it now...0 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »My beloved mother, when it was really HOT outside would make what she called a "cold dinner" for us. I was ALWAYS thrilled when we had a "cold dinner"!
Coldcuts, shrimp cocktail, cheeses, pickles, green and black olives, various kinds of pickles, devilled eggs and fruit (usually grapes, watermelon, pinaeapple chunks, peach slices, strawberries). Even though we were children, she would have the table looking marvelous and always used colorful and cute toothpicks to have everything on, When I think about it...my mom was a wonderful person! We ate all of these with saltine crackers and washed it down with homemade sweet ice tea or kool-aid--looked kinda like this:
Shrimp cocktail w/homemade cocktail sauce
cold cuts and cheese (but again Mommy used to make it look GOOD with pretty toothpicks)
Relish plate/platter
Devilled eggs
Fruit plate/platter
This is what the old school tin can of saltine crackers used to look like when we ate with everything above
That reminds me! My mom used to ALWAYS make me saltines sandwiches in my lunch or for snack. She would put cream cheese in between two saltines or cream cheese and jelly in between. I couldn't find a pic, but this was the closest I could find.
That looks soooooo YUMMY--Yep! We ate almost everything on saltine crackers--hardly ever eating bread, only on grilled cheese sandwiches (with tomato soup of course) or for sandwiches she would make/pack with totally LOVE for our lunches. Saltine crackers were definitely a staple in our house. We didn't eat that much peanut butter and jelly, but when we did...we ate it on saltine crackers instead of bread.
Someone mentioned Vienna Sausages--we ate a lot of those too (for lunch)...on saltine crackers with tabasco or hot sauce on them--here's what the package looked like when we used to eat them YEARS ago--also, we never cooked them, just ate them out the can with saltine crackers. This ad show corned beef hash too (my mother WOULD cook the corned beef hash though)--we ate A LOT of that for breakfast with eggs and buttered raisin toast and some kind of fruit and I loved it too:
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
I used to eat this with a spoon.
YES! I loved the classic malt. I can taste it now...
I loved the malt flavor too. When I was a teenager and home sick by myself I would always have a huge glass of this (mixed into milk) with egg & buttered toast when I started to feel well enough to eat. Definitely comforting!2 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
I used to eat this with a spoon.
YES! I loved the classic malt. I can taste it now...
I loved the malt flavor too. When I was a teenager and home sick by myself I would always have a huge glass of this (mixed into milk) with egg & buttered toast when I started to feel well enough to eat. Definitely comforting!
My brothers and sisters LOVED the malt flavor so much for ovaltine AND the Carnations Malted milk--not me, I didn't like the "malt" taste.
they used to drink this a LOT:
They also used to buy "malts" at the ice cream palor--not me, I only like shakes--but I LOVED this:
They also made this in strawberry flavor, which my siblings loved...but I didn't I only liked the chocolate flavored one.5 -
NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
I used to eat this with a spoon.
YES! I loved the classic malt. I can taste it now...
I loved the malt flavor too. When I was a teenager and home sick by myself I would always have a huge glass of this (mixed into milk) with egg & buttered toast when I started to feel well enough to eat. Definitely comforting!
My brothers and sisters LOVED the malt flavor so much for ovaltine AND the Carnations Malted milk--not me, I didn't like the "malt" taste.
they used to drink this a LOT:
They also used to buy "malts" at the ice cream palor--not me, I only like shakes--but I LOVED this:
They also made this in strawberry flavor, which my siblings loved...but I didn't I only liked the chocolate flavored one.
Yes and yes, omgosh! I loooooved both when I was a kid! No wonder I love my plant protein shakes now 😋😋0 -
777Gemma888 wrote: »Anything (our) Dad made. I was such an unappreciative certifiable brat. He would make gelato, chocolates, chippies, you name it ... He made them for us. I would love just one of those treats or dishes now.
Ditto, plus Mum's corned beef meatballs wrapped with spinach (baby leaves, treated, cooked, drained etc) fried.
Was born in India (only not ethnically of Indian-descent). Grew up in Oceania-Pacific, NZ, Australia, UK.
Favourite snack bites from our food vendor neighbours if playing with friends:
* Tamarind with oven-baked peas or chick peas
* Bombay mix
* Spiced baked peas in a mini-tub of vanilla ice cream (from the school tuck shop)
* Sausage rolls
* Meat pies
* Roti parcels (chicken)
* Good 'ole fish and chips (Boarding house student-resident favourite, from the short-end of the neighbouring town, every Friday)
* Deep & wide container of microwaveable fried chicken from Marks & Spencer
Looking up the page, I miss Horlick's, Ovaltine and Milo, not that they're unavailable here, it's just that they don't quite taste the same.2 -
Noodle Roni Parmesan. It was my most favorite food ever, but they screwed-up the recipe and the new one is nowhere near as good as the 70s version.
