Post B6KpzV419Z542K75F2 by RickiTarr@beige.party
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 (DIR) Post #B6KpzV419Z542K75F2 by RickiTarr@beige.party
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       When I was a kid, my Mom wasn't much of a cook, and worked most of the time, and my Dad rarely cooked, because Patriarchy, and you didn't really want him to on account of his Grape Jelly and Onion Beans, and Potato Water Soup. Anyway, my Mom would buy 10 loaves of .25 cent Aldi's white bread, a loaf of American Cheese, and a giant container of whatever was the cheapest Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly. Dinner was whatever the cheapest box meal was (off brand Hamburger Helper, off brand Rice a Roni, Augratin Potatoes) was with a pound of hamburger or ground turkey in it, some frozen hamburger patties out of this enormous box she would buy, that was questionably beef, or one of three Soups she would make which were a variety of canned goods dumped into a pot with usually hamburger. You will get the idea that we were poor, and you'd be right.  Somewhere around my preteens, I started teaching myself to cook in defense.What did you all eat growing up?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6KpzVYVKDT1YsNQlE by nomdeb@mstdn.social
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       @RickiTarr Believe it or not I don't remember! I think my mother cooked occasionally. I grew up in Iran, Lebanon, India, UK for a short while too before moving to the USA. We had cooks and house help except in the UK. My guess is in India we had a combination of more western (British) recipes and Indian food meals. I have absolutely no memory of what we ate in Iran and Lebanon. I do remember Sunday Lunch in Bombay at my grandparents. That was Parsi food! And UGH horrible boarding school meals!
       
 (DIR) Post #B6KpzW0Ve5ruxjTnPc by nomdeb@mstdn.social
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       @RickiTarr Oh and I do remember a younger age visit to the UK from India, when I was not allowed to leave the table until I had finished my brussels sprouts. I HATED brussels sprouts back then. And an hour later they were cold and worse. Nowadays I love them. A fave side veggie - barely blanched, then sauteed in browned butter with walnuts and cranberries, with ham and kabocha squash is a fave.