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post #21 of 86
1/29/06 at 1:24am
My mom made this stuff called "bread, egg, and cheese." She'd cut the crusts off of a whole bunch of white bread, slather it with mustard, layer it with cheese, pour an egg and milk custard over, and bake it. Bleargh. She also liked a piece of bread spread with mayo, then cheese, then ketchup and toasted under the broiler.

Actually my mom is a good cook, these are weird holdovers from her childhood, I think.
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post #22 of 86
1/29/06 at 1:25am
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Originally Posted by Doodlebugsmom
The weirdest thing I ate growing up was bologna and ketchup sandwiches.
What's so weird about that?

Darn it, I don't have any bologna in the house and now I'm craving some!

Hmm... I guess I could have some toast with butter and sugar instead.
post #23 of 86
1/29/06 at 1:29am
Thread Starter 
OMG, this is memory lane! Wait til I call my mother!


MUSTARD sandwiches, not mayo. And a sandwich with something called 'sandwich spread' that looked like tartar sauce but wasn't.

I know, cause I once tried to make my own 'sandwich spread' by mixing mayo and relish and sent my X off to work with it. Ewww!


Pickle and Pimento loaf?! I couldn't eat liverwurst but I ate a bunch of other mystery deli meats.

Molasses sandwiches! I'd forgotten those! And molasses and milk! Anyone know about the Great Molasses Flood? No kidding. A huge tank burst near Boston and flooded a huge area, drowning people!


Ever boil a banana till it's totally black on the outside, then maash it with butter and salt? Serve it on toast, buttered toast, of course. I have to say, with the salt, it's absolutely incredible!


Cream cheese and chopped green olive with pimento sandwiches?

Fresh veggies? Huh? I never SAW a fresh pea or green bean. I had no idea what brown rice or whole wheat bread were, though we ate lots of rye and pumpernickel. I never had asparagus until I was over 30!

And you could bake your own bread? ReallY? All 'home made' cakes didn't come frm a box?


oh, I'm getting hungry!
post #24 of 86
1/29/06 at 3:35am
Red - I'm pretty sure we have the same mother. Right down to the finn and haddie (sp?) and the mustard sandwiches! (did your mom "get creative" sometimes and put potato chips on the sandwich? If so then I know it's true - we were separated at birth!!!) Thanks for the laugh...

Quote:
Originally Posted by mama_b
The only disturbing thing I can think of is something my mom called "super supper". It was a casserole made with: mashed potatoes mixed with sour cream, ground beef, and corn all mixed together and baked. :Puke
omg, this made me laugh so hard that i pee-peed my new pj bottoms! it reminds me of a dog food commercial!!! :
post #25 of 86
1/29/06 at 3:45am
White toast w/ butter and white sugar for breakfast.
Potato chip sandwiches, but only w/Tayto Cheese and Onion crisps my mom would have sent over from Ireland.
Ham & Pea soup, which would boil for days and then split peas added in on the last day. I never ate it.
My dad loves pickled onion sandwiches, but add some HP sauce and Velveeta and he's happier than a pig in sh*t.
post #26 of 86
1/29/06 at 4:02am
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Originally Posted by FancyD
My dad loves pickled onion sandwiches, but add some HP sauce and Velveeta and he's happier than a pig in sh*t.
HP sauce? I didn't know Harry Potter had his own brand of sauce out!
post #27 of 86
1/29/06 at 4:06am
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Originally Posted by UmmBnB
Lots of pretty jello molds and elegant casseroles.
Elegant. Casseroles. My aunt could make a casserole out of ANYTHING. Open fridge, toss leftovers into casserole dish, sprinkle with crumbled crackers and cheese, bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Voila. Never called them elegant though

My grandma made us:

-Peanut butter, butter, and honey mixed in a bowl. Eat with a spoon.
-Milk toast as described earlier (the toast with milk poured over it kind)
-Creamed egg sandwiches. This was still-hot boiled eggs chopped with mayo and pickle relish spread on warm toast.

