AMOTQ: Favorite Childhood Foods?
Beth Jackson
What were your favorite foods as a child?
Fex: ...
From about 6 years old to at least 12, my main "Stateside"
(military-brat lingo for "in the USA":) favorite dish was my Mom's
version of a casserole she called "Tuna Fish Pie".
(And for all its relative blandness, it really was good! It had chopped
celery, chopped hardboiled eggs, solid white albacore tuna, onion, a
cream-sauce... *Really* good over rice....slurp...;)
When we got stationed in northern Italy when I was 6, I learned to love,
in particular, a marvelous soup there called "Tortellini In Brodo" --
"Tortellini In Broth". Imagine my pleased surprise when years later I
found I could manage a reasonable facsimile thereof, by simply cooking
store-bought hard-pasta tortellini in clear chicken-broth, and
sprinkling grated Parmesan and/or Romano cheese over it when it was done
cooking.. yum.
Also while in Italy, I discovered I liked the local version of orange
soda **much** more than American stuff.It was called "aranciatta"(sp?)..
and had (IIRC) real orange in it, besides naturally-sparkly
mineral-water. Icy-cold, it was -- *wonderful*.
............*So-o-o-o*....
Anybody else...?
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denaldo
>
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
<snip>
>
> Anybody else...?
I was a very picky eater. From about 4 to 10 I lived on grilled
cheese sandwiches. Could have saved my mom some aggravation if she
had learned, as I did in my twenties, that I didn't hate vegetables.
I hated canned vegetables.
My absolute favorite eat came during my teen years. We would go
hunting and bring the squirrels to Big Mama (My stepfather's
mother) who made the absolute best squirrel and dumplings in the
universe. Congratulations on your tortellini success. I have
never been able to make dumplings like Big did.
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> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
During my early years (ages 0-7) my favorite lunch was vegetable beef soup
and either balonga or ham and cheese sandwiches. My kid sister's was
chicken noodle and tuna salad.
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Crossfire
<Canvas...@webtv.net> wrote:
] The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
]
] What were your favorite foods as a child?
I wasn't terribly picky as a child. There were a few things I didn't like,
but in general I liked most foods, even fruits and veggies, especially if
we'd grown them ourselves. But I did have some favorite meals that I
would request, if I was ever asked:
Breakfast: french toast.
Lunch: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (grape jam, please)
Dinner: Macaroni and cheese.
All of those had to be made by Mom, otherwise they weren't right.
(Though Dad does make a killer PB&J sandwich when he sets his mind to
it, even if he does use strawberry jam...)
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Noah Singman
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
[respectful snippage]
> ............*So-o-o-o*....
> Anybody else...?
"My single favorite food, since I was five or six, was, and still is, raw
shellfish. Particularly cherrystone clams. My favorite desserts were
butterscotch and tapioca puddings."
"However, there weren't that many foods I didn't like. Except the evil
ones - eggplant, asparagus, artichoke and the squash collective."
Noah
Alan Follett
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks
> the Patronage At Large:
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
<snip-a-reminiscence>
> ............*So-o-o-o*....
> Anybody else...?
Well, for stuff actually prepared at home, there was my mother's
cheese-rice casserole. This consisted of, er, American cheese slices
over rice, and perhaps a few cracker crumbs, oven-baked.
Better than it sounds. (It would pretty well have to be, now that I
think of it.)
As can be seen from the above, my late mother, though a wonderful woman
and an ornament to her profession, was not a skilled and engaged cook.
Therefore, my fondest childhood food memories (Chicago, Forties and
Fifties) really center on our Sunday dinner tradition of Chinese
carryout from Wing Yee's: beef, chicken, or occasionally shrimp chop
suey or chow mein (same stuff, out of the same pot, one served with
rice, the other with crisp noodles), egg foo yung, and maybe, if we were
feeling adventurous, sub gum.
My father, now living in Tucson at age 86, still thinks of this as
"real" Chinese food, and mourns that it is impossible to get it any more
in this Hunan - beset age.
--
Alan Follett
BetNoir
> Also while in Italy, I discovered I liked the local version of orange
> soda **much** more than American stuff.It was called "aranciatta"(sp?)..
> and had (IIRC) real orange in it, besides naturally-sparkly
> mineral-water. Icy-cold, it was -- *wonderful*.
You can probably find it in gourmet grocery stores. Trader Joes...or
maybe Bristol Farms or Cost Plus, if they have them out your way.
> Anybody else...?
My mommy's meatyloaf, 'tato salad, and macaroni cheese.
My mommy makes the WORLD'S BESTEST 'tato salad!
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JBONETATI
What were your favorite foods as a child?>>
I've got 2 major 'comfort foods' that I still love from when I was a kid.
One is something my mother got from a neighbor lady and we named it after her.
All it is, is elbow macaroni, tomato soup (undiluted) and bacon. Salt and
pepper to taste. It's a great warmer-upper and even easier these days when you
can get pre-cooked bacon.
The other one was College Inn Egg Noodles and Chicken. They quit making it a
long time ago but I can make a reasonable facsimily by cooking egg noodles in
chicken broth and adding canned chicken.
Yum!
Who's next?
Jan
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Beth Jackson <Canvas...@webtv.net> wrote:
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
Jezebel smiles.
"Graham crackers and milk -- specifically, graham crackers crumbled into a
bowl with milk poured over them, initially eaten very quickly while some
of the cracker bits still had a bit of crunch, and then savored slowly
once they all turned into graham crackery moosh.
"A bit later: Sharp cheddar, raw onion and good old yellow mustard on
whole wheat bread, washed down with Coke.
"Oh, and raw fish - but remember, I was a military brat, too, and we were
stationed in Japan when I was very young. I tasted my first morsel of
sashimi at age six and never looked back..."
--Jezebel
still loves both of these
kig...@peak.org
EHursh
> In article <25333-3A...@storefull-286.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
> Beth Jackson <Canvas...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> >
> >What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> Jezebel smiles.
>
> "Graham crackers and milk -- specifically, graham crackers crumbled into a
> bowl with milk poured over them, initially eaten very quickly while some
> of the cracker bits still had a bit of crunch, and then savored slowly
> once they all turned into graham crackery moosh.
Hm... my favorite graham cracker schtick was the graham cracker and grape
Koolaid that was served as a snack by a private school I attended for a while
(5th and 6th grade, plus a lot of summers). The school itself was a branch
office of Hell (the principal also drove the bus, and liked to punish
troublemakers by pulling the bus over and shaking the shit out of the
troublemaker), but the snack is a good sense-memory.
Long-time favorite foods... um... "comfort" foods like chicken noodle soup
(the condensed, canned stuff), the ramen in a cup (there's something about the
texture of those noodles...), Spaghetti-Os (and canned ravioli), and peanut
butter & pretzels.
> --Jezebel
> still loves both of these
> kig...@peak.org
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}The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
}
}What were your favorite foods as a child?
I really need to remember to start saving these threads, 'cause
there's always Really Nifty Stuff contained therein....
The first item on my list would have to be what my family always
called American Chop Suey, and what certain other Patrons (hi, Jez!)
know as Slumgooey (or variants thereof). It's a really basic
casserole, with small pasta shells, tomato sauce, ground beast, and
corn. (I've added peas in addition to the corn before, and that was
fairly tasty, too.) Drown it in parmesan cheese and serve with garlic
bread.
I was highly partial to Swanson's tv dinners, as well - I remember
many a night watching Start Trek reruns as I scarfed down turkey
slices & mashed potatoes....
