What Food Equals Childhood to You?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh, it’s amazing how processed people’s childhood diets were. Almost everyone except the Eastern European person lists multiple UPFs.

A very 2025 comment.

[Anonymous]

Tang, the drink of astronauts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tang, the drink of astronauts.

We never drank Tang on its own, but I have fond memories of my mom's "Russian tea" (instant tea, Tang, lemonade mix and spices)

[Anonymous]

Bumps on a log: celery sticks with peanut butter, then raisins on the top.

[Anonymous]

For years my mom would have a snack waiting for me when I came home from school: either a small bowl of cottage cheese with canned fruit cocktail or canned pears with grated cheddar cheese on top.

I adore both to this day but rarely eat it.

[Anonymous]

Braunschweiger sandwiches, mixing milk (half whole milk, half powdered milk) and fluffy white bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Koolaid served in these cups at someone else's house
We didn't have these cups or koolaid.

I had both those cups and Koolaid. I miss those cups.

[Anonymous]

Pot roast with carrots and potatoes
Swedish meatballs
Meatloaf
Cream of something soup baked on chicken breasts
Casseroles-tuna, shepherd’s pie, Johnny marzetti
Dessert casseroles too-eclair cake, banana split pie
Jello with fruit cocktail
Butter on everything
Fried bologna and cheese sandwiches
Frozen canned limeade mixed with water
Slim Jim’s
Tang

We actually did eat a fair amount of fruits and vegetables along with all the processed junk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tang, the drink of astronauts.

We never drank Tang on its own, but I have fond memories of my mom's "Russian tea" (instant tea, Tang, lemonade mix and spices)

ha! my mother is from poland and she also made us “tea” that was hot water with powdered jello mix

[Anonymous]

Long John silvers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tang, the drink of astronauts.

We never drank Tang on its own, but I have fond memories of my mom's "Russian tea" (instant tea, Tang, lemonade mix and spices)

Intriguing. I can smell that instant tea in its jar! What spices did she add?

[Anonymous]

my biggest food memories from childhood are:

coffee percolator going all day long - my parents even had a cup of coffee after dinner. my sister and i would beg for “coffee milk” which was milk with a splash of coffee.

pound cake and cut up melon somehow always being on hand to serve whenever anyone dropped by

tuna fish always in the fridge, bagels and rye bread always in the bread drawer

as another poster said, dinners were always a primary meat, with veg and starch sides. the veg was often frozen (reheated) or boiled vegetable

i also remember tv dinners seemed such a treat. as did tater tots. those were babysitter nights!

as another poster said, breakfast was rice krispies topped with a spoonful of sugar and milk

in high school, i liked to buy cafeteria lunch and would always “be healthy” and get the “salad bar,” and I put those in quotes bc the options on the bar were shredded iceberg lettuce, shredded carrots and cukes, and then a bunch of unhealthy creamy salads like macaroni salad, potato salad, cole slaw, cottage cheese (okay that one is healthy), etc. I consumed this “salad” with a diet coke- yes there was a soda machine at my high school.

i also remember lots of candy (big york peppermint patties and mounds were my favorites)- which was purchased by me on the sly with my friends at places like 7 eleven.

what i notice as such a difference between my childhood eating and my kids is that i didn’t even own a water bottle, and my kids won’t go anywhere without theirs. i guess we drank from the water fountain, we probably didn’t drink enough period. even my father who was an avid tennis player would bring a thermos of water with a disposable cup, not an individual water bottle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carnation breakfast bars
Crunchy Granola bars
Rice Krispie treats

And Carnation instant breakfast. The stuff that you would stir into milk. I think it came in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

PP and singing the jingle right now:

Carnationnnn Instant Breakkkfassst! You’re gonna love it in an instant!

One summer, my sweet grandparents thought I could use a few extra pounds (I was a scrawny, frail 10 year old) and make me milkshakes in a blender with ice, whole milk and chocolate Instant Breakfast.

I miss the breakfast bars and their crunchy, dry and powdery goodness.

Another memory: corn on the cob with the then-new squeeze butter! Was that Parkay?

Yes! A big yellow squeeze bottle. We squeezed it on corn on the cob too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tang, the drink of astronauts.

We never drank Tang on its own, but I have fond memories of my mom's "Russian tea" (instant tea, Tang, lemonade mix and spices)

Intriguing. I can smell that instant tea in its jar! What spices did she add?

Same! Dp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my biggest food memories from childhood are:


pound cake and cut up melon somehow always being on hand to serve whenever anyone dropped by.

I remember my grandmother and my mom serving a block of cream cheese with Worcestershire sauce poured over the top with ritz crackers anytime someone dropped by.