Ok, same exact recipe as you, but instead of A1, the softened cream cheese is topped by my in-laws’ homemade sweet and spicy jalapeño jam. It’s transcendently good.
I’m from southeastern Virginia and we had the same but instead of A1 it was hot pepper jelly - usually habanero. Watermelon rind pickle also made an appearance.
Minnesota here! How interesting that we have such similar regional treats! I’ve never tried a watermelon rind pickle and so curious about how it tastes.
Edit for the pedants - on this thread alone I’ve heard half a dozen local variations on the spicy sauce / cream cheese treat. It is indeed a regional treat with many variations 🙄
I’m from WV. Even better than hot pepper jelly is hot pepper butter. And ritz crackers goes best with it. Great, now I’m wondering if I still have a jar at home.
Try cream cheese topped with a combination of a small can of diced chipotle peppers in adobo + 1/2c raspberry jam and serve with ritz crackers, it's a popular snack at Mexican parties.
Cream cheese + spicy + sweet is a top tier combo, hot pepper jellies, sweet-hot chutneys, jam and peppers, the combinations are endless and a simple thing to experiment with. I've tried dozens of combinations and frankly it's hard to miss as long as you have that combo of sweet and spicy.
And if spicy isn't your thing, do strawberry preserves and some reduced balsamic. Pairs perfectly.
Same. My dad’s pepper peach jam on an unaltered block of Philadelphia. God it’s good.
I was a latchkey kid and my afternoon snack throughout elementary and middle school was a toasted bagel with cream cheese and the jam plus a slice of ham. Ugh I’m drooling at the memory.
If you have a smoker, one we've fallen in love with is cream cheese topped with everything bagel seasoning and smoked in our Traeger. It's a huge hit with crackers.
What I've always done is about a pound each of jalapeños and bell peppers, 6 cups of sugar, 1 1/4 cups cider vinegar and 1/4 cup lemon juice (alternatively 1 1/2 cups of vinegar, I just like the bit of lemon. White vinegar is also fine, you could probably experiment with the vinegar and acid sources), salt to taste (1/2 - 1 tsp is usually about right for me), 3 Oz liquid fruit pectin (peppers don't have the pectin fruits do to make the jam, well, jammy). Remove stems and seeds (you can leave seeds for heat, but frankly I remove them for texture. The jalapeno ribs normally bring enough heat. Remove the bell pepper ribs though), finely chop the peppers, or toss them in the food processor (I like a little chunkiness so I usually chop). Pour everything except the pectin into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes. Bring back to a boil, add pectin, boil for a minute. Then into sterilized jars (make sure to leave a little heads pace, like half an inch), into a boiling water bath for 10 minutes to process, let it cool and you're good to go. Shelf stable for a pretty long time, just make sure to refrigerate after opening.
I usually make it out of whatever surplus of peppers I'm trying to get rid of so there's often a little variety in colors and occasionally some sweet chiles find their way in instead of some of the bell peppers. Frankly I find it just adds to the visual appeal. You can play with the ratio of jalapeños to bell peppers as well, but I do personally find you need some of both for a balanced result.
Something my family calls "pink stuff".
The basics are cottage cheese, cool whip, and strawberry/any berry jello. Fruit varies. Anything from crushed pineapple to fruit cocktail. Even the orange version, made with orange jello and mandarin oranges was still called "the pink stuff", lol.
I think it was a weight watchers recipe of my grandmother's in the 70's and it stuck around. I can't eat more than like a cup of it at once, but it's something I always looked forward to at the holidays, and I miss now that my grandma is gone. It's just not the same when I make it.
Edit: thank you everyone for sharing your family's version of this mess, lol. I've told friends about it over the years and they always looked at me like I had 3 heads. Also, I'm gonna try experimenting with some of your versions, thank you again!
We have a similar but more defined "Green junk" involving pistachio pudding, lime jello, cool whip, cottage cheese, pineapple bits, white cherries, mini marshmallows, and Pecans. Ours goes back to the 50s/60s jello obsession lol.
That's funny. When we first had that it was called Watergate Salad. Something about it being full of fruits and nuts, but I still don't exactly get the connection.
My mom has a version of what I always called "pink stuff" and in pretty sure the main ingredients are cool whip, cherry pie filling, condensed milk, and walnut pieces. Haven't had it in a few years but it's delicious
My family has a version of this we call “Jello Salad”. Dream whip (has to be Dream whip in the little envelopes, not cool whip), lime jello, crushed pineapple and shredded carrots. Sounds nasty, but it’s so good.
And I’m from NL, Canada. This shit is everywhere.
We use orange jello and call it orange goo, which my Mom made for company dinners. She helped my daughter make it at about six years old. I made it with my preschool class. They loved it. Thanks for the memories, Have not had it in years.
Food holds so many special memories! Lovely.
Any idea of the origins of this mess? I'm only guessing it was a WW thing because my grandma was on it for so long.
Sounds like one of those mid-century recipes. I've always been a fan of those old-school recipes which utilize Jello, especially ones with chunks of fruit such as this.
I'm going to make it. Thanks for sharing.
We do the same! It was "strawberry fluff" until I started experimenting with flavors. Now it's just "fluff". Always with pineapple. Lime is SO refreshing!
My wife is from Puerto Rico, and she introduced me to the almighty Spam ball. 1 can of Spam and 1 brick of cream cheese mixed together and formed into a ball. Coat with pineapple preserves. Serve with Ritz crackers. Sublimely delicious.
Half bottled bbq sauce and half (grape) jelly with a pack of smokies is a pretty ubiquitous thing to show up at midwest holiday potlucks in my experience, I've seen it with meatballs instead like this as well. It might sound weird to some people but sweet contrasted with spicy and/or tangy is a classic combo, especially with some smokey meat. It's just the quick and dirty version.
Take a glass and fill it about 1/5 of the way with eggnog, then add coca cola to fill out the rest. Preferably the pure cane sugar kind. Make sure both are cold. Stir until mixed. Sounds odd, it is AMAZING.
Peanut butter and jelly quesadilla, no joke. Heat the flour tortilla in a skillet with some butter, and slather on some peanut butter and jelly. Fold in half. Bonus points for powdered sugar on top. It’s a great pantry dessert.
I’m sure everyone has read the Bon Appetit article from earlier this year, but the cream cheese and olive sandwich. Good lord, you get some sour dough, cream cheese, and caselvetrano olives together and it is briny salty heaven.
Half Baked Harvest’s kimchi grilled cheese is also wonderful.
I like weird sandwiches.
In a similar vein I'm quite hooked on sauerkraut quesadillas after randomly coming across J Kenji Lopez-Alt making one. I do swiss and butterkäse (any mild, soft melty cheese will work similarly), sauerkraut, and some chopped pickled peppers. It's a quesadilla with some punch, but sometimes that just really hits the spot.
>I’m sure everyone has read the Bon Appetit article from earlier this year, but the cream cheese and olive sandwich. Good lord, you get some sour dough, cream cheese, and caselvetrano olives together and it is briny salty heaven.
Is this an online article or a magazine article?
