Hey Pandas, What Is The Most Nostalgic Food To You? (Closed)

Certain candy. I'm not a candy person at all as an adult, but I recently went to a candy store with a friend's kid and bought a few things i used to love as a kid. Fun Dip. Nerds. Those little wax bottles with the sugar liquid inside. Pixie Stix. Ice Cubes (still think it's the best chocolate).

Nothing too grandiose, but I have very good memories of chicken breasts topped with homemade salsa, served with rice and asparagus.

It was a meal my mom made a lot growing up, and she always made it taste amazing. When I attempt it, it's nowhere near as good as she makes it.

Have you ever heard of “Schnippelbohnsopp”? It’s a soup from northern Germany, consisting mostly of green beans (shredded, ”schnippeled”) and potatos, served with Frankfurters or Wieners (the sausages, not the citizens. Must I say that? Not really, of course you do know). Oh, I miss “the north” so much, not only for the cuisine!

Briggs vanilla ice cream! Best ice cream i have tasted ever and not since. And I've eaten a lot of ice cream! ☺ Used to come in a yellow card board box, and we never opened the box the same way twice. I was amazed when I found out you could peel open the flap and open it like a chest, instead of opening the side flaps. For me, that's pure nostalgia. I still think about it every so often.

Finnish pancakes and potato sausage.. that was our breakfast at my grandparents every Christmas

A Flint style Coney Island Hot Dog. It has a unique sauce that is a very thick kind of meat chili, but not runny like a chili dog. It's nearest competitor is the Detroit style coney island hot dog that looks more like a chili dog. Contrary to the name they were not invented in New York's Coney Island, but in Michigan, specifically Flint and Detroit.

Boiled eggs, mashed potatos and mustard sauce. My bestfriend and my SO hate it. They can't even stand the smell. The husband of said best friend loves it. It seems it's an acquired taste.

Chick Ful A. My Pawpaw and Grandma used to take me there once every week when I was younger. It was also the first ice cream I ever tried. Still go there with them, not every week, but at least once a month. We all get the same thing: a number 1 (chicken sandwich) with a large fry and lemonade and after we get ice cream there and chat. One of my favorite family traditions 🥰

My Nana would make noodles that I named "Nana Noodles"
She would take a pack of ramen and put it in a bowl, throwing out the salt packet.
She would then put this powder on top, I think it was some sort of cream of chicken powder, and a bit of water, throwing it in the microwave for three minutes.
It would be so creamy and full of carbs. I would always have it when I was at her house and some of my favorite memories are eating that and watching cartoons.
Whatever powder she used is no longer sold and I miss it a lot.

My mother's homemade rice pudding. She made the best: sweet and buttery with just the right amount of everything! Because she always made it from scratch I could never duplicate it, but it was a treat to die for. So was my grandmother's banana pudding!😛

Labskaus (very hard to translate into English). It’s a traditional sailors’ dish – basically made from mashed potatos and corned beef, traitionally served with a pickle, a salted herring (“Rollmops” or “Bismarck Herring”, how do you put that in proper English? Please, somebody jump in for assistance!). It’s a traditional northern German course, and from what I gather it’s served in Liverpool, too! I love it, it’s my favourite dish of all time. “Ship ahoy!” :^)

Lemon sheet cake with toppings like gummy bears, m&ms and sprinkles. It was our childhood birthday cake and I still bake it for my birthday.

Liver smothered in onions and gravy. I ate this alot when I was growing up. I don't cook it now because no one in my family likes it. I really miss liver onions and gravy. Most restaurants don't have it on the menu. I order it when ever I see it offered.

Bean with bacon soup, reminds me of when I was youngger(I’m a freshman in highschool)

Kraft macaroni and cheese and those sh1tty "cheese" slices. I grew up poor so the flavor of both reminds me of how hard my parents worked to provide for us. The macaroni and cheese was considered a treat, even those it's dirt cheap, that's how much we struggled.

While not a food, per se I think mine is Jolt Cola. It got me through my senior year of high school and many stressful periods later.

My most nostalgic food has to be rice with ragout. Just a heated tin of mushroom ragout mixed with some boiled rice. Looks like vomit and is not very tasty. But my mom (who was not a great cook) used to make it for me whenever I was sick and did not have much appetite. It's easy to eat and has no strong flavour. Sometimes I still eat it when I'm feeling down. Nowadays I do add some black pepper and spring onion to it though.

italian ice. my grandparents used to live with us when i was little, and every so often my grandpa would buy a box of italian ice. he always ate the lemon flavor and i always had strawberry. i remember always calling it "batalian ice"

It's pretty simple and we have it frequently but burritos and chips with salsa. We serve it in a burrito bar kind of way and I generally go (in this order) with 2 flour tortillas, refried beans (as a kind of glue not really but it keeps the rest stuck to the tortilla, ground beef, spanish rice, and cheese.

I like dosa.... My grandmother is from south India and she makes THE BEST dosas ever, everytime I see dosa outside I think of her and her food. Also idli and sambar or any south indian food. I know its served in a lot of places, but it just isn't the same as at home