re: Childhood "throw backs"

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Ground beef and carrots.

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The Cajun Ninja just did a video on this. It was discussed on the FDB.

Mom would make Chinese spam.

Cook angel hair pasta ahs set a to the side.

Cook diced spam, chopped cabbage, fine chopped green onions, zucchini and squash all together until spam was browned.

Toss the pasta in and add soy sauce. Will make every once in a while.


She would also make:
canned salmon patties- only thing she made I hated.
Sauerkraut and hot dogs - haven't eaten in years might have to try it.

Steens over cornbread with butter

Tuna patties, tuna, egg, crumbled saltines and fry in a pan.

Served with canned fruit cocktail and Jello cheesescake.

Lafondas

Used to take deviled ham sandwiches to school a lot. I'll still grab a can every few months for the nostalgia.

Grew up with a single mom and not a lot of money, so we were really good with making the best of it. If we did not have leftovers from my grandmother’s house, some of my favorites were:

-Shake & bake chicken wings — I used to crush these!
-Brinner — still one of my favorites. (Breakfast for dinner). Fried ham (never had bacon) canned biscuits and steen’s syrup
-Beef & Vegetable soup

If I was lucky enough to have a few extra bucks I’d walk over to the butcher shop down the street and pick up some boudin. The owner was friends with my pawpaw, so if he ever saw me he would give me a little extra. Sad, but those days are gone now.

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canned biscuits and steen’s syrup

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We went to a pretty upscale dinner here in Birmingham last night, and had their "angle" biscuits (not canned) with whipped butter and cane syrup for an appetizer..... I had to ask if it was Steen's because the taste was clear to me, and of course it was. The server said at one point they had to try another syrup and it wasn't the same at all.

So, poor Louisiana breakfast has now been elevated to high cuisine

I just threw up