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Post by poppet on Apr 2, 2019 8:53:23 GMT -6
The “family recipe” growing up passed down for generations. Ready? Take your spaghetti leftovers. Fry them on a pan with chopped onion. Spaghetti night def stretched for 3 nights growing up. And my mom acted like it was Kobe beef night. My favorite way to eat spaghetti. And then put it on a piece of warm buttered toast. How's the sauce work, just what's already dried/stuck to the noodle? Do you add more sauce on top? This sounds better than eating it the same way as day one, like we did.
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Post by lizblue on Apr 2, 2019 8:53:35 GMT -6
Forgot about waffles and ice cream! My mother always gave us this for breakfast on our birthdays. Whoever first mentioned it, thanks, since I had forgotten all about that. Think I need to start doing this with my kids. We had it for dinner. Breakfast was Entenmann's chocolate crumb cake, code name "Breakfast cake" in my house. Good Christ, my mom may have instilled healthy financial habits in us, but eating habits not so much.
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Post by ladybrienne on Apr 2, 2019 8:54:35 GMT -6
Guys spaghetti sandwiches are a fucking delicacy. Now that I'm grown I have elevated them to be made using garlic bread and some melted mozz/provolone/parm. I want to go to there
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Post by GhoatMonket on Apr 2, 2019 8:56:37 GMT -6
I can get behind spaghetti on garlic bread but no other bread. Maybe focaccia. I like to use the bread to sop up the sauce. My garlic bread was always sliced bread with some butter and garlic salt.
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Post by ladybrienne on Apr 2, 2019 8:57:21 GMT -6
Like at first when I read spaghetti sandwich I was like theeee fucccccckkkkk and now all I want is this sandwich in my mouth now.
I'll keep it in there for 40 minutes I think
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Post by imapenguin on Apr 2, 2019 8:57:55 GMT -6
That being said I made Hawaiian roll ham and cheese sliders and they acted like I invented bread or some shit. we've also had this battle in our house. Like.. kid... you like ham, cheese and you die for these Hawaiian rolls. Please observe while I put them together... this is called a sandwich. And it's easier to pack than this deconstructed ham and cheese you are requiring. We're making only small progress on that front. Mine won’t eat sandwiches either. She will eat all sandwich fixings, But is mostly a no on them stacked together. Occasional exceptions are made for grilled cheese or PB&J.
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Post by beatch on Apr 2, 2019 8:59:31 GMT -6
Uhhhh does anyone remember a restaurant called Ground Round? This was the place we ate at the most growing up because they had a night called "Penny by the Pound" night. So there was a scale and the restaurant would WEIGH YOU and that's what you paid for your kid's meal.
Now my brothers and I were all pretty thin so I'm guessing between the 5 of us it was no more than $7. My mom claims she tipped well, but IDK if that could possibly be the case. I'm horrified by the whole concept but I guess that's affordable eating out when you have 5 kids.
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Post by brux on Apr 2, 2019 9:01:23 GMT -6
beatch yes! Ground Round was something we did very rarely (because you had to pay more to tip) but the penny by the pound was the reason I was there. I was always so proud to "save" my parents money with a dinner that was so cheap.
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Post by Yogurt on Apr 2, 2019 9:02:24 GMT -6
Uhhhh does anyone remember a restaurant called Ground Round? This was the place we ate at the most growing up because they had a night called "Penny by the Pound" night. So there was a scale and the restaurant would WEIGH YOU and that's what you paid for your kid's meal. Now my brothers and I were all pretty thin so I'm guessing between the 5 of us it was no more than $7. My mom claims she tipped well, but IDK if that could possibly be the case. I'm horrified by the whole concept but I guess that's affordable eating out when you have 5 kids. Yes but at ours it was called, "pay what you weigh". The clowns. 😭
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Post by lucilleaustero on Apr 2, 2019 9:04:45 GMT -6
Uhhhh does anyone remember a restaurant called Ground Round? This was the place we ate at the most growing up because they had a night called "Penny by the Pound" night. So there was a scale and the restaurant would WEIGH YOU and that's what you paid for your kid's meal. Now my brothers and I were all pretty thin so I'm guessing between the 5 of us it was no more than $7. My mom claims she tipped well, but IDK if that could possibly be the case. I'm horrified by the whole concept but I guess that's affordable eating out when you have 5 kids. I effing loved the Ground Round. Free popcorn that was super buttery and a cheap meal.
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Post by frantastic on Apr 2, 2019 9:07:40 GMT -6
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Post by bearfootzcontinued on Apr 2, 2019 9:09:30 GMT -6
Uhhhh does anyone remember a restaurant called Ground Round? This was the place we ate at the most growing up because they had a night called "Penny by the Pound" night. So there was a scale and the restaurant would WEIGH YOU and that's what you paid for your kid's meal. Now my brothers and I were all pretty thin so I'm guessing between the 5 of us it was no more than $7. My mom claims she tipped well, but IDK if that could possibly be the case. I'm horrified by the whole concept but I guess that's affordable eating out when you have 5 kids. My chubby self hated the thought of having to be weighed at a restaurant. Adult me loved the free popcorn and was sad to see the last Ground Round leave the area a few years ago. Of course by that time it had reimaged itself and was over priced and less family friendly.
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Post by ladybrienne on Apr 2, 2019 9:09:35 GMT -6
Ground Round and Friendly's with my grandparents was where it was at. Sometimes though we would go to BK because they had to get their old people fish sandwiches.
