# What food brings you back to childhood? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492 "2003-03-11T05:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/61 "2003-03-17T14:44:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dinahmoe \* > \*\*hot cocoa (which also had a big spoonful of Fluff in it:)) > > \*\* Yes! I had forgotten all about the big spoonful of Fluff mom used to put in my cocoa. I’ll have to stock up on some Fluff the next time I go up to MA to visit. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/62 "2003-03-17T16:17:26Z")
– Chef Boyardee canned Ravioli – Tuna noodle casserole – Meatloaf with ketchup… and then cold meatloaf sandwiches on white bread the next day – Biscuits – Chipped Beef & Gravy on pancakes – Raw tomatoes & cucumbers in italian dressing (in the summertime… mmmm… I still make this every week when tomatoes are sweet and ripe) – Powdered Hostess donuts. Every Sunday morning, that was our treat. I always had to have one of the white ones first. – Stouffer’s Mac and Cheese. Still the best I’ve ever had. – Chicken pot pies – Salisbury steak tv dinners with the little cranberry compote or dry brownie for the dessert – fish sticks – Lots of dinners made with Campbell’s soups (cream of mushroom, cream of celery…) – Those dot candies on paper – Candy necklaces ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/63 "2003-03-17T16:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miabella \* > \*\*I grew up in New England, and there is a sandwich spread called Marshmallow Fluff that is popular there. You spread it on white bread with peanut butter, and you get what is called a Fluffernutter sandwich. > > I don’t know if this stuff is available outside of New England, I’ve never seen it in a Mid-Atlantic grocery store. But it definitely brings me back to grade school. \*\* It is available in NC — I know what you’re talking about. We tended to get the Kraft brand of the marshmallow creme, though. I just checked Harris Teeter’s online [special request](http://specialitemrequest.nxpn.com/), and saw it there. Just do a search for “Marshmallow Fluff”. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/64 "2003-04-09T15:39:53Z")
Fruit roll ups always bring me back to third grade… Its odd… Until about a month ago I hadn’t had one since then, just the smell of a fruit roll up gave me weird flash backs. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/65 "2003-04-09T18:15:12Z")
Fudge bars and milky ways. Cheese on toast with a squirt of tomato sauce between the bread and the cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492/66 "2003-04-09T18:34:35Z")
Canned Chef Boy Ar Dee ravioli baked in the oven with muenster cheese on it. That’s one of my mom’s special recipes. Also, garden tomatoes, sliced, on white bread with mayo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-brings-you-back-to-childhood/160492.md?page=3)