Glancing at my Mom’s old recipe book....Is this real???

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Vienna sausages are nice when your hiking or biking just stick one in your pocket and its a protein packed lunch on the trail.
I used to snag a can and a bag of raisins for lunch on the go all the time growing up.

We have this small good product called belgium down home, luncheon sussage up north
It must have been called German something or other before the war
i used to really like it in samwhiches with a very thin smudge of mum's pickle (no lumpy bits, especially any obvious cauli )
At Christmas time (long summer holidays) she would buy a whole roll - like a big dog roll - it uses to be nice cut thick and BBQ-ed
Or served cold beside a salad and boiled new potatoes and tomatos for tea on a hot night
Some days we had Christmas ham - other days we had Belgium and we never complained or turned up our noses
I beleave its known as Devin or palony overseas
Sometimes id put it in Gary's sandwhiches for work
He'd laugh when i called it Belgium, i havn't tried it since the early '90's

 

[foxinsox]

@Daisys and Diamonds pineapple snow!! I haven’t had that in years but it was a total favourite growing up. My (dietitian*) MiL makes a variant with no egg whites but whipped cream instead, boysenberry jelly and boysenberries folded together to make a super thick berry mousse.
* she has a wicked sweet tooth and quite the repertoire of highly indulgent calorific desserts
@missy my mum used to cut up ripe tomatoes and simmer them in a knob of butter to put on toast. I updated it to include cottage cheese which actually worked with the tomatoes to make a light, fast sauce on noodles. I’m not super excited by cottage cheese in a non-savoury form tho a nutritionist I follow on FB likes it for extra protein in her smoothie bowls. I’m not sure what the texture would be like. So that’s my cottage cheese confession.
My super-gross food growing up that I looooooved and would probably still eat (tho I’d feel faintly ashamed for doing so) is a luncheon sausage (super processed bologna) called Segg. Apparently discontinued but for the furtherest reaches of the South Island according to the Internet. A close second was some nasty cheese “sausages” called Sizzlers. Zero nutritional value but the classic combo of salty and fatty. Ah childhood memories

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

@Daisys and Diamonds pineapple snow!! I haven’t had that in years but it was a total favourite growing up. My (dietitian*) MiL makes a variant with no egg whites but whipped cream instead, boysenberry jelly and boysenberries folded together to make a super thick berry mousse.
* she has a wicked sweet tooth and quite the repertoire of highly indulgent calorific desserts
@missy my mum used to cut up ripe tomatoes and simmer them in a knob of butter to put on toast. I updated it to include cottage cheese which actually worked with the tomatoes to make a light, fast sauce on noodles. I’m not super excited by cottage cheese in a non-savoury form tho a nutritionist I follow on FB likes it for extra protein in her smoothie bowls. I’m not sure what the texture would be like. So that’s my cottage cheese confession.
My super-gross food growing up that I looooooved and would probably still eat (tho I’d feel faintly ashamed for doing so) is a luncheon sausage (super processed bologna) called Segg. Apparently discontinued but for the furtherest reaches of the South Island according to the Internet. A close second was some nasty cheese “sausages” called Sizzlers. Zero nutritional value but the classic combo of salty and fatty. Ah childhood memories

Ive never heard of Segg, im intrigued
I grew up in Dunedin
Mum and dad loved savaloys for breakfast on a saturday
Mum would only buy Fishers savs - other brands were trully revolting

Last year durring lockdown Gary was unwell and couldn't drive and we couldn't get a countdown delivery so i had to shop at 4 square
Ok for groceries but a bit limited for fresh produce - to their credit they do do quite nice meat but their regular butcher that supplied them was over 65 so he wasn't working with the covid risk so it took them a week or two to find more meat
So we had sizzlers a couple of nights
Not nearly as nice as i remember them - Gary completly rejected them - but they happily reminded me of camping
I 'd be keen to have them like a couole of times a year ! (Like only one packet spread out over the entire year)

I might make your bosenberry snow, it sounds quite nice

Im ok with cottage cheese - surprisingly so is Mr Fussy, we never ate it as kids very much
I brought some this week to serve with the weird pinnaple tin jelly this thread has inspired me to make
8 slices in a can
Looking at the picture im not sure how we'll get through it !

My freind's mum used to make an unbaked chocolate mint cheesecake with cottqge cheese

 

[House Cat]

I love Spam, thinly sliced then pan-fried until crispy, served with chilli mayo - it is one of my favourite comfort food!

DK

Spam fried rice is my favorite.

 

[dk168]

Spam fried rice is my favorite.

In the supermarket where I normally do my weekly shop, they sell "garlic sausage" in slices, and I would always get some when they are on offer, as they are really nice pan-fried until crispy, eaten with chilli mayo.

