Stealing From DebM, What Food Did You Love As A Kid...

[ProfessorGAC]

...that you'd never touch now?
Mine is Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Meat Ravioli.
I loved that when I was a kid! I don't even want to acknowledge its existence today.

[CanonRay]

1. Sandwich Spread

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Like Underwood?

I remember the ads for their Deviled Ham.

[CanonRay]

4. No, this was a Mayo like product

with I think chopped pickle or something in the spread. It was a base for sandwiches, but I liked it by itself on bread.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Ah! Got It

I'll pass!

[LoisB]

11. There was definitely chopped sweet pickles in it.

I want to think there was also red bell peppers and something else. It had a tangy taste. We used to eat it on bread by itself.

[CanonRay]

14. That's it exactly, I was too young

to care about ingredients. My mom made me Sandwich Spread sandwiches for school.

[2naSalit]

26. One of my...

Younger sisters liked that with PB, ugh! And insult to bread!

[woodsprite]

31. My dad would make a sandwich just with that spread and butter and he got me hooked.

I haven't thought of that in ages! Mom would grimace when Dad and I would sit down for a snack of buttered bread and pickle spread. Before she got married, she worked in the factory that made the spread (Wilson Mayonnaise Company). Her job was to 'stir down' any flecks or items that weren't pickles that could be seen through the glass. She wouldn't touch mayo or sandwich spread type products unless it was Miracle Whip.

[electric_blue68]

34. Oh, I loved their deviled ham 😄 We'd mix it in cream cheese for a New Year's Eve snack w crackers

[lpbk2713]

10. I liked it too.

Kinda like tartar sauce.

[debm55]

17. No it had Mayo, ketchup and sweet relish in it. I remember looking at the label. Didn't like it.

[Sancho]

3. Fish sticks...

...and lots of catsup.

[Glorfindel]

6. I still like fish sticks

But only a drop or two of ketchup.

[LuckyCharms]

7. Cream cheese and jelly sandwiches on white bread. n/t

[applegrove]

8. Canned spaghetti. We called it "gheppi". Tried it as

an adult and I could taste the can. Don't know why it was my favourite food.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Like Me With The Ravioli

And, there's a lot of sugar in the sauce.
I use sugar in my sauce to cut the tomato acid a bit, but not like that.
And, I don't get the canned taste. They've been lining cans with phenolic reminds for 75 years! Why the metallic taste? Don't understand that.

[applegrove]

13. I don't know. It just tasted like can. That is what

I thought it was. Have not had it since. I'm having spaghetti tonight and there is no can taste because I ordered in.

[CanonRay]

15. I liked those shit ravioli too

I couldn't gag it down now. Embarassing for a Sicilian lol.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. I'm Sicilian Too!

Family is from near Messina.
My grandmothers both died young, so they weren't around to see me eating ravioli from a can!

[LoisB]

12. Salisbury "steak" and gravy over mashed potatoes.

[Demovictory9]

23. I loved tv dinners..only time we has salsbury steak..not even sure how its made

[CanonRay]

16. My wife liked Creamed Tomatos

real Depression food.

[GoCubsGo]

18. I loved Chef's raviolis, too.

I wouldn't say I'd "never" eat them now, but I haven't had them in years. I hear the quality has deteriorated, which is saying something. It doesn't sound like they're worth the mostly-empty calories.

[debm55]

19. Thanks ProfessorGAC.Mine was the those Chinese Diners that they had with the veggies in the bottom can and the the

noodles in the top can. I think it was La Choy

[Demovictory9]

24. I remember those..our first intro to "Asian food"

[ProfessorGAC]

36. I Remember Those!

Don't remember liking them. My mom made chop sure (at least her version of it) a lot, so my idea of Asian wasn't prepared food.

[JMCKUSICK]

20. Spam

I used to love it. Now it more resembles a salt lick 😋

[ProfessorGAC]

37. I Loved Spam!

I used it making a Hawaiian inspired dish. My wife loved it until she figured out it was Spam. She wouldn't finish it & asked me never to make it again.

[Luciferous]

21. Liverwurst sandwiches. Wouldn't

touch the stuff now 🤮

[Demovictory9]

22. Poptarts..heated in toaster...now thought of them makes me ill

[Diamond_Dog]

28. Same for me, Pop tarts

Like cheap jelly on cardboard.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Yup, Poptarts... you beat me to it!! Loved 'em!!

[Demovictory9]

25. Tv dinners in the foil trays..

[WheelWalker]

27. Peanut butter and radish sandwiches.

Grilled peanut butter sandwiches. And hamburger gravy and mashed potatoes.

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Vienna Sausages, bologna, canned spinach,

Deviled ham, La Choy and Chun King,

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Yikes, Canned Spinach!

Revolting as an adult, right?

[Demovictory9]

40. Vienna sausages are freaky in every way

The texture. The smell. The slime.

My parents always jwpt cans around though..sardines too

[Sneederbunk]

32. Sloppy Joes.

[ProfessorGAC]

39. We Still Make Sloppy Joe's

Sweet Baby Ray's as a base, but I use bourbon when the meat is browning. And, I add some coffee left over from morning.
But, we aren't doing Manwich.

[autorank]

33. Vienna Sausages - canned

Great exercise.