Re: Mayo, comfort foods....

March 16, 2003

Sue,

I grew up thinking fried balogna and scrambled eggs was a staple. Had the

hot dog soup. Your Dad's version of Pizza and when times got really tight we

had bowls of rice with Blue Bonnet and large bowls of tea.

Neci

March 16, 2003

Sue,

I grew up thinking fried balogna and scrambled eggs was a staple. Had the

hot dog soup. Your Dad's version of Pizza and when times got really tight we

had bowls of rice with Blue Bonnet and large bowls of tea.

Neci

March 16, 2003

Neither of my parents were heavy, maybe a few pounds overweight, but

not much. My sister was always skinny, and then there was me. My

dad was a meat & potatoes guy, and we always had full course

dinners...appetizer (maybe a piece of melon, 1/2 grapefruit or soup),

dinner with all the food groups and dessert (not a big one, but

something). Of course, I always belonged to the clean-plate-club

every night, my sister never did, but my mom & dad usually did, too,

and never gained anything.

To this day, leaving something on a plate is strange to me, although

a wonderful, freeing feeling, but it's still hard to let go, knowing

the food will be thrown out. It has such power over me (us)...

in NJ

March 16, 2003

Neither of my parents were heavy, maybe a few pounds overweight, but

not much. My sister was always skinny, and then there was me. My

dad was a meat & potatoes guy, and we always had full course

dinners...appetizer (maybe a piece of melon, 1/2 grapefruit or soup),

dinner with all the food groups and dessert (not a big one, but

something). Of course, I always belonged to the clean-plate-club

every night, my sister never did, but my mom & dad usually did, too,

and never gained anything.

To this day, leaving something on a plate is strange to me, although

a wonderful, freeing feeling, but it's still hard to let go, knowing

the food will be thrown out. It has such power over me (us)...

in NJ

March 16, 2003

In a message dated 3/16/2003 2:21:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jholdaway@... writes:

> hate bologna. In any way, shape or form. I don't like hot dogs or spam,

> either. Ate way too much of those things as a kid, fried, boiled, straight

> out of the refrigerator... and swore off for the rest of my life. My dad

> had

> a favorite " dish " that we ate at least once a week... " city quail " ...take a

> wiener, split it down the middle, shove a piece of Velveeta cheese in it,

> wrap it in a slice of bacon, and broil it. YUK

Yikes - you just described some of my favorite comfort foods! But mom would

wrap that split and stuffed weiner around a pile of mashed potatoes. And I

adore fried Spam on white bread (with mayo, of course). And I would eat

bologna sandwiches at least 3 days a week given the chance. I was raised

poor white trash and I ain't too proud to admit it!!

Kate

March 16, 2003

In a message dated 3/16/2003 2:21:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jholdaway@... writes:

> hate bologna. In any way, shape or form. I don't like hot dogs or spam,

> either. Ate way too much of those things as a kid, fried, boiled, straight

> out of the refrigerator... and swore off for the rest of my life. My dad

> had

> a favorite " dish " that we ate at least once a week... " city quail " ...take a

> wiener, split it down the middle, shove a piece of Velveeta cheese in it,

> wrap it in a slice of bacon, and broil it. YUK

Yikes - you just described some of my favorite comfort foods! But mom would

wrap that split and stuffed weiner around a pile of mashed potatoes. And I

adore fried Spam on white bread (with mayo, of course). And I would eat

bologna sandwiches at least 3 days a week given the chance. I was raised

poor white trash and I ain't too proud to admit it!!

Kate

March 16, 2003

You reminded me of some of my childhood comfort foods - foods my mom

won't make now because she associates them with our poor times. Funny,

same food, same meals, different memories. I love the innocence of

childhood!

My all time favorite food from this time was scalloped potatoes with

sausage. Mom would thinly slice a few potatoes, bake in a white sauce

(sometimes, if we had it, cheese sauce) and a package of 8 sausage links

baked in as well. We each got one link plus 3/5 of a link. I can smell

it now. Yummmm.

in San Diego

Sue Barr wrote:

>Don't knock it until you tried it!!

>In a pinch we'd also have fried bologna with scrambled eggs!

>

>Been thinking about this though. Have you all noticed that many of the foods

that we were given as children were mostly carbs and meant to fill us up? I

know my parents lived paycheck to paycheck and some weeks they ran short. So

here's some of the things we got!