I would dice some up and freeze for making fried rice at a later date.

DK

 

[Missy]

pineapple snow!!

OK IDK what that is but those words remind me of another disgusting (but I loved it at the time) dish my mom would serve us. Pineapple cottage cheese. Yes it is real. Does it still exist? It was good. But now all I can think is yuck.




This dish was so sweet that no sweet and low was required.

 

[MMtwo]

I remember those Jello and vegetable concoctions so well. A couple were not bad - I remember a carrot and pinapple salad. Those nasty veggie concoctions managed to make their way to the Thanksgiving table every year. The Jellow excitement from the 1950's was real.

Tomato aspic - basically a virgin bloody mary in jello. Nope nope nope.

 

[dk168]

I lived with my parents in HK until I was 14 when I was sent over to UK to study.

Non-Chinese food was "exotic" and "foreign", and I remember fondly being taken to posh hotels to have "Christmas" dinner at huge expenses courtesy of my parents or grandmother.

One of my favourite dish was the chocolate pudding, as in milky and chocolaty jelly, and mango pudding!

DK

 

[House Cat]

In the supermarket where I normally do my weekly shop, they sell "garlic sausage" in slices, and I would always get some when they are on offer, as they are really nice pan-fried until crispy, eaten with chilli mayo.

I would dice some up and freeze for making fried rice at a later date.

DK

That sounds amazing! We have “garlic sausage” in packages. It’s one of my favorites.

 

[jaysonsmom]

OK IDK what that is but those words remind me of another disgusting (but I loved it at the time) dish my mom would serve us. Pineapple cottage cheese. Yes it is real. Does it still exist? It was good. But now all I can think is yuck.




This dish was so sweet that no sweet and low was required.

My husband still eats this all the time! It is his pre-workout "power meal"! He also adds honey nut cheerios to the pineapple cottage cheese mix!

 

[Missy]

My husband still eats this all the time! It is his pre-workout "power meal"! He also adds honey nut cheerios to the pineapple cottage cheese mix!

Hahahaha I bet it tastes pretty good. It’s just the texture of cottage cheese I can’t stand anymore. But Honey nut Cheerios and pineapple sounds sweet and yummy to me

 

[foxinsox]

OK IDK what that is but those words remind me of another disgusting (but I loved it at the time) dish my mom would serve us. Pineapple cottage cheese. Yes it is real. Does it still exist? It was good. But now all I can think is yuck.




This dish was so sweet that no sweet and low was required.

Pineapple snow is a soft, fluffy dessert made with whipped egg whites, folded together with pineapple jelly and tinned crushed pineapple so it sets into a mousse-y texture.
Think raw meringue using the jelly as the sweetener? In NZ at least, we don't seem to have an issue with salmonella in our eggs so it's not as horrifically risky as it might sound. It's still fallen out of favour since the 1970-80s which is when we seem to have been most in love with tinned and processed foods

Pineapple cottage cheese sounds...something. Interesting?

 

[Austina]

When I was pregnant, I had a huge craving for liver sausage sandwiches, the thought of it now makes me ill. Considering everything I ate made me throw up, I’m amazed I actually kept that stuff down.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

OK IDK what that is but those words remind me of another disgusting (but I loved it at the time) dish my mom would serve us. Pineapple cottage cheese. Yes it is real. Does it still exist? It was good. But now all I can think is yuck.




This dish was so sweet that no sweet and low was required.

I promise you pinnaple snow (with or without the raw egg white is delicouse)
Its really light and airy with a pleasent texture
Its really a shame its fallen out of favour but with so many premade desserts to choose from its just faded completly from view
I could probably serve it to you with a dollop of coconut cream

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Pineapple snow is a soft, fluffy dessert made with whipped egg whites, folded together with pineapple jelly and tinned crushed pineapple so it sets into a mousse-y texture.
Think raw meringue using the jelly as the sweetener? In NZ at least, we don't seem to have an issue with salmonella in our eggs so it's not as horrifically risky as it might sound. It's still fallen out of favour since the 1970-80s which is when we seem to have been most in love with tinned and processed foods

Pineapple cottage cheese sounds...something. Interesting?

Now i want some so bad
but i don't know where the beaters are for my electric hand mixer (in a moving box somewhere)

 

[foxinsox]

Now i want some so bad
but i don't know where the beaters are for my electric hand mixer (in a moving box somewhere)

Yeah it’s really not one you want to make by hand hand whipping egg whites

 

[foxinsox]

One of my favourite dish was the chocolate pudding, as in milky and chocolaty jelly, and mango pudding!

