I've been tagged with a meme by Meg. I've been challenged to write about 5 childhood memories of food, and it's been fun to take a bit of time to remember some of this stuff. Here's what I came up with:
Cubed potatoes and meat balls- This is reportedly the first dish my Mom learned how to cook when my parents got married. I remember it involving little meatballs with rice in them, and diced potatos in a tomato sauce. Good comfort food.
Milk toast- We used to eat this when we were sick. Buttered toast in a bowl with warm milk and sugar on top. Just for the heck of it, when I was sick some years ago, I made it again. Kinda lost the charm, I guess it needed Mom's touch!
Mom's Irish Stew- What can I say? It's the best. I'm sitting here drooling as I think about it. Usually no dumplings, just lots of buttered bread. It was even better the next day. I make a mean stew, but I can't touch hers.
Hot dogs at Forbes Field- Long, skinny foot-longs burned to a crisp. I remember eating them in the bleachers at Forbes Field, watching Roberto Clemente.
Richardson's Fries- One of those French Fry stands at the County Fair. Long, long fries, cooked to perfection served in a paper cone. I remember burning my fingers on hot, salty grease and not caring. Lots of vinegar and a bit of ketchup.
Bonus memory:
Eating a Milk Bone. What can I say? It was good, too, as I recall it...
Wow, I really killed some time doing this. Where did the morning go?
I guess I'm supposed to tag 2 other food bloggers with this. How about:
Dr. Biggles and Shauna? If you can't do it, I understand! But it was really interesting how many memories I came up with.
Hey Scott--
I love reading people's food memories of childhood. I actually had my students do this for a writing assignment last week, and they loved it too. So thanks for writing yours. (What was the secret of your mom's Irish stew? I want to make some stew tomorrow night!)
Actually, I just wrote mine. That's the Disneyland post I did last week, the one with the picture of me as a kid. I just couldn't choose which ones to write--I have so many!--so I did it all through the lens of Disneyland!
Oh, that's right. I'll have to pick on someone else! Do you have bad luck if you don't tag someone?
What great memories! I've never had milk toast, but it sounds kind of good.
I can't believe you ate a Milk Bone... and liked it! Ha ha!
Hey Meg, if they were good enough for my grandparent's dog, they were good enough for me. The milk toast, when I revisited it was, er, milk toast.
Thanks for tagging me! That was fun, I haven't heard if Biggles will take up the challenge yet. Anybody else want to do it, consider yourself tagged!