Memories...
post #28 of 86
1/29/06 at 4:09am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Sauce

It's like A1 sauce, I guess. I've never tasted it.
post #29 of 86
1/29/06 at 4:27am
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Originally Posted by Pynki
cottage cheese mixed with apple sauce. SOOOOO yummy..
Mmmmm scrumptious!! I thought my family was the only one who did that!
post #30 of 86
1/29/06 at 4:58am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Red


Ever boil a banana till it's totally black on the outside, then maash it with butter and salt? Serve it on toast, buttered toast, of course. I have to say, with the salt, it's absolutely incredible!




oh, I'm getting hungry!
THis sounds Yummy :
post #31 of 86
1/29/06 at 9:16am
PB and American Cheese sandwiches

Cheese on bread put under the broiler until the cheese puffed up, and then served with gravy

Definitely cottage cheese and applesauce, I still love that.

We always ate fried bologna and egg sandwiches but not with mayo, strawberry jam! Try it, it's really good.
post #32 of 86
1/29/06 at 9:36am
cottage cheese with tabasco sauce


we used to suck lemons with salt/cayenne pepper all day
post #33 of 86
1/29/06 at 9:37am
My mom is the jello salad queen. She felt that if a jello mold had enough other stuff in it, it was no longer a dessert, it was a side dish. My BIL teases my mom about her green jello salad, which has cottage cheese, walnuts, pineapple and some other mystery things in it. But we all love it!

She did the raisin and carrot salad too! We also love fried bologna.

The best thing she'd make for us was fried dough for breakfast.
post #34 of 86
1/29/06 at 10:35am
when we were out of cereal I would eat crushed up saltines, some sugar and milk, tasted just like cereal

Jelly on grilled cheese sandwiches, actually inbetween

any kind of creamy salad dressing on top of rice, any kind of rice

also did the fried bologna but bot on a sandwich, just as is with some ketchup

I am sure there were more......
post #35 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:17am
okay

I admit it I grew up on fried spam sandwiches

(Maybe that is why I'm vegetarian now? )

and fried bologna (gotta cut a slice in it so it doesn't all puff up)

Dh says I'm gross because I used to eat cream cheese and jelly sandwiches

My parents liverwurst. I could never go near it.

I guess some people would consider stuffed squid gross, but it is a holiday favorite in our families (it is stuffed with breadcrumbs, seasonings, italian cheese, and extra squid and then tossed in a pot of sauce to cook...)


We call miracle dinners perfume--since when i was a kid, I would be mixing everything under the sun together and my mom would ask what I was making and I would say perfume.

Some of the best dinners we have are perfume
which stinks cause I never remember what I put in
post #36 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:34am
creamed (canned) peas on toast
post #37 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:35am
I used to eat a lot of friend bologna sandwiches (occasionally still do : ) with American cheese on one side and jelly on the other. DH can't stand it.

I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs.

Has anyone had a pear salad? You take a (canned) pear half, put mayo in the hole, top it with shredded cheddar, and put a maraschino (sp?) cherry on top. It's actually good

(I so totally want some fried bologna now too!)
post #38 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:37am
Some things I ate as a child:

mayo on saltine crackers
fried spam sandwiches and deviled ham sandwiches (both w/ lots of mayo)
chicken from a can, creamed, over toast
fried pb&j sandwiches (w/ loads of butter)
buttered toast w/ sugar
and my favorite dessert--biscuits w/ butter and corn syrup

(and yes, until I started weight watchers last week, I was known to eat any of these things every now and again (except for the mayo on crackers))
post #39 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:43am
:Puke
Quote:
Originally Posted by mama_b
The only disturbing thing I can think of is something my mom called "super supper". It was a casserole made with: mashed potatoes mixed with sour cream, ground beef, and corn all mixed together and baked. :Puke
That's almost Shepards Pie and I love Shepards Pie!

My mom use to make us cooked white rice smoothered in pancake syrup. Gross! Back them I liked it. But who am I to say I ate dog food until I was 10. You know on dares to gross out my friends. My step dad still make toasted peanutbutter, onion and lunchmeat(whatever was in the fridge) sandwiches. When I say onion I mean he will slice about a 1/2 inch slab of onion. The worst part is all his siblings eat this still and my baby bro. I want to puke just typing this. Seriously! :Puke
post #40 of 86
1/29/06 at 11:50am
Quote:
Originally Posted by mahdokht
@ "welsh rabbit" its a common mistake, but welsh rarebit sure as heck ain't velveeta on cheese.

Now on to my family's embarassing eats:

1) Pickled pigs feet
2) Spam
3) Vienna sausages
4) Hog head cheese
(any wonder I converted to a religion that forbids pork!)

stuff i still love

Coke and Milk
rootbeer and milk
mayo on my ramen noodles
i would of converted too
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