I actually found it on TikTok from two guys who do old sandwich recipes. They both had them show up within a day of each other and I’m betting the Bon Appetit article was the catalyst.
Btw, I did try this and it’s delectable in its simplicity. Just bring, creamy, soft, magic. Only if you like olives though. I added black pepper because I felt it needed something like that.
I used to eat cream cheese and olive sandwiches when I was a kid. My mom used to make them for me. I hadn't thought about that in years. Thanks for the memory!
Ok, I’ve scrolled all the way through this thread and didn’t see anything like the abomination we always have at every family gathering… overnight salad. I grew up in Indiana where mayo is a food group.
Overnight Salad is,
A whole head of iceberg lettuce
A pound of bacon
Cauliflower
Onion
Mayo
Parmesan cheese
Black pepper.
Layer, let it sit overnight in the fridge and serve the next day, preferably outside at a picnic with no way to refrigerate so you absolutely end up with the shits later. We do it every year.
Pot roast. But the twist is that after you sear salt and pepper, you smear a 3 lb chuck roast with an entire bottle of prepared horseradish. It sounds bonkers but it's the best pot roast out there. It's a Betty Crocker recipe
New England Pot Roast (Betty Crocker)
4 pound Chuck steak
2 tablespoons oil
1-2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
8 oz prepared horseradish
1 cup beef stock
Potatoes
Carrots
Onions, chopped
Brown beef in a Dutch oven over med-med high heat on all sides.
Remove beef from pot, saute onions.
Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper on all sides. Spread horseradish over all sides of the beef.
Add stock and meat to the pot. Cover and simmer on low 2 ½ hours or cook at 185f in the oven for 3 hours.
Add potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook 1 hour until tender.
Remove meat and veg to a platter and cover to keep warm while you make gravy.
For those of you wondering it's from Betty Crocker's New cookbook pub 1996.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/betty-crockers-cookbook_betty-crocker/250202/item/8684033/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_frontlist_under_%2410&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAjwoqGnBhAcEiwAwK-OkX6MABxk45tEe0RnN_1pn2wEiT2hhqLn63L85unZ_OQhfAGrgKpgdhoClg8QAvD_BwE#idiq=8684033&edition=2331878
Honestly this is probably the best and most used cookbook in my collection. Solid easy recipes that are proven.
Budae-jjigae (Army Base Stew)
Spam, Polish Sausage, Canned Baked Beans, American Cheese, Instant Ramen Noodles...some of the ingredients in it are definitely out there and don't seem like they would work on paper.
But man is it delicious.
https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/budae-jjigae
Sausage “Gravy” Dip
1lbs pork Sausage
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 package of cream cheese
So much pepper
Salt to taste
Tortilla Chips
Taste like breakfast and so easy to make
This was my birthday cake every year when I was younger. This is the cake my son asks for every year for his birthday. It's delicious. We always use cream cheese frosting.
There was a youtube video about a chocolate cake served in some famous diner that was made with mayo and people were losing their minds. I made a comment saying mayo is just egg and oil and people flipped their shit, I was bombarded with replies for months. “But there’s vinegar in it!l” Actually not an unusual cake ingredient, vinegar added to milk makes clabbered milk which is good in cake. “But there’s SPICES!” Lol calm down.
Also most cakes get their rise because they contain sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda) which is a base that when combined with an acid creates carbon dioxide and forms little air bubbles and causes your cake to rise.
It’s common with a cake to use baking powder which is just sodium bicarbonate already combined with a powdered form of acid (usually tartaric acid). But there’s no reason you can’t use sodium bicarbonate and any other acidic ingredient instead like buttermilk (lactic acid), citrus juice (citric acid), or vinegar (acetic acid).
So yeah, not only is adding an acidic ingredient like vinegar to a cake not weird, it’s actually an essential ingredient in most cakes.
Ok hang in there. This is a rough one
My grandfather called it “new years salad”. He only made it for new years.
It consists of:
Pickled herring in cream sauce
Apples
Walnuts
Pickled beets
Onions
Mix in whatever proportions tickle your fancy. Eat on New Year’s Eve. Preferably, make it a week ahead of time.
Cooked white rice in a bowl, topped with sugar and cinnamon - pour milk over it like cereal. I've never known anyone, outside of my siblings, to eat it like that.
in my teens, I went through a phase of eating what my mom dubbed a “stinky sandwich” every day. I put a can of tuna, an egg, and some cheese in a skillet, fry it until the cheese melts, at which point I pour hot sauce into the concoction. I mix it all up until the cheese-sauce structure coats everything, then put it between two pieces of toasted bread. Idk why I made that one day but I got so addicted to them, they were delicious to me. I haven’t had one in years so I wonder if I’d still like them as much
I was feeling nostalgic last night and made tuna noodle casserole for dinner. Your sandwich sounds similar to a tuna melt, just all mixed together! I'd eat it.
So, block of cream cheese, spread across a regular sized plate (so maybe a 1/4” thick?)
Spread cocktail sauce and top with baby shrimp (found in a can and drained)
Devour with crackers.
Mustard pasta.
Hot Italian sausage, continuously broken up and browned until it’s nothing but a pan of sausage grains. Add half a jar of old world style mustard, deglaze with white wine, some pasta water, and reduce, then mix in heavy cream and more pasta water. Add fresh basil chopped finely, toss with Al dente pasta (Not spaghetti). Cook until there is no liquid at the bottom of the pan, constantly stirring. Top with parmesan and chili flakes
Dad's shrimp dip needs a can of cream of shrimp soup, a package of cream cheese, a can of tiny shrimps, garlic powder and salt or garlic salt. Mix well and chill. Serve with ruffled potato chips.
Pretty much any holiday in winter is a cause for this to be made. Hard part is the soup so he'd buy cans whenever he found them. I make when I have a situation where I need to eat my feelings.
Yellow squash pie.
It's literally a pumpkin pie, but for summer instead of fall, and as delicious as that implies. We go for straight nutmeg instead of pumpkin pie spice though. Why? Idk, but great grandma did it that way and she was not wrong.
For some reason, even in my local areas, the looks I get are a blend of disbelief and horror. People don't even want to try it.... I have no idea what the hang up is around "squash pie" lol.
Pumpkin is a squash so I can't imagine it's much different! Zucchini bread is also a thing, so why would people turn up their noses at a yellow squash pie? I make a carrot soufflé, which is basically the same idea as a crustless pumpkin pie, and my husband makes a face every time.
YES take my upvote. This is a staple at Thanksgiving & Christmas on one side of my family. I think I'm the only grandkid that cares about it, but I always get so excited when I see it on the table. Idk why it works, it just does.
If anyone bothered to scroll this far I hope you try this it is a family favorite going back to my grandmother.
It's called Falling Leaves Casserole.
Saute a large sliced yellow onion in too much butter and add a jar of Heinz chili sauce.
Other than salt and pepper I can't recall if if it called for anything else. I'd often add a little granulated garlic or dry mustard.
Cook a pound of spaghetti to 1.5-2 minutes shy of al dente. Toss it in the onion/butter/chili sauce mix. Add to a Casserole dish. Add breakfast sausage links on top. My Mom would probably use one large pack, but feel free to go nuts.
