# Weird foods you grew up with... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920 "2004-06-17T21:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/61 "2004-06-18T16:11:35Z")
Yes, PB with pickles (I like dills, some like sweet) is good, and with bacon is great too, or I sometimes have it with brown sugar and cinnamon. Or just the brown sugar and cinnamon on well-buttered toast. PB-and-banana sandwiches were a staple when I was growing up; now I make them better by putting in some marmalade as well. (Of course that’s PB on one side, marmalade on the other, and sliced banana in between. 🆒 ) I used to make sandwiches with mayo, a sliced hard-boiled egg, and a bunch of carefully split olives, the green ones stuffed with pimiento. Now I generally use Sicilian, chopped a little and mixed into the egg. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/62 "2004-06-18T16:35:07Z")
Peanut butter and jam/marmalade and cheese and lettuce and mayonnaise sandwiches. Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches (also good as toast) Peanut butter and molasses sandwiches (also “lassey bread”) Peanut butter and mandarin orange sandwiches Peanut butter and cheese on hamburgers (can anyone spot a trend here?) _The above were things that only I would eat. My sisters thought they were gross. My dad sometimes has peanut butter and onions on his burgers, though._ Beans and cut-up hotdogs (as a kid I didn’t know that you could eat beans any other way) Ants on a log (also with Cheez Whiz, never tried cream cheese but it sounds good) Cream of chicken soup on toast (heated up undiluted and spooned over the toast, sort of home-made SOS) Chef Boy-ar-dee pizza - canned dough spread with canned sauce and sprinkled with packaged cheese, to which Mum would add ground beef (no pizza places in town in the '50s) Dulse - can’t stand it now, but Dad still brings a pack or two back when he’s been down Home visiting “Arabian fried rice” - beef/pork/chicken/turkey as available fried with rice, coconut, and dates, and seasoned with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. My mother would frequently make chinese style fried rice, with green peppers and mushrooms included, which I hated (still do), so after she was done cooking for the rest of the family, I’d make this for myself. (Mum’s attitude was that she would cook one meal for the family - anyone who didn’t like what was being served was free to cook their own when she was finished. By the time I moved out into my carefree bachelor pad I had a good grounding in cooking.) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/63 "2004-06-18T16:45:13Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Anybody put potato chips on their sandwiches (in between the bread and meat)? Barbecue potato chips on ham sandwiches and sour cream & onion chips on tuna. I don’t like mushy sandwiches, there’s got to be some texture. Three of my favorite snacks as a kid, a sweet pickle wrapped in baloney, Peanutbutter & Sugar sandwiches, and 'Nilla wafers w/ butter tosted in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/64 "2004-06-18T16:50:34Z")
Ah, memories of ants-on-a-log. Used to have those in packed school lunches. And fried mush, though I never cared for it much. Several no one’s mentioned yet: **rice and milk** : during the particularly impoversished time of my youth. Just leftover white rice, heated up with milk. Blech. **city chickens** : small chunks of pork and veal, speared on a little stick, then rolled in beaten egg and saltine crumbs, then fried. Actually they were very tasty. They were sold in packages, complete with the little wooden sticks. **weenie glop** : my Ex loved this…and it’s the one thing I made him cook for himself. YUCK. A can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti, sliced weenies, onion flakes and a glug of bbq sauce. (It might explain why he turned out the way he did. He curdled from the stomach out over time.) **scrapple** : corn meal cooked with leftover bits and pieces (don’t ask what) of pig, then formed into a square; sliced, fried and topped with sorghum molasses. It sure wasn’t my favorite either. Veb ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/65 "2004-06-18T18:10:57Z")
> [@Tamarin](#): > > Peanut butter and bacon on toast. Mmmmm. That was the first thought in my mind when I saw the thread title! Dad would always fix his up at breakfast & for years my brother & I would go “Ewwww!” Then we tried it! Yummy! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/66 "2004-06-18T18:18:58Z")
Two other things I remembered- Hot dogs with potato stick inserted (my own childhood invention) S\*\*t on a shingle _G_ (another bit of Dad cuisine) MinniePurl- SNOW ICE CREAM! I loved that! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/67 "2004-06-18T18:37:38Z")
1. Salmon Wiggle 2. Chinese Party 3. Toast with jelly and a piece of bologna on it. * * * 1. Salmon Wiggle (and Shrimp Wiggle) are just names of a creamy dish with peas, served on rice (or mashed potatoes). Not actually weird to eat. 2. Chinese Party isn’t weird, just a weird name. It was what my mother called Shepherd’s Pie. I have never heard it outside my household. 3. Toast with jelly and a piece of bologna was something my dad ate from time to time. I still eat it occasionally. It’s actually a nice contrast of sweet/salty and crispy/soft. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/68 "2004-06-18T18:56:39Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > 1. Chinese Party isn’t weird, just a weird name. It was what my mother called Shepherd’s Pie. I have never heard it outside my household. _Paté chinois_ is French for Shepherd’s Pie, so maybe this is where the name used by your mother came from? ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/69 "2004-06-18T19:39:44Z")
oh, I’ve got a few: fried baloney and peanut butter sandwiches on white bread Baked beans and hot dogs spooned inside a hollowed out loaf of italian bread, topped with cheese and baked grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/70 "2004-06-18T21:25:36Z")
