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October 12, 2005
Childhood Food Memories Meme
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.
Posted by The Pragmatic Chef at October 12, 2005 9:10 AM
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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!
Posted by: shauna at October 12, 2005 8:40 PM
Oh, that's right. I'll have to pick on someone else! Do you have bad luck if you don't tag someone?
Posted by: the pragmatic chef™ at October 12, 2005 8:59 PM
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!
Posted by: megwoo at October 13, 2005 10:28 AM
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!
Posted by: the pragmatic chef™ at October 13, 2005 11:07 AM