It occurred to me yesterday while making myself some lunch, that there are several meals I grew up eating that I did not realize were weird until I was older. I would say “I’m making ____” and people would look at me like I’m crazy.
Here’s a few off the top of my head:
What were the foods you thought were normal until later in life?
Wait…those are considered WEIRD? Man…then round here must be the weirdest place ever. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup was a normal thing. So were the other 2. Tomato sandwiches…not so much but still not considered weird.
Almost everything on your list was normal in my house. People think it’s werid because we would put grape jelly on the top of grilled cheese sandwiches, and we still do. It’s good, darnit.
Yep…sounds pretty normal to me. Who’d get weirded out by grilled cheese and tomato soup? And I could swear hot dogs and beans are mass produced and available canned.
but…
What the hell is Spatini?
Yeah, those foods aren’t weird. My parents used to give us hot dogs and beans every time they went out to eat.
We always used to put ice in our milk at dinner. Hey, it was summer, and we lived in Bakersfield.
One of my favorite things is toast with jam and cheese. Havarti or Swiss is best.
Spatini is a seasoning that comes in a box - it’s usually used to make spaghetti sauce (very bad spaghetti sauce). My parents always used this seasoning with water, a bottle of ketchup, 3 onions, some tobasco sauce, chili powder, and cut up hot dogs. After done cooking, they would put it on italian rolls. It is really good, but everyone thinks I’m crazy! 
Yay! I’m normal! :dubious:
And Hal, - my foods ARE normal (yours are not!)
Yay! I’m normal! :dubious:
I grew up drinking diet soda and skim milk. Diet soda’s no big deal, but some people are grossed out by skim milk. Then I get to tell them that I can remember drinking – drum roll – Sanalac, aka powdered milk, for a few years when I was very young.
I still drink skim milk (even 1% tastes too rich for me), but I don’t have any urge to try powdered milk again.
:smack: Ya gotta love it when you double post :smack:
I don’t think any of your list sounds strange, although I’m not sure what spatini is. I would have put dill pickle slices on the grilled cheese, though.
Some from my childhood:
My dad went through a hunting phase and there were a few years where we had pheasant, rabbit, or even squirrel for Thanksgiving dinner.
My mother made “chili” with tomatoes, onions, beans and browned hamburger. That’s it–no other seasonings except salt and pepper. Without the beans this became “spaghetti sauce.”
Fried mush. This is white cornmeal cooked and then poured into an empty can and allowed to solidify. Then you slice it, fry it like pancakes and serve with syrup. I suppose this is just my Mom’s Kentucky heritage, and I also suppose today it would be called polenta.
None of my contemporaries at the office ever had ants on a stick as a child. I believe the most vocally expressed sentiment was “ew.”
I agree with the other posters…grilled cheese and tomato soup was a staple in our house and now is one of my comfort foods.
I do remember when I was sick, to make the grilled cheese seem a little more special, she would add slices of tomato and a dalop of Thousand Island dressing inside the sandwich. She also used to mix the peanut butter with the jelly before making my sandwich. For some reason I wouldn’t eat them unless they were mixed together first, and now they make it that way!!
The name is disgusting…but the snack itself sounds yummy!! I’m gonna have to try that one!
Grilled cheese with tomato good. Thousand Island bad. My sister actually makes grilled cheese sandwiches with mayo. I don’t like that either.
And I thought of another one - Pork Roll with cheese on white bread with mayo. MMmmmm…
Here’s one my mom taught me:
Cut two or three thick slices of Hormel liverwurst, place in a bowl and slcie into cubes.
Pour in a little juice from the jar of dill pickle chips.
Add some salt and use a fork to mash and mix it into a spread.
Eat on crackers with pickle chips.
I adore grilled cheese. I still order it all the time and most people make fun of me, except one of my closest friends who, the first time we went out for lunch together, ordered one too!
The weirdest thing we ate growing up was probably homemade scalloped potatoes with cut up hot dogs. Why mom bothered making homemade scalloped potatoes just to put hot dogs in it is beyond me. I still make it, but the first time I made it for my husband he looked at me like I’d lost it. Then he ate it, and now he begs for it. If I’m feelin’ fancy, I use ham instead like you’re supposed to.
When I was in Kindergarten, I regularly had Peanut Butter and Cheese sandwiches for lunch.
My next door neighboors enjoy rice seasoned with ketchup. I put salt on my rice.
My roommate looks at me like I’m an alien when I make Peanut Butter and sugar sandwiches. Screw you, it’s good.
I just thought of another one that I used to eat when I was a kid.
Pickle and mayo sandwiches. I think about them now and think “Ewww”, but man I loved them when I was kid.
My daughter likes to eat some weird things. Her favorite tho is aspargus and peanut butter. :eek: