Food From Your Childhood

[warrrreagl]

What food do you remember from when you were little?

Is there any particular dish you remember your mother, father, grandmother making that brings back memories?

Do they still make it for you? Do you make it for yourself?

My mother used to make this special breakfast about twice a year that she called simply "chocolate syrup and biscuits." She made the absolute BEST homemade biscuits ever, and she would start out by making several giant, panake-sized biscuits. When they were cooked, she would slice them open and place a pat of butter onto each half and let it melt. In the meantime, she would have heated up a saucepan full of Hershey's chocolate syrup. The idea was to pour some of the chocolate syrup over the hot buttered biscuits and eat each half with a fork.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm..............................

It was probably unbelievably bad for us, but oh my God it was sooooo good.

[House M.D.]

My father would make a type of homestyle fries or hashbrowns ( I have heard people call it different things).

First he would start by frying up a hole package of bacon on a low heat, carefully taking all the grease out of the pan and putting it in a glass cup.
While the bacon is frying he would wash 4-5 potatos and dice them up into about 1/4inch cubes, he would leave the peel on. ( Be sure to wash them well).
He would also dice up a small bit of onion to throw in later.

When all of the bacon was done he'd set it aside, and put all of the bacon grease back in the pan and throw the potatoes in it and crisp them up. He would season the potatoes with garlic, salt, pepper and onion powder. When the potatos were close to being done he'd rip up the bacon throw it in, and carmalize the onions.

Then it would be done and i'd add a little ketchup to them and eat this amazingly tasty meal. Granted I am sure it takes 3 years off my life everytime I eat it, so I only eat it 2 times a year maybe. Plus the process is horribly messy.

[Biscuit]

mmmm chocolate syrup and biscuits sounds gorgeous!

My favourite dish from when I was young was my mums bread & butter pudding.

You heavily butter the bread, cut the slices in half and arrange in layers in a baking tray, adding currants. Then mix milk, cream, eggs, sugar and lemon zest and pour over the bread. Bake in the oven and serve.

My mum doesn't make it any more as our tastes have grown, so I haven't had it in years. It doesn't even sound that great when I write it down, but it was sooo tasty!

[Cheeshygirl]

You guys are totally making me drool! I'll take an order of each.

One of the things I remember from childhood was an appetizer my mom would make on special occasions. It's taste and rarity make it stand out but the name is what got me every time. For your gastronomical pleasure, I present you ....... Monkey Balls! (Not to be confused with monkey bread which is also quite tasty but a totally different part of the monkey.) I'm not sure on measurements but you mix your favorite ground breakfast sausage with shredded cheddar cheese and bisquick. Roll it into bite-size balls and bake. Serve with toothpicks and salsa to dip. Nummy! I can get the exact recipe if anyone is interested.

[MPWheeler]

I remember a lot of hot dogs and macaroni and cheese *shiver*


My grandma who is now passed away used to make the best hashbrowns, whenever I stayed over I just knew what I was going to have for breakfast!

[JwJwBean]

I remember trying to learn how to make a roast with my mom when I was about 10. I remember my mom making liver and onions with brussel sprouts or spinach everytime and I loved it. I remember my brother making egg sandwiches many a night when mom was too tired to get up after work. I remember my mom's fried chicken and homemade mashed potatoes and gravy. I LOVE her homemade mashed (whipped) potatoes and gravy. MMMMMMM! I wish I could cook to duplicate some of her items, but I can not.

[downhighway61]

Lasagna
mashed potatoes
kasha
stuffed peppers
bagels/lox/cream cheese
chicken soup
chicken parm

my mom cooked a lot

[DK]

When my grandmother used to babysit us after school (my dad worked nights, and on some days my mom didn't get home till about 6), she would make us potatoes & eggs. it was just scrambled eggs with diced potatoes, but she made it SO good!