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Donna Leaf
Jackson) wrote:
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
Chocolate pudding with whipped cream (best if the pudding is
still slighty warm)
mashed potatoes
chicken breast baked in cream of mushroom soup
French toast
corn on the cob
tuna sandwiches
Oreo cookies and a big glass of cold milk
My Nana's chocolate chip cookies (I could never make them come
out like hers, even using her recipe and methods - when we lived
together when Koosh and Steffo were little, the kids could always tell
who baked the cookies, even when they weren't there during the baking)
MM
a cocoon
Canvas...@webtv.net (Beth Jackson) writes:
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
<can a cocoon look sheepish? this one does>
"Coffee milkshakes, me and my grandmother drank them thusly:
Tons of coffee ice cream, a bit of milk, and about a cup of white sugar."
<the cocoon scratched it's....errr...shell with a wing>
"Real food, iceberg hearts of lettuce sprinkled liberally with salt.
Although I grew up eating pretty much nothing but spaghetti with butter and
salt.
And Frosted Flakes. And Froot Loops. And white bread. And American cheese.
Never ate a bite of pizza until the summer I turned 19. I've never eaten red
meat of any sort, nor fowl, nor fish....though I did eat bacon until I was
about 17. Then became a full vegetarian."
<a winged cocoon who taught itself to eat vegetables at about age 20>
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'Til it bleeds daylight
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Kath
(piggybacking)
>quoth Beth Jackson on 4/7/01 5:24 AM:
>
>> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>> What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
Cream of Wheat and Cream of Rice were always good
"comfort" foods. I also liked peanut butter...straight out of
the jar!
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--Kath
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Jerry W. Kram
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
Table food:
Creamed peas on toast.
Tomato soup with tiny shrimp floating on top.
Boiled fresh peas in the pod.
"Scalped" (scalloped) potatoes made with lots of onion and ham.
Potatoes cooked just about any way
German wilted salad (fry bacon and crumble, deglaze hot pan with
vinegar, pour over lettuce (thin sliced onion optional).
Fast Food:
Shrimpburger
Creme de Menthe Malt
French fries with vinegar
Jiffy Pop with Real melted butter
Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s? You made it like Jello and it
turned into a three layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer Fizzies?
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> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
Okay, keep in mind that my parents fed us all kinds of weird things. When
I was a little kid, say 4-12, I really loved:
beef tongue stroganoff (still like it)
Spaghetti-O's (can't stand 'em)
baklava (make an excellent one myself)
black olives (used to love the ordinary kind, still like 'em but Kalamatas
are tastier now)
smoked mussels or oysters (love 'em)
bologna sandwich on Wonderbread with ketchup and mayo (vile!)
brussels sprouts almondine (like 'em)
purple eggs - pickled with beets (love the eggs, have always hated the
beets)
London broil (still like)
chocolate frosting on Saltines (life doesn't get much better)
maenad :)
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Beth Jackson wrote:
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
Oooooo....my very favourite was something I was sure that my mom invented.
Ground beef fried loose in a pan, drained.
A big pot of elbow macaroni, cooked.
A quart of homemade, cooked tomatoes. Combine and reheat just a bit.
We ate this at least once a week when I was home.
The little cloud retreats to the Bookcase(tm) and delves into the Cooking
section.
Cyrano de Univac
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
>
>............*So-o-o-o*....
>
>Anybody else...?
Spaghettios with cottage cheese on top. (or ravioli or
beefaroni from a can)
My Aunt Annie's carrot or pineapple upside down or
zucchini cakes.
My Aunt Angie's chili beans and her macaroni salad.
My mom's tamales (after I learned to NOT eat the husk) (:
My mom's mexican lasagna casserole (the recipe for which
I grabbed before I left for college)
And something that my earliest babysitter fed me for a treat:
a sandwich consisting of butter and chocolate sprinkles
on white bread. Oddly enough, 29 years later I still get the
occasional craving for a sprinkle sandwich.
-UnivacGrl
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denaldo
<snip>
> "However, there weren't that many foods I didn't like. Except the evil
> ones - eggplant, asparagus, artichoke and the squash collective."
Artichokes are *NOT* evil. Give me all of yours and I will
give you all of my tomatoes, which give you smallpox.(IMO)
Faith
Cheers
Faith
Faith
Also toasted cheese sandwiches....a perennial favorite
Cheers
Faith
Karen
Cream of Tomato Soup, and slurp the soup off the toast before biting in.
Leftover meatloaf sandwiches: Take one slice of bread, cover with
slices of meatloaf. Cover that with a slice of cheese, add ketchup, and
grill until the cheese melts. (Meatloaf is one food that I will never
make - the cold meat and eggs really cramp my hands, and I can't abide
the texture.)
When camping, we'd have corn chowder. Take as many cans of creamed corn
as you need (1 - 2 cans per person). Into the corn, stir in chunks of
cooked bacon and sauteed onions & green pepper made with the bacon
drippings. Add sliced carrots and chunks of potato, bubble til the
taters are tender (or cut them into really fine chunks to speed the
process). Ambrosia! (Funny, it never tasted as good when made on the
kitchen stove... Had to be made outdoors on a Coleman camp stove to
have the desired taste.)
karen
denaldo
>
> Beth Jackson wrote:
>
> > The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> >
> > What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> Oooooo....my very favourite was something I was sure that my mom invented.
> Ground beef fried loose in a pan, drained.
> A big pot of elbow macaroni, cooked.
> A quart of homemade, cooked tomatoes. Combine and reheat just a bit.
> We ate this at least once a week when I was home.
>
I am not doubting for one minute that your mom invented this all on
her own, but I think about a thousand other, overworked, "what do I
put on the table tonight" moms invented it all by themselves also.
Quinn Inuit
had the little heralds in the computer go to the ends of the Earth to
proclaim:
><a winged cocoon who taught itself to eat vegetables at about age 20>
Thanks, that gives me the hope that one day I can do that, too. I
really should eat them more, they're good for me, but I just don't
like them. *sigh*
-Q.I.
And don't worry about what the Place does to
your brain. It's permanent.
-Mary Zayas
JBONETATI
<<..Or Root Beer Fizzies? >>
I remember Fizzies! Did you ever pop one of those tablets into your mouth?
What a sensation!
Thanks for that memory,
Jan
Dances With Cars
<bet...@earthlink.net> will be duly enshrined:
<snip>
>My mommy makes the WORLD'S BESTEST 'tato salad!
<raises an eyebrow>
'Fraid I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that one. _My_ mommy
makes the world's bestest 'tato salad. Ever. Throughout time and
space and the whole realm of existence forever and ever amen.
<notes that the air of someone who possesses great skill in yielding
sharp pointy ouchie things hangs heavy over the benevolant cap'n>
<calmly reaches into the carpetbag by her feet and pulls out the
cheese grater o' death, the hickory farms turkey log o' doom, and the
salad spinner of squishy carnal hurt>
Soooooo... how 'bout them... erm... sport-playing type people...
who... wear those uniform thingies... and do something with a ball
thingamajig... and stuff...
<watches as a tumbleweed goes rolling by>
Uh-oh.
As ever I remain
-Dances With Cars (forever writing checks her butt can't cash)
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Noah Singman
> Noah Singman wrote:
> > "However, there weren't that many foods I didn't like. Except the evil
> > ones - eggplant, asparagus, artichoke and the squash collective."
> Artichokes are *NOT* evil. Give me all of yours and I will
> give you all of my tomatoes, which give you smallpox.(IMO)
"Done!"
