Food from your childhood.

eternal

Sometimes I feel that people are drawn towards food because of what they were fed growing up. You could either try to recreate the taste or be repulsed by it. As adults, we can attempt to feel secure by surrounding ourselves with reminders of being young or 'safe'.
Growing up we always had roast chicken/lamb/beef on Sundays with desserts like Trifle, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baked Alaska. I never thought about it but as a comfort now I would eat those things. Is there any food you like because of your childhood? Or have you been completely turned off by certain foods you were force fed when young?

Tony Beetroot

Venison steak ftw.

emo72

there was a severe lack of food during my childhood. so i would eat deep fried rat, and be thankful for it. 20th century 2nd world problems.

RayM

Those weird little KVI brand 'pizzas' from Crazy Prices, with a spongy base and a bit of tomato sauce and cheese on top. They always tasted best when burnt to a crisp, thus killing the taste. If they were still around, I'd love to have one, just for the memories it would invoke.

elfy4eva

Cannot eat spaghetti bolognaise anymore because it was such a staple dish in my childhood completely repulsed even by the thoughts of the taste of it.

Never understood the obsession with it during the 80's and 90's, there's far nicer pasta dishes, but I suppose that boils down to preference.

harry Bailey esq

eternal wrote: »

Sometimes I feel that people are drawn towards food because of what they were fed growing up. You could either try to recreate the taste or be repulsed by it. As adults, we can attempt to feel secure by surrounding ourselves with reminders of being young or 'safe'.
Growing up we always had roast chicken/lamb/beef on Sundays with desserts like Trifle, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baked Alaska. I never thought about it but as a comfort now I would eat those things. Is there any food you like because of your childhood? Or have you been completely turned off by certain foods you were force fed when young?

I was a very picky eater up until my late teens.Nowadays ill eat whatever is in front of me,the one thing that repulses me is raw onions,the smell makes me gag.I must say,I wouldn't have minded growing up in ur gaf,we never got deserts do you have road frontage?

eternal

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I was a very picky eater up until my late teens.Nowadays ill eat whatever is in front of me,the one thing that repulses me is raw onions,the smell makes me gag.I must say,I wouldn't have minded growing up in ur gaf,we never got deserts do you have road frontage?

My grandmother was a professional cook and my mam loved cooking. We weren't well off but she always made the effort with food. All my friends called for the grub.

nicki11

My parents used to work long hours when I was young and commute so dinner was often leftovers, most commonly cottage pie (which I don't like as much due to over use), lasange but we moved closer to my granny and I would go there after school, she was a meat and vege cooker, meatball stew, pork chops etc. but my aunt in law was Asian and she'd cook these amazing Asian dishes and I think thats why I love Asian and spicy food but I also like Italian food and apple crumble as my Mum cooked that at weekends. I mostly hate tuna and all shellfish (allergy to some find the others gross and rubbery) but no particular type of food other then that, so I'm not too picky. I find Asian food (curries in particular) and meatball study nostalgic and comforting. The only foods my parents turned me off was liqouice (cough syrup/supposedly healthy snack), pomegranate and prawns though I later developed an allergy to prawns so that wiped it off my menu. My parents had a trick with vegetables so I like all of them now (bacon pieces makes everything better from turnips to sprouts).

emigrate2012

RayM wrote: »

Those weird little KVI brand 'pizzas' from Crazy Prices, with a spongy base and a bit of tomato sauce and cheese on top. They always tasted best when burnt to a crisp, thus killing the taste. If they were still around, I'd love to have one, just for the memories it would invoke.

Tesco still do them,pretty much exactly the same,dirt cheap as well.

Haslet(some sort of luncheon roll,dunno what the click was in it,probably don't want to either!)is something you couldn't pay to eat now,manky stuff.
Me nanny would us toffee yoghurts in superquinn,loved them dunno if I'd eat them now though.

Petit filous,the bee's knees bought a six pack last week (gone within 10 mins of getting home,delish!)

Tony Beetroot

emigrate2012 wrote: »

Tesco still do them,pretty much exactly the same,dirt cheap as well.

Yellow packs

Smiles35

First time working and living away from home I bought SMASH out of pure home sickness. I was after poking fun at some of my foreign housemates food so they got a laugh at the powder becoming goo.

girlafraid

Beanfeast- it was out in the late'80's and came in a box, it was dehydrated stuff, you just added water and there were several flavours, chilli being the nicest. I haven't seen it in years. It was ridiculously cheap as well, less than a quid for a box with 4 servings.

Ruu

Readybrek.

Mickey H

RayM wrote: »

Those weird little KVI brand 'pizzas' from Crazy Prices, with a spongy base and a bit of tomato sauce and cheese on top. They always tasted best when burnt to a crisp, thus killing the taste. If they were still around, I'd love to have one, just for the memories it would invoke. dose of the sh1ts it would give.

Probably closer to the truth...

