Flavors of Childhood?

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  • mytyglotz
    mytyglotz Posts: 1,804 Member
    Sometimes I miss being able to air pop or stove-top pop popcorn and just munch on it.
    I didn't enjoy the butter or other popular toppings -- nothing sweet like caramel, not even cheese or anything like that --
    just plain ol' popcorn with a dash of salt and seasonings like cayenne pepper, garlic powder, dill, parsley, paprika, cumin, turmeric, or cinnamon.
    Maybe it was because I consumed so much popcorn over the years, but somewhere in my young life I developed a sort of intolerance to it -- now I'm scared to even try a kernel!!
  • brittkd14
    brittkd14 Posts: 22 Member
    This thread is such a learning experience. Google now probably thinks I’m trying to open a grocery store because the things I’ve searched. lol I had the strange mom in the 90s who packed those carrots cut like potato chips instead of chips in my lunch box and made fruit roll ups in the dehydrator.

    Taste of my childhood would probably be a Coca Cola poured from a can over crushed ice. I only had that at my grandparents if we had been out on the water all day fishing. It is still what I crave if I’ve been out doing barn chores or anything super sweaty in the heat.
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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    I remember these at my grandparents and great grandmother
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,988 Member
    Aw, there was lots of stuff. Charleston chew, Now and Later's, and old school Hostess apple and cherry pies.

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  • spyro88
    spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
    One for UK 90's kids!

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  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    VegjoyP wrote: »
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    I remember these at my grandparents and great grandmother

    oh yes, the second one. Candy ribbons! Bad memories of those haha...
  • 5whiteroses
    5whiteroses Posts: 23 Member
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    I loved those, especially the lemon!

  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    I loved those, especially the lemon!

    YES! and the vanilla. Have you had Siggi's lemon triple cream?
  • 5whiteroses
    5whiteroses Posts: 23 Member
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    I loved those, especially the lemon!

    YES! and the vanilla. Have you had Siggi's lemon triple cream?

    No, I’ll have to look for it. Thanks!

  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    I loved those, especially the lemon!

    YES! and the vanilla. Have you had Siggi's lemon triple cream?

    No, I’ll have to look for it. Thanks!

    @5whiteroses :) so good!

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  • amart4224
    amart4224 Posts: 345 Member
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️
  • amart4224
    amart4224 Posts: 345 Member
    I'm having something today I haven't had since I was 10 or so: kiwi! I used to love it as a kid but for some reason never bought it as an adult until now. I'm a little curious as to if it'll be as good as I remember it!
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    I'm not even a picky eater and I still love this haha
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    random but this reminds me of something my dad would always make... grilled cheese pepperoni sandwiches on the griddle
  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    Such a sweet thread and very fond memories

    What I remember:
    My mom's blueberry muffins made from a box with "real blueberries" in a can that I got to help with
    My mom always making our biryhday cakes from a box mix whatever flavor we wanted. Unless they had enough money and we wanted ice cream cake from Dairy Queen
    Dad's " homemade" pizza made using a chef boyardue mix
    Dad's homemade tenderloins
    My aunts fudge and sugar cookies
    American chop suey
    Stroganoff and three cheese box mix
    Spaghetti with poor mans garlic bread= hotdog buns topped with melted butter and garlic salt
    Summer cookouts

    My Dad would make box mix pancakes almost every Ssturday with bacon or sausage. Other mornings was cereal, leftovers, or nothing
  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    The Frank's hot sauce is different, most kids wouldn't get near the stuff.

  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    vaman wrote: »
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    The Frank's hot sauce is different, most kids wouldn't get near the stuff.

    That's exactly what I thought upon reading this. I guess it's all what you get use to eating as a kid.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    PAPYRUS3 wrote: »
    vaman wrote: »
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    The Frank's hot sauce is different, most kids wouldn't get near the stuff.

    That's exactly what I thought upon reading this. I guess it's all what you get use to eating as a kid.

    Haha, I had strange tastes as a kid. I loved franks hot sauce so much, I would literally dump a half a cup on my chicken, veggies, tacos, anything so that it was swimming in it. I still love it and put it on everything from salads to veggies to soup. I don't like the heat/spiciness of it (I hate other spicy foods) just the flavor. I also liked to pour tons of vinegar on my french fries and drink it straight. I have a strange love for hot sauce and vinegar.

