Foods/recipes you grew up with that you would not eat today
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What types of food did your parents make for you that you would not touch as an adult?
For me it was a lot of canned products. Canned potatoes, canned rice pilaf, canned peas and corn. Yuck.
For me it was a lot of canned products. Canned potatoes, canned rice pilaf, canned peas and corn. Yuck.
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Hamburger Helper, frozen entrees, box cake and frosting from a jar, wonder bread.0
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Beans and corn bread because...ewww and homemade pizza bc I prefer greasy pizza hut0
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Just off the top of my head:
Chef Boyardee anything
salisbury steak
Frosted Flakes, Trix, Lucky Charms, etc.
Instant mashed potaoes
Koolaid
Kraft mac & cheese
I could go on and on ...0 -
My mom used to make a tuna casserole that was actually made on the stovetop and was just egg noodles, a can of cream of mushroom soup, a can of tuna, and frozen peas. I loved it as a kid but I honestly can't bring myself to make this now.
I did try to make a better version using sauteed mushrooms and onion, cream, butter and parmesan. That one was really good.0 -
cheese pastries. good but so addictive0
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White bread
Spaghettio's
Big Red Soda
Mom's Thanksgiving gravy (it was grey)
Fried Okra0 -
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Canned soup. Mum even used to mix two different kinds together.0
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My mom's lasagna because it's gone downhill over the years
the soup she used to make that was just noodles and chicken broth
the prune juice she would make me drink0 -
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stephanieluvspb wrote: »Beans and corn bread because...ewww and homemade pizza bc I prefer greasy pizza hut
I can't even comprehend someone not liking cornbread. Oh man.
I ate a lot.. and I mean A LOT of fast food as a kid. I don't touch it now unless necessary (like when I was on a 14 hour bus ride and the only stop we made was at a gas station/Arby's). Potato salad with mayo and miracle whip mixed in. Hahahaha ..no. Um, hot pockets, bagel bites, crap like that. x_x
This is embarrassing but I also used to take pieces of salami and slather some mayo on them, fold them in half and eat them. So much shame.0 -
Mom cooked most things fresh- although some of the quick foods were so gross. Plus I have major issues with salt, so most of that is out.
Canned Cream of chicken on toast
T.V dinners
Ramen Noodle
Canned carrots
Hot dogs/bolgna
kool aid
campbells chicken noodle soup0 -
Spam...my dad still eats it from time to time. And Vienna sausages.
I don't know how I survived my childhood.
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I can't beleive I forgot to mention Pilsbury Pizza Pops. I would eat 2-3 after school as a snack. Also Spam, or Klik... or canned ham.0
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Tuna helper. Lots of it. Never, ever again.0
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Ramen (although my husband eats it frequently), those huge A Coscto muffins, Marie Calendars potpies, fish sticks, or any seafood for that matter.0
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I actually had a pretty good childhood in regards to food. Lots of fresh fruits/veggies/homemade meals from scratch.
The one thing I can think of is couscous.
My mom wanted to be adventerous that night.
It was not a fun adventure.
It has started a "meme" in my family that has continued for nearly 15 years.0 -
Sauerkraut. Bleh.0
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Anything Chef Boyardee, wouldn't touch it now.
And oh god. For breakfast, I would always ask my mom to make "cheesy eggs" - which was scrambled eggs with like 5-6 slices of Kraft Singles cheese and that's it. The egg to cheese ratio was like 2:5. I like cheese in my eggs, but I'm nauseated by that amount.0 -
^^haha, made me lol . . .
some of these foods listed sound pretty tasty. Tuna helper--love that stuff! Haven't eaten it in probably a decade, but I'm pretty sure I'd still like it. Pretty sure I could down a can of beefaroni, ravioli or spaghetti-o's with meatballs right now! Yum
I guess the only thing I wouldn't do now as far as food is concerned is go as overboard as I used to. My "usual" at McDonald's was a big mac, large fry and regular pepsi. At KFC I'd eat a chicken sandwich and order of potato wedges with a regular pepsi. Honestly, I'd probably still eat that stuff if I had a huge amount of calories to make up for, but probably have more control. I rarely spend money on fast food so tend not to eat those things. I can't and won't drink full sugar sodas anymore. I also can't drink any sugary drinks, they spike my blood sugar too much. Hot cocoa, full sugar juice . . . I have to pass on that stuff.
Other things I used to love I'm not sure if I'd still love today--those hand pies that come filled with different fruit fillings / chocolate, thick-sliced bologna, full-fat mayo. Since starting my MFP account it's just made me realize how over-consumed fat is. I would say most people consume waaaaay too much fat and of course not enough protein!0 -
Fish fingers- so yucky and plain and probably the shittest fish inside ever guh
Pasta bakes (particularly tuna) with a lot of cream and like smothered in cheese. Guh.
Boiled eggs with bread and butter...it's not even that unhealthy it's like why waste time eating something so boring.
Burnt sausages with cooked carrots peas and corn- please just stop0 -
Yeah lots of canned foods and boxed things. Some of it I might still eat now *on occasion* but mostly noooo...not because it's so evil, but because yuck. I can make way better and healthier food, or at least splurge on something awesome in a restaurant.
La Choy "Chinese meals"
salisbury steaks
Definitely Tuna Helper as others have mentioned. I used to add some crunched-up Fritos and shredded cheddar.
Banquet pot pies. I liked them with cottage cheese on top.
Little Debbie snack cakes - especially the Swiss Cake Rolls.
Oh and Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough cut or scooped from the tube, raw. When I was like three years old I was underweight and that's all I wanted. By the time I was six or seven I was a little overweight...hmmm. LOL0 -
spacequiztime wrote: »My mom's lasagna because it's gone downhill over the years
the soup she used to make that was just noodles and chicken broth
the prune juice she would make me drink
lol, sorry0 -
Just about all of it. Mom was not up on what was healthy and even when she was told, she just didn't care, lol.
We ate almost all crap, all day, every day. It was pretty yummy, though.
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My mom made ramen a lot but now i do not care for the taste. I also had to drink lots of v8, back before we discovered the fruit flavors. So basically tomato juice and now I won't touch it0
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Boxes mashed potatoes, canned veggies. Yuck. And 'bechamel' sauce. Never could really stand it and she made it too much...
I grew up in France though so there are a lot of convenience foods you get here that we don't get there (ramen, mac and cheese etc).0 -
Banquet pot pies with cottage cheese is the most horrible thing I've ever heard of. And I would eat either on its own.0
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My mom used to put bacon and peanut butter sandwiches in my lunch!
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Liver gross0
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Canned mixed vegetables!! EWWW0
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