Noblong

Noblong wrote: »

First time working and living away from home I bought SMASH out of pure home sickness. I was after poking fun at some of my foreign housemates food so they got a laugh at the powder becoming goo.

Yeah, still remember the vile vile taste of it.

Pumpkinseeds

RayM wrote: »

Those weird little KVI brand 'pizzas' from Crazy Prices, with a spongy base and a bit of tomato sauce and cheese on top. They always tasted best when burnt to a crisp, thus killing the taste. If they were still around, I'd love to have one, just for the memories it would invoke.

That's a blast from the past, I remember my brother making triple decker pizza sandwiches with those.

Suckler

emigrate2012 wrote: »

Haslet(some sort of luncheon roll,dunno what the click was in it,probably don't want to either!)is something you couldn't pay to eat now,manky stuff.

I was trying to describe that to someone the other day, they had no idea! It wasn't bad as part of a salad plate but god awful stuff in a sandwich. Think you're right about not questioning what was in it but it was never short of pepper corns.

JillyQ

Used to love waffles & beans. Always had them on a Friday evening.

Galwayguy35

Bacon and cabbage we had mostly for dinner, chicken or beef on a Sunday, breakfast would have been Ready Brek or bread and a boiled egg.

Simple food back then growing up in a farming area.

Buona Fortuna

I remember the excitement, many, many moons ago, when we had a Vesta curry.

They used to advertise every night on the Tele and there were loads of flavours.

Couple of years back I got nostalgic and got one again. What utter sh1t. It was awful. We had to get something else to eat

Banjo String

In before aongus posts something you'd find on William and Kate's elaborate wedding menu.

For me, Creamola foam, my grans soda bread, and baked spuds done, wrapped in foil from her old stove.

stoneill

eternal wrote: »

Growing up we always had roast chicken/lamb/beef on Sundays with desserts like Trifle, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baked Alaska.

La de dah!

Shenshen

My mother is a decent enough cook, I would say. But she's not the least bit inventive unfortunately. She would do some 10 different dishes and that's it. Now, most of them she does rather well, but I would run miles before I would touch any of them ever again, I'm just so sick of them.

Being German, she particularly likes her potato dumplings. I don't think I'll ever be ready to face those again.

Teyla Emmagan

My dad used to mash parsnip into the spuds to try to get it past you. Even now I distrust mashed potato.

whiskeyman

bread and butter.

Massimo Cassagrande

I miss Dodo steaks the most - gorgeous with boiled Ramekins and broth. Dinner just isn't the same now they're gone.

eternal

I had a Toffee Crisp every day for my lunch in school. Can't touch them since.

kfallon

eternal wrote: »

with desserts like Trifle, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baked Alaska.

Well la di da missus......ice cream wafers and tinned fruit cocktail for all us peasants!!!

Junkyard Tom

When I were a lad we got a kick in t'arse for breakfast and a punch in t'mouth for dinner - and we were happy to get it.

eternal

kfallon wrote: »

Well la di da missus......ice cream wafers and tinned fruit cocktail for all us peasants!!!

That's cos she grew up with a professional cook. I took it for granted tbh.

kfallon

I ate unreal amounts of toast when I was growing up, loved the stuff!

Still do if truth be told

YurOK2

eternal wrote: »

Sometimes I feel that people are drawn towards food because of what they were fed growing up. You could either try to recreate the taste or be repulsed by it. As adults, we can attempt to feel secure by surrounding ourselves with reminders of being young or 'safe'.
Growing up we always had roast chicken/lamb/beef on Sundays with desserts like Trifle, Lemon Meringue Pie or Baked Alaska. I never thought about it but as a comfort now I would eat those things. Is there any food you like because of your childhood? Or have you been completely turned off by certain foods you were force fed when young?

We were never allowed to have any "junk" food when we were younger. I was 15 the first time I had food from a chipper, 18 the first time I ate a take away pizza.
My mother was an absolutely awful cook but she would make us sit at the table until we finished our food.
Our parents were really controlling of us so basically we didn't have anything the other kids in our school had.
I know it probably sounds stupid but when I was younger I used to be mad for a taste of petit filous yoghurts, they always looked lovely but my mother would never let us have them. I moved out when I turned 18 and petit filous weren't as amazing as I thought they would be :P

Like you, when we were growing up Sunday was always "roast" day. My mother used to cook lamb or beef nearly every Sunday. I am and always have been allergic to red meat, I don't eat it at all anymore but when I did, it would make my mouth and tongue swell up, make my throat and ears really itchy, my eyes weep etc. My mother would force me to sit at the table and finish my dinner while I was suffering from an allergic reaction. She always told me to cop on and to stop trick acting. Even now, she still doesn't believe me, even though I now carry an epi pen for my various allergies :rolleyes:

The restriction when we were younger caused my sister and I to have serious issues with food once we turned 18 and moved out on our own. We both went through periods of overeating all the stuff we could never have when we were younger and it took a while to get a handle on it all. Thankfully we have both managed to work through the food issues now.
Like anything, complete restriction is never really the best idea.

kfallon

Ah Jaysus YurOk2

deise08

Big brother lemonade.

