What was your favorite food as a kid? Can/do you still eat it today?
I used to love Boo Berry cereal. I bought a box about 15 years ago out of sheer nostalgia and it was disgusting. LOL
In addition to cheese, garlic. When I make garlic bread, some people say it's too garlicky. "Too garlicky" is impossible; I eat cloves of garlic and they're not garlicky enough.
Incidentally, I've never been bitten by a vampire; which just goes to show it works.
Cheese. It still is.
@orange_girl Really good aged cheddar is the queen of all cheese! Most other mature crumbly types are also good, as are most cheeses in general - except brie, which I hate. (Things that come in aerosol cans/toothpaste-style tubes are not cheese and referring to them as such should be punishable under law).
@orange_girl Feta's odd - I have to be in the mood for it, and it doesn't take much to overpower a Greek salad. Same goes for halloumi - a tiny amount can add something, too much takes it away. Cheddar, of course, is a different matter: grated cheddar on a slice of cheddar served on a bed of cheddar wouldn't be quite cheddary enough.
My mom's stuffed grape leaves, stuffed peppers, roasted potatoes, spinach pita pies (spanakopita) and sweet pumpkin pita pies where my favorite. All the neighbors and friends would come over when my mom cooked, baked, prepared food. She had the magic touch that could turn anything into an amazing meal.
Twiglets I don't know if you have them in the U.S. they are a twiggy looking knobbly straws which are baked in marmite they are crispy and very savoury - I just found out recently that they contain palm oil though. Some cereals I love dry like Jordans crunchy nut clusters.
@orange_girl wow I couldn't exist without marmite, do you have any other yeast extract
i always loved apples; still like them. the aroma of freshly cooked rice pudding with blobs of butter & cinnamon on top still makes me salivate.
cough. I may be dooming myself to a life of solitude here. I grew up very rural redneck in Louisiana. I still eat Chef Boyardee ravioli for lunch every now and then. That is not the bad one. On rare occasions I will eat a can of Vienna sausage — perhaps once per year. The dogs end up getting at least half of them because they think it is the most heavenly food ever. In way of a disclaimer I do like to cook and have done the Blue Apron meals for quite some time now - and generally consider myself to be ahealthy eater with above noted exceptions. I like all kinds of foods and am very adventurous food wise !
@orange_girl I like them. I get the three meal plan - 3 meals of two servings each. It solves the problem of what to cook for three evenings per week. I cook for myself and my son (he is with me 6 nights of the week ) and it works out well. They have vegetarian options as well. It saves time for me - figuring out recipes, going to the store , etc. For the other meals it is more traditional faire. I’ve learned a lot about cooking from the Blue Apron meals. Not for everyone but it has worked out well for me.
Pizza forever
@orange_girl all my toppings make pizza heaven
Almost ashamed to admit to these, orange_girl: Pop Tarts and Spaghettios. hahaha! Every few YEARS I get nostalgic. What WAS the attraction??? Thanks for fun post, orange.
my children loved pop tarts - i was mortified at teh time thinking they didnt like my cooking but really it was a fine fad.
did you have alphabetti spaghetti my kids used to form then eat rude words?
Spaghettios ARE gross hahaha my palate was all about hot dogs and PB&J as a kid. Jacpod, are you raising the next generation of heathens? I was a purist, I only ate the round Os. I don't even think the alphabet type was around when I was a kid!
I was a sugar junkie....though, I didn't like sugar in cereal unless I was eating it out of the box pure....gotta main line that sugar, didn't like to cut it with milk....hehe....now, I rarely eat sugar....there are things I hated as a kid that I like now....brussel sprouts...I think they were too strong for my fresh taste buds as a tot....now I love 'em....
@orange_girl there was some no name brand chocolate rice crispies cereal that I would junk out on....there was this healthy hexagonal cereal that I loved, but I have no idea what it was called....I am no help at all...haha
ditto o the sprouts I think they should have an age limit put on them
Vespa curry in a box , probably did not help my longevity
My mum and dad both worked late so my brother and I made our own food and we fought over the vesta packets. I usually won because he was 8 years older than me.
Farleys rusks or chocolate pudding in a jar for babies.