What sort of odd indulgences did you have as a child? And do you still crave them from time to time? I loved the following:

- Spam
- Vienna Sausages
- Chilly Willy Popsicles
- Pork Rinds With Hot Sauce
- Fatback

Nom. Minus the popsicles now.

3/27/2013 10:37:06 PM

3/27/2013 10:41:00 PM

I liked to mix jello, eggs, and cheese at the salad bar at Milton's.

I'm pretty sure it would still be delicious.

3/27/2013 10:46:58 PM

Grilled cheeses sandwiches made with cooper sharp and italian bread. Not as much fun when you have to make it, clean up, and worry if its "diet appropriate"

Tomatoes from Dad's garden, cut up with salt and pepper (weird indulgence but i loved his tomatoes!) Now, store tomatoes aren't the same but hopefully the ones I'll be growing this summer will be delicious.

Kraft cheese slices in those plastic wraps. No.

[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 10:49 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2013 10:48:51 PM

^^ Suddenly, I want to find a K&W Cafeteria. They don't have those in Florida, as far as I know.

^ Where did you grow up? Loved those fresh garden tomatoes. We'd eat tomato sandwiches. White bread + mayo + tomato + salt + pepper = heaven

Add tomato sandwiches to my list.

3/27/2013 10:51:53 PM

none of that is odd

[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 10:52 PM. Reason : OP]

3/27/2013 10:52:19 PM

Eastern PA

Rhubarb straight from the garden dipped in sugar. Grandma would get so mad at me for taking the whole sugar jar outside with me.

Not so much any more.

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[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 11:18 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2013 11:16:30 PM

banana and mayo sandwiches. sounds gross but i grew up eating them and still love them. although now i add bacon. yep - bacon, mayo, and banana. mmm

3/27/2013 11:18:29 PM

I also had spam, sausages, pork rinds, and even that "potted meat food product" or "deviled ham" type mystery shit in a can

saltine crackers spread with tub margarine (what the fuck, parents?)
Kraft singles on their own
soo much Little Debbie shit

3/27/2013 11:19:38 PM

3/27/2013 11:20:48 PM

orange pushpops

ruth's pimento cheese

Spaghettios in cheese sauce (they were so sweet!)

munchos (wtf)

biscuit dough


I haven't had any of those things for a long time but I guess it'd be fun to taste them again.

3/27/2013 11:21:01 PM

Pork rinds with hot sauce is my shit NOW.

EDIT: DUNKAROOS MOTHERFUCKERS.

[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 11:26 PM. Reason : F]

3/27/2013 11:25:53 PM

Corned beef hash and eggs for dinner. Mmmmmm.

[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 11:56 PM. Reason : V 'tis true. 'tis true indeed.]

3/27/2013 11:35:39 PM

This is more of a

'Things my southern family ate when I was a kid, but now I don't eat because I'm too worried about my diet'

thread

3/27/2013 11:52:30 PM

was this:

Quote :

"make it, clean up"

really an actual complaint about making a fucking grilled cheese sandwich? it's like the most basic thing in the world to cook.

3/28/2013 12:02:01 AM

^^ oh, I still eat fatback and pork rinds with hot sauce... they're just sometimes foods now, rather than everyday foods.

And I heard about spam sushi, which I'd have to try if I could ever find it.

^ A lot of places overcomplicate the grilled cheese sandwich. Sadness. We have a grilled cheese sandwich restaurant in Orlando. Prob has the best profit margin out of all the area restaurants here.

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 12:18 AM. Reason : e]

3/28/2013 12:17:07 AM

R.W. Frookie - The "Good for You" Cookie

3/28/2013 12:43:33 AM

Quote :

"'Things my southern family ate when I was a kid, but now I don't eat because I'm too worried about my diet' thread"

This is exactly true. For me:

-Fried liver pudding
-Vienna sausages
-Corned beef hash (I love that mess but... the calories)
-Fried bologna
-Fried mullet roe
-et cetera

EDIT: And lots of cheese. No wonder I was so fat.