We never really had the branded minerals.
So now as an adult i find the taste of the cokes and lemonades too strong.

Cheap store brand minerals for me

Aw now you have me thinking of floats.
Haven't had one in years.
Maybe i might make myself one later.

kfallon

deise08 wrote: »

We never really had the branded minerals.

Yellow Pack Coke & Orange

I'd love a Roy of the Rovers or Desperate Dan bar right now!

Junkyard Tom

It's amazing how parental control freakery can impact children's malleable minds.

I've read a number of stories of holocaust survivors' relationship with food years after their ordeal - many would stockpile food, hide it around the place, couldn't throw away rotten produce, secretly bring a stash of food with them when leaving the house etc. Terrible altogether.

cloud493

Ham sandwiches
Crisp sandwiches
Fish fingers
Oven chips
Crisps
Tangerines
Club biscuits
Small bottles of water

Twas my fuel growing up.

whiskeyman

Junkyard Cat wrote: »

It's amazing how parental control freakery can impact children's malleable minds.

I've read a number of stories of holocaust survivors' relationship with food years after their ordeal - many would stockpile food, hide it around the place, couldn't throw away rotten produce, secretly bring a stash of food with them when leaving the house etc. Terrible altogether.

On the flipside, after years of excess and 'celtic tiger', we've new generations who couldn't care less about throwing out good food, and full items not even opened.
My parents generation wouldn't have dared throw our or waste anything.
For a country where a million died, and lots more seriously affected, in a famine in our recent history, we have a very flippant attitude towards food waste.

Anyway, that's probably all for a different thread!

More old skool foods:

Findus crispy pancakes (serious horsey goodness!)

Katgurl

I was just thinking about those pancakes. I loved them. No amount of money could persuade me to eat them now. Well that's not true obvs but i wouldn't enjoy it.

Nobody has mentioned gammon steaks with the pineapple ring on top.

Red Kev

kfallon wrote: »

Well la di da missus......ice cream wafers and tinned fruit cocktail for all us peasants!!!

That's what I came on to post when I read the OP ! And a bottle of MiWadi Orange as well, don't forget that.


Grew up in rural Ireland in the 70's and 80's, my mother could cook about 8 different meals, but we never really complained. The best stew I ever ate is the ones she made, tried to replicate them but just can't.

Breakfast was Corn Flakes or porridge, maybe Rice Krispies at the weekend, ham sanwiches for lunch in school and one slice of bread with jam on it as a treat. Sandwich spread or home made coleslaw in summer. Best sambo's were Mondays with the left overs from the weekend.

Dinner was stew, steak and kidney pie or bacon and cabbage, fish on a Friday. Cheap food, we grew all our own veg. No curries or anything like that, never ate rice till I was 12, had pasta first when I was 17. (doesn't include spaghetti in a can!).

She made apple or rhubarb tarts, maybe a sponge that was it. I remember getting the toffee sponge in a can once or twice, wa gorgeous. No sweets or biscuits as the cash wasn't there.

I can identify with YurOK2 in that I tried everything when I left home at 16, but I never got the weight issues till I was 30. I'd still eat a pack of Mikado or Kimberley biscuits on my own over the course of a day if I had no competition.

Day Lewin

Speaking of SMASH - the reason I cannot stand Pringles "crisps" is that they taste exactly like cold Smash.

Come to think of it, that might be because...they actually are...cold compressed Smash.

jd007

deise08 wrote: »

Big brother lemonade.

We never really had the branded minerals.
So now as an adult i find the taste of the cokes and lemonades too strong.

Cheap store brand minerals for me

The 3 litre bottles of Country Spring

eternal

Our neighbours had a fish prep place so we had fresh fish every Friday. It's a real Irish thing to have it every week.

kfallon

eternal wrote: »

Our neighbours had a fish prep place so we had fresh fish every Friday. It's a real Irish thing to have it every week.

Church rules - fish on a Friday!

eternal

kfallon wrote: »

Church rules - fish on a Friday!

It was a gift from them. Pretty expensive to be buying in those days.

Zombienosh

Turkey Dinosaurs

cloud493

Turkey twizzlers as well. Diabolical stuff they are.

chakotha

Fish fingers, spuds and peas was a very common midweek dinner. Used be sick to death of it.

At weekends for dessert we often had Angel Delight with a flake sprinkled on top.

Or rhubarb crumble and hot custard. I'd love a bowl now.

deise08

Id still go for a luncheon sandwich first, before any of the other flavour ones.

kfallon

deise08 wrote: »

Id still go for a luncheon sandwich first, before any of the other flavour ones.

Always have luncheon blaas when I go home

Luap

Mars Delight.