Foods That Remind You Of People, Places and Things

[Mr. DS]

Aka comfort foods in some sort.  Today I picked up a pack of wintergreen mints.  They're the ones that come in pink or white color and are a little smaller than a quarter. Anyhow, I always think of my Godmother when I see/eat them.  She always had some in a little jar at her house which she usually let me enjoy. 

[RCMerchant]

Stuffed cabbage-glumpkis. Grandma Bonarski.
Meat and beans-my Dad-the only thing he would cook.
Juju Fruits-the Strand Theater in Paw Paw.
Kessler whiskey-Nickoli Siskaninitz,the old Russian farmer I worked for as a kid. The Guy drank Kesslers like water.

[retrorussell]

Chocolate chip Pop Tarts.  For some reason I made that my snack for 4th of July while watching the fireworks when I was real little.
Chips Ahoy.  I used to take those on camping trips when I was very small.
Cherry Coke.  I get that all the time at work.  I always think back to when it was new, about 1984 or so.  And the jazzed-up commercial, "New Ch-ch-ch-cherry Coke!  Outrageous.. it's out and outrageous!"  Being a kid in the 80s was pretty sweet.

[The Gravekeeper]

I'm always going to think of my boyfriend when I eat squid now. Unfortunately, I'm always going to remember eating the squid he so lovingly prepared and feeling physically ill on and off for the rest of the night.

A much better food for me is shepherd's pie, meat pie, and cipaille. I'm always going to think of home when I have those, and I'm always disappointed with the fact that store-bought versions aren't anywhere near as good. Ah well, at least the shepherd's pie is easy enough for me to make it for myself; meat pie's easy, too, but it makes WAY too much filling for me to handle all at once. Cipaille? Not going to happen anytime soon; I don't have a proper oven and it takes about a day to make properly.

[claws]

Grilled cheese sandwiches reminds me of the "good old days" of watching video rentals every Saturday night. Usually around midnight we'd rush in the kitchen and make us a few grilled cheeses in between movies. Back then the wrapped plastic cheese we used seemed less yuck.

And speaking of sandwiches, Bologna sandwiches reminds me of my childhood camping trips.

[SPazzo]

Burritos remind me of going to Taco Bell when I was about 6 or 7 after swimming at the YMCA.  My dad would take us there and I would always get a bean burrito.  Best thing ever!  One time, I spilled the insides of the burrito all over my new YMCA shirt.  I was p**sed.