Noah
now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
suzilem
Noah Singman <sin...@home.com> wrote in message
news:a%Yz6.502443$w35.75...@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com...
brussel sprouts <shudder>
Karen
suzilem wrote:
>
>
> I'll take the squash if you'll take the nasty broccoli, cauliflower, and
> brussel sprouts <shudder>
Brussel Sprouts are edible when covered with Nana's special cheese
sauce. Unfortunately, I don't have that recipe. :-(
karen
(I *suspect* it had Velveeta as the primary ingredient, but can't be
sure)
Karen
"Jerry W. Kram" wrote:
>
>
> Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s? You made it like Jello and it
> turned into a three layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer Fizzies?
> --
Not the fizzies, but the 1-2-3s. What *was* that top layer, anyway?
Supposed to be cream-ish, but I always thought it tasted like envelopes.
karen
suzilem
Karen <dcall...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3AD064E7...@earthlink.net...
jello, beating it with an electric mixer, and throwing it into the fridge --
it separates out into two layers -- "regular" and "foamy"
Kath
>"denaldo" <den...@ev1.net> wrote:
>
>> Noah Singman wrote:
>> > "However, there weren't that many foods I didn't like. Except the evil
>> > ones - eggplant, asparagus, artichoke and the squash collective."
>
>> Artichokes are *NOT* evil. Give me all of yours and I will
>> give you all of my tomatoes, which give you smallpox.(IMO)
>
>"Done!"
>
>Noah
>now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
ME! Me! me! I LIKE asparagus.... 'specially fresh-picked,
and tossed directly into boiling water, cooked til just done, andcovered
with butter....
Noah Singman
> Noah Singman <sin...@home.com> wrote:
> > now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
> I'll take the squash if you'll take the nasty broccoli, cauliflower, and
> brussel sprouts <shudder>
"Done! I love the first two, and tolerate the last."
Noah
who firmly supports free trade in vegetables :-)
Andreas Schaefer
>Noah
>now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
>
With baby-potatoes and my homemade bernaise ( my recipie include
garlic, but then most of my dishes do, exept of cause sweet stuff)
I offer pickled hering ( kippers?) and my share of oysters(sp?).
Eating aspargus across a sexy woman - Hmm.!
Andreas - I'm a foodie - Schaefer
the only nick I ever felt halfway
comfortable with is 'Frosch' German for frog.
So feel free to call me Frog, Andreas, Andrew, Andy.
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SCA Wench
> Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s? You made it like Jello and it
> turned into a three layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer Fizzies?
I used to love the orange flavor. Us kids thought it was the ulitmate
classy dessert. And easy enough for us to make, so we thought we were
"helping" Mom.
--
Lady Brigid
Sometimes you just have to stand
up to reality and deny it.
Garrison Keillor
SCA Wench
> Noah
> now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
The Bear and I both LOVE asparagus! Espcially with a little lemon butter on
it!
--
Lady Brigid
I know all the famous people,
for all the wrong reasons.
John Waters
Lee S. Billings
>My mom's mexican lasagna casserole (the recipe for which
>I grabbed before I left for college)
Ooh! Would you be willing to post said recipe?
Celine
--
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_
Lee S. Billings
says...
>
>On 07 Apr 2001 21:27:24 GMT, break...@aol.comedancing (a cocoon)
>had the little heralds in the computer go to the ends of the Earth to
>proclaim:
>
>><a winged cocoon who taught itself to eat vegetables at about age 20>
>
>Thanks, that gives me the hope that one day I can do that, too. I
>really should eat them more, they're good for me, but I just don't
>like them. *sigh*
Try Chinese veggies. Seriously! Many of my favorite vegetables (bok choy, bean
sprouts, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots) are those which occur in
Chinese cooking; and there are others, such as carrots and celery, which taste
a lot better when smothered in Chinese sauces.
JBONETATI
Noah
now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .>>
I dibs the asparagus!!!
<g>
Jan
Tina S.
The redhead at the end of the bar bounces a little and raises her hand,
"ooh... mememe! I'll take the asparagus and anyone who wants can have my
lifetime share of mushrooms or oysters. Please?
Tina
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Even if the whole farm-- every tree and grass blade of it dies. The picture
is still there and what's more, if you go there-- you who never was there--
if you go there and stand in the place where it was, it will happen again;
it will be there waiting for you. --Toni Morrison, _Beloved_
kig...@ucs.orst.edu
Noah Singman <sin...@home.com> wrote:
>now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
The Spinster down in the Lounge raises her hand.
"Mememememem! I'll take all the asparagus you can dish out! Flash-steamed
till it's barely tender, chilled and drizzled with balsamic vinegar ... or
soy sauce and sesame oil ... or homemade aioli ... heck, I'll even freeze
the woody bits at the bottom of the stalks till I have enough for cream of
asparagus soup!"
Jez pauses for a moment, trying to think of some food she dislikes enough
to offer it in exchange. For an omnivore, this is problematic.
"Um - you can have my cottage cheese, if you like. Or all the sea cucumber
you can eat. Other than that, I'm afraid we'll have to share..."
--Jez
whose idea of the Perfect Spring Meal is baby lamb chops, steamed
asparagus and new potatoes, washed down with a crisp white wine...
kig...@peak.org
kig...@ucs.orst.edu
Tina S. <tmsDO...@dependanet.com> wrote:
>The redhead at the end of the bar bounces a little and raises her hand,
>"ooh... mememe! I'll take the asparagus and anyone who wants can have my
>lifetime share of mushrooms or oysters. Please?
Seeing that others have beaten her to the asparagus (drat!) Jezebel offers
to take the mushrooms and oysters off Tina's hands (especially if the
offer includes portabellos, oyster mushrooms, shiitake, morels,
chanterelles, porcini and other more interesting alternatives to the Plain
White 'Shroom most often found in grocery stores).
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
Noah Singman
> >===== Original Message From "Noah Singman" <sin...@home.com> =====
> >now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
> ME! Me! me! I LIKE asparagus.... 'specially fresh-picked,
> and tossed directly into boiling water, cooked til just done, andcovered
> with butter....
"I saw your post first, but it would only be fair to dump, er, to share all
of my asparagus with you, Andreas, Lady Brigid and the Bear, Jan and Jez.
Bon appetit!"
Noah
Still stuck with the eggplant, but this is going well <G>
Quinn Inuit
Billings) had the little heralds in the computer go to the ends of the
Earth to proclaim:
>In article <3acff9b6....@news.indiana.edu>, quinn...@POINGyahoo.com
>says...
>>
>>On 07 Apr 2001 21:27:24 GMT, break...@aol.comedancing (a cocoon)
>>had the little heralds in the computer go to the ends of the Earth to
>>proclaim:
>>
>>><a winged cocoon who taught itself to eat vegetables at about age 20>
>>
>>Thanks, that gives me the hope that one day I can do that, too. I
>>really should eat them more, they're good for me, but I just don't
>>like them. *sigh*
>
>Try Chinese veggies. Seriously! Many of my favorite vegetables (bok choy, bean
>sprouts, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots) are those which occur in
>Chinese cooking; and there are others, such as carrots and celery, which taste
>a lot better when smothered in Chinese sauces.
Cool, I will.
>Celine
>
>--
>"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
>-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_
I still love that .sig
-Q.I.
--
"Pragmatism?!--is that all you have to offer?"
-Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Faith
I am about to slice and crumb it and bake it.!!
Faith
Noah Singman
> Gimme the eggplant, quick, and no false moves!!!
> I am about to slice and crumb it and bake it.!!
"False moves? Fear not. The eggplant is yours! Enjoy."
Noah
who must admit to having had one or two barely edible eggplant dishes <G>
Sarah Wassum
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
Liverwurst.