DK

That sounds like it would be delicious. I love set or custardy puddings (definitely a child of the 70-80s)

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Yeah it’s really not one you want to make by hand hand whipping egg whites

I did it once
I think im still recovering from it !

Then uur first Christmas here we couldn't find the box with the hand beater
We used a click clack container and shook it to make cream for a bought pavalova

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

That sounds like it would be delicious. I love set or custardy puddings (definitely a child of the 70-80s)

Mum used to put cocoa powder in Edmonds custard and call it chocolate sauce and serve it to us kids hot with sliced banana and cream
Gary is disgusted by this but it was really yummy (so long as it had no lumps)

 

[foxinsox]

Mum used to put cocoa powder in Edmonds custard and call it chocolate sauce and serve it to us kids hot with sliced banana and cream
Gary is disgusted by this but it was really yummy (so long as it had no lumps)

Chocolate custard is super yum especially with bananas. What is wrong with Gary!? I swear he is the pickiest man alive.
I still use a bit of Edmonds custard powder when making ‘real’ egg-based custard to help stabilise it since it’s just cornflour (with a bit of yellow).

 

[dk168]

I did it once
I think im still recovering from it !

Then uur first Christmas here we couldn't find the box with the hand beater
We used a click clack container and shook it to make cream for a bought pavalova

I bought a new beater just in case the old one dies, as I really do not wish to whip egg whites by hand!

Planned Preventive Maintenance applies to work too - to have a spare for those items that are essential!

DK

 

[Elizabeth35]

I am somewhat embarrassed to say that my Mom made me brown sugar sandwiches in the 60's. White bread, butter and brown sugar. I believe the Irish version was white sugar.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I am somewhat embarrassed to say that my Mom made me brown sugar sandwiches in the 60's. White bread, butter and brown sugar. I believe the Irish version was white sugar.

We do fairy bread here with hundards and thousands
Its a party staple from way back

 

[lambskin]

Our family does fresh raspberries, crushed pineapple in strawberry jello. A thanksgiving favorite.

We do raspberry jello with frozen raspberries, crushed pineapple and chopped pecans or walnuts. Chill till jelly like then put in mold half way. Then put a layer of sour cream then add the remaining jello mixture. Chill and unmold. Everyone swears it does not taste like sour cream but rather whipped cream But the sour cream helps offset the sweet jello. Soooo delicious. A Christmas favorite

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

We do raspberry jello with frozen raspberries, crushed pineapple and chopped pecans or walnuts. Chill till jelly like then put in mold half way. Then put a layer of sour cream then add the remaining jello mixture. Chill and unmold. Everyone swears it does not taste like sour cream but rather whipped cream But the sour cream helps offset the sweet jello. Soooo delicious. A Christmas favorite

That sounds yummy

A customer of mine gave me a recepie (i forget the measurements)
But a red jelly, raspberries, red wine and mulled wine type spices all gently heated then set in the fridge
It was really delicious

I would never eat jelly as a kid so a lot of these recepies are intruding to me and im keen to try (just not the savory ones)

 

[marymm]

Very fond childhood memories of jello-ed fruit salads especially when mom would use the elaborate molds instead of just a pyrex bowl.

Also loved "spam & cheese," which was mom's homemade macaroni and cheese with cubed spam ... sooo good ... often a birthday dinner request and definitely in the regular dinner rotation ... cheap and easy and went far ... we'd have peas or brussel sprouts or broccoli on the side.

 

[Missy]

I am somewhat embarrassed to say that my Mom made me brown sugar sandwiches in the 60's. White bread, butter and brown sugar. I believe the Irish version was white sugar.

And I am a bit embarrassed to say that sounds so good to me lol. It really does.

 

[Missy]

We do fairy bread here with hundards and thousands
Its a party staple from way back

And so does this (sound yummy)! LOL

 

[mochiko42]

Thick white bread (Texas toast style is good but I've also done it with leftover burger buns and Wonder bread!), toasted til golden brown and slathered in your choice of butter or peanut butter, then drowned in condensed milk. Eagle brand's Dulce de Leche condensed milk is also good.

Like @dk168 I also have a huge weakness for spam. Spam musubi, spam fried rice, Korean budae jjigae (Army stew) and fried spam in general (it's great on top of instant ramen with a fried egg and a drizzle of sesame oil and sweet soy/teriyaki glaze).

 

[junebug17]

I am somewhat embarrassed to say that my Mom made me brown sugar sandwiches in the 60's. White bread, butter and brown sugar. I believe the Irish version was white sugar.

My mother used to make me cinnamon toast when I was a kid in the 60's. She'd mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it (liberally!) on white bread toast with butter. The sugar would melt into the warm butter. Sugar was definitely not a concern during the 60's lol.