>

>macaroni and catsup

>macaroni, warm milk, sugar, cinnamon

>hot dog soup ('s tomato soup with thinly sliced hotdogs, if Mom had a

little extra she'd add cabbage to it as well)

>Dad's version of pizza-bread, cheese, catsup, oregano open faced in toaster

oven.

>Fridays were fish sticks and canned spaghetti (good Catholic family!)

>

>In our family we always had rye bread and I used to joke that if you breaded

it, fried it or put it on rye bread....I'd eat it!!

>

>Funny thing is that all these foods are still comfort foods to me. Can't say

that I'd make them, but they represent a happier time. Go figure.

>

>Sue

>Open RNY 10/26/98

>>From 500 lbs to 165

>Dr Barry L Fisher

>

>Pease visit my site:

>http://mygastricbypass.com or

>http://www.lvcm.com/njtomato/

>

>I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet

> when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

>

> Re: may vs MW

>

> > Nothing better on a fried bologna sandwich than mayo!!!

>

> Oh Sue, you are making me hurl!!! No joke.

>

March 16, 2003

You reminded me of some of my childhood comfort foods - foods my mom

won't make now because she associates them with our poor times. Funny,

same food, same meals, different memories. I love the innocence of

childhood!

My all time favorite food from this time was scalloped potatoes with

sausage. Mom would thinly slice a few potatoes, bake in a white sauce

(sometimes, if we had it, cheese sauce) and a package of 8 sausage links

baked in as well. We each got one link plus 3/5 of a link. I can smell

it now. Yummmm.

in San Diego

Sue Barr wrote:

>Don't knock it until you tried it!!

>In a pinch we'd also have fried bologna with scrambled eggs!

>

>Been thinking about this though. Have you all noticed that many of the foods

that we were given as children were mostly carbs and meant to fill us up? I

know my parents lived paycheck to paycheck and some weeks they ran short. So

here's some of the things we got!

>

>macaroni and catsup

>macaroni, warm milk, sugar, cinnamon

>hot dog soup ('s tomato soup with thinly sliced hotdogs, if Mom had a

little extra she'd add cabbage to it as well)

>Dad's version of pizza-bread, cheese, catsup, oregano open faced in toaster

oven.

>Fridays were fish sticks and canned spaghetti (good Catholic family!)

>

>In our family we always had rye bread and I used to joke that if you breaded

it, fried it or put it on rye bread....I'd eat it!!

>

>Funny thing is that all these foods are still comfort foods to me. Can't say

that I'd make them, but they represent a happier time. Go figure.

>

>Sue

>Open RNY 10/26/98

>>From 500 lbs to 165

>Dr Barry L Fisher

>

>Pease visit my site:

>http://mygastricbypass.com or

>http://www.lvcm.com/njtomato/

>

>I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet

> when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

>

> Re: may vs MW

>

> > Nothing better on a fried bologna sandwich than mayo!!!

>

> Oh Sue, you are making me hurl!!! No joke.

>

March 16, 2003

I like fried bologna with eggs, fried bologna sandwiches (no mayo, just fried

bologna), fried bologna with cheese. My kids like fried bologna too. I don't

make it too often though.

Chrissie

----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Barr

Don't knock it until you tried it!!

In a pinch we'd also have fried bologna with scrambled eggs! ...snip...

March 16, 2003

I like fried bologna with eggs, fried bologna sandwiches (no mayo, just fried

bologna), fried bologna with cheese. My kids like fried bologna too. I don't

make it too often though.

Chrissie

----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Barr

Don't knock it until you tried it!!

In a pinch we'd also have fried bologna with scrambled eggs! ...snip...

March 16, 2003

<<I like fried bologna with eggs, fried bologna sandwiches (no mayo, just

fried bologna), fried bologna with cheese. My kids like fried bologna too.

I don't make it too often though.>>

I hate bologna. In any way, shape or form. I don't like hot dogs or spam,

either. Ate way too much of those things as a kid, fried, boiled, straight

out of the refrigerator... and swore off for the rest of my life. My dad had

a favorite " dish " that we ate at least once a week... " city quail " ...take a

wiener, split it down the middle, shove a piece of Velveeta cheese in it,

wrap it in a slice of bacon, and broil it. YUK. ...add to that list,

FISH...sticks, patties, fillets, tuna in a can...if it looks or smells like

it MIGHT be fish, I ain't eating it. And I used to think I wasn't a picky

eater. LOL. I guess I am.

Jac

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