Dec 10, 2025

What's a nostalgic food you grew up eating?

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My grandmother always had a pot of pinto beans with ham cooking when we visited.

Dec 11
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Jamaican Patties & Coco Bread 🍖🍞

Dec 11
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Crabs

Dec 11
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Most foods are for certain holidays, like for new years we do fondue, Valentine’s Day is meatloaf, st Patrick’s day is green breakfast (everything from the butter to the maple syrup is green) Easter is brunch, usually with coffee cake, thanksgiving, besides the obvious, we have turkey noodle soup…

Dec 11
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…(completely homemade, including the noodles), and turkey tetrazzini, and then on Christmas morning we have homemade sticky buns

Dec 11
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Oh and we have homemade ravioli for Christmas

Dec 11
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These include extended family btw

Dec 11
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And new years is chocolate fondue

Dec 11
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Chili, loaded with cheese and sour cream and oyster crackers

Dec 11
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Spaghetti with ground beef

Dec 11
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Taco casserole

Dec 11
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My grandma’s stuffed mushrooms recipe 😋

Dec 11
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Tuna casserole

Dec 11
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Cottage pie

Dec 11
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Potato omelette

Dec 11
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Michael Jackson back & white

Dec 11
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Mom’s Spaghetti

Dec 10
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He's nervous

Dec 11
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But on the surface he looks calm and ready

Dec 11
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Tater tot hotdish. Midwest unite!

Dec 10
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Yum

Dec 11
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Homemade Biscuits and gravy

Dec 10
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My grandma used to make stuffed tomatoes on the first day we got there whenever we would stay at her place for a few days during the summer

Dec 10
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Old family recipe for Chicken & Dumplings made from scratch 😋

Dec 10
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Thank you CosmicSapphire 😊☘️

Dec 10
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My family has a gravy recipe that my great grandmother has passed down from generation to generation. I haven't made it in a while, but it tastes so homey and makes some of the best pasta ever.

Dec 10
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Bolacha Maria with butter

Dec 10
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Hobo Sacks (Ground Beef grilled with onions potatoes garlic corn & lots of butter) greatest things ever!

Dec 10
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The most nostalgic thing in the world for me is bulgur. As a small kid, (and kinda still), all I ate was beige carbs😅 Safe to say my taste buds are a felony

Dec 10
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Aprato

Dec 10
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Beer Bread

Dec 10
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fr

Dec 10
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Tuna Casserole!

Dec 10
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Gnocchi with stew and applesauce

Dec 10
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And home made Tiramisu as a dessert 🩷

Dec 10
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Chicken pot pie

Dec 10
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Beenie Weenies!! And i STILL love em to this day!!

Dec 10
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chicken casserole / chicken made in coconut milk with turmeric / weetabix

Dec 10
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Thank you so much @VivaciousSquirrel, 😊

Dec 10
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dust

Dec 10
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Mac and cheese

Dec 10
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Shepherd's pie

Dec 10
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pasta with butter and parmesan

Dec 10
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We would make our own check mix every holiday with nuts and pretzel sticks and my grandma would bake the best cinnamon rolls. I miss those.

Dec 10
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that sounds so sweet, i hope youre able to have them again one day !!!

Dec 11
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Peanut and butter sandwich

Dec 10
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That’s literally my favorite sandwich!!!

Dec 10
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Baby back ribs

Dec 10
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pumpkin bread

Dec 10
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Kraft Mac and Cheese

Dec 10
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My Grammy's mashed carrots. MMM

Dec 10
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Anything Italian, my moms Sunday sauce was the best 🇮🇹

Dec 10
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My stepdad cooked like a chef. He passed away this past June 4th. I loved his Chicken Marsala better than one in a fine restaurant. Miss him so much!!!

Dec 10
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sorry for your loss

Dec 10
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i LOVE chicken marsala so much. may your stepdad's memory be a blessing, im also so sorry for your loss!

Dec 11
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My mother's roast beef that was basically medium rare steak, it was so good with horseraddish sauce.

Dec 10
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Dunkaroos. Which I can somehow find at local gas stations in 2025.

Dec 10
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Goulash or Swedish meatballs

Dec 10
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it was frozen food, but mannn Eggos

Dec 10
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it's because it gave Saturday morning comfort, cartoons, and just a simpler life

Dec 10
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i get what you mean, thats so sweet!

Dec 11
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Banh canh cua

Dec 10
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that sounds so good omg

Dec 11
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Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and corn

Dec 10
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Fried chicken

Dec 10
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GNARLY

Dec 10
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sloppy joe's

Dec 10
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my great aunt's borscht, it really is the best on earth!