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Quick!! I loved Quick too as a kid.
And also fairy bread at birthday parties.
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Anyone remember these? I used to love these back in the early 80s. And the plates were reusable.
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A treat for us at home was strawberry shortcake. We'd buy the shortcake (when we got older, we started making them, so much tastier) and sugar the strawberries and put Cool Whip on top.
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NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
I used to eat this with a spoon.
YES! I loved the classic malt. I can taste it now...
I loved the malt flavor too. When I was a teenager and home sick by myself I would always have a huge glass of this (mixed into milk) with egg & buttered toast when I started to feel well enough to eat. Definitely comforting!
My brothers and sisters LOVED the malt flavor so much for ovaltine AND the Carnations Malted milk--not me, I didn't like the "malt" taste.
they used to drink this a LOT:
They also used to buy "malts" at the ice cream palor--not me, I only like shakes--but I LOVED this:
They also made this in strawberry flavor, which my siblings loved...but I didn't I only liked the chocolate flavored one.
Yes and yes, omgosh! I loooooved both when I was a kid! No wonder I love my plant protein shakes now 😋😋
I just remembered my ALL time favorite chocolate powder that made the BEST chocolate milk in the world...
I LOVED PDQ!!!!!2 -
RelCanonical wrote: »A treat for us at home was strawberry shortcake. We'd buy the shortcake (when we got older, we started making them, so much tastier) and sugar the strawberries and put Cool Whip on top.
We used to use the sarah lee pound cake but otherwise we used to do them the exact same way! Cool whip and sugared strawberries!3 -
I want the recipe for the hawaiian fried rice.
As for kid food--ice cream sandwiches as I remember them. But nowadays my tolerance for sweet is lower and they are too sweet for me.
Hawaiian fried rice is super easy! I looked online to see if i could find a good recipe for you but everything that i google for "hawaiian fried rice" seems to come up with stuff like a take on hawaiian pizza with pineapple and ham GROSS! So i'll share my "recipe" for fried rice
5-6 Cups Cold Day old White Glutinous (sticky) rice
1/2 Pound Bacon
1/2 Can Spam
1/2 Pound Portuguese Sausage (or summer sausage)
3 Eggs
1/2 White onion
1 Bunch Green Onion
1/2 Cup Soy Sauce
2 TBS Oyster Sauce
Start by cutting all the meats down to small pieces. Start with bacon and when its about halfway done add in the spam and other sausage. When all the meat is about 3/4 done add in onion. Cook until onion is translucent and soft. Drain most of the fat off but keep about 2-3 tablespoons in the pan. Add in white rice working a cup in at a time and making sure to move it around quickly. Once you have all the rice in add in the soy sauce and oyster sauce and add more of each if needed depending on your taste.
Scramble eggs on the side and then mix in with green onions just before serving.5 -
I want the recipe for the hawaiian fried rice.
As for kid food--ice cream sandwiches as I remember them. But nowadays my tolerance for sweet is lower and they are too sweet for me.
Hawaiian fried rice is super easy! I looked online to see if i could find a good recipe for you but everything that i google for "hawaiian fried rice" seems to come up with stuff like a take on hawaiian pizza so pineapple and ham GROSS! So i'll share my "recipe" for fried rice
5-6 Cups Cold Day old White Glutinous (sticky) rice
1/2 Pound Bacon
1/2 Can Spam
1/2 Pound Portuguese Sausage (or summer sausage)
3 Eggs
1/2 White onion
1 Bunch Green Onion
1/2 Cup Soy Sauce
2 TBS Oyster Sauce
Start by cutting all the meats down to small pieces. Start with bacon and when its about halfway done add in the spam and other sausage. When all the meat is about 3/4 done add in onion. Cook until onion is translucent and soft. Drain most of the fat off but keep about 2-3 tablespoons in the pan. Add in white rice working a cup in at a time and making sure to move it around quickly. Once you have all the rice in add in the soy sauce and oyster sauce and add more of each if needed depending on your taste.
Scramble eggs on the side and then mix in green onions just before serving.
This sounds so delicious. I used to not care for spam until I tasted fried spam. Uh-mazing.3 -
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This sounds so delicious. I used to not care for spam until I tasted fried spam. Uh-mazing.
Lol right? As an adult who is trying to be healthier though it is terrible for you!1
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