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Nostalgia Recipies

My mood often dictates what I want to cook and taste, as I start dealing with ailing family and thinking of fall being here soon (despite our heat wave), I start getting food-nostalgia.

Pickled beets. Perogies. Spatzle. Pressure cooker roast/potatoes/carrots. Tea biscuits with butter and milky tea.

I just realized that it's pretty easy to tell where my paternal ancestors are from based on at least the first three, and I wonder if the last three are telling on where my maternal side of the family is from also.

What foods make you feel nostalgic? I'm sure I could add more to this list, but I have to go wrestle the circus out the door and head to work.

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Permalink Reply by sproutsinthekitchen on August 17, 2009 at 10:46pm

ohhhhh yeah S**t on a Shingle... THIS, TOO. My Grandpa used to love this stuff, and we ate it a few times a month because it was cheap cheap cheap with Buddig meats. On buttered white toast. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Mamawho said:

ks - sometimes I even make fresh butter to go on my cornbread or biscuits. Yum.

The one thing I really miss that I've never made it S**t on a Shingle, or, SOS. It's old military food, and my daddy used to make it for me. It's the corned beef slices in a jar in cream gravy served over toast. I think it has a year's worth of sodium. But damn it's good.

Permalink Reply by Mamawho on August 19, 2009 at 8:34pm

Ylime - heavy cream without stabilizers. Put in good mixer with whisk. Make whipped cream and keep going until it separates. The water is buttermilk. The rest is butter. Add salt if desired.

You can also put the cream in a mason jar and shake til your arms fall off.

We had my family's old churn, and that's what I used as a kid. It was all Little House and stuff.

Permalink Reply by Ylimemagic on August 19, 2009 at 9:34pm

How do you know if a cream has stabilizers?

Thanks for the info. I can't wait to try it.

Mamawho said:

Ylime - heavy cream without stabilizers. Put in good mixer with whisk. Make whipped cream and keep going until it separates. The water is buttermilk. The rest is butter. Add salt if desired.

You can also put the cream in a mason jar and shake til your arms fall off.

We had my family's old churn, and that's what I used as a kid. It was all Little House and stuff.