I drank mugicha (roasted barley tea AKA boricha) every day growing up, and it reminds me of childhood to this day! My kids drink it every day too, and it makes me happy to think we'll share this taste memory.
I also drank a lot of milk with tea and sugar, and to this day I love iced coffees with lots of milk. Probably because I grew up drinking so much of it!
What foods remind you of childhood?
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
kolaches, which is like a Czech jelly donut, so good, my mom used to get them for us on special occasions from the authentic bakery a few towns over.
Otherwise Kraft Mac & Cheese + hamburger, this was one of the 3 meals my dad made, and to this day I will call it "my dad's hamburger helper." My DH hates it but I still make it when I feel the need for comfort food!
squash / 13208 posts
Salami sandwiches - I use to eat them daily in middle school!
Butterfingers and Sour Cream and Onion Potato chips - me and BFF use to eat these while watching all the skaters skate!
Dinty Moore Beef Stew - had a food fight with this in 8th grade
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Sweet tea, hoecakes (I need to get my grandmother's recipe!), pasta salad, and hamburger casserole.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
spam, vienna sausages (I was a latchkey kid!), mcdonald's!
pear / 1657 posts
pasta with marinara, cheese danishes (always had this for brunches with Grandma), my dad's pasta fagioli, roast chicken
eggplant / 11716 posts
Something my mom used to make called Honey Wheat Cakes--kind of like pancakes, but made with buckwheat and honey instead of syrup. And Welsh Rarebit!
squash / 13208 posts
@MediaNaranja: ah yes who could forget Little Debbie!! I ate tons of the oatmeal cream pies!!! And now I want one!! 
apricot / 340 posts
@LuLu Mom: my dad always used to make mac and cheese and cut up hot dogs in it. I love mac and cheese, but am not too into hot dogs as an adult.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
Linden's chocolate chip and butter crunch cookies. I always bought these in school as a lunch snack. Stella D'oro anise toast (my grandmother usually had these on hand).
Sometimes the smell of tomato sauce simmering or peppers frying will remind me of my grandparents kitchen.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Rice porridge, which is also a comfort food for me. But any meal that has rice, a meat, a veggies, and a soup reminds me of my childhood. My dad always made our meals that way. I don't recall the last time I even made a home meal with that many options! I miss it.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
@Coffee-lover: My husband's dad used to make this for his kids too, haha!
bananas / 9227 posts
@mrs. wagon: Same! Spam, vienna sausages with rice. I'm starting to think it's an Asian latchkey kid's meal plan
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
@SugarplumsMom: This might gross people out but I used to put cool water in my rice, then the rice would warm up the water and the vienna sausages would make it a little oily. I would eat a slice of american cheese on the side. Just thinking about it is making me happy!!
bananas / 9227 posts
@mrs. wagon: I'm cracking up here! I caught myself thinking, "mmm vienna sausages" 
pomelo / 5509 posts
Tomato soup with elbow macaroni in it and/or grilled cheese - it's what my dad made when he had to cook.
Also, his venison stew and stir fry, and "goulash", which, in our house, was just ground meat, sauce, and elbow macaroni.
pomegranate / 3244 posts
@Mamaof2: Ha! I may have a box of Nutty Bars in my desk for those times I need to feel like a kid again
clementine / 812 posts
Ramen, Mac n Cheese, Little Debbies, and those wafer cookies that come in chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry.
eggplant / 11287 posts
@MediaNaranja: @Mamaof2: @MediaNaranja: OMG, I didn't even see you guys mentioned Little Debbies! TOTALLY! We were all about the Nutty Bars and Star Crunches in our house. 
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@LuLu Mom: what's to hate about mac and cheese and hamburger? lol
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@blackbird: all the Ramen! I keep craving it this pregnancy. 6 weeks left and I've yet to eat any. I think maybe I should...lol
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
@Coffee-lover: That's so funny, one of his other meals was a can of spaghetti o's with cut up hot dogs 
It was a good thing mom didn't leave us alone too much! HAHA
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: I know right?? With lots of black pepper, for some reason that makes it so much better
grapefruit / 4584 posts
A slice of Bologna with a slice of Kraft cheese on top, either fried in a pan or microwaved if I was making it unsupervised. Gross!
And Hi-C juice boxes and all sorts of hostess/little Debbie treats. I have no idea why my mom let me eat all that stuff!!
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: i loved pizza rolls! Also bagel bites, hot pockets, totino's party pizza. I was a latchkey kid too and these were my after school snacks. Also ramen of all kinds.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
@Mrs. Sunshine: when I'm sick or nauseous? Ramen is my go to! Food of my youth!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
@blackbird: we were really poor when I was little so we had Ramen with canned veggies mixed in a few times a week! Even after things got better, there were always at least 10 packages of Ramen in the house at all times Lol
grapefruit / 4997 posts
Baked ziti from the Italian cafe in the mall. My friends' parents would drop us off at the mall on the weekends and we would hang out at the mall all day. I loved eating at Saborros (spelling?) back then.
pomegranate / 3643 posts
My mom used to make Hilary Clinton's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, but with mini M&Ms. I think they are the only reason I had friends growing up! http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/_mobile/recipefinder/hillary-clintons-chocolate-chips-893
clementine / 911 posts
Hi-C box drinks
Pot roast, rice and gravy, and green bean casserole - I used to love it when my mom made it for Sunday lunch.
My grandmother's homemade cornbread and biscuits
squash / 13208 posts
@krispi: oh Hi-C! My mom use to freeze them and we ate them with spoons - sooooo good!!!
persimmon / 1071 posts
@mrbee: TV dinners... lol. We ate those a lot growing up. Now I think they're gross and haven't had them in years.
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