Cooking & Baking
In reply to the discussion: Remembering the food of my childhood [View all]Warpy
(111,232 posts)mostly because those old refrigerators had space for a couple of ice cube trays and nothing else. If you gave up on ice for your drinks and injuries, you could store some frozen peas, maybe a couple of TV dinners in them. I know because those old fridges were standard issue in Boston apartments in the early 70s. Most of us only got TV dinners on Wednesday, the big grocery day back then.
I honestly don't remember much of the food of my childhood fondly. My mother despised cooking and it showed, although there were a few things she did well. My best memories were when we were on the road, traveling or moving, and eating in restaurants. Otherwise, it was Kraft Dinner or Campbell's or peanut butter sandwiches.
I do have some particularly hideous memories of things like canned asparagus.