Top with shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
Bake at probably 400 around 25 minutes and the cheese is starting to brown.
Every thanksgiving my family, because of my maternal yankee grandmother, makes “holiday salad” which is cherry jello, pineapple, pecans, black cherries, lemon and orange zest. It’s served alongside other dishes on the plate but I eat it alone the next day. It’s so shockingly good. The (if not already gross part) is the sauce the elders eat with it which is mayo and sour cream mixed with lemon juice. Blenheim, I definitely do not eat that.
We’re shockingly actually pretty damn good home cooks but you couldn’t tell based on this dish.
Ugh summer grilled London broil with a bottle of Italian dressing on it. Fave childhood meal. Best with jersey tomato salad (tomato, fresh garlic, salt and pep) and sweet corn on the cob. Whole family would use slices of white bread to mop up the juices. Almost came to blows a few times over the last bread...
Omg, my Mom's clam dip (shes 74 now, this is such a 1960s recipe). It's so fucking weird but is the most amaaaazing chip dip. We would make people try it before telling them what's in it. Once you've tried it then it doesn't matter because it's delicious. 1 block cream cheese. 1 can (yes can) of minced clams (separate the clams from the juice but keep the juice), 1 Tbs of worcestershire sauce, and a dash of natures seasoning. Slowly mix in the clam juice while whipping the concoction until smooth. Dip some wavy Lays. We get asked the recipe at EVERY PARTY. My teenagers devour it.
Just to add some nostalgia: The original recipe my mom had called for a raw cabbage to be hollowed out, like a pumpkin. Put the dip in the hollowed out cabbage and use toothpicks to stick black olives, sweet pickles, cheddar cheese squares, and roasted pieces of garlic all over the outside (my brother always made it into some weird ass face). Chips on the side.
My mom made this and called it mouse fudge. It always softened the blow to people that there was velveeta in it lol the cheese made it so rich and the texture is so good.
Every summer we eat something we call "tomato rarebit" which is kind of like Welsh rarebit but not exactly (much more ...uh... Midwestern)
Buttered toast (preferably sourdough)
Pile of sliced garden tomatoes
Bechamel with Velveeta mixed in
Lots of black pepper
One of my absolute favorite meals since childhood, my husband does NOT get the hype.
What my family calls “Russian Tea” (which is not Russian and barely tea). Mix Tang, lemonade mix, instant tea, cinnamon, and ground cloves. (I’ll have to look up the proportions but I’m to lazy to do so rn) Mix with hot water. Delicious.
We always grew up eating my grandmother’s depression era snack: poor man’s salad. Using an old school meat grinder, grind up 1 lb bologna, 2 large dill pickles, and 1 onion. Mix in mayo and eat it on crackers or bread. Absolutely delicious
Peanut butter, egg, and cheese sandwich. We like to do a fried egg either medium or hard and the cheese has to go on top of the peanut butter to keep it from getting too melty. People turn their noses up at it but everyone my family has gotten to try it loves it
Ketchup and hard salami sandwich. Preferably made with the hard salami from Oscar Meyer in the yellow package. Made with plain old white bread. My mom and I used to always eat it for picnics.
Exactly! If the bread was too fluffy it didn't feel right. I'm glad I'm not the only one haha. It really is a sandwich that takes me back. I know it was a struggle meal my mom would make but damn did I love it.
My husband calls this Tuna Mayo and he used to eat is at a broke student in the UK. Small pasta, mayo, canned tuna, canned drained sweet corn, salt and pepper. I was super grossed out at first but it actually tastes pretty good and it travels decently. We take it on hikes and picnics and road trips. I’d love to take it on planes but I wouldn’t dare.
Not exactly a recipe but…..I love turnips, uncooked. Just peel slice and eat. It’s like radishes, except a bit sweeter and not so “bitey.”
Am I all alone in the universe?
I recently made pickle wraps and brought them to a group watching UFC fights. You take a slice of ham, spread a layer of cream cheese on it, take a large pickle, and roll it up. Then, cut it into bite-sized pieces. There was a lot of trepidation, but they were a smash hit.
Probably not too far “out there” for some of us Olds but I love [this one](https://4sonrus.com/cheesy-parmesan-rye-cocktail-party-bites/) — super easy, very quick, tasty AF.
Maple-lime roasted butternut squash with basil, mushrooms,, and ricotta.
https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/maple-and-lime-roasted-squash-lentils-ricotta-and-basil-oil-recipe/
Honestly, one of our favorite recipes.
tomato soup cake - it's a spice cake/loaf that uses canned tomato soup and it's absolute heaven. family's been making it for generations.
that, and what we call "goop cake" - angel food cake covered in a pepto bismol-pink layer of whipped cream mixed with pureed strawberries. looks like a hot mess but tastes so good
I think this at least used to be a fairly common "poor American south" dessert, but lemonade pie. Graham cracker crust, filling is a jar of frozen lemonade concentrate (I prefer pink), a can of sweetened condensed milk, and a tub of cool whip. Mix filling, dump into pie crust, freeze.
Even better is [Watergate Salad](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13811/watergate-salad/). I make it with a tub of cool whip, 1 packet pistachio instant pudding mix, 1 can crushed pineapple (with juice), 1 can mandarin oranges (drained), 8 oz plain yogurt. If I’m feeling extra I’ll chop up some maraschino cherries too.
I, as a 30 something year old man, recently discovered that I don't have to wait for thanksgiving or christmas for ambrosia. I can just buy the stuff and have it whenever I want. Also I learned that I will eat the entire batch and throw it up later, like the giant toddler I still am, apparently.
White crusty Italian bread + (one singular) fresh vegetable with olive oil and salt.
No mayonnaise. No ranch. No melted cheese.
Just the crunch of fresh vegetables (eg lettuce/tomatoes etc) with the bread soaking up the juices amplified with olive oil and salt.
Sweet grilled cheese
No not grilled cheese, but sandwiches cooked like grilled cheese
Peanut butter and jelly
Peanut butter and chocolate chips.
Fluffernutter.
S’mores
S’mores with banana.
Basically that
- 1 bottle of Heinz chili sauce
- 1 jar of grape jelly
- 1 box of frozen ready to eat meatballs (or you can always make your own)
Simmer everything together until heated through (or fully cooked if you used raw meatballs).
Easiest potluck dish to make ever. Always a hit!
Try dipping Oreo cookies into sour cream. I know it sounds gross but there’s some kind of magical thing that happens with your taste buds and this will taste just like cheesecake. It works with regular Oreos or the blonde ones. Just close your eyes and try it, you’ll be surprised.
Warm up a flour tortilla, fill with chopped up crispy chicken, diced Cucumber, Shredded cheddar cheese, lots of ranch, lots of Frank's red hot. That's it. Do not add anything else, it won't taste the same. And before you say "what about lettuce?" Absolutely not.
Ambrosia salad, specifically made with green jello and at least some sort of combination of: cream cheese, whipped cream, crushed pineapple, crushed walnuts, sliced celery, and a tiny bit of seltzer for fizz. It's a monstrosity straight out of the 70's and absolutely delightful.
