What food instantly takes you back to being a kid?

[7Phoenix7]

For me it’s pork n beans.

I used to sleep over at my granny’s house… and my uncle, who definitely couldn’t cook…would sometimes make them.

His didn’t look this good 👀

Pretty sure he wasn’t doing it right… but somehow that taste stuck with me lol…

[Lliam]

My mom was far from being a gourmet cook. But there are a couple of things I remember enjoying when I was a kid.

Campbell's tomato soup and a slice of bread with butter and peanut butter made an excellent lunch.

A bacon and peanut butter sandwich on toast is still one of my favorite things.

I enjoyed her spaghetti with meat sauce even though it was very simple. I make a much, much fancier meat sauce now.

I liked it when she made beef stew with dumplings on top.

And, although I don't remember being crazy about tuna noodle casserole when I was a kid, I must have liked it, because it is now one of my comfort foods. And it has to be made just the way my mom used to make it.

She also had a killer pumpkin pie recipe, full of spices, that was handed down from her mother. My sister and my wife now have that recipe. Whenever I have that, I think of my childhood and my mom and grandmother.

[7Phoenix7]

You bringing up the peanut butter and bacon reminds me of how I used to eat peanut butter and bacon on my pancakes sometimes haha…

And peanut butter/banana sandwiches was a thing for me as well lol. Have you ever tried maple bacon doughnuts?

Also… my granny made THEE best sweet potato pie and I made sure to watch and learn lol so that I could carry that precious recipe with me… and pass it down.

[Lliam]

@7Phoenix7. I never tried a peanut butter and banana sandwich or a maple bacon doughnut.
I now that peanut butter and banana sandwiches are popular. It was supposedly one of Elvis' favorite things. I was just never moved to try one.
And I've never heard of a maple bacon doughnut. But it actually sounds really good. I mean, maple and bacon go together.

I love sweet potato pie. You are luck to have that old recipe.

Thank you for the MHO. :D

[exitseven]

There was a chain of restaurants called Howard Johnsons that my parents used ot take me to. They had the best hamburgers. They buttered the buns and put them on the griddle along side the burgers.

There is a local burger joint in the next town that makes them exactly the same.

[7Phoenix7]

Buttered buns make a burger taste so much better, yes.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Shiprex]

I can relate to this. Made myself a burger this evening with soft cheese spread in the microwave before slapping the filling in

[DishLady]

There's something one of my church aunties used to make that aren't really made at all here. the cookie has crushed almond and walnuts and it's dipped in a very thick sticky sauce that looks like marshmallow, but is actually a sort of merengue.

[7Phoenix7]

Hmm… that sounds really good. Reminds me of a cookie I’ve tried before that had crushed walnut or almonds, I don’t remember.

[DishLady]

There are different versions of it all over the Mediterranean.

[Crimsyjo]

Not really nostalgia but whenever I make spaghetti bolognaise it reminds me of home cos my mum does it different from others so I do too and always think of it.

[7Phoenix7]

It’s an original recipe 🤌

[AI Opinion]

Chicken noodle soup always takes me back to my childhood. My mom used to make it on cold, rainy days as a comfort food that warmed us up from the inside out. The aroma of simmering onions, celery, and carrots mixed with the broth brings back memories of cozy evenings spent in the kitchen with family. It's simple, yet each spoonful is like a hug from the past. 🍜

[AviatorTom]

Spaghetti casserole...

One of the meals my mother made almost every week, typically on Saturday.

[7Phoenix7]

I wouldn’t mind having that once a week.

[Friendddd]

Mine is peach. My mom always tells that cute anectode about how, by the time she finished peeling the second peach and turn to me, i had already finished the first one. It is not a dish but still falls inside the food catgeory.

Nice memories:)

[7Phoenix7]

lol that’s cute

[Xawyx-2]

It's risotto, one of my favorite types of food since I was a kid.

[7Phoenix7]

How old were you when you Became vegetarian? I forgot.

[Xawyx-2]

Semi-Vegetarian when I was 18, and completely lacto-ovo vegetarian when I was 23.

[7Phoenix7]

Wow, cool

[Xawyx-2]

Thanks

[Razp_Sorbet]

Bacon and creamed corn soup. My mum got the recipe from my dad's mum. Its so rich but so good

[7Phoenix7]

Definitely sounds good 👍

[MikeTheBartender]

Canned foods. Dinty more beef stew and Campbell's chicken noodle soup. Back when I was broke living in a house with ten people in NYC.

[7Phoenix7]

Campbell’s chicken noodle soup was what I would eat whenever I was sick lol…

[CherryLove007]

Tapioca and Jello... Dad had to have dessert every night. Mom would warm the pudding and spoon over the jello.

[7Phoenix7]

For some reason I didn’t like tapioca as a kid

[HawkPerception]

Macaroni pie, callaloo, Tunnock's Caramel wafers, spaghetti with melted cheddar cheese and ketchup (Italians can hate me all they want for that)

[7Phoenix7]

I love macaroni pie. I only had it when I would visit this health food store that was also a restaurant. I’d have that with salmon.

Wow, I didn’t know that anyone actually had spaghetti with ketchup lol haha

[HawkPerception]

Can't just be spaghetti with ketchup. It needs the melted cheddar too 🤤

[HawkPerception]

Macaroni pie with salmon sounds like an interesting mix. I'd give it a shot

[sage2021]

A bowl 🥣 of Trix cereal or Captain Crunch cereal, and Corn Pops cereal.

