Anonymous wrote:grape juice with a raw egg in it, supposed to make us "healthier".

For me this wins the prize of the most appalling. Was this really supposed to be a hangover cure and your mom gave it to you by mistake?

Anonymous wrote:My mom made us eat Liver and onions I was a little kid. I absolutely hated that.

So what was your worst food from your childhood?

The same except I threw up so she never tried to make me eat it again. To this day the smell makes me nauseous so my kid has no worries.

Not something my mom made but the only type of lunchmeat my dad/mom would buy would be the bologna with the red string around it. I HATED it. One day I decided I'd eaten my last bologna sandwich. I told my mom that I didnt like bologna, she made me eat it anyway. I massively puked all over her nice kitchen tablecloth. No more bologna for me. It was ham/turkey city for me after that. Oh yeah.

Anonymous wrote:Green been jello. You read that right. Made with milk so it was this opaque, pea soup color. My mom said it was popular in the midwest (where she's from), but I never believed her.

Oh man that sounds digusting.

There was a product in the 70s aimed at getting kids to eat vegetables that was basically vegetable stuffed french fries. Wish I could remember the name, but peas and carrots inside of fries are gross.

Anonymous wrote:Pig brains. You can eat them the day you slaughter the pig but they aren't really very edible, even for a poor farm family, after that. So pig-slaughtering day was always pig brain day too. Boiled the whole head in a big cauldron. Not a favorite day of mine.

You are all so soft! Chicken noodle soup, really?

That would be me. I HATe soup. I always have. Not only is Campbells gross, but the noodles tasted soggy to me. I'm gagging ar the through.
I also hate Grits!

I never considered my mom to be a great cook but she did manage to serve us many of these same foods without us gagging: tuna loaf (tuna fish, onions, bread crumbs all smashed together loaf style with the help of an egg), spam w/au gratin potatoes, beets, etc... I can't eat much of that stuff now but back then we did.

However, I could never, never eat a particular snack that she always tried to give us: bananas dipped in OJ and covered with coconut. Don't know why but just the smell of that would make me sick. I'd try to set it aside without too much notice and just sip on the Tab that she would also give us.

Anonymous wrote:Pig brains. You can eat them the day you slaughter the pig but they aren't really very edible, even for a poor farm family, after that. So pig-slaughtering day was always pig brain day too. Boiled the whole head in a big cauldron. Not a favorite day of mine.

You are all so soft! Chicken noodle soup, really?

Is that the same as head cheese?

I like liver once in a while. My dad would fry it and put red pepper, salt, jalapenos and a few other things that made it taste alright.

Liver, straight no onions.

Broiled flounder -- unfortunately, Mom always overcooked it.

Pig brains. You can eat them the day you slaughter the pig but they aren't really very edible, even for a poor farm family, after that. So pig-slaughtering day was always pig brain day too. Boiled the whole head in a big cauldron. Not a favorite day of mine.

You are all so soft! Chicken noodle soup, really?

Green been jello. You read that right. Made with milk so it was this opaque, pea soup color. My mom said it was popular in the midwest (where she's from), but I never believed her.

Yup, liver & onions. Once a month. I think liver was recommended to women for increasing their iron levels.

And my father used to hit my brother until he would eat food he didn't like. And then he'd throw it up on the plate. It was awful. I'm sure my brother isn't properly over it to this day.

One more vote for the infamous liver and onions. Only it was my father who required it. My mom was the poor soul who had to 'enforce' my father's mandates, as he left the table as soon as he finished eating to go spend time with his mistress. No joke.

Anonymous wrote:grape juice with a raw egg in it, supposed to make us "healthier".

OMG - I remember this too. My mother used to make "milk shakes" with a raw egg, for protein. I would pray that the egg was completely incorporated and I wouldn't get a slimy glop of it. Yuck!

Also, liver and onions on saltines
Brussels sprouts
Chicken hearts (luckily we only had that once)
Beef tongue
Curried chicken cooked in the microwave – bright yellow and rubbery