Have you ever opened a tin of ham with one of those stupid key things? And then, after breathing a sigh of relief when you got to the end of the awkward triangular-shaped tin without cutting your finger off, did you then lift the top off, and before turning the lovely pink delicacy onto a Bakelite plate, extend your index finger and lovingly scrape it across the top of the ham, scoop up the briny jelly and then put it in your mouth?
No?
Oh.
I have.
What about condensed milk straight off the spoon?
Milo sandwiches?
Lettuce cups filled with sugar?
Jelly crystals straight from the packet?
Frozen meat pies?
Come on! I know you can relate to at least some of these!
In the spirit of adventure, I think it’s time we all fessed up to those culinary indulgences we used to partake in (or perhaps still do) that really test the boundaries of what constitutes experimental eating (or, perhaps what constitutes food in general – I’m thinking of my brother’s penchant for Good-o here).
It’s time to get interactive on yo’ asses!
Don’t be shy now. I want to know. Please put your comments below and feel free to dob in your friends. I guarantee at least one moment of hilarity for all respondents.
6 comments:
Here! Fess up here!!
pickled onion sandwiches...
tomato sauce sandwiches...
potato scallop sandwiches... the sandwich is strong in my childhood food memories!
Oh Yeah, for those that had families with years between oldest & youngest siblings, a hotly contested event... eating the babies left over slightly warmed (not to burn) Heinz Chicken Noodle (no lumps) dinner (also guarantee of no chicken pieces) hoping not too much dribble or backwash in the delicious mix!
Shellex
Hi Shelle,
I can relate to all of those sandwiches. In fact, I could go a potato scallop sandwich right now. They are so good.
And your baby-leftovers hot slushy sounds like quite the childhood treat. Yum yum!
Hmmm nothing too exciting except sucking the marrow from lamb bones (ironically I'm now a vegetarian) and an as 8 yr old eating (or should I say slurping) highly concentrated cocoa drinking powder with a little liquid (milk, condensed milk???) from 70's orange melamine cups each Friday night whilst fearfully watching The Hulk with my neighbour's grandson. Excitement plus!
PS - yes potato crips sandwhiches were devine + a good old English fry up including black and white pudding and fried bread....
I used to eat bananas, regardless of their readiness - green, ripe, overripe, liquid ripe. My Mum used to gag watching me.
Also, peanut butter and vegemite sandwiches. I could think of nothing worse now. (Oh OK, I am sure I could think of a few things worse ... those liquidy bananas for start!)
xx
You girls rock! Jo, I always knew you were a "suck the marrow out of life" kind of girl.
I'm happy to say that I just witnessed an example of this childhood eating thing first-hand, when I saw a 5-year-old Timorese girl sucking the guts out of a satchel of soy sauce from a 2-minute noodle packet.
She can tell her friends about THAT one in a few years!
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