Foods you miss from your past...

robin52077

Great answers,and I know what about half of it is!:laugh:

Someone mentioned shoofly pie...I would very much like to know what that is.:huh: I keep picturing cutting open a pie crust and having tons of flys fly out...and I KNOW that's not right!:laugh:

I forgot to mention that one. It's a pie made with molasses as an ingredient in the filling. Kind of gooey on the bottom and the crust is kind of a Northeast thing as well. Really good pie!! Pennsylvania Dutch thing really.

hmmmm...why does the thought of a gooey molasses pie not appeal to me? Nope, don't want to try it...
I could be very wrong though!

robin52077

I grew up in the Seattle area where we could go get (catch/dig/net) all the fresh seafood and lake trout you could carry. Now I am in Maryland and if it isn't a crab, you are not going to get it. The "fresh" salmon here is all farmed fatty stuff, the oysters taste oily, and they have never heard of prawns. If I speak of goeyduck, razor clams, butter clams, crawdads, flounder, rainbow trout, or any of the other non mainstream items, I get looked at weird.

OMG yes, fresh seafood.
New Bedford was a HUGE fishing port and we could get stuff right off the boat down at the docks at like 5AM. Back a couple hundred years ago NB was the biggest Whaling Port in the WORLD. We aren't the "Whaling City" for nothing.
In fact, Moby **** was set there.
In the book, they mentioned a preacher preaching from a pulpit shaped like the bow of a ship, with a view down Water St. to the docks...that is the Seaman's Bethel, a small non-denominational chapel downtown. My son was christened on that bow-shaped pulpit.:happy:

I'm rambling....guess I'm homesick....sorry...

edit: OMG they starred out Moby D!ck! It's a famous NOVEL for pete's sake!

Ely82010

My mother's bread pudding, made without cinnamon. I hate that spice and I also have a reaction to it (even the smell makes me throw-up). :sick:

Any way, she is gone long time ago and I don't bake, so no more bread pudding for me. I save some calories thou.:ohwell:

cbs1974

full english breakfast with all the trimming's!!

& custard cream biscuits

ebgbjo

Since moving away from my hometown (New Bedford, Massachusetts), I realized that there are a HUGE variety of things that I grew up on that NOBODY from anywhere else eats!!!

Where I am now, I can't get linguica, chourico, stuffed quahogs, malassadas, HooMee Chow Mein Mix...and only recently was I able to get my hands on the ever-coveted bottle of Autocrat Coffee Syrup!!!!
I also miss Kale Soup, and Cacoila. New Bedford was a mostly portuguese city and I grew up with ALL the good portuguese food.

Does anyone even know what any of that is? LOL


Does anyone have a list of their own? Stuff that you used to eat when you were little that you can't get where you currently live?

I am in Fall River- all of the stuff you miss is new to me since I am from Ohio. I will send you all of it..lol (I never even heard of coffee syrup or coffee milk prior to moving here)

robin52077

I am in Fall River- all of the stuff you miss is new to me since I am from Ohio. I will send you all of it..lol (I never even heard of coffee syrup or coffee milk prior to moving here)

HAHA! Awesome! I remember how the teenagers used to drive up and down the Ave for hours upon hours, and the Harbour Mall! NB and FR were close enough that I knew a few people.:happy:

HooMee chow mein is actually manufactured in FR.
I think I miss Whaler brand Quahogs the most of all...

efcdcdb

I am in Fall River- all of the stuff you miss is new to me since I am from Ohio. I will send you all of it..lol (I never even heard of coffee syrup or coffee milk prior to moving here)

HAHA! Awesome! I remember how the teenagers used to drive up and down the Ave for hours upon hours, and the Harbour Mall! NB and FR were close enough that I knew a few people.:happy:

HooMee chow mein is actually manufactured in FR.
I think I miss Whaler brand Quahogs the most of all...

What is a Quahog, please?

ebgbjo

it is a clam

HAHAHA.. the Harbor "Mall" such a sad little mall, if you can call it that.
We just moved to the state in Aug 2010. Not sure what AVE you are talking about. I have heard a lot about HooMee Chow Mein factory, heard owner is very direct and wants you to know what you want to order before steeping in store front..lol

cassiopeia2713

I miss pizza soooooo much. I am not sure I have the self control to eat just one slice so I haven't even tried ordering. I also miss pancakes. I make some killer Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter filled pancakes. I miss ice cream: cookie dough, cookies n cream, moose tracks. I also miss condiments. I've really cut back on sauces for the things that I eat.

I dont have anything i miss from childhood...but since starting my diet i miss tons of stuff! The most missed is ....... A GIANT DELI BAGEL WITH TONS OF CREAM CHEESE!! lol

You and me both! Ugh that sounds so good right now!

believetoachieve

I'm a Texas gal transplanted up north. Moviing to Canada was the WORST in missing my food. Even Oreo cookies didn't taste the same there.

Lol, thats funny because I'm a Toronto girl, and when I go to the states I miss my food!! Everything is so BIG and often so greasy and over-done, it's craaazy! Portion sizes are insane too.. you guys have a million times more food choices than we have (which makes it a good thing I'm Canadian or I'd quickly become 3463246lbs, lol). :laugh:

aeckels616

I'm from Texas and have been living in Alaska for the last year. The "Mexican" food in Alaska is just insulting. I can't wait to get back to the real thing!

With that said, when I go back I'm really going to miss having all the free halibut I want (it's about $15/lb in Texas and doesn't taste nearly as good), pounds of clams we dug up ourselves, fresh king crab and that crab/artichoke dip that The Chart Room Restaurant makes here that can NOT be beat. Oh, and Fat Olive's "Olives Special" pizza, which is so unusual and the BEST.

steph5565

I lived in Spain. I miss Manchego, jamon serrano, and GOOD olive oil!

But... now I live in Seattle and when I go away I miss our AMAZING coffee and to die for seafood. I had seafood on the East Coast and just about gagged.

skinnyhopes

we just to make these quite often and called then yum-yums

I NEVER eat them anymore though

You take a donut, put a chocolate chip cookie on it,then a lofthouse pink sugar cookie, then some ice cream, then whipped cream, and fudge and caramel drizzle, with chopped snickers, M&M's and oreos and waahlaah you've got a sugar attack.

casseh

my pasta bake with extra bechamel sauce
choc ripple cake
home made custard
spaghetti and milk
thick cut toast with butter

the list could go on forever

but with easter coming up... choc chip hot cross buns