Dec 10
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have always wanted to try borscht

Dec 10
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I just looked that up and it sounds so good!!

Dec 11
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@cosmicsapphire it is the best!!!!!!

Dec 11
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@iloveleonbergers my dream is to just make giant amounts of it (& other soups) to serve my future kids (& husband and i) for breakfast bc it's so hearty & healthy! my great aunt adds beef to it and it's just the best!

Dec 11
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Beef stroganoff

Dec 10
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mac n cheese

Dec 10
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My Nanas fried taters and eggs for breakfast. I try to make them like her but they will never touch them.

Dec 10
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bistek

Dec 10
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that sounds sooo incredible!!!!

Dec 10
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Beef stroganoff with egg noodles...mmmm

Dec 10
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Grandma's Chicken & Dumplings

Dec 10
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Pot roast, beef stroganoff, tuna noodle casserole. Everyone know that didn’t grow up with tuna noodle casserole thinks it revolting, but it’s the nostalgia for me.

Dec 10
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I was so happy to see it mentioned a few times! It can be simple and comforting - and it doesn't take much money. I loved when my parents made us that.

Dec 11
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Thank you everyone for the birthday messages yesterday ❤️❤️

Dec 10
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Hope it was a great one!

Dec 10
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happy birthday for yesterday!

Dec 10
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You’re very welcome 😊

Dec 11
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Noodles and cottage cheese 🤤

Dec 10
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Hamburger pie

Dec 10
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Flapjacks

Dec 10
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Chahat Vora

BARBIE

Dec 10
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entire blocks of cheddar

Dec 10
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Cheese is top notch

Dec 11
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Gumbo

Dec 10
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Kaiserschmarren homemade from my dad

Dec 10
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i just googled this and it looks so good

Dec 10
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Always wanted to try that

Dec 10
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Got to be shoulder of lamb, roast dinner, with all the trimmings, extra mint sauce, yum 😋🤤 🐑 🍠🥔🫛🥬🇸🇪🌽🥫 xXx💜xXx

Dec 10
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Croquettes. My grandma used to make them.

Dec 10
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Fondue! Choose your favorite color fork and cook your own meat cubes in scalding oil. Burn tongue at every fondue meal. Rethink life choices. Become a vegetarian 🩷

Dec 10
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Chicken pot pie

Dec 10
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i cannot believe it didnt get s tier!!!!! it's one of the best foods on earth! (except it does depend! sometimes it can be bland sadly!)

Dec 10
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I cant believe it wasn't at the top either!

Dec 10
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I actually make it to 100 and for the first time completed the Chain , I'm not well today , don't even know if I rated the theme 🤔 , I'm going back to bed 😴,

Dec 10
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Congrats on your 100 days streak! Hope you get better soon 😊

Dec 10
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congrats on you 100! get some rest and feel better soon!

Dec 10
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to echo everyone, please take it easy!!!!! rest rest rest!!!!

Dec 11
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Polish sausage and strawberry pierogies 🤤💕

Dec 10
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YES!!!!!!! ive never actually had them as strawberry or blueberry but i want to so badlyyyyyyy (my mom doesnt like fruits so she'd never make/buy it that way)

Dec 10
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never had fruit pierogies - need to look out for them

Dec 10
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@cosmicsapphire a lot of ethnic stores have them + borscht! like depending where you live but most cities in usa canada uk etc will have either a polish, russian, ukrainian, etc store that has them (mine all have frozen pierogies!) if not any local restaurants!!!

Dec 11
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Beef Stew, 😋,

Dec 10
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beef stew is so underrated!!!!!!! id do anything to have some rn honestly

Dec 10
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Grilled cheese and chicken noodles soup

Dec 10
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Brown sugar Polish sausage

Dec 10
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Oh my gosh that sounds so good

Dec 10
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Chilly

Dec 10
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My late stepmum used to make the best beef stroganoff. I miss it and her.

Dec 10
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I love beef stroganoff

Dec 10
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im so sorry for your loss. may her memory be a blessing, and (if this is something youd want one day), i hope youre able to taste something that reminds you of it!!!

Dec 10
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sorry for your loss

Dec 10
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Sorry for your loss

Dec 10
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I had a lot of pasta with creamy mushroom sauce and any leftover protein (chicken, pork, ground beef). It was just an easy way to make sure we didn't waste any food but it became a comfort food for me.

Dec 10
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Yum

Dec 10
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Chili.

Dec 10
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Meatloaf

Dec 10
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Bracciole (Italian flank steak)

Dec 10
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Cauliflower and Cheese it was my grandpa favourite meal to make us and now it’s been brought into a special family tradition every time we are having a Sunday roast

Dec 10
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awww what a lovely memory 💖

Dec 10
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