Question of the day November 28th! "Good Times"

[cassiesmom]

Good time foods ... from high school, hot fudge sundaes; from college, popcorn with butter, Kraft macaroni and cheese, Amaretto stone sours or Bartles and Jaymes wine coolers.

[Freedom]

Good time foods - what a great topic!

Spaghetti and Meatballs - every Sunday we went to my grandparents house (Dad's folks). The whole family gathered. Nonna and Nonno made the meal, and we all ate. Did this from when I was born through until Nonno died in 1985, about 37 years.

I'll echo baking Christmas cookies with my Mum, too! Oh I didn't think until I read the prior post, those were great times! I rolled things in powdered sugar, licked the beaters and scraped the bowls. I was SO much help, especially in those earlier years, that Mum often insisted Dad be home while she baked!

Italian Ice - Lemon or Almond flavors. We never had a/c in Dad's house, still don't! (He was against it when I insisted on adding it to my house here, when I bought it; and guess who is first to ask to put it on? Anyway . . . ) Hot summer nights, the extended family would gravitate to the grandparents house. Uncle Joe and later his son, my cousin, Guy, would go "down town" to the Italian shop and return with Italian Ice. A few times, I got to ride with Guy on his motorcycle! It was tricky trying to hold the cardboard cartons on the way home, I really wanted to hold ON, ha haa.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Tuna fish sandwiches and cheese puffs. Growing up we spent a every chance we got on my dad's boat. We lived in NY and mostly took the boat out on Lake Ontario. Every time we'd go out in the boat my dad would make us tuna fish sandwiches with little bits of celery in them. We very often had a bag of cheese puffs too.

[IRescue452]

I have tons of good memories of corn roasts and family get togethers and baking holiday candies and cookies, but food is food and a memory is a memory. I'm partial to foods I like but can't connect many to childhood. I like catfish and cornbread but didn't ever eat catfish until college. I like grilled chicken sandwiches but not until about high school. I've always liked ice cream and still do. I don't turn to food for comfort. To me food is a necessity for living, a waste of my time, and its a pain in my pocketbook. The longer I go without food the better off I am. I do have least favorites. I hate Italian food and I hate watermelon.

[Taz_Zoee]

I have the memories of homemade ice cream too. I was also the one to sit on it so the "big" kids could turn the crank. Then grandma got an electric one, but the ice cream wasn't as good.

My mom always makes pies for Easter and Thanksgiving (used to be Xmas too). So I always helped her make the fillings. I would stir the mix on the stove while she prepared the crust (homemade crusts). We made coconut, lemon and just an instant pudding chocolate pie. This year I missed out helping her with the pies. Since she is retired she made the crusts during the day before I got there. Then she made the coconut filling when I was doing something else (I don't even know what). She didn't make a lemon pie.

[anna_66]

I guess mine would have to be carrot cake. It's always what I wanted for my birthday so mom would make it for me. The bestest cake ever! Besides what could be more fun than a birthday?!