Cream of wheat that my mom used to make for me. Yummy 😋

[7Phoenix7]

Oh wow, cream of wheat! Ohhh so many good memories just came flooding back lol. My granny made it for me all of the time 😊

[sage2021]

@7Phoenix7

I'm glad that I brought back some good memories for you.
I wonder if anyone else on here knows what Cream of Wheat is? 😅

[7Phoenix7]

I’m tempted now to post about it lol

[sage2021]

@7Phoenix7

I'm tempted to make some! Yummy 😋
You can. I'd be curious if anyone else knows.🤣

[OlderAndWiser]

Fried spam sandwich. We didn't have much money when I was a kid.

[7Phoenix7]

Oh, fried spam sandwiches brings me back to high school. I was surprised at how tasty it was… I don’t know why I was expecting it to taste yucky…

[MemeSupreme]

ramen

basically just poor people food like butter and bread or tortilla does too lol

[7Phoenix7]

When me and my ex first got together I was like 17 and he used to make ramen so freaking delicious lol. He would add stuff to it

[BruceWayne32123]

I used to take saltine crackers… and then cut slices of cheese (cheddar or Munster usually) and put them in the microwave so the cheese would soften up and melt on the crackers… DELICIOUS 🤤

[7Phoenix7]

That’s sounds good 👍 you could even dip them in a sauce afterwards… well I would

[BruceWayne32123]

They were absolutely delicious. I might have to make some tomorrow because now you got me thinking of them! FYI… you should message me. I’m bored as shit and can’t sleep.

[Massageman]

My mom's green peppers stuffer with ground beef and olives. My mom's baked chicken (that is repeatedly basted and tasted like fried).

[7Phoenix7]

I love stuffed peppers… so good.

[douride2]

Hotdogs cooked on an open fire. We used to have dozens of wiener roasts every summer. Hotdogs on a bun and pork & beans.

[7Phoenix7]

Hot dogs do remind me of childhood summers…

[douride2]

When I was a kid we spent all summer out at the lake.

[AgentG111]

Homemade fried chicken wings and oyster stew.

[7Phoenix7]

I’m not sure about oyster stew 😁lol but I loved homemade fried chicken wings.

[AgentG111]

My folks cut the wings into three and slight oil and garlic salt. Excellent.

Oyster stew was a few cans of oysters milk and butter and nature's seasoning blend and crackers. Warm and delicious.

[dragoblack]

Goulash, banana nut bread, butterscotch pudding pie, and chicken jambalaya.

[7Phoenix7]

I used to bake banana nut bread a lot when I was a kid… with my aunts help. I loved and still enjoy fresh baked banana nut bread.

[Shiprex]

Beans on toast or spaghetti on toast
Buttered toast as well as that was my grandparents thing

[Unycorn]

Salad

or

Pudding

[7Phoenix7]

You liked salad as a kid?

[Nikki1989]

Never been a foodie.

[7Phoenix7]

I’m such a foodie lol

[DJB72]

Toad in the hole followed by homemade apple pie

[7Phoenix7]

I had to google “toad in a hole.” I don’t think I’ve ever had that before. I’d probably like it though…

[DJB72]

I'm extremely English. I'm just in exile until Starmer's taken out of office and sanity returns.

[7Phoenix7]

lol I see

[DJB72]

Based on the last 25 years, waiting for sanity to be returned to the UK may mean my grandchildren still live in exile...

Until then I'll just keep cooking sausages in batter and drowning them in gravy. Of course, the way things are going I'm going to need to start raising pigs...

[12karen]

Chocolat fondant and brownies

[7Phoenix7]

Hi Karen!

[12karen]

Hellooooooooo

[YourExLover69]

Mutton biryani...

[7Phoenix7]

Delicious

[YourExLover69]

@7Phoenix7 Have you tried it before?

[7Phoenix7]

Yes, and only once haha. It was delicious

[YourExLover69]

You should try it again 😜 hahaha
I agree it's delicious that's why one of my fav

[loveslongnails]

bubble gum... does that count as food? LOL.

[7Phoenix7]

lol bubble gum was definitely one of my childhood favorites. Best part was seeing who could blow the biggest bubble.

[loveslongnails]

Which was your go to bubble gum?

[7Phoenix7]

For some reason I loved bubblicious gum, what about you?

Oh and I liked the gum that came in a little jug… it was like a powder but when you started chewing it turned into gum.

[loveslongnails]

I was a Bazooka Joe guy, or Fleer. My parents used to get it in single pieces, but by the time I was a kid it only came in a package that looked like 6 beads in a row. Remember that?

[CubaPirate]

My grandmas sherry trifle

[7Phoenix7]

Grandmas make the best everything lol…

[CubaPirate]

👍 no take aways or much processed foods when they were learning to cook

[GeorgePulchri]

Home made buttermilk biscuits and molasses

[7Phoenix7]

Nice 👍

[Iron_Man]

Homemade beef stew, and meatloaf

[7Phoenix7]

Who would make the beef stew? Your mom?

[Iron_Man]

Yes, it was excellent

[ineedaname9]

Meatloaf especially from what my mom made.

[7Phoenix7]

I haven’t had meatloaf in so long…

[ineedaname9]

I make it my self especially in the winter.

[beenherebefore]

Spaghetti bolognese.

[7Phoenix7]

Yummy

[linka_pat307]

Beans and mutton

[Fireguy17]

casseroles.

[7Phoenix7]

can't go wrong with those lol

[Fireguy17]

good comfort food, esp in the cold

[Phoenix98]

Grits.

[7Phoenix7]

Grits, bacon and eggs… mmm 😋

[Phoenix98]

It is good stuff lol.

[Anonymous]

Alphabet Spaghetti 🙂

[7Phoenix7]

I didn’t like those lol

[rebelsunshine]

Cotton candy

[Deserter3]

PB&J

[7Phoenix7]

Yep, same haha