What food takes you back to your childhood?

[Uptosnuff]

Braised ox-tails in an enamel roasting pan
Cherry strudel my dad would buy from the bakery
Chicken and dumplings
Fried chicken livers

 

[treeguy64]

Many meat dishes, from my youth, would surely take me back to my old days, and then send me to the hospital, to boot, as I haven't eaten any meat for over forty years. Carl's Red Hots hot dogs would make me cry, if I smelled them, right now. They were a big favorite of mine, in my high school days.

It's kind of funny: Unlike most of you, I can't eat the foods of my youth, because I'm now vegan. I guess that's sad, in some ways, too.

 

[squatting dog]

Cotton candy Does that count as food? Never the less, it always takes me back to a simpler time.

 

[Liberty]

My husband says "peanut butter, lettuce and Miracle Whip sandwiches... he has them once in a while (especially in the hot summer) now.

 

[Aunt Bea]

The mention of cotton candy reminded me of watching the salt water taffy wrapping machine at the annual state fair.

 

[Fyrefox]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...and I still eat them!