food memories

Have been reading this great recipe book. bascially this woman wrote down all her family recipes and the stories behind them. she talked about how her childhood memories revolve around food.

so what food will you remember from your family?

Mine is mum's roasting dish chocolate ckae - really neat aero like texture, and her honey chicken. Nana's is a strawberyy jelly like pudding she ONLY makes during xmas and of course Nana's pav - everytime I make it, turns out flat as. dad's will be his pizza - which he prides himself more, and costs about four times as much as a PIzza Hut pizza.

Lewis' is his uncle Puke (pronounced pu-keh) - banana jelly stuff - pretty foul if you ask me, his mum's raw fish (marinated with coconut cream), chop suey and his aunties mayonnaise (raro potato salad). everytime we have a family get-together, thats what they make. Oh and his mum make a mean chocolate tortre- that I once mentioned i liked and I got a THREE HOUR lesson in how to make it - while my sister in laws giggled in the background.

My dad's soup - any flavour but my favourite was pumpkin. We used to have it every sunday during the cold months (I grew up in dunedin so that was pretty much all year round ) and we'd buy a loaf of unsliced bread (which we called Sunday bread) and cut it really thick before toasting it.

My mum's fridge biscuits. A really simple biscuit recipe which, once made, is rolled and put in the fridge then you cut off as much as you want to bake - I still make them now.

Dad's pastries as he is a trained pastry chef and he made some yummy stuff.

Nana's chocolate fudge - I have the recipe but it doesn't taste the same when I make it.

My worst food memory is mashed carrot and parsnip I will never subject my children to that.

Has anyone passed their food dislikes onto their kids?

fleury wrote: My worst food memory is mashed carrot and parsnip I will never subject my children to that.

I love mashed carrot and parsnip, that's one of my favourite side dishes.

I don't like tinned fish and a couple of weeks ago DH had some in a roll. When he kissed me I could smell it but didn't say anything, then he went to kiss Michaela and she wouldn't let him near her - LOL, so I guess I've passed that onto her.

mmmmmmmmm food!!!!!
Mums old school English so everything was boiled to death including meat
My favourite meals were roast beef with Yorkshire pudding!
and Liver and Bacon (weird I know)

But the desserts were all soooooo yummy.

Bread and butter pudding
Spotted Dick (steamed pudding with sultanas in it)
Steamed (suit) Pudding with golden syrup
Rice pudding

No wonder I was such a fat kid. My Dad used to call me Pudding (I wonder why)

Oooh, I forgot Sausage Soup - basically a thick veg stew with pieces of sausage in it. I used to love coming home from school in winter soaking wet from the rain and finding a big pot of it on the stove

fleury wrote: My worst food memory is mashed carrot and parsnip I will never subject my children to that.

SO yes I hated that too! A couple of months ago, Dad did roast parsnip and I thought I'd try it (I used to dislike pumpkin but now I like it, thought that might be the same). But no

My faves - Dad's thick bacon and vege soup (cooked in the crockpot and then put in the blender so it's really thick), eaten with soft cheese rolls from the local bakery. We had it every Sunday in winter, and still do.

Grandma's rice pudding YUM.

My other Grandma's lemon sago, served with vanilla icecream. She called it "hot and cold" and the rule with hot and cold was that you were allowed to eat it straight away cos the icecream melts into the lemon sago! Mum makes this for me when I'm sick - I had loads of it when I had my wisdom teeth out!

Marinated chicken, mmm my favourite.

Now you're making me hungry.... for marinated chicken followed up with rice pudding...

ANYTHING MY MUM COOKS UMMMMMMMMMM and also withmy grandma ummmmaking me hungry just thinking off it

Oh I forgot one - Mum's crunchy lemon muffins... *bliss*