No, really. When I was small, I liked it so much, and my Mom limited
how much I could have, and I liked it sooooooo much, that I told her I
wanted to get some liverwurst with my birthday money, so I could eat it
all.
Also pumpernickle bread.
Oh, and chocolate.
Sarah
Sarah Wassum
> Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s? You made it like Jello and it
> turned into a three layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer Fizzies?
I remember Jello 1 2 3
I also remember a thing called spoon candy. Now, I grew up in a city
that was a big time test market, and I never saw it anywhere else, so I
don't know if it never got made into mass market stuff, or if it is just
departed. It was pudding. Then, you spread this chocolate sauce in a
pouch over it, and it hardened in the fridge.
I also remember stuff called Danish Dessert. Get the raspberry, the
strawberry is nasty. What is it? An instant version of berry soup.
Ah, the things I had to give up when Mom went into her health food
phase. And now don't want, ever again.
Ok, except for the Danish Dessert.
Sarah
Keith Merritt
> >
> >Try Chinese veggies. Seriously! Many of my favorite vegetables (bok choy,
bean
> >sprouts, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots) are those which occur
in
> >Chinese cooking; and there are others, such as carrots and celery, which
taste
> >a lot better when smothered in Chinese sauces.
>
Keith Merritt also got the attention of the mighty Quinn (sorry, I
*hadda* say that) and added, "As another former 'veggie-hater', let me
suggest *raw* vegetables... broccoli, carrot sticks, cauliflower. Whatever
you decide you like that goes 'crunch'. Dip 'em in fat-free salad dressing
(I like Ranch) and chow down."
The Goalie's eyes twinkled, as he said, "Eat veggies and go to the
bathroom -- otherwise, you'll get cancer and die... Aw, heck, forgot the
darn name of that Dudley Moore movie!"
Peace be with you,
Keith Merritt
The Ol' Goaler
Beth Jackson
><snip>
>
>Does anybody else remember
>Jello 1-2-3s?
Huh?? {:-\
>You made it like Jello
>and it turned into
>a three layer dessert in the fridge.
Kewlll... :-)
>Or Root Beer Fizzies?
{{:-D
"Root Beer Fizzies"???!!
I surely do remember those!
And Cherry Fizzies, and -- and -- oh drat; I *know* there were other
sorts of Fizzies (weren't there??).
That is, little tablets about the size of (I think) Tums.
You would take a nice big glass of ice-water and drop two of them in
there. And, after their acting like Alka-Seltzer tablets in the water
(that in itself was always fun to watch, imo:-) , you'd enjoy a
resulting glass of "homemade" (sort of;) soda-pop.
:-)'
(Ahhhh, Fizzies; now *there's* a childhood "goodies" memory...!!;)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Canvas Canary
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I call me this, 'cause --
I love to paint, I like to sing,
I've blonde hair, and
I'm a little bit "flighty".
(Visit my website and see why! ;-)
dennyw...@zipcon.net
Jackson) held forth, saying:
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
(note: I was a kid in the 1950's)
Lunch: grilled cheese sandwich (Velveeta) with Campbell's tomato soup.
(sometimes made w/milk, sometimes w/water)
Or the grilled cheese with Campbell's Vegetable Beef soup. Or Chicken
Noodle. There were no other kinds of soup as far as I was concerned.
(still like all of these, though I no longer use Velveeta for the
grilled cheese)
Gramma's fried chicken. corn-on-the-cob, picked when the water was
boiling. Watermelon (only after July 4th--almost no flavor before
then) My mom's potato salad -- which, after a number of tries, I can
just about duplicate. (EVERYone's mom made their favorite tater
salad, right?)
Devil's Food cake. Almost anything else chocolate. (how rare is that
in the Place?)
(expecting to see Freyja respond with simply 'hotdish')
--
-denny-
curmudgeonly editor
Money talks. Chocolate sings. Beautifully.
--"The Rules of Chocolate"
EHursh
> Beth Jackson wrote:
> > The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> >
> > What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> Liverwurst.
>
> No, really. When I was small, I liked it so much, and my Mom limited
> how much I could have, and I liked it sooooooo much, that I told her I
> wanted to get some liverwurst with my birthday money, so I could eat it
> all.
Oooh, yes, liverwurst. Nummy stuff. <Hursh's husband can be heard making
gagging noises> I still get a craving for it, every once in a while.
> Oh, and chocolate.
Well, *that* seems to go without saying. :-)
> Sarah
--
Ellen K. Hursh
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I
thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible
things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I
take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the
universe." --Ranger Marcus Cole
* * *
"Whoa, I'm eleven hundred years old. I had trouble adjusting to the idea of
Lutherans." --Anya, "I Was Made to Love You"
JEM
>Gimme the eggplant, quick, and no false
>moves!!! I am about to slice and crumb it and
>bake it.!!
Oh, dear -- by my NR's receipt thereof, Jan already "dibbed" Noah's
asparagus...
Jan, since Faith seems to be Threatening dire something-or-other if
she doesn't get Noah's Lifetime Asparagus Share, would you be willing to
accept *my* Lifetime Share in place of his? Just to keep the peace, you
understand... <g> I won't even ask anything in trade -- I'd be glad to
get rid of the vile stuff.
Plus, us "Jan"s gotta stick together, yanno! <g>
Now to start a stampede -- anyone want (roughly) 98% of my Lifetime
Supply of... CHOCOLATE?
I don't utterly despise the stuff, but my gag limit is about the
equivalent of one normal devil's food cake w/the usual plebian fudge
frosting per *year*. The very thought of the "overdone" "Death By
Chocolate" concoctions makes me feel queasy; I vastly prefer
"savory/salty" to "sweet" of any kind.
But there's no sense of letting the rest of my Lifetime Ration go
to waste when so many seem to adore the stuff...
JEM
(ducking to avoid the aforementioned Possible Stampede... <g>)
I don't suffer from insanity......I'm enjoying every minute of it!
JEM
>Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s?
>You made it like Jello and it turned into a three
>layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer
>Fizzies?
Have a vague memory of the Jell-O stuff (ick), and Fizzies of
various flavors are still available to this very day. Never cared for
either one myself, but I bought Fizzies by the bloody *case* to send to
a Friend in 'Nam -- easy to carry on recon and they disguised the taste
of the "treated" drinking water, especially the stuff in their canteens
-- or so he claimed.
He and his buddies also developed a Taste for the popcorn I used as
packing material in his "Care Packages".
Stale, cold, unsalted popcorn. Ugh. Poor babies *must've* been
desperate!
JEM
(who got some of the damnedest requests for stuff to be sent to 'Nam --
and filled 'em -- mostly, that is! <g>)
SCA Wench
> The Goalie's eyes twinkled, as he said, "Eat veggies and go to the
> bathroom -- otherwise, you'll get cancer and die... Aw, heck, forgot the
> darn name of that Dudley Moore movie!"
"Crazy People", IIRC.
Jerry W. Kram
> Have a vague memory of the Jell-O stuff (ick), and Fizzies of
> various flavors are still available to this very day.
Fizzies actually died out when cyclamates were banned. They were reborn
using aspartame, but it just isn't the same.
--
Jerry W. Kram (http://homepage.mac.com/jwkram/)
add pop <dot> after the <at> to email
FreeTrav
>Does anybody else remember Jello 1-2-3s? You made it like Jello and it
>turned into a three layer dessert in the fridge. Or Root Beer Fizzies?
Oh yes, I remember Jell-O 1-2-3! _I_ liked it, especially the
green-flavored one. My parents couldn't stand it.