I’ll slice cheese into finger sized hunks and dip them into peanut butter. I’m Midwestern so lots of my food ideas revolve around cheese. When I was a kid the weird stuff was raw unground frozen coffee beans, just pop 'em in your mouth and go, and peanut butter on a spoon, like a big tablespoon, to be consumed like a giant metal peanut butter sucker. My mother abhorred this practice. I also go for potato chips on the PB&J’s, and those neon orange “cheez and peanut butter” snack crackers soaked in chocolate milk…(Homer drooling noise…) ---
**Author:** ![kittenlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kittenlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenlm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/71 "2004-06-18T22:49:00Z")
Ya know…after reading some of the responses here, I am feeling pretty normal 😃 Some of you are strange: **Cluricaun** - cheez and peanut butter crackers in chocolate milk - ewww. **krisolov** - fried bologna and peanut butter?? **bookeeper** - peanut butter on hamburgers 😕 **amie** - mayo and banana sandwiches - ick! **angelicate** - jello sandwiches? while your pregnant, I understand, but otherwise? **imthjckaz** - bologna and mustard with peanut butter? you’re worse than krisolov! These are just a select few that caught me off guard. Yep, I am definitely normal 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/72 "2004-06-19T00:22:36Z")
No one’s mentioned salami and jam sandwiches. My husband though “weird” then tried them. Then served them at a party. I did peanut butter and mayo as a kid, but I suspect just because it grossed people out. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/73 "2004-06-19T00:25:27Z")
I notice that peanut better has turned up with an almost alarming frequency in this thread. So here’s mine…I used to love peanut butter and butter sandwiches. I also enjoyed baloney and ketchup sandwiches, which I never thought was strange until recently, when people kept telling me so. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/74 "2004-06-19T00:32:04Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Anybody put potato chips on their sandwiches (in between the bread and meat)? Habitually. My odd list - Shrimp Flavoured Chips - Soy Bean Pop - Tangwiches (yes, I actually ate these growing up) My brother has an odd food combo that he’s been eating since we were kids. White bread dunked in Coke. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/75 "2004-06-19T00:39:46Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Anybody put potato chips on their sandwiches (in between the bread and meat)? How could anyone _not_ do that? It’s God’s Will. White bread (untoasted), two slices of ham, slice of Velveeta, barbecue chips. The culmination of millenia of human civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/76 "2004-06-19T00:43:55Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > How could anyone _not_ do that? It’s God’s Will. White bread (untoasted), two slices of ham, slice of Velveeta, barbecue chips. The culmination of millenia of human civilization. And don’t forget to smush them down! ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/77 "2004-06-19T00:45:23Z")
> [@amie](#): > > Mayo and banana sandwiches on fresh white bread. YUM! Oh yeah, that’s good stuff. Eventually I couldn’t take the mayo & banana anymore, so switched to peanut butter and banana. I want one RIGHT NOW in fact. My favorite sandwiches growing up were just white bread, miracle whip, and [braunschweiger sausage](http://allrecipes.iwon.com/encyc/terms/B/5486.asp). Damn, those are good. But then, I was a pretty fat little kid. A short while ago I was feeling nostalgic and looked for braunschweiger in the grocery store to have a little taste of my childhood again. One look at the “Nutrition Facts” label had me dropping the thing like a white hot iron rod and fleeing the meat isle. I think maybe things were better when we were just blissfully ignorant how bad stuff is for you. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Kate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@Lady\_Kate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Kate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/78 "2004-06-19T01:08:02Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > One of my favorite foods when I was a kid was what my dad called a ‘gentleman’s egg’, which is a piece of bread with a circle cut out of the middle and an egg in the whole, fried in a pan. You also fried the center piece that you cut out of the bread. The best part was wiping up the leftover yolk with the center piece and eating it up at the end, like dessert. Most people I talk to have never heard of this. We called this “Chick in the Hole.” Sometimes my mom would make hashbrowns and we would place the “Chick in the Hole” on top of the hashbrowns and then cover the whole mess with sausage gravy. Mmm-mmmm! I always put salt on my grapefruit, never sugar. Sugar is for tomatoes as far as I’m concerned. I believe someone else also posted about dipping their tomatoes in sugar. When I was a child, I refused to eat green beans unless they were smothered with mustard. My sister used to make this concoction of peaunut butter and whipped cream which she would then place on top of a scoop of chocolate ice cream. It actually isn’t too bad - just really, really sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/79 "2004-06-19T01:33:48Z")
If it makes you all feel better, I think almost everything mentioned in this thread sounds horribly disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920/80 "2004-06-19T01:37:18Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > That was the first thought in my mind when I saw the thread title! > > Dad would always fix his up at breakfast & for years my brother & I would go “Ewwww!” Then we tried it! Yummy! My grandfather used to have peanut butter and bacon on toast nearly every day. Now that he’s not allowed to eat bacon as much, he sprinkles his peanut butter toast with those imitation bacon bits. I tried it, and it’s okay, but just not the same. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-foods-you-grew-up-with/250920.md?page=5)