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Anonymous
I'm the 16:55 poster. One of my items was from a local carryout. Another from a downtown restaurant. And a third is super-processed. My mother didn't work full time, so she did have more time to make these things than I do M-F, but we also ate out regularly. I have fond memories of both, but the food made with love at home is more prominent in my memories b/c it can't be duplicated easily, not even by me with their recipes. We make a point of taking our child to real restaurants more often than fast food. She thinks my grilled cheese is better than her favorite restaurant's (although it is close). And I'm hoping, hoping, hoping that she'll learn to appreciate home cooked food more than fast food or frozen. And that she'll love to cook, too. |
Anonymous
OOoohhh, how you took me back. The downtown bakery - after church they'd sell hot loaves of Italian bread right out the kitchen door. My sister and I would start nibbling as soon as my mother got it back to the car. |
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My Mama's homemade vegetable soup and cast-iron skillet cornbread on a cold day
skillet fried chicken pepper steak over rice Grandma's baked beans meatloaf and mashed potatoes chicken casserole lemon lush dessert homemade light rolls macaroni salad jello salads - apricot jello salad, 7-Up salad, cranberry salad (jello was HUGE in the 70's) sugar cookies at Christmas iced tea at nearly every meal I really miss sitting around the supper table with my family every night. Saying the blessing before supper without fail. I need to do a better job of doing this with my own family. I think it's sooo important in making kids loved and part of something bigger than themselves. |
Anonymous
| Mmmm, good skillet fried chicken is hard to find. Doesn't seem like it should be that hard, but getting it just right is a skill. |
Anonymous
| Real tabouli. Stuffed cabbage. Chicken and rice. Kibbe. Mjdara. Ha. Can you tell i am Lebanese? |
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roast chicken and fried up the livers in butter
kiffles,nutroll, etc stuffed cabbage and peppers gravy chicken soup and mega dumplings oatmeal,softboiled eggs super messy ribs and a towel around my neck mashed potatos big apple pie liver paste as a kid stuff in the fridge that was gross: picked pigs feet herring tongue lunch meat |
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crepes
chicken paprikash pierogies stuffed cabbage homemade cream puffs Maryland blue crabs chicken and dumplings white bread used to sop up the grease from the big fat steaks my mom would broil - sounds so gross now, but we fought over that piece of bread! |
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| Lox and smoked whitefish and bagels for Sunday brunch at my grandparents, Wonder Bread and French's Yellow Mustard sandwiches, kasha and bowties my great grandmother used to make, Archway Icebox cookies my dad used to hide from us and even if it sounds silly it's true, my mother's apple pie (the only apple pie I would eat). |
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Spanakopita
Avgolemono Mom's roast chicken and roast potatoes Mom's French toast Kourambiedes Homemade pierogies and kielbasa |
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Fried chicken livers
Fried green tomatoes Cheese grits Spaghetti with Mom's homemade meat sauce Mom's chili |
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My great grandmother's yeast rolls
My mom's drop biscuits My grandmother's homemade chocolate sauce, cashaw pudding (that's a kind of squash) BBq brisket My mom's tuna casserole Angel food cake with cherry icing (I'm noticing a preponderance of carbs here!) |
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| smores |
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Fried Chicken Livers
Fried Potatoes (in cast iron skillet with shortening!) My Grandfather's roast beef hash (from leftovers) Rump Roast wrapped in bacon American Chop Suey Mac and Cheese (homemade) Skillet Fried Pork Chops Fresh veggies from the garden in the summer. |
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| I miss my mom. |
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fried plantains
shredded coconut lumpia & pancit dried mango sinigang I grew up eating all kinds of meat I would never eat now, like Spam. ewwww! |