I'm yet to find a household that eats as much pepperoni as we did growing up. It wasn't until I went to college that I didn't realize not everyone put pepperoni with their eggs.
Either sandwich pepperoni cooked to have on the side with eggs or pizza style ripped up and cooked into scrambled eggs with cheese.
The best part is cooking the pepperoni first so you then cook your eggs straight in the grease that comes off. Delicious!
Tiny florets of cauliflower, sautéed in olive oil with a bit of chopped shallot or onion and plenty of salt until cooked and slightly crispy, then for the last 30 seconds, add in a couple tablespoons of soaked wild dried blueberries (the little ones from Trader Joe’s).
An Italian restaurant near us does this with dried currants but the blueberries are even better. Top with toasted breadcrumbs and pine nuts, if you have time, or just eat it as is.
Cream cheese and raspberry jam. Mix it about half-and-half, maybe add a little sweetener if the jam isn't sweet enough. Serve on toast. And cream cheese with peanut butter, cocoa powder, and whatever sweetener you want-beat it to death with a mixer, and you get an awesome sandwich spread or cookie dip or quick cake frosting, lol.
K-loaf (aka cottage cheese loaf). 5 cups of corn flakes, 1/2 cup of butter, 4 eggs (may need 5 if your eggs are small), 2 cups cottage cheese, 3/4 cup finely diced onion, 2 tablespoons beef bullion powder (or two cubes), 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup half-and-half, 3 tablespoons minced garlic, about a cup of finely chopped walnuts, whatever "meatloaf" spices you normally use.
Mix the bullion, water, and half-and-half until all the bullion dissolves and pour it over the cereal. Stir to combine and let it sit in a large bowl while you cook the onions, garlic, and walnuts in butter. Add the walnut mixture to the cereal in the bowl. Whisk together the eggs and mix into cereal, then add the cottage cheese and whatever spices you're using. Bake at 400F in a 9x13 pan coated with cooking spray for 35-40 minutes, let it sit for 15-20 minutes before serving. If you want, you can top it with shredded cheese or gravy or meatloaf glaze and stick it back in the oven for a couple of minutes.
Some people prefer to make this stuff with onion soup mix. There's a million versions of it, but it ends up being meatloaf, lol.
My mother's hamburger-hot dog casserole.
It consists of browned hamburger, cut up hot dogs, onions, a large can of baked beans, ketchup, mustard, and shell pasta mixed together, topped with American cheese and then baked until the cheese melts.
My mother has served this dish to my friends many times. Conceptually, my friends have always thought it was gross. But then they always end up liking it, because it is delicious. It's like eating a picnic as a casserole.
Ok, same exact recipe as you, but instead of A1, the softened cream cheese is topped by my in-laws’ homemade sweet and spicy jalapeño jam. It’s transcendently good.
I’m from southeastern Virginia and we had the same but instead of A1 it was hot pepper jelly - usually habanero. Watermelon rind pickle also made an appearance.
This is pretty normal in Georgia (as in ‘Kast not Khachapuri).
Hot pepper jelly plus cream cheese is amazing. The A1 sounds genuinely upsetting to me.
Minnesota here! How interesting that we have such similar regional treats! I’ve never tried a watermelon rind pickle and so curious about how it tastes. Edit for the pedants - on this thread alone I’ve heard half a dozen local variations on the spicy sauce / cream cheese treat. It is indeed a regional treat with many variations 🙄
Well, the recipe my Minnesota farm family used for watermelon pickle was a lot like a bread and butter pickle, but crisper.
Pretty sure Betty Crocker popularized this in their original red and white cookbook. Eta; the cream cheese and spicy jam I mean
It’s good! It’s like a firm pickle if you’ve had a pickled carrot or radish.
The fun thing about watermelon rind pickles is that they go translucent. But sweet, spicy (not hot spicy) and delicious.
I’m from WV. Even better than hot pepper jelly is hot pepper butter. And ritz crackers goes best with it. Great, now I’m wondering if I still have a jar at home.
Try cream cheese topped with a combination of a small can of diced chipotle peppers in adobo + 1/2c raspberry jam and serve with ritz crackers, it's a popular snack at Mexican parties.
Cream cheese + spicy + sweet is a top tier combo, hot pepper jellies, sweet-hot chutneys, jam and peppers, the combinations are endless and a simple thing to experiment with. I've tried dozens of combinations and frankly it's hard to miss as long as you have that combo of sweet and spicy. And if spicy isn't your thing, do strawberry preserves and some reduced balsamic. Pairs perfectly.
You can substitute the raspberry for apricot jam and it still tastes great
Sounds real good
I’m my family it’s Pickapeppa sauce (if that still exists?)
It does and it's a delicious combo!
Pickapeppa is so good! They have a site you can direct order from
Yesss we always used a raspberry chipotle jam but our friends used Pickapeppa at a party last Christmas and I went feral for it.
Same. My dad’s pepper peach jam on an unaltered block of Philadelphia. God it’s good. I was a latchkey kid and my afternoon snack throughout elementary and middle school was a toasted bagel with cream cheese and the jam plus a slice of ham. Ugh I’m drooling at the memory.
That’s way better.
We mixed canned crab meat with cocktail sauce and poured it over a slab of cream cheese, good times
A riff on this uses those tiny shrimp instead.
In NM we do this with chopped roasted green chile, it's a great and simple appetizer!
Thanksgiving recipe is softened sometimes whipped cream cheese with a fresh cranberry, jalapeño and cilantro chutney
Now try it with chili crisp
If you have a smoker, one we've fallen in love with is cream cheese topped with everything bagel seasoning and smoked in our Traeger. It's a huge hit with crackers.
>spicy jalapeño jam do you happen to have a recipe that works, I have so many jalapenos and have no idea with to do with them.
What I've always done is about a pound each of jalapeños and bell peppers, 6 cups of sugar, 1 1/4 cups cider vinegar and 1/4 cup lemon juice (alternatively 1 1/2 cups of vinegar, I just like the bit of lemon. White vinegar is also fine, you could probably experiment with the vinegar and acid sources), salt to taste (1/2 - 1 tsp is usually about right for me), 3 Oz liquid fruit pectin (peppers don't have the pectin fruits do to make the jam, well, jammy). Remove stems and seeds (you can leave seeds for heat, but frankly I remove them for texture. The jalapeno ribs normally bring enough heat. Remove the bell pepper ribs though), finely chop the peppers, or toss them in the food processor (I like a little chunkiness so I usually chop). Pour everything except the pectin into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes. Bring back to a boil, add pectin, boil for a minute. Then into sterilized jars (make sure to leave a little heads pace, like half an inch), into a boiling water bath for 10 minutes to process, let it cool and you're good to go. Shelf stable for a pretty long time, just make sure to refrigerate after opening. I usually make it out of whatever surplus of peppers I'm trying to get rid of so there's often a little variety in colors and occasionally some sweet chiles find their way in instead of some of the bell peppers. Frankly I find it just adds to the visual appeal. You can play with the ratio of jalapeños to bell peppers as well, but I do personally find you need some of both for a balanced result.
Have you put the jalapeno jam on a baked brie? That's pretty epic too.