  • Renaissance_Turtle
    Renaissance_Turtle Posts: 960 Member
    PAPYRUS3 wrote: »
    vaman wrote: »
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    The Frank's hot sauce is different, most kids wouldn't get near the stuff.

    That's exactly what I thought upon reading this. I guess it's all what you get use to eating as a kid.

    Haha, I had strange tastes as a kid. I loved franks hot sauce so much, I would literally dump a half a cup on my chicken, veggies, tacos, anything so that it was swimming in it. I still love it and put it on everything from salads to veggies to soup. I don't like the heat/spiciness of it (I hate other spicy foods) just the flavor. I also liked to pour tons of vinegar on my french fries and drink it straight. I have a strange love for hot sauce and vinegar.

    I like Franks on scrambled eggs. It also makes some of the best fried fish or chicken tenders.
  • jrzgurl80
    jrzgurl80 Posts: 8 Member
    Grandma's homemade pierogis!
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    PAPYRUS3 wrote: »
    vaman wrote: »
    amart4224 wrote: »
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    tortilla roll ups with melted string cheese

    This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

    My mom would make them for me with lots of franks hot sauce inside. She also made me pb&j and cream cheese & jelly roll ups for lunches.

    The Frank's hot sauce is different, most kids wouldn't get near the stuff.

    That's exactly what I thought upon reading this. I guess it's all what you get use to eating as a kid.

    I used to be obsessed with Tabasco haha
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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    Nothing I would eat ever now but growing up, kielbasa, saurcrout, rye bread and potatoes

  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    VegjoyP wrote: »
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    Nothing I would eat ever now but growing up, kielbasa, saurcrout, rye bread and potatoes

    I used to have kielbasa, sliced with ketchup and mustard. Actaully kind of craving it now
  • skelterhelter
    skelterhelter Posts: 803 Member
    My big childhood comfort meal was grilled cheese and tomato soup. It had to be Kraft cheese on Wonder Bread--grilled with loads of butter--and paired with Campbell's tomato soup. After a day playing in the snow, that SO hit the spot. We also did something called 'Fast Food Fridays' where we hit up a different takeout place. Parents didn't want to cook after a long work week, and me and my three brothers looked forward to sitting around the table together, playing with our Happy Meal toys or bonding over a pizza. I miss those days.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    My big childhood comfort meal was grilled cheese and tomato soup. It had to be Kraft cheese on Wonder Bread--grilled with loads of butter--and paired with Campbell's tomato soup. After a day playing in the snow, that SO hit the spot. We also did something called 'Fast Food Fridays' where we hit up a different takeout place. Parents didn't want to cook after a long work week, and me and my three brothers looked forward to sitting around the table together, playing with our Happy Meal toys or bonding over a pizza. I miss those days.

    My favorite thing after sledding and playing the snow all day was a banquet chicken pot pie and campbell's alphabet soup
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    BK Hershey’s pie after swim practice! ♥️
  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    My big childhood comfort meal was grilled cheese and tomato soup. It had to be Kraft cheese on Wonder Bread--grilled with loads of butter--and paired with Campbell's tomato soup. After a day playing in the snow, that SO hit the spot. We also did something called 'Fast Food Fridays' where we hit up a different takeout place. Parents didn't want to cook after a long work week, and me and my three brothers looked forward to sitting around the table together, playing with our Happy Meal toys or bonding over a pizza. I miss those days.

    The grilled cheese sandwich and Campbell's tomato soup, sure was good, in fact it was so good I had it for lunch on Friday... and yes it is still very good!
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
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  • skelterhelter
    skelterhelter Posts: 803 Member
    vaman wrote: »
    My big childhood comfort meal was grilled cheese and tomato soup. It had to be Kraft cheese on Wonder Bread--grilled with loads of butter--and paired with Campbell's tomato soup. After a day playing in the snow, that SO hit the spot. We also did something called 'Fast Food Fridays' where we hit up a different takeout place. Parents didn't want to cook after a long work week, and me and my three brothers looked forward to sitting around the table together, playing with our Happy Meal toys or bonding over a pizza. I miss those days.

    The grilled cheese sandwich and Campbell's tomato soup, sure was good, in fact it was so good I had it for lunch on Friday... and yes it is still very good!

    Absolutely! :) And I still love it!