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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Comfort Foods

Day 5
Your favorite comfort foods

First, let me start by telling you a little of my background to help you understand why I love these foods so much. I am the oldest of 3 girls in my family, my middle sister is 3 years younger than me, and my youngest is 5 years younger. All of our birthdays are within 2 weeks of each other. Mine comes first, at the end of September, then my youngest sisters mid-October and finally my middle sister, at the end of October. Each year, for as long as I can remember my sisters and I choose our birthday dinners, My momma, or g-ma would cook whatever we wanted. I can always remember choosing this pinto beans,cornbread,mac-n-cheese and fried potatoes and instead of cake and ice cream I would choose Apple dumplings with vanilla pudding, topped with melted red hots!  I'll admit it isn't the healthiest choice, but it reminds me of my grandparents. I love the memories and association I have with it.  When I eat it, I'm flooded with the memories of growing up in Michigan and the fun times I had staying at my grandparents house. As my sisters and I got older, we would talk about what each of us were going to choose as our meal, and each of us would plan what we liked, to make sure we would all be getting one of our favorite, but rarely cooked meals.
I love this meal, and all the memories I have to accompany it! I have never made it on my own, I just don't think it would be as special.

7 comments:

  1. new follower from the wednesday blog hop - thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Sounds like a great birthday dinner:) Thanks for following the field trip hop glad you found it and hoe you will join in. You have very adorable little boys:)

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  3. Yum! I just had mac-n-cheese (the good stuff) yesterday. It is turning colder here and it always reminds me of comfort food.

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  4. My comfort food is mashed potatoes. Yum! Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. Following from the NOBH linky party. :)

    I <3 comfort food!

    ...danielle - from my raising little rhodies blog

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  6. The description of your comfort food makes my mouth water! What a great pick for a birthday meal! Thank you for linking up to NOBH! Love the pics of your boys on your header! So cute! :)

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  7. Thanks for visiting my blog! As soon as I got here and saw the pinto beans and cornbread, I was hooked! That is some of my favorite food too!

    Sarah K. (http://themamapirate.com)

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