Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:41     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was raised on Weight Watchers recipes because my mom spent most of my childhood dieting and since she was the one cooking, we ate whatever was on the diet plan that night for dinner. She had this deck of cards with bizarre names (lots of things had the word log or snack in the title) and she would deal them out each week as she planned her menus. As a result I spent most of my childhood eating weird diet versions of regular food without realizing it until I went to college. You haven't lived until you've had an "enchilada" open-faced on a piece of whole wheat bread with cottage cheese on top.



LOL I am older than you (my son is 25) and I know exactly what you are talking about- Richard Simmons deal a meal cards. Here they are on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/c/1519272912


Hey, my mom used that thing for a while too!


I remember the informercial for deal a meal -- I always thought it looked fun to do.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:41     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
My DAD (men can cook and event parent, OP) used to make creamed chipped beef on toast. I agree with the rude nickname for that stuff. Blech!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:39     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
We are Ukrainian. My mom made and still makes holodetz - meat jelly. I think it's delicious.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:39     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was raised on Weight Watchers recipes because my mom spent most of my childhood dieting and since she was the one cooking, we ate whatever was on the diet plan that night for dinner. She had this deck of cards with bizarre names (lots of things had the word log or snack in the title) and she would deal them out each week as she planned her menus. As a result I spent most of my childhood eating weird diet versions of regular food without realizing it until I went to college. You haven't lived until you've had an "enchilada" open-faced on a piece of whole wheat bread with cottage cheese on top.



LOL I am older than you (my son is 25) and I know exactly what you are talking about- Richard Simmons deal a meal cards. Here they are on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/c/1519272912


Hey, my mom used that thing for a while too!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:38     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.


haha. it least it wasn't ketchup. My grandmother (who was otherwise a good cook) for many years used ketchup as a tomato sauce for pasta. I think this was a thing in the 50's but I'm not sure. This was in long island, NY so there were italians and italian food around. I'm not sure if it was a money saving thing or something else. I recall she had canned tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes around so I really don't think it was about money.


Huh. I grew up on Long Island. Old Bethpage (POB school district)
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:36     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:I was raised on Weight Watchers recipes because my mom spent most of my childhood dieting and since she was the one cooking, we ate whatever was on the diet plan that night for dinner. She had this deck of cards with bizarre names (lots of things had the word log or snack in the title) and she would deal them out each week as she planned her menus. As a result I spent most of my childhood eating weird diet versions of regular food without realizing it until I went to college. You haven't lived until you've had an "enchilada" open-faced on a piece of whole wheat bread with cottage cheese on top.



LOL I am older than you (my son is 25) and I know exactly what you are talking about- Richard Simmons deal a meal cards. Here they are on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/c/1519272912
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:36     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
When the birthday cake had been around a few days after the birthday and was getting dry, my mom would put a slice in a bowl and pour milk on it until it was submerged.

Milky cake cereal.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:33     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.


haha. it least it wasn't ketchup. My grandmother (who was otherwise a good cook) for many years used ketchup as a tomato sauce for pasta. I think this was a thing in the 50's but I'm not sure. This was in long island, NY so there were italians and italian food around. I'm not sure if it was a money saving thing or something else. I recall she had canned tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes around so I really don't think it was about money.


That's how I had spaghetti back in the 70s! Ketchup as the sauce . It was how the bronx irish imitated Italian food back then. I think jarred sauce was just starting to become a thing around then.


If you’ve watched Rita on Netflix, that is how they eat their spaghetti. I think it was filmed in Denmark.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:32     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.


haha. it least it wasn't ketchup. My grandmother (who was otherwise a good cook) for many years used ketchup as a tomato sauce for pasta. I think this was a thing in the 50's but I'm not sure. This was in long island, NY so there were italians and italian food around. I'm not sure if it was a money saving thing or something else. I recall she had canned tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes around so I really don't think it was about money.


My grandma did this too! In Brooklyn!
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:30     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.


haha. it least it wasn't ketchup. My grandmother (who was otherwise a good cook) for many years used ketchup as a tomato sauce for pasta. I think this was a thing in the 50's but I'm not sure. This was in long island, NY so there were italians and italian food around. I'm not sure if it was a money saving thing or something else. I recall she had canned tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes around so I really don't think it was about money.


That's how I had spaghetti back in the 70s! Ketchup as the sauce . It was how the bronx irish imitated Italian food back then. I think jarred sauce was just starting to become a thing around then.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:27     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
My dad made "shells 'n' tuna". Which was pasta, a jar of sauce, and a tuna salad. He said it was protein (tuna), veg (sauce), and carb (pasta).

Sometimes I think it would be fun to make a higher end version and see what that's like.
Anonymous
Post 11/06/2020 14:21     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
I was raised on Weight Watchers recipes because my mom spent most of my childhood dieting and since she was the one cooking, we ate whatever was on the diet plan that night for dinner. She had this deck of cards with bizarre names (lots of things had the word log or snack in the title) and she would deal them out each week as she planned her menus. As a result I spent most of my childhood eating weird diet versions of regular food without realizing it until I went to college. You haven't lived until you've had an "enchilada" open-faced on a piece of whole wheat bread with cottage cheese on top.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2020 23:25     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Liverwurst sandwiches for lunch. Ugh. Hated those.


That’s not weird, that’s heavenly!


I don't mean to yuck your yum, it just wasn't my thing and no other kid had one at lunch.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2020 23:16     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
Anonymous wrote:I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.


haha. it least it wasn't ketchup. My grandmother (who was otherwise a good cook) for many years used ketchup as a tomato sauce for pasta. I think this was a thing in the 50's but I'm not sure. This was in long island, NY so there were italians and italian food around. I'm not sure if it was a money saving thing or something else. I recall she had canned tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes around so I really don't think it was about money.
Anonymous
Post 11/05/2020 23:08     Subject: Weird foods your mom made
I will never stop shaking my head at my mother's idea of spanish rice.

Make white minute rice.
Pour jarred spaghetti sauce in.
Mix.