Weird foods your mom made

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My mom added butter to PB&J sandwiches. She would butter the bread, then add a layer of peanut butter on top of the butter, then add the jelly. I never realized it was strange until I was in late elementary school and my friends started to comment on it - and they all loved my mom's PB&Js! It was actually quite tasty.

My parents still do this. They claim the butter "seals" the bread so that the jelly won't run into the bread or make it mushy. I watched them do it a year ago as they packed their lunch for a road trip and was kind of horrified, yet it made me wonder if they had done it all along and I never knew.

School lunch was a slice of white bread, slice of bologna (from the Oscar Meyer tub, red rind pulled off) and mustard. Every day.

We ate that chipped ham barbecue a lot living in Northeast Ohio.

I'm about to make the cranberry jello mold my grandmother always made for Thanksgiving or Christmas, whichever holiday we were there for. Problem is, the recipe calls for sliced strawberries in heavy syrup, which aren't made anymore (remember the spinach type boxes of frozen everything, 10 oz or so?). So it never really comes out right.

Is it true? No more frozen strawberries in syrup? I used to love eating those with cereal. I haven't looked for it in the freezer section but I know exactly what it looks like in the little white box.

We had a thanksgiving jello mold thing that featured these strawberries and canned pineapple. No idea they were made anymore!

When I was growing up the frozen strawberries in syrup dumped over a slice of grocery store angel food cake was a common dessert.

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My mom added butter to PB&J sandwiches. She would butter the bread, then add a layer of peanut butter on top of the butter, then add the jelly. I never realized it was strange until I was in late elementary school and my friends started to comment on it - and they all loved my mom's PB&Js! It was actually quite tasty.

My parents still do this. They claim the butter "seals" the bread so that the jelly won't run into the bread or make it mushy. I watched them do it a year ago as they packed their lunch for a road trip and was kind of horrified, yet it made me wonder if they had done it all along and I never knew.

School lunch was a slice of white bread, slice of bologna (from the Oscar Meyer tub, red rind pulled off) and mustard. Every day.

We ate that chipped ham barbecue a lot living in Northeast Ohio.

I'm about to make the cranberry jello mold my grandmother always made for Thanksgiving or Christmas, whichever holiday we were there for. Problem is, the recipe calls for sliced strawberries in heavy syrup, which aren't made anymore (remember the spinach type boxes of frozen everything, 10 oz or so?). So it never really comes out right.

Is it true? No more frozen strawberries in syrup? I used to love eating those with cereal. I haven't looked for it in the freezer section but I know exactly what it looks like in the little white box.

We had a thanksgiving jello mold thing that featured these strawberries and canned pineapple. No idea they were made anymore!

When I was growing up the frozen strawberries in syrup dumped over a slice of grocery store angel food cake was a common dessert.

Even though this was a sugar bomb, it was considered "healthy" during the "low fat craze" since angel food and strawberries in syrup were both fat free!

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Anonymous wrote:My mom would take a tube of jimmy dean sausage, a brick of cream cheese and mix it with a can of rotel tomatoes. Then we'd eat it with a bag of tortilla chips.

I tried this once as an adult and was so grossed out. I loved it as a kid though.

I love velveeta and rotel, with cilantro.

We loved this. Sausage Or not. Frito scoops 4evah

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My mom added butter to PB&J sandwiches. She would butter the bread, then add a layer of peanut butter on top of the butter, then add the jelly. I never realized it was strange until I was in late elementary school and my friends started to comment on it - and they all loved my mom's PB&Js! It was actually quite tasty.

My parents still do this. They claim the butter "seals" the bread so that the jelly won't run into the bread or make it mushy. I watched them do it a year ago as they packed their lunch for a road trip and was kind of horrified, yet it made me wonder if they had done it all along and I never knew.

School lunch was a slice of white bread, slice of bologna (from the Oscar Meyer tub, red rind pulled off) and mustard. Every day.

We ate that chipped ham barbecue a lot living in Northeast Ohio.

I'm about to make the cranberry jello mold my grandmother always made for Thanksgiving or Christmas, whichever holiday we were there for. Problem is, the recipe calls for sliced strawberries in heavy syrup, which aren't made anymore (remember the spinach type boxes of frozen everything, 10 oz or so?). So it never really comes out right.

Is it true? No more frozen strawberries in syrup? I used to love eating those with cereal. I haven't looked for it in the freezer section but I know exactly what it looks like in the little white box.

We had a thanksgiving jello mold thing that featured these strawberries and canned pineapple. No idea they were made anymore!

When I was growing up the frozen strawberries in syrup dumped over a slice of grocery store angel food cake was a common dessert.

They still make those frozen strawberries in heavy syrup! I've bought them at both Harris Teeter and Giant.

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1. My friend's mom always served these as NYE appetizers at their big annual party. I have never seen a recipe for these 'rye bread pizzas' that does not first cook the meat, so that alone makes this pretty weird (let alone the large amount of processed cheese) and probably unsafe if not thoroughly cooked, but I remember that they actually tasted pretty good to the tipsy high schoolers who were at the party:

Mix 1 tube raw Jimmy Dean sausage with 1 lb raw ground beef and 1 lb shredded Velveeta, and spread over cocktail rye bread. Broil on low until bubbly and looks cooked.