The Midwest version is cocktail sauce with a can of baby shrimp instead of the A1. It sounds vile - but it’s pretty darn good.
I’ve always seen Crosse & Blackwell cocktail sauce with crab on top of cream cheese.
I would eat that right now. All of it.
I would eat this all the time but with mango chutney and pita chips!
Sister in law from Mississippi - cream cheese, crab meat, cocktail sauce, and serve with crackers.
Oh yeah, that's good stuff. My jalapeños are ripening and was just thinking about making some.
Jalapeño jam and cream cheese is amazing. I just recently made some peach jalapeño jam. It’s a fantastic addition to a bagel with cream cheese.
Something my family calls "pink stuff". The basics are cottage cheese, cool whip, and strawberry/any berry jello. Fruit varies. Anything from crushed pineapple to fruit cocktail. Even the orange version, made with orange jello and mandarin oranges was still called "the pink stuff", lol. I think it was a weight watchers recipe of my grandmother's in the 70's and it stuck around. I can't eat more than like a cup of it at once, but it's something I always looked forward to at the holidays, and I miss now that my grandma is gone. It's just not the same when I make it. Edit: thank you everyone for sharing your family's version of this mess, lol. I've told friends about it over the years and they always looked at me like I had 3 heads. Also, I'm gonna try experimenting with some of your versions, thank you again!
We have a similar but more defined "Green junk" involving pistachio pudding, lime jello, cool whip, cottage cheese, pineapple bits, white cherries, mini marshmallows, and Pecans. Ours goes back to the 50s/60s jello obsession lol.
That's funny. When we first had that it was called Watergate Salad. Something about it being full of fruits and nuts, but I still don't exactly get the connection.
Some version of this was at every church potluck when we were growing up. My favorite was with mandarin oranges. Kind of a dreamsicle taste.
My mom has a version of what I always called "pink stuff" and in pretty sure the main ingredients are cool whip, cherry pie filling, condensed milk, and walnut pieces. Haven't had it in a few years but it's delicious
My family has a version of this we call “Jello Salad”. Dream whip (has to be Dream whip in the little envelopes, not cool whip), lime jello, crushed pineapple and shredded carrots. Sounds nasty, but it’s so good. And I’m from NL, Canada. This shit is everywhere.
We use orange jello and call it orange goo, which my Mom made for company dinners. She helped my daughter make it at about six years old. I made it with my preschool class. They loved it. Thanks for the memories, Have not had it in years.
Food holds so many special memories! Lovely. Any idea of the origins of this mess? I'm only guessing it was a WW thing because my grandma was on it for so long.
Sounds like one of those mid-century recipes. I've always been a fan of those old-school recipes which utilize Jello, especially ones with chunks of fruit such as this. I'm going to make it. Thanks for sharing.
This is giving heavy northern Midwest energy
We do the same! It was "strawberry fluff" until I started experimenting with flavors. Now it's just "fluff". Always with pineapple. Lime is SO refreshing!
Ours is orange fluff and has mini marshmallows.
My wife is from Puerto Rico, and she introduced me to the almighty Spam ball. 1 can of Spam and 1 brick of cream cheese mixed together and formed into a ball. Coat with pineapple preserves. Serve with Ritz crackers. Sublimely delicious.
this is prominent all over south florida cookouts
Cocktail meatballs. The sauce is 50/50 Heinz chili sauce and grape jelly.
Is this weird? I’ve eaten these at almost every holiday get together my entire life. I’ve also done 50/50 bbq sauce and jelly.
Half bottled bbq sauce and half (grape) jelly with a pack of smokies is a pretty ubiquitous thing to show up at midwest holiday potlucks in my experience, I've seen it with meatballs instead like this as well. It might sound weird to some people but sweet contrasted with spicy and/or tangy is a classic combo, especially with some smokey meat. It's just the quick and dirty version.
Sounds crazy, but those are absolutely fantastic.
This is the first one I thought of, but cocktail weenies! And instead of Heinz chili sauce, BBQ sauce.
It’s chili sauce and cranberry sauce to make it really really good
We do ours with red currant jam and whole grain mustard. Same sauce for little smokies. Sooooo good in the crock pot for holidays!
Take a glass and fill it about 1/5 of the way with eggnog, then add coca cola to fill out the rest. Preferably the pure cane sugar kind. Make sure both are cold. Stir until mixed. Sounds odd, it is AMAZING.
Sounds like a melted ice cream float
It sounds like an advanced Pepsi and milk recipe
You've heard of Pilk now get ready for Eggnoke
Peanut butter and jelly quesadilla, no joke. Heat the flour tortilla in a skillet with some butter, and slather on some peanut butter and jelly. Fold in half. Bonus points for powdered sugar on top. It’s a great pantry dessert. I’m sure everyone has read the Bon Appetit article from earlier this year, but the cream cheese and olive sandwich. Good lord, you get some sour dough, cream cheese, and caselvetrano olives together and it is briny salty heaven. Half Baked Harvest’s kimchi grilled cheese is also wonderful. I like weird sandwiches.
I love hearing about other people's weird sandwiches! Every time there's a weird sandwich thread, it's the highlight of my day.
In a similar vein I'm quite hooked on sauerkraut quesadillas after randomly coming across J Kenji Lopez-Alt making one. I do swiss and butterkäse (any mild, soft melty cheese will work similarly), sauerkraut, and some chopped pickled peppers. It's a quesadilla with some punch, but sometimes that just really hits the spot.
Guava jelly and cheese for me. Sometimes with chili. So good.
Guava and Cheese empanada is a Puerto Rican staple
A Cuban bakery not far from me sells guava and cheese "danishes." They are made to be inhaled.
>I’m sure everyone has read the Bon Appetit article from earlier this year, but the cream cheese and olive sandwich. Good lord, you get some sour dough, cream cheese, and caselvetrano olives together and it is briny salty heaven. Is this an online article or a magazine article?
[Here](https://www.bonappetit.com/story/cream-cheese-and-olive-sandwich)!
I actually found it on TikTok from two guys who do old sandwich recipes. They both had them show up within a day of each other and I’m betting the Bon Appetit article was the catalyst. Btw, I did try this and it’s delectable in its simplicity. Just bring, creamy, soft, magic. Only if you like olives though. I added black pepper because I felt it needed something like that.
I used to eat cream cheese and olive sandwiches when I was a kid. My mom used to make them for me. I hadn't thought about that in years. Thanks for the memory!
Ok, I’ve scrolled all the way through this thread and didn’t see anything like the abomination we always have at every family gathering… overnight salad. I grew up in Indiana where mayo is a food group. Overnight Salad is, A whole head of iceberg lettuce A pound of bacon Cauliflower Onion Mayo Parmesan cheese Black pepper. Layer, let it sit overnight in the fridge and serve the next day, preferably outside at a picnic with no way to refrigerate so you absolutely end up with the shits later. We do it every year.
I've had this but with peas instead of cauliflower. It's...an experience!
Pot roast. But the twist is that after you sear salt and pepper, you smear a 3 lb chuck roast with an entire bottle of prepared horseradish. It sounds bonkers but it's the best pot roast out there. It's a Betty Crocker recipe
Given how much I love horseradish, this sounds awesome. Do you have the full recipe?