(has anyone noticed that Jell-O doesn't come in _food_ flavors? The only
way to describe the flavor of Jell-O is to say "it tastes red, or yellow,
or green, or...", not "it tastes like cherry, or lemon, or lime, or...".)
dennyw...@zipcon.net
held forth, saying:
> Now to start a stampede -- anyone want (roughly) 98% of my Lifetime
>Supply of... CHOCOLATE?
MEMEMEMEMeMeMeMe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<waving both hands & bouncing all over>
LLW
denaldo wrote:
LLW wrote:
>
> Beth Jackson wrote:
>
> > The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> >
> > What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> Oooooo....my very favourite was something I was sure that my mom invented.Absolutely agree with you!
> Ground beef fried loose in a pan, drained.
> A big pot of elbow macaroni, cooked.
> A quart of homemade, cooked tomatoes. Combine and reheat just a bit.
> We ate this at least once a week when I was home.
>I am not doubting for one minute that your mom invented this all on
her own, but I think about a thousand other, overworked, "what do I
put on the table tonight" moms invented it all by themselves also.
It was my kidself pov that gave me that idea. Nobody else I knew ate it, so therefore my mom must have invented it. Doncha see ...its kid logic.
LLW
EHursh wrote:
> Sarah Wassum wrote:
>
> > Beth Jackson wrote:
> > > The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> > >
> > > What were your favorite foods as a child?
> >
> > Liverwurst.
> >
> > No, really. When I was small, I liked it so much, and my Mom limited
> > how much I could have, and I liked it sooooooo much, that I told her I
> > wanted to get some liverwurst with my birthday money, so I could eat it
> > all.
>
> Oooh, yes, liverwurst. Nummy stuff. <Hursh's husband can be heard making
> gagging noises> I still get a craving for it, every once in a while.
>
> > Oh, and chocolate.
>
> Well, *that* seems to go without saying. :-)
>
Blessing giggles about the gagging hubby because that's the same reaction her
hubby gives. He says its not the taste that gets him but the name Liverwurst he
cant get past. I put some on a cracker with a dab of hot mustard, called it
pate de fois gras, and he said "Mmmm tastes like liver."
LLW
Karen wrote:
> suzilem wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'll take the squash if you'll take the nasty broccoli, cauliflower, and
> > brussel sprouts <shudder>
>
> Brussel Sprouts are edible when covered with Nana's special cheese
> sauce. Unfortunately, I don't have that recipe. :-(
>
> karen
> (I *suspect* it had Velveeta as the primary ingredient, but can't be
> sure)
And cauliflower is especially good if its covered with Kraft Cucumber
Dressing. No kidding. Try it.
LLW
FreeTrav wrote:
> (has anyone noticed that Jell-O doesn't come in _food_ flavors? The only
> way to describe the flavor of Jell-O is to say "it tastes red, or yellow,
> or green, or...", not "it tastes like cherry, or lemon, or lime, or...".)
Have you noticed that its the same with donut stuffings? You get one with red
stuff in it. Not cherry, or raspberry or strawberry, or ....Im sure there's a
big can in the back that's just marked Red!.
Pat Kight
"At least Red bears a passing resemblance to something fruitlike,"
comments the Spinster. "What *I* worry about is Blue!"
The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
--Jezebel
kig...@peak.org
Quinn Inuit
<kmer...@cox-internet.com> had the little heralds in the computer go
to the ends of the Earth to proclaim:
> Keith Merritt also got the attention of the mighty Quinn (sorry, I
>*hadda* say that) and added, "As another former 'veggie-hater', let me
>suggest *raw* vegetables... broccoli, carrot sticks, cauliflower. Whatever
>you decide you like that goes 'crunch'. Dip 'em in fat-free salad dressing
>(I like Ranch) and chow down."
I'll try that. I haven't tried too many veggie dips yet, so I don't
really have an opinion on them.
> The Goalie's eyes twinkled, as he said, "Eat veggies and go to the
>bathroom -- otherwise, you'll get cancer and die... Aw, heck, forgot the
>darn name of that Dudley Moore movie!"
No idea what the reference is, but point well taken. Thanks for the
advice.
-Q.I.
--
Doh: And I have shown you only a fraction of my power. Now, how would you like to die?
Kabeta: Much, much later.
-ST:TCG "The Doh is Violent"
JEM
>Fizzies actually died out when cyclamates were
>banned. They were reborn using aspartame,
>but it just isn't the same.
Hokay -- since I didn't like the things even when I was a kid, I
haven't been too awfully tempted to try 'em as an adult. <g> Just knew
I'd seen 'em being sold here'n'there.
JEM
LLW
Pat Kight wrote:
> LLW wrote:
>
> > Have you noticed that its the same with donut stuffings? You get one with red
> > stuff in it. Not cherry, or raspberry or strawberry, or ....Im sure there's a
> > big can in the back that's just marked Red!.
>
> "At least Red bears a passing resemblance to something fruitlike,"
> comments the Spinster. "What *I* worry about is Blue!"
>
> The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
> thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
> flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
>
"Yikes!" chirps the little sparkly cloud. "Kool-Aid comes in blue? Ick! I can't
even mentally assign a flavour to blue. I remember reading somewhere that there
isn't really any food that is blue, even blueberries are actually purple. "
Lee S. Billings
>
>
>
>Pat Kight wrote:
>> The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
>> thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
>> flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
>>
>
>"Yikes!" chirps the little sparkly cloud. "Kool-Aid comes in blue? Ick! I
>can't even mentally assign a flavour to blue. I remember reading somewhere
>that there isn't really any food that is blue, even blueberries are actually
>purple. "
A lot of things come in blue these days. It's rapidly becoming the standard
color for raspberry-flavored whatever, I suppose to distinguish that from
strawberry- or cherry-flavored whatever.
Beth Jackson
Re: AMOTQ: Favorite Childhood Foods?
Group: alt.callahans Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2001, 11:09pm From:
Colora...@webtv.net (JEM)
Jerry W Kram:
>>Fizzies actually died out
>>when cyclamates were banned.
>>They were reborn using aspartame,
>>but it just isn't the same.
:-O
**Ooohhhhhh....!!**
--So *that's* what happened to 'em!
<small sigh>
Oh, well...
JEM:
> Hokay
>-- since I didn't like the things
>even when I was a kid,
>I haven't been too awfully tempted
>to try 'em as an adult.
<Stereotyped "Blonde Mode">
"Adult" Fizzies...?
{{:-O
Gee, I didn't know they made *those*...
</Stereotyped "Blonde Mode">
><g>
>Just knew I'd seen 'em
>being sold here'n'there.
Yup. :-) ...At...
..IIRC; I just got an email today from a part-time lurker/former
regular (IIRC;), who'd seen my post regarding Fizzies earlier:)
Stacy & Matthew Peterson
<A friend's father worked at the National Guard armory in Salina, Kansas...
right across the road from the Tony's Pizza plant... He would get CASES of
frozen pizzas that were "defective" (i.e. not round) and keep them for
months...
Thus, a favorite food of my childhood was freezerburnt Tony's Pizza made in
a garage toaster oven...
Yes, it sounds horrific. But it's good, dammit...>
Maraud. Yeah, he's a friggin weirdo...
SCA Wench
>
> "Yikes!" chirps the little sparkly cloud. "Kool-Aid comes in blue? Ick! I
> can't even mentally assign a flavour to blue. I remember reading somewhere
>that there isn't really any food that is blue, even blueberries are actually
> purple. "
I always think of George Carlin's warning about eating blue food <g>.
