# family food traditions that you love, but make outsiders cringe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091 "2011-03-26T22:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/101 "2011-03-31T18:42:52Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > In terms of TRADITIONS, my family never has Thanksgiving turkey; my mother always makes roast ducks stuffed with apples. It’s an old family recipe, and she hates turkey, so she’s always reasoned that if she’s gonna be in the kitchen all day, may as well like the food. > > People’s reactions vary from aghast horror at breaking tradition to intense jealousy. \*\* invites self over for Thanksgiving \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/102 "2011-03-31T18:59:36Z")
There’s a pizza chain in the greater Dayton area called [Marion’s](http://www.marionspizza.com/), and our extended family has a party at one of their establishments about once a year. My father and a couple uncles and I always order a deluxe pizza with **triple anchovies**. Yum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/103 "2011-03-31T19:09:46Z")
cream cheese in pasta sauce ranch dressing on rice ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/104 "2011-03-31T20:03:52Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > Eggs with the hole in the middle, with ketchup. Yeah, my family isn’t the most logical. > > Ghetto chip dip - 1/4 ketchup, 1/4 yellow mustard, 2/4 salad dressing (depending on the mood there may be more salad dressing added). > > I wanna know if the following is weird to others: Eggos with peanut butter. No one other than my brother and I use peanut butter, but it doesn’t seem like that odd of a combo. I’ve put peanut butter and jelly between two eggos and had the kids eat it for breakfast on the way to school. Our family ate peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. Haven’t had one nor craved one since I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/105 "2011-03-31T21:14:46Z")
We used to have pancakes for dinner. Never for breakfast. We ate our pancakes in a slightly different way: butter the pancakes and stack them alternately with a slice of Velveeta or American Cheese slice so that a cheese slice is on top, then cover with either Karo Syrup (dark) or Maple Syrup. The heat from the pancakes would melt the cheese a little…YUM!! ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091/106 "2011-03-31T22:45:15Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > I wanna know if the following is weird to others: Eggos with peanut butter. No one other than my brother and I use peanut butter, but it doesn’t seem like that odd of a combo. no, i’ve done that. actually a couple of times i took it a step further and made a pb and j with two eggo waffles as the bread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-food-traditions-that-you-love-but-make-outsiders-cringe/576091.md?page=5)