what was your favorite meal your mom made growing up?

[Anonymous]

Tuna noodle casserole...cooked macaroni noodles,
Cream of mushroom soup, canned sweet peas and a can of tuna. My husband gags when I talk about it.

[Anonymous]

spaghetti with ketchup and butter, cooked until a bit crunchy - aka jewish noodles

[Anonymous]

I am Korean, grew up in Korea. My mom makes these small spicy kebabs with beef, rice cake, leek and mushroom, which was my favorite. A toothpick is used as a skewer so it takes a lot of time.

After college, I was working in Hong Kong - my mom came to visit me from Korea and actually had a tupperware full of these skewers, uncooked, in her suitcase. She came from the airport, walked into my apartment and went straight into the kitchen to cook these. Love my mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crab salad: iceberg lettuce, fake crab meat, mayonnaise, red pepper (the powder, not the bell pepper itself). We ate it on Ritz crackers.

Mexican chicken: Old El Paso cheesy medical rice, chicken, a container of sour cream and a container of Lance cheese dip all mixed together and baked as a casserole.

Least favorite: "chicken divan." Chicken and frozen broccoli mixed up with tons of mayonnaise, topped with bread crumbs and baked. Warm mayonnaise.... Barf.

Haha!! We also ate chicken divan growing up, but I loved it. Pretty sure we used fresh broccoli though, and the sauce was mayo, a ton of shredded cheddar, and cream of something soup (chicken? mushroom? unsure).

My mom also made something called "ham and egg bake" that I loved. Diced ham, sliced hard boiled eggs, cream of something soup, and topped with biscuits.

I also loved my mom's meatloaf, and 7-layer dip at parties/holidays.

[Anonymous]

This thread is making me so nostalgic!
Mom: chili pie, creamed chicken (although she was very healthy, so I think it used yogurt)
Dad: pierogis, kasha varniskas, galabki, lasagna

[Anonymous]

Roast beef
Porcupines (not what you think!) meatballs with rice in a tomato soup base
Tuna casserole
Beef stroganoff
My Dad's teriyaki

It's funny because clearly my family is from the Midwest and continued to cook that food, but we lived near Asia and didn't really pick up any culinary dishes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roast beef
Porcupines (not what you think!) meatballs with rice in a tomato soup base
Tuna casserole
Beef stroganoff
My Dad's teriyaki

It's funny because clearly my family is from the Midwest and continued to cook that food, but we lived near Asia and didn't really pick up any culinary dishes!

Yes! Porcupine meatballs. Also spaghetti with meat sauce and pizza from a box (crust mix, sauce in a can and really bad powdered Parmesan cheese)with a ton of ground meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tuna noodle casserole...cooked macaroni noodles,
Cream of mushroom soup, canned sweet peas and a can of tuna. My husband gags when I talk about it.

Uh, mom?

[Anonymous]

Something called "Reuben in a pan"... it was corned beef, chunks of rye bread, and sauerkraut, all fried up in a skillet and topped with swiss cheese and french dressing. It was really good. My mom hasn't made it in about 25 years to my knowledge, though. It was a good winter meal.

Chicken a la King... everyone loved this in the 70s and 80s, but now it's not popular at all.

Homemade pizza from a Chef Boyardee box mix... it included the ingredients for crust and the sauce; you added the cheese and toppings. It was our Friday night meal and dad was in charge. It was good.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup, plus Fritos. OMG the sodium... but YUM!

[Anonymous]

15:40 here. Forgot to add that sometimes we would have individual servings of pudding (instant, of course) for dessert and then we would get to add Reddi Whip from the can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:15:40 here. Forgot to add that sometimes we would have individual servings of pudding (instant, of course) for dessert and then we would get to add Reddi Whip from the can.

Wait. Gotta stop you there. What's wrong with pudding and Reddi Whip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15:40 here. Forgot to add that sometimes we would have individual servings of pudding (instant, of course) for dessert and then we would get to add Reddi Whip from the can.

Wait. Gotta stop you there. What's wrong with pudding and Reddi Whip?

Nothing. I love it. Still make it sometimes.

[Anonymous]

In the summer, dinner with mashed potatoes and corn on the cob. Didn't matter what the meat was. Burgers, dogs, chicken, whatever.

Also, lake perch that we caught ourselves. Dad cleaned it, Mom pan-fried it.

I also remember, when Dad was making the hamburger patties, he'd sneak me a little raw meat, and he'd have some, and we'd have a little conspiratorial smile. It was really good.

[Anonymous]

My husband is also very nostalgic for chef boyardee pizza in a box.

My mom's chicken and dumplings were and still are the best most comforting food ever.

My husband loves beef stroganoff. He calls it beef stroke it off which I find vulgar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15:40 here. Forgot to add that sometimes we would have individual servings of pudding (instant, of course) for dessert and then we would get to add Reddi Whip from the can.


Wait. Gotta stop you there. What's wrong with pudding and Reddi Whip?




Nothing. I love it. Still make it sometimes.

Though I appreciate Reddi Whip, we were a Cool Whip family. Still love it, on pumpkin pie or (when no one is looking) straight out of the tub.