--
Lady Brigid
I know all the famous people,
for all the wrong reasons.
John Waters
a cocoon
writes:
>"At least Red bears a passing resemblance to something fruitlike,"
>comments the Spinster. "What *I* worry about is Blue!"
>
>The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
>thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
>flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
ACK!
I remember - way back in my druggie days, making the discovery that no natural
food is blue. Even blueberries a purple. I decided then that blue food is to
be feared and avoided at all costs.
<a winged cocooned chemeris who doesn't even take aspirin now>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You've got to kick at the darkness
'Til it bleeds daylight
~~~ BC
Pat Kight
>
> In article <3AD28BED...@sympatico.ca>, lw...@sympatico.ca says...
> >
> >
> >
> >Pat Kight wrote:
>
> >> The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
> >> thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
> >> flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
> >>
> >
> >"Yikes!" chirps the little sparkly cloud. "Kool-Aid comes in blue? Ick! I
> >can't even mentally assign a flavour to blue. I remember reading somewhere
> >that there isn't really any food that is blue, even blueberries are actually
> >purple. "
>
> A lot of things come in blue these days. It's rapidly becoming the standard
> color for raspberry-flavored whatever, I suppose to distinguish that from
> strawberry- or cherry-flavored whatever.
"Which would be fine - if a little peculiar - if the substance in
question actually tasted like raspberries," says Jezebel. "But it
doesn't. As LLW pointed out, *none* of these flavors resemble the actual
fruit for which they were named.
"Try a blind taste test sometime - shut your eyes and have someone feed
you sips of various flavors of Kool-Aid (or spoonsful of Jell-O). I defy
you to tell which flavor is which without the cue of the color ..."
--Jezebel
loves limes. hates lime-flavored fruit drinks.
kig...@peak.org
Lee S. Billings
>
>"Lee S. Billings" wrote:
>> A lot of things come in blue these days. It's rapidly becoming the standard
>> color for raspberry-flavored whatever, I suppose to distinguish that from
>> strawberry- or cherry-flavored whatever.
>
>"Which would be fine - if a little peculiar - if the substance in
>question actually tasted like raspberries," says Jezebel. "But it
>doesn't. As LLW pointed out, *none* of these flavors resemble the actual
>fruit for which they were named.
But that's nothing new either. Real-fruit whatever and fruit-flavored whatever
are two entirely separate things, and always have been. I like bananas; I also
like banana-flavored popsicles (when I can get them, which is rare any more!),
even though the two flavors bear no relationship to each other. But it does
make sense to assign a flavor to blue food, since the color doesn't occur in
nature; and I think they've done the right thing in separating out one of the
three flavors formerly lumped under "red" to do it with.
Jesse Linch
>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>What were your favorite foods as a child?
>Fex: ...
<snip>
>Anybody else...?
Yes. Except Lima beans..... I was know as the garbage disposal in the
family. Leftovers? Not often <g>.
Hmm, favs?
Perogies, boiled, then fried with onions and butter....
Spagetti, Lasanaga, Pizza. Anything not nailed down...<g>
Favorite dessert?
Strawberry shortcake, with strawberries out of the garden. (yum)
--
Jesse Linch <jli...@NOHORMEL.cinci.rr.com> (Remove NOSPAM to reply)
"Everything is fine enough, I guess
Considering everything's a mess." -Barenaked Ladies, _Pinch Me_
Jette Goldie
a cocoon <break...@aol.comedancing> wrote in message
news:20010410100741...@nso-fr.aol.com...
> In article <3AD248FC...@ucs.orst.edu>, Pat Kight
<kig...@ucs.orst.edu>
> writes:
>
> >"At least Red bears a passing resemblance to something fruitlike,"
> >comments the Spinster. "What *I* worry about is Blue!"
> >
> >The first time Jez spotted a kid with a glass of Blue Kool-Aid, she
> >thought the little tyke was about to down a liter of Windex. "What
> >flavor *is* that?" she asked, to which kiddie replied, "Blue."
>
>
> ACK!
> I remember - way back in my druggie days, making the discovery that no
natural
> food is blue. Even blueberries a purple. I decided then that blue food
is to
> be feared and avoided at all costs.
Believe me - Elderberry wine that spills on your clothes IS blue
when it dries. If it manages to get all over your white stucco
walls, it will dry grey-blue. In your glass it looks a deep red
- so deep it is almost black.
(the way it got all over the white stucco walls was that it
decided to go through a second fermentation - think purple
champagne!)
--
Jette
Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever!
boss...@scotlandmail.com
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fanfic.html
EHursh
Um... that's okay. I'll take your word for it. :-)
Bill Gawne
on the topic of blue food...
> "Which would be fine - if a little peculiar - if the substance in
> question actually tasted like raspberries," says Jezebel. "But it
> doesn't. As LLW pointed out, *none* of these flavors resemble the actual
> fruit for which they were named.
"Back when I was a teen-aged rocketeer wannabe, my friend Jim, who
I built model rockets with, came up with the idea to blend blue
food coloring with banana flavoring in the water we'd take with us
out into the desert for rocket launches." Bill mentions.
"This was around 1970, when the only sky-blue foodstuffs were
popsicles that tasted vaguely of processed apple and grape juice.
It was always great fun to watch the expression on someone's face
when they took their first sip of the blue banana water."
--
Bill Gawne, in Callahan's as in real life. <ga...@pha.jhu.edu> |
Astronomer at Large - Retired Master Sergeant USMCR - Nothing I
post represents an official position of any organization.
On the web: http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~gawne
Michael Meissner
Yes, and the inventor of it got an Ig Noble a few years ago. I was in the
audience for the ceremony (hmmm, I should look up when the next Ig Nobles are
being held -- too bad I don't work in Cambridge any more).
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group)
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: meis...@redhat.com phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: meis...@spectacle-pond.org fax: +1 978-692-4482
a cocoon
<boss...@scotlandmail.com> writes:
>> ACK!
>> I remember - way back in my druggie days, making the discovery that no
>natural
>> food is blue. Even blueberries a purple. I decided then that blue food
>is to
>> be feared and avoided at all costs.
>
>
>Believe me - Elderberry wine that spills on your clothes IS blue
>when it dries. If it manages to get all over your white stucco
>walls, it will dry grey-blue. In your glass it looks a deep red
>- so deep it is almost black.
>
>(the way it got all over the white stucco walls was that it
>decided to go through a second fermentation - think purple
>champagne!)
>
All the more reason to avoid blue food!!!!! ;-)
<a shuddering winged semi-cocoon semi-chimera>
FreeTrav
That reminds me of a Tropical Fantasy soda flavor I was able to get around
here a while back - but which doesn't seem to be available any longer. It
was named "Wild Blue Cherry", but, as is usual with these things, it didn't
taste like cherry. In fact, in spite of the fact that it was quite the
exact color of Windex, it most definitely tasted _red_.
Jette Goldie
a cocoon <break...@aol.comedancing> wrote in message
> In article <9aviu9$qeb$1...@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>, "Jette Goldie"
> <boss...@scotlandmail.com> writes:
>
> >> ACK!
> >> I remember - way back in my druggie days, making the discovery that no
> >natural
> >> food is blue. Even blueberries a purple. I decided then that blue
food
> >is to
> >> be feared and avoided at all costs.
> >
> >
> >Believe me - Elderberry wine that spills on your clothes IS blue
> >when it dries. If it manages to get all over your white stucco
> >walls, it will dry grey-blue. In your glass it looks a deep red
> >- so deep it is almost black.