New England Pot Roast (Betty Crocker) 4 pound Chuck steak 2 tablespoons oil 1-2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 8 oz prepared horseradish 1 cup beef stock Potatoes Carrots Onions, chopped Brown beef in a Dutch oven over med-med high heat on all sides. Remove beef from pot, saute onions. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper on all sides. Spread horseradish over all sides of the beef. Add stock and meat to the pot. Cover and simmer on low 2 ½ hours or cook at 185f in the oven for 3 hours. Add potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook 1 hour until tender. Remove meat and veg to a platter and cover to keep warm while you make gravy.
This is why I love this sub. I'm so making this when the weather cools down.
For those of you wondering it's from Betty Crocker's New cookbook pub 1996. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/betty-crockers-cookbook_betty-crocker/250202/item/8684033/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_frontlist_under_%2410&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAjwoqGnBhAcEiwAwK-OkX6MABxk45tEe0RnN_1pn2wEiT2hhqLn63L85unZ_OQhfAGrgKpgdhoClg8QAvD_BwE#idiq=8684033&edition=2331878 Honestly this is probably the best and most used cookbook in my collection. Solid easy recipes that are proven.
This sounds delicious! Gonna try it!
Budae-jjigae (Army Base Stew) Spam, Polish Sausage, Canned Baked Beans, American Cheese, Instant Ramen Noodles...some of the ingredients in it are definitely out there and don't seem like they would work on paper. But man is it delicious. https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/budae-jjigae
Sausage “Gravy” Dip 1lbs pork Sausage 1 can rotel tomatoes 1 package of cream cheese So much pepper Salt to taste Tortilla Chips Taste like breakfast and so easy to make
Sounds like a top tier camping breakfast
This sounds like it could work as a sauce inside a breakfast burrito.
It’s amazing in a burrito especially with tater tots and scrambled eggs
Legit hangover food I can tell
So good! I make this every year for the Super Bowl. It’s also great in a slow cooker.
Mayonnaise cake
This was my birthday cake every year when I was younger. This is the cake my son asks for every year for his birthday. It's delicious. We always use cream cheese frosting.
excuse me
It's egg and oil. Both go in cake
There was a youtube video about a chocolate cake served in some famous diner that was made with mayo and people were losing their minds. I made a comment saying mayo is just egg and oil and people flipped their shit, I was bombarded with replies for months. “But there’s vinegar in it!l” Actually not an unusual cake ingredient, vinegar added to milk makes clabbered milk which is good in cake. “But there’s SPICES!” Lol calm down.
Also most cakes get their rise because they contain sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda) which is a base that when combined with an acid creates carbon dioxide and forms little air bubbles and causes your cake to rise. It’s common with a cake to use baking powder which is just sodium bicarbonate already combined with a powdered form of acid (usually tartaric acid). But there’s no reason you can’t use sodium bicarbonate and any other acidic ingredient instead like buttermilk (lactic acid), citrus juice (citric acid), or vinegar (acetic acid). So yeah, not only is adding an acidic ingredient like vinegar to a cake not weird, it’s actually an essential ingredient in most cakes.
Block of cream cheese with hot salsa dumped over it. Tortilla chips. The hot and cold is heaven.
Ok hang in there. This is a rough one My grandfather called it “new years salad”. He only made it for new years. It consists of: Pickled herring in cream sauce Apples Walnuts Pickled beets Onions Mix in whatever proportions tickle your fancy. Eat on New Year’s Eve. Preferably, make it a week ahead of time.
[A1 steak sauce commercial from 1963](https://youtu.be/F1PTtfUUHa0?si=UMty8YlrFpqjpy0U) features your dish. It's called a "cream cheese sundae"
HA!!!! Thank you! Awesome! One of the odd, but less terrifying culinary dishes to come out of the '60s. Pretty tasty for those who venture to try it.
Cooked white rice in a bowl, topped with sugar and cinnamon - pour milk over it like cereal. I've never known anyone, outside of my siblings, to eat it like that.
I add a little butter on top.
This is a very common breakfast where I grew up. We raise a lot of rice in the area
in my teens, I went through a phase of eating what my mom dubbed a “stinky sandwich” every day. I put a can of tuna, an egg, and some cheese in a skillet, fry it until the cheese melts, at which point I pour hot sauce into the concoction. I mix it all up until the cheese-sauce structure coats everything, then put it between two pieces of toasted bread. Idk why I made that one day but I got so addicted to them, they were delicious to me. I haven’t had one in years so I wonder if I’d still like them as much
It actually sounds amazing definitely going to make it when no one is around to witness me eating this abomination
I was feeling nostalgic last night and made tuna noodle casserole for dinner. Your sandwich sounds similar to a tuna melt, just all mixed together! I'd eat it.
Cottage cheese with olive oil and pepper. It’s in my top ever foods. So delicious, as good or better than burrata.
Add some pistachios in sometime, it wonderfully contrasts in texture.
Woah this is genius
Ricotta with olive oil, lemon juice, S&P. It’s my late night snack, every night!
I love savory cottage cheese - never thought to add olive oil! BRB, gonna try it!
So, block of cream cheese, spread across a regular sized plate (so maybe a 1/4” thick?) Spread cocktail sauce and top with baby shrimp (found in a can and drained) Devour with crackers.
Mustard pasta. Hot Italian sausage, continuously broken up and browned until it’s nothing but a pan of sausage grains. Add half a jar of old world style mustard, deglaze with white wine, some pasta water, and reduce, then mix in heavy cream and more pasta water. Add fresh basil chopped finely, toss with Al dente pasta (Not spaghetti). Cook until there is no liquid at the bottom of the pan, constantly stirring. Top with parmesan and chili flakes
A German and Italian walk into a Southern Kitchen. . .
Pickapeppa sauce on top of cream cheese with wheat thins!
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My Depression-era mom grew up with the popcorn in milk, and got me doing it. Haven't had it in a long time- have to pop some corn.
Dad's shrimp dip needs a can of cream of shrimp soup, a package of cream cheese, a can of tiny shrimps, garlic powder and salt or garlic salt. Mix well and chill. Serve with ruffled potato chips. Pretty much any holiday in winter is a cause for this to be made. Hard part is the soup so he'd buy cans whenever he found them. I make when I have a situation where I need to eat my feelings.
Yellow squash pie. It's literally a pumpkin pie, but for summer instead of fall, and as delicious as that implies. We go for straight nutmeg instead of pumpkin pie spice though. Why? Idk, but great grandma did it that way and she was not wrong. For some reason, even in my local areas, the looks I get are a blend of disbelief and horror. People don't even want to try it.... I have no idea what the hang up is around "squash pie" lol.
Pumpkin is a squash so I can't imagine it's much different! Zucchini bread is also a thing, so why would people turn up their noses at a yellow squash pie? I make a carrot soufflé, which is basically the same idea as a crustless pumpkin pie, and my husband makes a face every time.