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Post by bearfootzcontinued on Apr 2, 2019 9:10:59 GMT -6
Have gotten drunk at the Tomah, WI location
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Post by lucilleaustero on Apr 2, 2019 9:14:46 GMT -6
Love that this thread took the turn into nostalgia land.
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2019 9:16:33 GMT -6
MH was scared of the clown pictures in Ground Round and his parents asked for them to be taken down before he would eat there. I still make fun of him for it.
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Post by bearfootzcontinued on Apr 2, 2019 9:17:24 GMT -6
A finished basement was a sign of wealth to me. I grew up in an old farmhouse, as did several of my local friends - so for me the I thought it must be a sign of wealth to have a finished basement vs. a cellar. Or even to live in a house new enough to have an attached garage.
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Post by frantastic on Apr 2, 2019 9:18:41 GMT -6
Did you guys have Rax? I think it was like an Arby's... but lord I thought it was teh best roast beef ever. It was the best.
There are 2 left, both in Ohio.
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Post by lucilleaustero on Apr 2, 2019 9:21:11 GMT -6
There is this place in Broooklyn called Roll N Roaster. It is a fast food joint. We used to always stop there on the way home from Coney Island when I was a kid. Hadn't been there in 20 years and we stopped in there last year, coming back from the aquarium with the kids. It smelled the same, everything tasted the same. It was just as I remembered it.
If you get a chance, stop in to one of your childhood favorites that you have not visited in a while. It is a trip.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 2, 2019 9:22:25 GMT -6
3 car households: 1 car for mom that isn’t a mom car. 1 car for Dad that is not practical for kids. 1 car mom uses to transport kids and groceries the nanny and housekeeper often use. Kid car was always a Mercedes or Volvo wagon. this is my and H's dream. a Tesla for him, an Odyssey for kid taxi, and a Mini for me.
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Post by veganontuesdays on Apr 2, 2019 9:22:37 GMT -6
I'm only on page 5 but for me it was definitely people who had roadrunner internet instead of dial up. LOOK OUT. Then we got it for the free 3 month trial and I felt like we were BALLIN. That lasted 90 days and then that shit was shut right off after the trial.
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Post by sudokufan on Apr 2, 2019 9:24:06 GMT -6
I miss Long John Silvers...grandma used to take me, and collected their glass ware. It was a special event when I went to visit them <3 I got a job at LJS in high school and ended up buying my own glass set at the end of the season for 10 cents each. I had those glasses through college and at least two moves after, until the last one broke. RIP fish glasses. But man, I could go for hush puppies and crumbs.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 2, 2019 9:25:11 GMT -6
I can get behind spaghetti on garlic bread but no other bread. Maybe focaccia. I like to use the bread to sop up the sauce. My garlic bread was always sliced bread with some butter and garlic salt. I used to add dried italian seasoning to make it fancey
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Post by brux on Apr 2, 2019 9:26:43 GMT -6
Every single time I go back to a restaurant that I loved as a kid, I am so disappointed at how disgusting it is. And yet, I keep tricking myself into trying them all. Nostalgia is strong.
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Post by leatherpants on Apr 2, 2019 9:26:56 GMT -6
My favorite way to eat spaghetti. And then put it on a piece of warm buttered toast. How's the sauce work, just what's already dried/stuck to the noodle? Do you add more sauce on top? This sounds better than eating it the same way as day one, like we did. I never add more sauce. It’s delicious as is.
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Post by brux on Apr 2, 2019 9:27:41 GMT -6
Whenever we used to go to the beach, we would always eat at Fuddrucker's. I thought it was the pinnacle of gourmet burgers. I couldn't wait until H and I graduated from college and had enough $ to go to Fuddrucker's. I spent years getting tricked into eating there because it was my favorite as a kid...but I've finally worked through it and refuse to go there because there are one million better burgers available.
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Post by Dr. Cox on Apr 2, 2019 9:30:07 GMT -6
Every single time I go back to a restaurant that I loved as a kid, I am so disappointed at how disgusting it is. And yet, I keep tricking myself into trying them all. Nostalgia is strong. I did this with Shoney’s. So depressing.
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Post by beepers on Apr 2, 2019 9:30:53 GMT -6
And we used to have birthday parties at McDonald's and Pizza Hut. I have no nostalgia for a McD's birthday party but Pizza Hut is permanently stuck in my head as delicious. I eat it maybe twice a year (usually from the Target food area and I eat it while roaming) and then I feel like shit and swear it off. Then nostalgia creeps back in and I return to it. McD’s bday parties were out of my league. Any time we ate there (rarely) we could only get the “All American Meal” aka a Happy meal with no toy. My mom told us because it was cheaper. We only went to Pizza Hut when I earned my free Book IT! personal pizzas. I’d have to share with my sister and then my parents and baby brother would split a small veggie pizza. Water only to drink.
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Post by Dr. Cox on Apr 2, 2019 9:31:49 GMT -6
Oh I remember one. Being able to eat at Joe’s Crab Shack on vacation. It always seemed like the cool, rich place to be.
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Post by brux on Apr 2, 2019 9:32:05 GMT -6
Every single time I go back to a restaurant that I loved as a kid, I am so disappointed at how disgusting it is. And yet, I keep tricking myself into trying them all. Nostalgia is strong. I did this with Shoney’s. So depressing. When I lived in Mississippi, I was so excited to try all the new places I had never heard of. Shoney's was not a hit.
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