> >
> >(the way it got all over the white stucco walls was that it
> >decided to go through a second fermentation - think purple
> >champagne!)
> >
>
> All the more reason to avoid blue food!!!!! ;-)
>
> <a shuddering winged semi-cocoon semi-chimera>
Ah but it tasted GOOD (and had quite a kick <g>)
Scott
>"denaldo" <den...@ev1.net> wrote:
>
>> Noah Singman wrote:
>> > "However, there weren't that many foods I didn't like. Except the evil
>> > ones - eggplant, asparagus, artichoke and the squash collective."
>
>> Artichokes are *NOT* evil. Give me all of yours and I will
>> give you all of my tomatoes, which give you smallpox.(IMO)
>
>"Done!"
>
>Noah
>now to find a taker for the asparagus . . .
Don't suppose you'd trade for a lifetime supply of Ketchup? (I don't
think I'v given that away yet) Oh, and I'll toss in cilantro as well if
you like.
-Scott
--
Life is a Terminal Illness, | an apple a day keeps the
Noone has survived it yet. | produce farmers very happy
tt...@pobox.com | apply disclaimers liberally!
Scott
>In article <25333-3A...@storefull-286.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
>Beth Jackson <Canvas...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>>
>>What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
>
>"Graham crackers and milk -- specifically, graham crackers crumbled into a
>bowl with milk poured over them, initially eaten very quickly while some
>of the cracker bits still had a bit of crunch, and then savored slowly
>once they all turned into graham crackery moosh.
Oh no!!! You put the graham crackers in the bowl whole, pour milk over,
and beat them into submission with your spoon. Thus having your crunch
while it lasts!
>"A bit later: Sharp cheddar, raw onion and good old yellow mustard on
>whole wheat bread, washed down with Coke.
Oooh, Onion sandwiches. *drool*
>"Oh, and raw fish - but remember, I was a military brat, too, and we were
>stationed in Japan when I was very young. I tasted my first morsel of
>sashimi at age six and never looked back..."
Hey, whats wrong with raw fish? (Or raw most things?)
-Scott
--
Where am I going? and Why am I in this handbasket?
-Scott <-> tt...@pobox.com
Alan Follett
> I remember - way back in my druggie
> days, making the discovery that no
> natural food is blue. Even blueberries
> a purple. I decided then that blue food
> is to be feared and avoided at all costs.
Ah, but let us not forget Nature's Complete Food: blue curaçao.
(Actually, you may have a point. The sickest I have ever been in my
life was in 1981, the morning after a protracted session of Blue
Hawaiians at the Bali Hai in South St. Paul, Minnesota. I have no
recollection of it, but I'm told I participated in a hula show.)
Alan Follett
Stacy & Matthew Peterson
<I believe George said, on at least one occasion...
"Blue FOOD... bestows IMMORTALITY! WE WANT THE BLUE FOOD!"
Not so much a warning, although he does change his act with abandon...>
Maraud. Got all of George's tapes... Got an 8track copy of "On the Road"
at age 9... Grandma was NOT happy.
barbara trumpinski-roberts
What were your favorite foods as a child?
"i've been trying to think," says kitten. "and all i can come up with is
fresh peaches or nectarines, gingerale, and mars bars, consumed over the
course of an afternoon in conjuntion with a stack of library books.
i would occasionally break this up with fresh lemon eaten raw, with salt."
--
barbara trumpinski-roberts (smotu) ACES Library 226 Mumford Hall
kit...@uiuc.edu ; kitt...@netscape.net
"but hell, when all you can give is vision, being visible feels
like a sacrament."--john palmer http://members.tripod.com/~barbarakitten
Gesi Rovario-Cole
*laugh* "That explains a lot..."
"About as much as knowing that I've been listening to George since I was
seven explains about *my* fevered brain.":)
Gesi...borrowed Mum's copy of Class Clown in 1978...I don't think she
ever saw it again...heard is another matter entirely
--
There's such a fooled heart
Beating so fast in search of new dreams
A love that will last within your heart
I'll place the moon within your heart
- David Bowie
(As The World Falls Down)
Gesi Rovario-Cole
>
>
> FreeTrav wrote:
>
> > (has anyone noticed that Jell-O doesn't come in _food_ flavors? The only
> > way to describe the flavor of Jell-O is to say "it tastes red, or yellow,
> > or green, or...", not "it tastes like cherry, or lemon, or lime, or...".)
>
> Have you noticed that its the same with donut stuffings? You get one with red
> stuff in it. Not cherry, or raspberry or strawberry, or ....Im sure there's a
> big can in the back that's just marked Red!.
"Nonono...Red *Stuff*" *grin*
Gesi, in a very happybouncylookitsSpringmood
--
And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever be this real forever.
- Foo Fighters
(Everlong)
Gesi Rovario-Cole
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:24:06 -0400 (EDT), Beth Jackson wrote:
>
> }The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
> }
> }What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> there's always Really Nifty Stuff contained therein....
>
> The first item on my list would have to be what my family always
> called American Chop Suey, and what certain other Patrons (hi, Jez!)
> know as Slumgooey (or variants thereof). It's a really basic
> casserole, with small pasta shells, tomato sauce, ground beast, and
> corn. (I've added peas in addition to the corn before, and that was
> fairly tasty, too.) Drown it in parmesan cheese and serve with garlic
> bread.
"Delete the corn, make the peas mandatory...oh, and make smashed 'tatoes
the starch rather than pasta, and you've got something my family ate at
least twice a month when I was growing up."
"The amazing thing is...the normal stuff I grew up with is terribly
exotic for Jeff...he thinks I'm this fabulous cook, when, in reality,
I've just been doing it for a really long time and know how to make a
lot of stuff that starts with garlic, onion and hamburger.";)
> I was highly partial to Swanson's tv dinners, as well - I remember
> many a night watching Start Trek reruns as I scarfed down turkey
> slices & mashed potatoes....
"One of my current favorite comfort foods is something I got off the
side of a box of "family sized" Salisbury steaks w/gravy. Cook the
steaks in the oven, per usual. Halfway through, put a big pan of french
fries in to cook as well. When everything's done, put some of the gravy
in the bottom of a casserole dish (I use a large oven-proof bowl), then
layer the fries, steaks and slices of American Cheese (*NOT* anything
that has to specify its food status on the package), covering with gravy
every now and then. Finish with cheese, put it back in the oven for a
couple minutes till everything's nicely melted. (and do those fries ever
take a long time to melt.;)"
"I know, heart attack casserole. But *good*...especially if I'm feeling
fragile and I don't have the ingredients on hand for childhood comfort
foods."
"Like Mum's cole slaw, baked beans or potato salad...or the way she used
to make tuna sandwiches. It was just onion, a bit of mayo and drained
water-packed tuna on bread, but I can *never* get it to taste exactly
the same. Oh...french toast with a bit of butter and granulated sugar
between the slices."
"Of course, my ultimate comfort food is a chickie egg...I remember
having that when I was in a high chair. This dish consists of soft
boiled eggs mixed with slices of buttered bread."
"There are more...but I'm getting all drooly here...think I'll make
french toast for supper.":)
Gesi...the one in the bib.;)
--
The same day Pamela Anderson and her pneumatic ilk
agree to throw a little blankie over their
breasts in public, nursing mothers will agree
to do the same.
- Liz Braun
(The Toronto Sun)
Stacy & Matthew Peterson
Road"
> > at age 9... Grandma was NOT happy.
Gesi:
> *laugh* "That explains a lot..."