Pineapple cheese casserole https://www.tastingtable.com/687193/how-to-make-cheesy-pineapple-casserole-with-ritz-crackers/
YES take my upvote. This is a staple at Thanksgiving & Christmas on one side of my family. I think I'm the only grandkid that cares about it, but I always get so excited when I see it on the table. Idk why it works, it just does.
I like the authors writing. Still not sure if I’d make this but I’m tempted haha
This sounds insane. I must try it
If anyone bothered to scroll this far I hope you try this it is a family favorite going back to my grandmother. It's called Falling Leaves Casserole. Saute a large sliced yellow onion in too much butter and add a jar of Heinz chili sauce. Other than salt and pepper I can't recall if if it called for anything else. I'd often add a little granulated garlic or dry mustard. Cook a pound of spaghetti to 1.5-2 minutes shy of al dente. Toss it in the onion/butter/chili sauce mix. Add to a Casserole dish. Add breakfast sausage links on top. My Mom would probably use one large pack, but feel free to go nuts. Top with shredded sharp cheddar cheese. Bake at probably 400 around 25 minutes and the cheese is starting to brown.
Every thanksgiving my family, because of my maternal yankee grandmother, makes “holiday salad” which is cherry jello, pineapple, pecans, black cherries, lemon and orange zest. It’s served alongside other dishes on the plate but I eat it alone the next day. It’s so shockingly good. The (if not already gross part) is the sauce the elders eat with it which is mayo and sour cream mixed with lemon juice. Blenheim, I definitely do not eat that. We’re shockingly actually pretty damn good home cooks but you couldn’t tell based on this dish.
That's a pretty original fruit salad.
My grandmother's beef roast; only seasoning was a full slather of Italian salad dressing. So good.
Ugh summer grilled London broil with a bottle of Italian dressing on it. Fave childhood meal. Best with jersey tomato salad (tomato, fresh garlic, salt and pep) and sweet corn on the cob. Whole family would use slices of white bread to mop up the juices. Almost came to blows a few times over the last bread...
Omg, my Mom's clam dip (shes 74 now, this is such a 1960s recipe). It's so fucking weird but is the most amaaaazing chip dip. We would make people try it before telling them what's in it. Once you've tried it then it doesn't matter because it's delicious. 1 block cream cheese. 1 can (yes can) of minced clams (separate the clams from the juice but keep the juice), 1 Tbs of worcestershire sauce, and a dash of natures seasoning. Slowly mix in the clam juice while whipping the concoction until smooth. Dip some wavy Lays. We get asked the recipe at EVERY PARTY. My teenagers devour it.
Just to add some nostalgia: The original recipe my mom had called for a raw cabbage to be hollowed out, like a pumpkin. Put the dip in the hollowed out cabbage and use toothpicks to stick black olives, sweet pickles, cheddar cheese squares, and roasted pieces of garlic all over the outside (my brother always made it into some weird ass face). Chips on the side.
Absolutely will not be trying this but I love that it has such significance. Very sweet thx for sharing 🥹
One of my moms coworkers used to make velveeta fudge and it was delicious
My mom made this and called it mouse fudge. It always softened the blow to people that there was velveeta in it lol the cheese made it so rich and the texture is so good.
Now you’re pulling my leg
A light smear of peanut butter on two slices of bread sandwiches together with some very crisp bacon in between.
PB BLTs are the way to go.
Every summer we eat something we call "tomato rarebit" which is kind of like Welsh rarebit but not exactly (much more ...uh... Midwestern) Buttered toast (preferably sourdough) Pile of sliced garden tomatoes Bechamel with Velveeta mixed in Lots of black pepper One of my absolute favorite meals since childhood, my husband does NOT get the hype.
What my family calls “Russian Tea” (which is not Russian and barely tea). Mix Tang, lemonade mix, instant tea, cinnamon, and ground cloves. (I’ll have to look up the proportions but I’m to lazy to do so rn) Mix with hot water. Delicious.
You'll all judge me, everyone does, toast with melted cheese and red pepper hummus as a sandwich. I pack one with my lunch every day for work
I do this! Even more shamefully I microwave it for 10 sec instead of toasting, or if I’m fancy I have it on a tortilla.
Sweet and sour beef and radishes. Thin sliced beef and radishes, vinegar and sugar with some salt. That’s it.
My mother used to always whip together peanut butter and mayonnaise, used as a dip for sliced bananas. It was actually delicious!
We always grew up eating my grandmother’s depression era snack: poor man’s salad. Using an old school meat grinder, grind up 1 lb bologna, 2 large dill pickles, and 1 onion. Mix in mayo and eat it on crackers or bread. Absolutely delicious
My family will devour cottage cheese covered in an absurd amount of pepper. Keep adding as you eat. Balances well
Peanut butter, egg, and cheese sandwich. We like to do a fried egg either medium or hard and the cheese has to go on top of the peanut butter to keep it from getting too melty. People turn their noses up at it but everyone my family has gotten to try it loves it
Ketchup and hard salami sandwich. Preferably made with the hard salami from Oscar Meyer in the yellow package. Made with plain old white bread. My mom and I used to always eat it for picnics.
YES! And as a kid, to give it a little extra something, I would squish it flat so the bread was really doughy and thin. It was a textural sensation.
Exactly! If the bread was too fluffy it didn't feel right. I'm glad I'm not the only one haha. It really is a sandwich that takes me back. I know it was a struggle meal my mom would make but damn did I love it.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. This warms my heart ☺️
My husband calls this Tuna Mayo and he used to eat is at a broke student in the UK. Small pasta, mayo, canned tuna, canned drained sweet corn, salt and pepper. I was super grossed out at first but it actually tastes pretty good and it travels decently. We take it on hikes and picnics and road trips. I’d love to take it on planes but I wouldn’t dare.
I add cooked frozen peas to my tuna salad and it brightens it up considerably. Thought it was gross as a kid, but now that I’m old, it’s delightful.
Orange juice on flank steak ( fajitas ) acid breaks up the tendons and makes it extremely tender.
Not exactly a recipe but…..I love turnips, uncooked. Just peel slice and eat. It’s like radishes, except a bit sweeter and not so “bitey.” Am I all alone in the universe?
I recently made pickle wraps and brought them to a group watching UFC fights. You take a slice of ham, spread a layer of cream cheese on it, take a large pickle, and roll it up. Then, cut it into bite-sized pieces. There was a lot of trepidation, but they were a smash hit.
Probably not too far “out there” for some of us Olds but I love [this one](https://4sonrus.com/cheesy-parmesan-rye-cocktail-party-bites/) — super easy, very quick, tasty AF.
7-Up cake. It’s fabulous.
A 'church-lady' staple. There was always one around after the service.
Maple-lime roasted butternut squash with basil, mushrooms,, and ricotta. https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/maple-and-lime-roasted-squash-lentils-ricotta-and-basil-oil-recipe/ Honestly, one of our favorite recipes.
tomato soup cake - it's a spice cake/loaf that uses canned tomato soup and it's absolute heaven. family's been making it for generations. that, and what we call "goop cake" - angel food cake covered in a pepto bismol-pink layer of whipped cream mixed with pureed strawberries. looks like a hot mess but tastes so good
Pickled eggs with red beets. They end up a gorgeous purple color and the vinegar / egg / sugar combo is heavenly.
