Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Mmmm, ain't nothin' like Leftover Surprise!

I've been having cravings for weird food lately. Not like peanut-butter-and-pickled-herring sandwiches weird, but food that I haven't had in a long, long time. Two weeks ago it was chicken pot pie, last week it was minute steak with tomato sauce, and last night it was tuna-noodle-casserole. All three of those were things I ate when I was a kid, not really comfort food, but still, I haven't eaten some of that stuff for over ten years. Strange what creeps up on you sometimes. Anybody else have any Old Family Dinners they've had a hankerin' for lately?

6 comments:

Jeanie said...

My mom used to cook up these battered round eye steaks that she would pummel with a tenderizer first so they would melt in your mouth. Mix that up with some new garden potatoes and corn. Farmey goodness.

Jeans

Otto Man said...

Sounds like somebody's pregnant. Congratulations!

Sylvana said...

Spanish rice - which was rice, ketchup, and browned ground beef. Yeah, I had some real gourmets in my family.

The Doc said...

People, your delicious home-style foods make me drool - yes, even your "Spanish Rice" Sylvana. (We had that too, we just called it ground beef & rice.) Although it could be because I haven't eaten in...five hours.

As far as the pregnancy goes, Otto, you caught me. Just don't tell anyone: Peach'd call off the engagement.

Otto Man said...

My mom used to make chipped beef on toast -- basically chopped up deli ham, toast, and white gravy -- and Lordy was it good. I'm pretty sure I'd hate it now, but to an 8 year old it was gold.

Sylvana said...

Otto, our chipped beef on toast was with ground beef instead of ham. My grandma actually sprang for the GOOD chipped beef - like with actual slices of beef. It was so good!