>
> "About as much as knowing that I've been listening to George since I was
> seven explains about *my* fevered brain.":)
<Aha! A fellow Carlinate!>
Maraud. Suppose Klaus doesn't WANT Margaret's love. Klaus wants Wilhelm's
love.
"Give Wilhelm my love." "Bullshit, Klaus!"
Michael Meissner
> The Canvas Canary grins, and asks the Patronage At Large:
>
> What were your favorite foods as a child?
>
> "i've been trying to think," says kitten. "and all i can come up with is
> fresh peaches or nectarines, gingerale, and mars bars, consumed over the
> course of an afternoon in conjuntion with a stack of library books.
>
> i would occasionally break this up with fresh lemon eaten raw, with salt."
I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and I would say my favorite food of my
childhood would be eating hardshell crabs, cooked by boiling with massive
amounts of Old Bay Seasoning. Unfortunately, I can only find it around August
here in New England at a restaurant, not in a sack for take home. Lobster is
certainly nice, but....
I sometimes wish I could eat Cheddar Cheese again (it is a migraine trigger),
as it makes a much better grilled cheese sandwich than the grilled mozzarella
cheese sandwich's I occasionally make (though I must admit mozzarella makes a
better Monte Christo sandwhich than chedder would).
I unfortunately have a peep addiction from my childhood that makes it hard
around this time of year and Christmas :-) (if you don't know what peeps are,
they are a marshmellow confection that is coated in suger and died various
colors, though when I was young, I think it was only yellow -- I do have to
ration myself, since too many will give me a headache).
I went through a phase where I liked to eat pizza that my Mom had made extra
and frozen without bothering to heat it up. While I don't go that far, some
varieties of pizza I prefer the next day after it has been sitting in the
refridgerator overnight.
One of the things I remember as a child that I haven't had for quite some time
is Holland Rusk (or Dutch Rusk which is a round hocky puch shaped Zwieback)
where you soak it in hot milk and put sugar on top. In looking back, I suspect
the dish came from her mother trying to eek out meals during the depression,
and presumably tight times when we were growing up.
Speaking of Holland Rusk's, there is a dessert that is probably one of the few
things I learned to cook from my Mom that I still make (hey, it took me some
time to realize that fine cooking was not really my Mom's specialty). You make
a crust out of crushed rusks, put in an egg yolk custard, and top it with egg
whites whipped into a meringue. Yum...
Janet Miles
<MPG.15413b7ef...@news.hwrd1.md.home.com>, Gesi Rovario-Cole
wrote:
> "The amazing thing is...the normal stuff I grew up with is terribly
> exotic for Jeff...he thinks I'm this fabulous cook, when, in reality,
> I've just been doing it for a really long time and know how to make a
> lot of stuff that starts with garlic, onion and hamburger.";)
That's a point that Trinker makes every so often -- exotic is relative to
what you grew up with.
[This was simply a minor tangent, and not meant to attack or argue with
Gesi in any way, shape, or format.]
JanetM
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Cindy Wells
> That's a point that Trinker makes every so often -- exotic is relative to
> what you grew up with.
>
> [This was simply a minor tangent, and not meant to attack or argue with
> Gesi in any way, shape, or format.]
>
> JanetM
Very true. Mom tells tales of her college years at a school with a
high percentage of students from Jewish (NYC area) neighborhoods.
Manicotti got interesting comments from each batch of freshman at the
cafeteria.
("What's for dinner?" "I'm not sure. It looks like blintzes with
spaghetti
sauce.")
Cindy Wells
(when mom noticed that conversation she was a "sophisticated sophmore"
and
said to herself "Wonderful, they're serving manicotti again." Of course
mom is one of those people from Queens who hadn't seen the dish before
going to college herself.)
Greenecat
seeing them for quite some years but I suspect they're still out there somewhere.
Green Apples: I had a fondness for sour things in those days. I also liked the
occasional stick of rhubarb freshly picked with no sugar.
Raspberries (black and red) and cherries (sweet and sour): (probably liked by
almost everyone.)
Peak Fream Cookies: The brand still exists but I haven't seen the variety with the
hard icing on top of the biscuit for many years. It was an unusual taste and
texture that icing.
Beef Tea: This was a beef broth made by my mother but only when I was sick as it
used a prime cut of beef and was therefore quite expensive. It did, however, have a
taste unlike any beef broth I have since tasted.
Potatoes roasted along with the meat. They came out brown and extra tasty.
Catfish fried in butter.
Mashed potatoes and cabbage fried together until they had a brown crisp top.
(Whenever I do this my brown crisp top always sticks to the pan no matter how much
oil or butter I use.)
And I still like to mop up copious amounts of gravy with bread.
Lollee Roberts
<meis...@redhat.com> writes:
>I sometimes wish I could eat Cheddar Cheese again (it is a migraine trigger),
>as it makes a much better grilled cheese sandwich than the grilled mozzarella
>cheese sandwich's I occasionally make (though I must admit mozzarella makes a
>better Monte Christo sandwhich than chedder would).
>
Have you tried Meunster cheese? It melts divinely and I love the flavor. Don't
know if it would be a migraine trigger, but it might be worth a try. It also
makes a great Rueben sandwich. Or one of my favorites - polish sausage on rye
with kosherdill sandwich slices and melted meunster cheese. Oh, and lots of
mustard.
Lollee
(regretting the fact that I resisted the temptation to buy a pound of meunster
at the deli today.)
Jette Goldie
Greenecat wrote
> Green Apples: I had a fondness for sour things in those days. I also
liked the
> occasional stick of rhubarb freshly picked with no sugar.
I was reading a food article in a magazine recently that claimed
that uncooked rhubarb was poisonous! I thought to myself
"oh, I must be dead then" - as kids a stick of fresh raw rhubarb
and a poke (small paper bag/twist) of sugar was a special treat.
<g>
Bookwyrm
>
> I was reading a food article in a magazine recently that claimed
> that uncooked rhubarb was poisonous! I thought to myself
> "oh, I must be dead then" - as kids a stick of fresh raw rhubarb
> and a poke (small paper bag/twist) of sugar was a special treat.
> <g>
>
I believe that the leaves are poisonous. But we used to go pick the
rhubard in the backyard and eat it (sans sugar) all the time as kids.
Bookwyrm
Jette Goldie
Bookwyrm <3jay...@minn.net> wrote in message
news:3AD85B98...@minn.net...
Well, I know the leaves are poisonous - even our particularly
stupid pet rabbit that ate everything in the garden wouldn't
touch the rhubarb patch <g> - but sans sugar?? Could you
talk afterwards? <g>
Bookwyrm
>
> Bookwyrm <3jay...@minn.net> wrote in message
> news:3AD85B98...@minn.net...
> > Jette Goldie wrote:
> > >
> > > I was reading a food article in a magazine recently that claimed
> > > that uncooked rhubarb was poisonous! I thought to myself
> > > "oh, I must be dead then" - as kids a stick of fresh raw rhubarb
> > > and a poke (small paper bag/twist) of sugar was a special treat.
> > > <g>
> > >
> >
> > I believe that the leaves are poisonous. But we used to go pick the
> > rhubard in the backyard and eat it (sans sugar) all the time as kids.
> >
>
> Well, I know the leaves are poisonous - even our particularly
> stupid pet rabbit that ate everything in the garden wouldn't
> touch the rhubarb patch <g> - but sans sugar?? Could you
> talk afterwards? <g>
>
<VBG>
I'm the kid who used to finish off the lemon sections after eating our
fish dinner on Fridays!
(Dad always used to say I was going to take all the enamel off my teeth.
Heh! I have the best teeth in the family. Never even had a cavity until
after I was 30.)
Bookwyrm