What are your nostalgic foods?

[Hoppy2bmerry]

My mom would roast a fresh ham with the rind scored, and she called the crunchy browned skin "noise". We also would get the shrimp cocktail in the juice glass, it was a treat at the time. Fried liverwurst sandwich fried onions and mustard, was a step up from a cold sandwhich. Miss her.

 

[AkTom]

My grandma used to make apple fried pies. Mmmm. Nobody else makes them like she did.
Tritip grilled over oak, with pinquito beans. My North Carolina and SoCal roots showing.

 

[JohnSand]

I guess I'd better speak for Italian Americans: Grandma's lasagna was pretty wonderful. As a child any time I was offered my favorite meal (my birthday, for instance) I always chose lasagna. It's a bit rich for me now, I don't eat it often.
My mother used to make tuna casserole with potato chips as the filler, no noodles or pasta. That was comfort food. I can't eat that either, as I'm allergic to potatoes now.
What the hell, I can still drink beer!

 

[BrewerBrad82]

Just reading this thread hashed up some fond food memories from my childhood, all of which I still eat to this day.

I have to agree with the OP, pickled herring is fantastic. It has to be the wine sauce, not cream sauce, and it must be Ma Baensch brand. No other brand is close!

Braunschweiger for the win. I grew up eating Usinger's sausages, everything they make is seriously amazing. A Braunschweiger sandwich with onion and some pepper is wonderful.

Perhaps my favorite thing is raw beef sandwiches. Go to the butcher and request good, somewhat lean, fresh ground sirloin and serve it raw on small dark rye bread slices topped with red onion slices and black pepper.

 

[Temptd2]

My mom would roast a fresh ham with the rind scored, and she called the crunchy browned skin "noise". We also would get the shrimp cocktail in the juice glass, it was a treat at the time. Fried liverwurst sandwich fried onions and mustard, was a step up from a cold sandwhich. Miss her.

Oh yum, now why did I never know of this? Gotta try it!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

@Temptd2 if you want to guild the lily, put that fried liverwurst on a pretzle bun.

 

[Setsumi]

Ox tail, my father had a colleague that drove regularly 200km with instructions that my mother do ox tail for dinner.

Liver in caul fat cooked on open fire.

Sump (cracked corn) and beans, an African dish. Grew up with lots of beans and maize but always separate. But in my late teens did a stint in army and spend a lot of time in rural areas where it was staple fare and athough it is seen as a poverty dish it is comfort food to me.

 

[S-Met]

Cracklins, the crispy fatty chewy skin off of the ham when it just comes out of the oven.

Next day lasagna, spaghetti sauce, ham&beans and potato au gratin. While lasagna is always good, something about those are better on day 2.

 

[Eri]

Spaghetti bolognese, made by my mom because she's the best cook I know. Cauliflower sauteed in butter as a side dish for nearly anything.

 

[MarkAleksandrov]

If you want to please your kids, don’t miss the site http://verytasty.us/sweet-sandwiches-with-banana-and-chocolate/ which gives you a wonderful recipe. I have prepared sweet sandwiches with banana and chocolate for my two junior school boys and one dish wasn’t enough for them, so they asked for more. Sandwiches disappeared so quickly! Now I am looking forward to the next weekend when I’ll be able to cook them again.

 

[Kharnynb]

As a dutch guy living in Finland, this site is pure torture for me:
http://www.thedutchtable.com/