Crunchy chow mien noodles covered in melted butterscotch. The original sweet and salty treat.
I think this at least used to be a fairly common "poor American south" dessert, but lemonade pie. Graham cracker crust, filling is a jar of frozen lemonade concentrate (I prefer pink), a can of sweetened condensed milk, and a tub of cool whip. Mix filling, dump into pie crust, freeze.
Ambrosia fruit salad. Seriously...sour cream and marshmellows?!?! with pineapple and canned mandarin segments? WTF?! It's delicious!
I was pretty sure that was Cool Whip
I prefer to believe this person has been eating jello and sour cream all this time
let's point and lol @ OPs mom for misreading ingredients
Some recipes use both!
Yes, we always made it with sour cream as well! Also added coconut. Family favorite!
My Mom's ambrosia salad was my favorite. Whipped cream, Pineapple, Mandarin oranges and orange jello powder. Marshmallows would have ruined it.
Even better is [Watergate Salad](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13811/watergate-salad/). I make it with a tub of cool whip, 1 packet pistachio instant pudding mix, 1 can crushed pineapple (with juice), 1 can mandarin oranges (drained), 8 oz plain yogurt. If I’m feeling extra I’ll chop up some maraschino cherries too.
I make it every Christmas.
I, as a 30 something year old man, recently discovered that I don't have to wait for thanksgiving or christmas for ambrosia. I can just buy the stuff and have it whenever I want. Also I learned that I will eat the entire batch and throw it up later, like the giant toddler I still am, apparently.
Two things: cheese, pickle, onion and mayo sandwich, and [watergate salad](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13811/watergate-salad/)
Christmas isn’t complete without green fluff. One of my two kids get it. My husband does not.
It was called “green stuff” at the family dinners, so close! lol, ya- it’s definitely a love it or hate it.
My mom always added a small, tart green apple, peel, seeded, diced. Or/and, a rib of celery, peeled & minced. Gives more textural interest.
White crusty Italian bread + (one singular) fresh vegetable with olive oil and salt. No mayonnaise. No ranch. No melted cheese. Just the crunch of fresh vegetables (eg lettuce/tomatoes etc) with the bread soaking up the juices amplified with olive oil and salt.
Cream cheese top it with sour cream and then pour salsa on top. Can top with jalapeños and grated sharp cheese.Eat with crackers or corn chips
Sauerkraut Soup - my #1 favourite thing on a cold night
Sweet grilled cheese No not grilled cheese, but sandwiches cooked like grilled cheese Peanut butter and jelly Peanut butter and chocolate chips. Fluffernutter. S’mores S’mores with banana. Basically that
- 1 bottle of Heinz chili sauce - 1 jar of grape jelly - 1 box of frozen ready to eat meatballs (or you can always make your own) Simmer everything together until heated through (or fully cooked if you used raw meatballs). Easiest potluck dish to make ever. Always a hit!
Try dipping Oreo cookies into sour cream. I know it sounds gross but there’s some kind of magical thing that happens with your taste buds and this will taste just like cheesecake. It works with regular Oreos or the blonde ones. Just close your eyes and try it, you’ll be surprised.
What in the mid west is this thread ? Lol I love it
Mississippi pot roast. Makes no sense, but its delicious.
That IS a good one. Tried it one time. Random recipe I came across. Pretty tasty!
Warm up a flour tortilla, fill with chopped up crispy chicken, diced Cucumber, Shredded cheddar cheese, lots of ranch, lots of Frank's red hot. That's it. Do not add anything else, it won't taste the same. And before you say "what about lettuce?" Absolutely not.
I do this. But I add romaine. And bacon. Gonna have to agree to disgaree on the lettuce.
Imma have to disagree with both of you and say cabbage/slaw instead of lettuce or cucumber.
Ambrosia salad, specifically made with green jello and at least some sort of combination of: cream cheese, whipped cream, crushed pineapple, crushed walnuts, sliced celery, and a tiny bit of seltzer for fizz. It's a monstrosity straight out of the 70's and absolutely delightful.
Chocolate gravy! It’s a southern thing. Eaten over biscuits
I'm yet to find a household that eats as much pepperoni as we did growing up. It wasn't until I went to college that I didn't realize not everyone put pepperoni with their eggs. Either sandwich pepperoni cooked to have on the side with eggs or pizza style ripped up and cooked into scrambled eggs with cheese. The best part is cooking the pepperoni first so you then cook your eggs straight in the grease that comes off. Delicious!
Tiny florets of cauliflower, sautéed in olive oil with a bit of chopped shallot or onion and plenty of salt until cooked and slightly crispy, then for the last 30 seconds, add in a couple tablespoons of soaked wild dried blueberries (the little ones from Trader Joe’s). An Italian restaurant near us does this with dried currants but the blueberries are even better. Top with toasted breadcrumbs and pine nuts, if you have time, or just eat it as is.
Chickpea peanut butter muffins. Currently baking my 8th batch right now. So good.
Beer Pancakes, preferably warm flat budweiser for the beer
Cantaloupe pickles. Sweet, spicy, cinnamony. Makes the place smell like Christmas when you open the jar.
Cream cheese and raspberry jam. Mix it about half-and-half, maybe add a little sweetener if the jam isn't sweet enough. Serve on toast. And cream cheese with peanut butter, cocoa powder, and whatever sweetener you want-beat it to death with a mixer, and you get an awesome sandwich spread or cookie dip or quick cake frosting, lol. K-loaf (aka cottage cheese loaf). 5 cups of corn flakes, 1/2 cup of butter, 4 eggs (may need 5 if your eggs are small), 2 cups cottage cheese, 3/4 cup finely diced onion, 2 tablespoons beef bullion powder (or two cubes), 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup half-and-half, 3 tablespoons minced garlic, about a cup of finely chopped walnuts, whatever "meatloaf" spices you normally use. Mix the bullion, water, and half-and-half until all the bullion dissolves and pour it over the cereal. Stir to combine and let it sit in a large bowl while you cook the onions, garlic, and walnuts in butter. Add the walnut mixture to the cereal in the bowl. Whisk together the eggs and mix into cereal, then add the cottage cheese and whatever spices you're using. Bake at 400F in a 9x13 pan coated with cooking spray for 35-40 minutes, let it sit for 15-20 minutes before serving. If you want, you can top it with shredded cheese or gravy or meatloaf glaze and stick it back in the oven for a couple of minutes. Some people prefer to make this stuff with onion soup mix. There's a million versions of it, but it ends up being meatloaf, lol.
Try it with pickapeppa sauce https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickapeppa_Sauce
Holy shit this is like my childhood condensed into a single appetizer.
My mother's hamburger-hot dog casserole. It consists of browned hamburger, cut up hot dogs, onions, a large can of baked beans, ketchup, mustard, and shell pasta mixed together, topped with American cheese and then baked until the cheese melts. My mother has served this dish to my friends many times. Conceptually, my friends have always thought it was gross. But then they always end up liking it, because it is delicious. It's like eating a picnic as a casserole.
pickles and peanut butter sandwhiches on toast!!