What was a fancy food treat for you growing up that isn't fancy anymore?
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| Grey Poupon, obviously. |
Anonymous
+1 If there was a generic available, that was what we had. And this was back in the day when it wasn't even a store brand, it was a black-and-white label that just said "peas" or "spaghetti sauce" or "peanut butter" or "grape jelly." |
Anonymous
Yes! Shrimp was very fancy! I only had it in a shrimp cocktail a few times when going out to fancy restaurants for a special occasion with my grandparents. |
Anonymous
In France they serve them raw in restaurants as an app -- with butter of all things. |
Anonymous
| You nailed it OP! I saw the topic and immediately thought of canned artichoke hearts and brie. Anything brined in cans, really-- olives, hearts of palm, artichokes, baby corn... We would try to sneak some behind my mom's back and got yelled at because "those are for company". |
Anonymous
This made me smile. |
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Berries are the first thing I think of. We never, EVER had fruit in the house other than bananas, Macintosh apples and navel oranges. A richer friend's mom once served us sliced kiwi and strawberries for a snack and I talked about it for months to my mom.
I remember when the first sushi place opened in my Michigan hometown in the late 90s and my family thought it was very outre ("raw fish???"). Espresso is also a good one --that was something for Frasier Crane to drink, not suburban moms. Chex Mix was something my mom actually prepared as an appetizer for holiday guests, not an everyday snack out of the bag like now. |
Anonymous
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Sushi.
We were Japanese expatriates in northern Europe, when I was growing up. Restaurant sushi was expensive. My parents desperately made ersatz sushi at home with carefully hoarded Japanese rice and all sorts of local fillings: that's how I ended up with celery and dried prune sushi, sausage sushi, all sorts of iNteRestinG stuff! 
My kids can get sushi anytime, and they don't understand the SUFFERING.
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Anonymous
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Baked brie in crescent rolls
Ambrosia Cobb salad at a local restaurant |
Anonymous
No, grew up in Germany. What we think of of as charcuterie trays was essentially dinner most nights. Maybe a little less fancy looking, but not by much. My grandparents were very big on "you eat with your eyes", meaning everything had to look nice.
Fancy would be avocados. Only specialty stores carried them. And kiwis. Eggs were soft boiled and only eaten on Saturday mornings. So semi-fancy? |
Anonymous
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Berries
Any fruit in the winter that wasn't red apples, bananas, or oranges Name brand cereal Bread that wasn't pre-sliced in a plastic bag- any kind of sourdough, baguette, etc. was reserved for a holiday meal Mashed potatoes from scratch instead of those flakes (I know, it was insane) Any potatoes that weren't russets in a giant bag. We only had cute little potatoes for holidays. Coffee from beans or ground coffee brewed in a pot was only for holidays, otherwise it was instant crystals only. |
Anonymous
Hahahaha! I get it. I'm the German PP. We lived in Japan for 7 years when I was younger, and when we moved back to Germany, we suffered from lack of sushi! Herring sushi. Smoked makerel sushi. Cucumber of course. (and the aforementioned fancy avocado) |
Anonymous
| Going to Red Lobster or Ponderosa was a once a year treat. |
Anonymous
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Name brand anything.
I remember desperately wanting those Wonder Bread polka dots as a kid. Does it even still exist? |
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Boomer here.
1950s and 60 Canned or jarred smoked oysters. Baked Alaska Shirley Temples Creme de Minthe (sp?) Coq au vin 1970s My boyfriend was obsessed with frozen raspberries with cream on top. Kahlua Sombreros Tequila Sunrises DH says steak restaurant 1989s Japanese food including sushi |