What Excites You?
If you know me at all, you know I love to eat! I have always had a healthy appetite and as a girl Mom used to say that I am “going to eat us out of house and home”. If I was awake, I was hungry and not much has changed. I love food! If you ask me if I am hungry, my response will most likely be “I could eat”, it does not matter what time it is, or how long it has been since my last meal.
Although I am not a fan of seafood, I will try it if it is on your plate, and sometimes I like it, most of the time I do not. I have tried shrimp so many times to know that I am not going to like it next time. However, I did have shrimp ceviche last week and it was really good! Granted, it had some spice to it and my lips were on fire so I could not tell it contained shrimp, but I might order it if I see it on a menu. I have tried several filets of fish over the last few months and as long as it doesn’t have a weird consistency or taste like fish, I might have another bite off of your fork.
Now, on to the main reason for this post. If I see biscuits and gravy on the menu, I will probably have that for breakfast. It reminds me of breakfast at my godparents restaurant as a child. Tater tots excite me and sometimes it is the sole reason for getting me out of the house! There is a local restaurant that has A-M-A-Z-I-N-G tots! Goodness gracious it is a plate full of fried satisfaction if there ever was one! Meatloaf was one meal that Dad and I got excited about when Mom was making it, which of course, as an adult I love me some meatloaf! I like simple, though, don’t go fucking it up by adding shit that does not belong in a meatloaf! And, it is supposed to be hamburger, not sausage or anything else, so don’t think about switching it up on me. I was raised on meat and potatoes, and I am definitely a meat eater, so give me a good, juicy bone-in-ribeye or a slab of brisket. I will be happy eating on that for days!!! Potato salad is good and pickles are, too! I can eat a jar of pickles, if I am not careful. lol.
What, if any, gets you excited and brings back good memories?
6 Comments
DawnMariesDream
Biscuits and gravy is probably the one thing my Dad made that I am able to cook and have been told I am good at it. Now Fried Potatoes is one of those things from my childhood that I love and it reminds me of my Dad and my maternal Gma. The both of them could fry some mean potatoes in a cast iron skillet. And then probably the meal that does it the most for me is Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese, this was one of my mom’s favorite things.. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!!!
lonestarangel
What beautiful memories! I bet your dad could make an amazing plate of biscuits and gravy! The smells in the house when you first wake up was probably very comforting. I love grilled cheese, but have never tried it with tomato soup. Maybe I should try that this winter. Do you have your mom’s recipe?
Thank you for sharing; you made me smile.
DawnMariesDream
Yes and I will share that recipe with JUST you… Campbell’s Tomato Soup.. but make it with milk and not water. LOL
lonestarangel
Haha you made me LOL!
Okay, so milk is the key ingredient.
cowboybubba
Up until I was in my late teens, mom always made cakes from scratch. She never looked at a recipe. She just made the batter and the icing. My favorite icing was one that would harden like the little numbers and letters they sell to decorate cakes. I have tried to duplicate her recipie but never get it to harden correctly. A few years ago the family went out for a holiday get together and the restaurant had a scratch made cake with a candy icing. It flooded me with memories. Even though mom had passed it was like she had baked this cake just for us. I asked for the recipie but the baker had already gone for the day. Funny how it is the simplest things that brings back the biggest memories.
lonestarangel
What a beautiful memory with many, many stories behind it. Thank you for sharing! They make a hard icing now that is called “sheet icing”, I think. It basically lays flat in a thick layer, and then it lays over the cake, a lot like a sheet…