The "I Really Miss That" or "I Haven't Had That In Years" Thread

[generalmeow]

Chicken & dumplings. I grew up eating them in Chicago, but when we moved here mom says the recipe doesn't work. The dumplings just fall apart, evidently due to the altitude. There are recipes that do work here, but using things like canned dough. A real dumpling is a big heavy chewy/spongy ball of doughy heaven. Looks like a piece of cauliflower.

I told this to a family the other day that just moved here from the east coast, and I thought the kids were going to cry. They said it was their favorite recipe. The mom comforted them and said, "he's just joking baby, he's just joking. We'll figure it out." I don't know if it can be figured out. I'm sure my mom has tried dozens of times.

[02ducky]

I lost my dad years ago and just recently lost my grandma and my MIL all within two weeks. I miss them all terribly right now... sorry might have been a little bit of a debbie downer now.

I miss the simpler times in Colorado and miss youth, getting old sucks.

[rondog]

I really miss going to just about any store and finding .22 shorts, longs, long rifles, or birdshot, and plenty of it, for well under a buck for a box of 50!

I also miss being able to find old used Harleys and muscle cars for cheap. Back in my yoot, $500-$1500 could get ya a Panhead, early Shovelhead, or just about any kind of 60's muscle car.

I also miss my job in telecom working for Global Crossing, before Level 3 bought it and threw us all out in the trash.

[def90]

I'm originally from Colorado but spent a ton of my youth in the south and I sure do miss Bojangles and Zaxbys chicken. Why those restaurants don't make their way out here is beyond me.

Isn't or wasn't there a Bojangles in a gas station off of Castle Pines Pkwy and I25?


sent from a soup can and some string..

[Double00]

Pork, potato and cheese burrito from Miguels' Jr. I So. Cal.

[crays]

How many remember The Riv, off of Colorado Blvd, behind Celebrity Sports (on Kentucky, if I remember correctly)? Great happy hours, and very good food, IMHO. Perfect divey atmosphere. Puerco Especial, I can almost taste it.



There is another place that calls itself The Riviera, in close proximity, but do not be fooled. No way, No how. Different owners, different menu, nowhere near the atmosphere.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Pasties from the roadside stands outside Petoskey
Fresh caught Chesapeake Bay crab from the waterfront in DC after a Sunday wandering through the Smithsonians
Sandwiches from Koch's Deli in West Philadelphia
Cappuccino and pastries in Piazza San Marco as dawn breaks over Venice

A time when being a Boy Scout was good and being a parasite on society was bad
The simplicity of kids holding a bake sale without the Health Department demanding kitchen inspections or the city requiring business licenses or the FDA whining about all the sweets
First Ladies who were against drug abuse or illiteracy instead of trying to dictate what we ate
Beach days with the family in Punalu`u
A time when "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein" were considered edgy and risque

[The Heretic]

Isn't or wasn't there a Bojangles in a gas station off of Castle Pines Pkwy and I25?


sent from a soup can and some string..

I don't know but I'm gonna find out with a quickness!

[sandman76]

Overall my Mom was not a great cook. But... she made potato salad that was to die for. I miss that. And my Dad's advice that was always spot on.

[Erni]

Rhubarb cake from grandma. Perfect mix of sweet and sour