What Foods Did You Eat Growing Up?

mmnichol

Alot of snack and convenience foods, stuff out of a box, my mom didnt like to cook, so fritos, dip, m&m's were staples, unforunately and my father loved to go out to eat at least once a week, at a nice restaurants and back then a hamburger fixed up from there would be chopped beef on toast, for a kid that was horrible, boy would he get mad when i wouldnt eat it. funny how that goes with all of us!

FearAnLoathing

My house was a mix of crap and healthy stuff

godblessourhome

we ate a lot of deer meat, bison and fresh fish. my dad loved hunting and fishing. my grandma had a huge garden and canned everything from potatoes to green beans to tomatoes to raspberry jelly to peaches. our pantry was always stocked! as a kid my guilty pleasure was when my parents went out dancing and we got to eat beefaroni with the babysitter. when we went camping (nearly every weekend in the summer), we got to pick out one 'treat' or candy-type item. i usually grabbed the fake cigarettes. otherwise, we didn't have many sweets unless grandma brought in a cake or some cookies or we made homemade ice cream. snacks were string cheese or cheese and crackers. never got into koolaid, but we loved suntea. eating as much watermelon as you wanted counted as a meal. saturday morning was always pancakes/waffles and bacon. huge family (40+ people) dinners every sunday night and all birthdays and holidays.

godblessourhome

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atrayubrandy

Oh yeah, and every Friday we would rent a movie, buy a bag of chips, beef jerky, ice cream, a candy bar, and Chinese food takeout...and I would gorge myself all night.

scarletleavy

I had a weird mix of food growing up. My mom is from Texas and not the best cook, while my dad went to culinary school and is an amazing chef. We always had homemade food, but it wasn't always the most healthy and we were always allowed to have as many portions as we wanted. Meat was always the star of whatever we ate, with veggies or a salad as an afterthought. Lots of pasta, lots of bread, lots of butter, lots of cheese, lots of sauce. Generally the food was delicious, but very heavy. Some sort of dessert or after-dinner snack is always served. To this day my dad gets angry if there isn't something for dessert in the house. The biggest vice for my family I think is cocktail hour. We always used to sit together, listen to music, have cocktails and snacks. It wasn't until the past year that I realized just how many calories cocktail hour packed in.