Favorite meals as a kid?

[Irving]

Always wanted to try SOS.

[theGinsue]

Always wanted to try SOS.

True, original, SOS was made with chipped beef. Never cared much for that version, but the ground beef version was quite tastey. Easy and cheap enough to make. I'm sure there are recipes all over for it too. Do yourself a favor if you make it, use Texas Toast versus regular bread for the toast under the creamed beef.

[jmg8550]

My mom's meatloaf was awesome. So is her chili. And she also makes the best haggis.

[drew890]

Every Wednesday was spaghetti night growing up.

[StagLefty]

I was blessed with a Mom who was an incredible cook-too many favorites to list mmmm

[Gman]

I was blessed with a Mom who was an incredible cook-too many favorites to list mmmm

My mom was the same way.

We didn't have money, so mom was incredible at stretching that food budget. When I was a kid, you didn't just buy spaghetti sauce in a jar. She would make it from scratch, and it was awesome. She'd make a big batch and we'd have spaghetti for a couple of nights that week. The remainder was put in the freezer...to come out some other time and become a soup base. A big batch of soup had leftovers and went into the freezer...to come out some other time and become a base for another batch of soup. I swear I had soup that might have had some origins going back years....and it was all awesomely good! Mom's soups were like liquid steroids...could heal whatever ailed ya. To this day, she can throw a soup together in no time...and it's a full course gourmet meal in a bowl.

I loved it when she made tacos and pan fried the corn tortillas for the shells. Tacos were my favorite meal.

I found it fun when we would occasionally have 'breakfast' for supper. I love a big breakfast, and that just wasn't possible on most weekdays. Weekday breakfasts were usually Cream of Wheat or Malt-O-Meal and off to school.

Her meatloaf was incredible...and I still can't duplicate it.

We had fish sticks more times than I could count.

The one thing I don't miss was tuna casserole. It was good when I ate it, and a can of tuna for the protein source went a long way...but we had it often.

Someone mentioned school cafeteria food. I was so tired of cold sack lunches when I was in middle school that I worked in the cafeteria for part of the lunch period so that I could get a free hot lunch. Scraping plates into a slop bucket for pig feed was no big deal for a hot lunch. I don't know how they did it, but the flavor of the beef tips over noodles still sticks with me...was wholesome food and you could tell it was made with care.

ETA: I see folks talk about grilling with their dad. I took an early interest in grilling and pretty much took over for my dad early in life. He traveled a lot with his job. He would also get distracted and burn the food...and I wasn't having any of that. I did the grilling and mom would offer advice, and I just learned along the way.

ETA: How could I forget mom's homemade southern fried chicken?! She soaks it in buttermilk beforehand and it always comes out juicy and tasty.

[Jamnanc]

Steak sandwiches. Just sliced roast cooked in butter on toast.

[Roger Ronas]

Family fav but I never liked was applesace and noodles with toasted crackjers on top of noodles.
great cook though.
Too many favs to name the best.
Baked goods off the hook.

Roger

[Mazin]

Mac and cheese with tomato soup mixed in.

[hurley842002]

School lunch: Frito pie/Cinnamon roll day, Burger day. Unfortunately dictator Michelle likely ruined either of those things for the current generation of kids (ironically enough while getting my haircut the other day, I overheard a high school aged kid complaining about how much better his Freshman year was, because they had lot's of good choices, but that Michelle Obama ruined it for them, lol).

Home: Spaghetti night was always a treat, Mom's homemade potato soup rocked, beef hash. Lot's of good choices but those are the one's that stand out at the moment.