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 1:56 AM. Reason : f]

3/28/2013 1:56:36 AM

my mom used to make tomato sandwiches with buttered toast in the pan like grilled cheese


no wonder i am still so fat

3/28/2013 2:06:24 AM

CHEESE CURDS & SUMMER SAUSAGE

3/28/2013 2:08:06 AM

there's a recipe for cheese curds on this page that i really want to try.

http://cooking-from-scratch.blogspot.ca/2009/07/cheddar-cheese-curds.html

3/28/2013 3:04:11 AM

good share

that looks awesome and I want to do it now too

3/28/2013 3:17:45 AM

ib4yourmom'sbox

3/28/2013 6:55:18 AM

3/28/2013 8:07:58 AM

bologna bowls (bologna with cheese in the middle, warmed on a skillet until it makes a bowl)
chocolate gravy (I still look forward to my mom making this)
Flintstones orange push-ups ... do they still make these?

3/28/2013 9:18:20 AM

I had no odd treats. Little Debbie snacks and Kellogs Pop-Tarts compromised 90% of my adolescent diet. I should have diabetes.

3/28/2013 9:36:26 AM

3/28/2013 9:48:24 AM

you gooks are into some weird shit

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/28/2013 9:51:14 AM

About once a year I get the urge to buy a can of Chef Boyardee Spaghetti. That disgusting looking orange sauce takes me back to YMCA day camp every time.

3/28/2013 9:52:24 AM

poor man's pizza:
white bread
ketchup
italian seasoning
mozzarella cheese
toast.

3/28/2013 10:40:05 AM

ibtbaccafieldlunch

3/28/2013 10:54:53 AM

my creepy uncle

3/28/2013 10:55:04 AM

Glop: equal parts sour cream and cottage cheese topped with salt, pepper, and thin sliced red onion. Wrap that in a few slices of good deli ham and add a slice of rye bread open-face style.

3/28/2013 11:10:04 AM

-licking the cake batter bowl when my mom made a cake
-licking the brownie batter bowl when my mom made brownies
-Vienna sausages
-Fried bologna sammiches
-grilled cheese sammiches
-corndogs!

3/28/2013 11:23:55 AM

3/28/2013 11:30:18 AM

2nd Screwballs and Flintstones Orange Pushups
Haaaaay ice cream man

3/28/2013 11:33:46 AM

Canned bbq sandwich on toasted bread with mayo and Texas Pete.

Creamed tuna over toasted bread

Mixing sausage, eggs, grits into a multicolored porridge.

Drinking the leftover juice from cooked peas.

Collards and crunchy, buttered cornbread

ETA: tomato sandwiches! I still eat these in the summer with thick bread, salted tomatoes, and huge rings of red onion.

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 11:37 AM. Reason : mater]

3/28/2013 11:34:00 AM

wow, i can't decide if I want to try the glop recipe or have fried bologna for dinner now.



does chicken bologna count?

3/28/2013 6:46:20 PM

3/28/2013 7:20:39 PM

definitely blaming my dinner on this thread

3/28/2013 7:59:39 PM

Fine diced tomatoes, onions and ham mixed with crappy Italian dressing.

3/28/2013 8:20:18 PM

slush
fuckin
puppies

3/28/2013 8:58:48 PM

Pear halves with a dollop of mayo and shredded cheddar. If we were lucky there was a maraschino cherry on top.

Also, tomato, mayo, and fatback on a biscuit.

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 9:04 PM. Reason : . ]

3/28/2013 9:02:53 PM

A friend's mom used to mix peanut butter and cream cheese, spread it between graham crackers, and freeze them. Weird but tasty.

3/28/2013 10:09:54 PM

Fatback isn't a treat you fucking hayseed

3/28/2013 10:19:18 PM

banana and baloney

3/29/2013 2:39:56 AM

I definitely ate my share of vienna sausages, deviled ham, canned chili, and the like.

I still get the urge once every month or two to buy the Underwood brand "chunky" chicken, which is about the least chunky chicken spread you can possibly imagine. Mix it with some mayo like you would with tuna. Makes a damn good sandwich.

3/29/2013 10:17:05 AM

Screwballs FTW, and......

3/29/2013 10:44:33 AM

Ah, pudding pops. Those were good! Can't believe I missed the screwball either, I almost always got those when the ice cream truck came around. Those or a bomb pop (I wonder if those are still called that?)

Also, whenever I got an ice cream sundae, I'd let the ice cream start to melt, and then take my spoon and mix together the soft ice cream, the whip cream, and whatever toppings were there. Made kind of an ice cream soup. Made sure I got all the flavors in every spoonful.

3/29/2013 10:57:20 AM