2. The other weird food I remember is a jello mold made with lime jello, canned crushed pineapple, and a tub of cottage cheese. I know I made this with my mom, as I remember beating it with a hand mixer, but other than that tip I don't have an exact recipe. Again, tasted pretty good.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom would put a slice of deli turkey on top of white bread, and then pour gravy over the top. She also regularly made the above "tuna noodle casserole".

Open faced turkey sandwiches. Have you never been to a diner?

Yep neither is weird.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom took day-old cream of wheat that had solidified, fried it in a pan, and then served it with maple syrup. It was good, but only now I realize how weird that is.

It's like a wheat version of polenta.

In the south you do this with leftover grits.

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My mom added butter to PB&J sandwiches. She would butter the bread, then add a layer of peanut butter on top of the butter, then add the jelly. I never realized it was strange until I was in late elementary school and my friends started to comment on it - and they all loved my mom's PB&Js! It was actually quite tasty.

My parents still do this. They claim the butter "seals" the bread so that the jelly won't run into the bread or make it mushy. I watched them do it a year ago as they packed their lunch for a road trip and was kind of horrified, yet it made me wonder if they had done it all along and I never knew.

School lunch was a slice of white bread, slice of bologna (from the Oscar Meyer tub, red rind pulled off) and mustard. Every day.

We ate that chipped ham barbecue a lot living in Northeast Ohio.

I'm about to make the cranberry jello mold my grandmother always made for Thanksgiving or Christmas, whichever holiday we were there for. Problem is, the recipe calls for sliced strawberries in heavy syrup, which aren't made anymore (remember the spinach type boxes of frozen everything, 10 oz or so?). So it never really comes out right.

Sliced frozen pound cake in a singe layer, topped with those mushy frozen strawberries in syrup, all covered with cool whip = 80’s strawberry shortcake! Loved it so much as a kid!!

Is it true? No more frozen strawberries in syrup? I used to love eating those with cereal. I haven't looked for it in the freezer section but I know exactly what it looks like in the little white box.

We had a thanksgiving jello mold thing that featured these strawberries and canned pineapple. No idea they were made anymore!

When I was growing up the frozen strawberries in syrup dumped over a slice of grocery store angel food cake was a common dessert.

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Deviled ham sanwiches for lunch. Hated it.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is what my mom did: cook some macaroni. Drain, and add three tablespoons of butter into the pot of macaroni and stir. Spoon it into individual bowls. Add a tablespoon of ketchup into each bowl. Sprinkle some salt on top. Stir. Give a bowl to each kid for lunch.

My mom did something really similar, basically the Asian version:

Fresh hot white rice, add big pat of butter, stir and mix with a little bit of soy sauce and sesame oil.
I’ve heard other moms did this with PB but I don’t think I’ve ever tried that.

NP - that's weird? I'm not Asian, but I love rice with butter, soy sauce and sesame oil. Just had it earlier this week.

PB does sound a little more odd.

Hmmm, PB does not sound that odd to me. I have eaten rice with spiced lentil-peanut powder mixed with ghee. So I can see the allure of peanuts in rice. I am North Indian. Hot steaming basmati rice, with a dollop of ghee and salt was my favorite. Similarly, rice-ghee and methkoot powder (roasted lentils, peanuts, spices in a powder form from Maharashtra) or the various podis and kharams from South India.

My mom used to also give us ripe mango pulp mixed in rice. When I saw the Thai mango sticky rice dessert here I was quite excited (but the taste profile was different). Anyways, my own interpretation of Thai mango sticky rice is my own fusion recipe. I use coconut milk sauce as a drizzle on the mango-rice, and a very tiny hint of cardamom.

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Anonymous wrote:1. My friend's mom always served these as NYE appetizers at their big annual party. I have never seen a recipe for these 'rye bread pizzas' that does not first cook the meat, so that alone makes this pretty weird (let alone the large amount of processed cheese) and probably unsafe if not thoroughly cooked, but I remember that they actually tasted pretty good to the tipsy high schoolers who were at the party:

Mix 1 tube raw Jimmy Dean sausage with 1 lb raw ground beef and 1 lb shredded Velveeta, and spread over cocktail rye bread. Broil on low until bubbly and looks cooked.

2. The other weird food I remember is a jello mold made with lime jello, canned crushed pineapple, and a tub of cottage cheese. I know I made this with my mom, as I remember beating it with a hand mixer, but other than that tip I don't have an exact recipe. Again, tasted pretty good.

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My Scottish mom grew up during and after WWII and loved Vienna sausages and Spam. She always found a way to make dinner with one of those a few times a year when money was tight.

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We ate spaghetti sandwiches sometimes - buttered white bread with spaghetti, rolled up. Super weird, but delicious. So many carbs!!

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Graham Crackers and milk. For dinner.

In hindsight, on days when she was just "over it."

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None. She cooked haute cuisine for me and made all my birthday cakes. My childhood friends still remember her fondly.