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

This will sound weird, but gravy. I grew up on a farm in the U.S. Midwest, and growing up it was fried meat or roast with potatoes and gravy most nights. I'm no vegetarian and I don't cut carbs, so I still have the first two, but gravy is just too unhealthy to have all the time, especially since there is no excuse of a day full of "farm work" eating those calories.

Meatloaf and/or Chicken and Dumplings. My mother died young of cancer, and while I have the recipes she used, she never had the opportunity to teach me the techniques she used, so I've never been able to recreate those dishes exactly the way she cooked them. Ironically, I've realized as I've gotten older that my mom was actually not a very good cook--not that her food was inedible, but most of her recipes were that sort of generic, mid-1960's suburban American food that millennials are so disdainful of. I've become a more skilled and adventurous cook than she ever was, but even after almost 30 years, I still miss her meatloaf.

Pea and ham soup or bacon bone soup. My mum used to make the best one ever! A close second would be toasted cheese sandwich and tomato soup, mmmmmm it's good for the soul

hot dogs with a slice of cheese rolled up in a crescent. those and tater tots for dinner.

Spinach, sausage, and mashed potatoes.

Creamed spinach, mashed potatoes, and patties made from the tubes of Jimmy Dean or similar ground pork breakfast sausage, mixed with mustard seed.

Each thing is made separately, but each person crumbles their sausage then mixes it all together in whatever portions they prefer. I added a lot of pepper to mine.

Was my favorite meal as a kid, and when I say so people think it's odd, but whenever I've made it for them, they absolutely gush over it. A lot of "omg! I get it now! How is this so good????"

Perfect comfort food and it's relatively balanced as a meal. Plus it reheats well and is and easy left over meal. It also only takes about 15 minutes to make. It's a favorite of my kid's as well.

Honey cereal. Not cheerios, but I can't remember the name of the brand. It's nostalgic cause it was the only food I ate for breakfast at a summer camp that kind of shaped the person who I am today, helped me transition, and marks a lot of bigs changes on my life- insecurity to confidence and self love, ftm transition and acceptance of myself, my personality shifting from self-centred and anxious to self-centred and f*****g awesome and also still anxious but hey perfection is made from imperfections. I'm gonna be seeing the people I met there in around a month and I'm really excited.

Rice Krispie (as in the breakfast cereal) hot dish. Ground beef, onion, rice, and Rice Krispies mixed with chicken and rice soup. Popped in the oven for about 30 minutes. Dish it up, give it a good sprinkling of seasoning salt and you have 100% comfort food. Bad day? Rice Krispie hot dish. Sad? Rice Krispie hot dish. Cold? You guessed it, Rice Krispie hot dish.

Blueberry pie made by mom. The base is the same as in Finnish sweet buns, but with fresh blueberries on top. the bun dough is simply spread on a baking sheet and topped with fresh blueberries straight from the forest. They are carefully pressed into the dough. Bake and the cardamom-blueberry bun delicacy is ready. Similarly, the pepper sauce made by my father, I can't make anything similar myself because the secret spice must be love.

Spaghetti O’s
You haven’t had them regularly since I was like 7 and I would get them all the time. Last time I had them was when I was sick so I could barley taste it because my nose was so congested.

Coddle. It's a dish native to Dublin in Ireland. Every family has their own recipe.

Piccalilli butties. My grandparents looked after all us grandkids before and after school and there were 6 of us and money was very tight because my granddad had to give up bricklaying early due to ill health brought on my his war service and my grandma worked in the cotton mills. So a lot of our after-school meals were simple things like corned beef hash or just piccalilli sandwiches. Still love them now and it does remind me so much of my grandad who always used to eat some really wacky things himself.. like tinned peaches with a slice of bread. xd

Those little Kellogg's cereal multipacks and mixing a few of the boxes in a bowl.

Meatloaf. Momma made it every Friday night. As part of the ingredients were all or most anyway, leftovers from the previous nights. You could find anything from English peas to Mac n cheese. It was always delicious though. Probably the best part would be the cold meatloaf sandwiches on Saturday!

THE [[Fried Pipis]] IS MY FAVORITE [Snug as a bug in a rug] FOOD. IT REMINDS ME OF [Mama’s home cookin’]

basically burnt sour dough toast, a lot of butter, chocalate milk and fried eggs. I grew up eating that almost every day before school, though not eggs if i didnt have time.

Popcorn Shrimp.Back when it was the same price as everything else for a large bag, I ate these almost every day with ketchup when I was a kid. And Dinosaur chicken nuggets that actually looked like Dinosaurs.

My grandmother would make brigadeiros. They are little balls made from cocoa and condensed milk, covered in chocolate sprinkles or shredded coconut. They are super tasty, and I always think of her. She also made us mingau de chocolate (chocolate porridge). I make these for my kids when I'm missing my grandparents or just missing my country. I think I'll make some brigadeiros tomorrow.

My mum’s cottage pie, but she let me eat it when it was still mash and savoury beef cos I was special ( also known as fussy, or pain in the bum)

Kraft Mac and cheese with chopped up hot dogs. With canned corn if you want to be fancy. Weird thing is we ate it a lot cause we were broke, usually with store brand mac, but I still have random cravings for it. And when I make it I eat way too much.

Black Licorice and Salami. My favorite foods, and my great-grandpa loved them as well. I can't eat anything Italian or hear any french horn music without thinking of him.