Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 You shouldn't feel ashamed or embarrassed. The only thing that is important is that you always had food on the table. So what if it wasn't high cuisine. Who cooks that everyday anyways. I remember when I was young and my parents went through a ruff time (someone had broken into our house and stolen EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING even the spoons and fridge full of food) and well I remember they would give me tortillas with butter and I was three and I still remember it was one of the best things I ever ate and to this day I will eat my tortillas with butter and I still love them. I am just thankfull that when it happened I was so young it all seemed like an adventure and my parents were able to somehow always have food on the table and a roof over my head. Thats what really matters. ________________________________ Jeanne B <treazured Monday, March 30, 2009 6:05:54 PM The one recipe I am ashamed to share OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. It sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put it in front of me I would have made barfing sounds and left the table. Ketchup Macaroni Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and squirt a good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white sugar to cut the acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it would take 2 pounds of macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed them. (Considering when I made lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to feed them.) *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the recipe on to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who will get it here if no place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it filled their bellies when the cupboard was bare. intentionally leaving this unsigned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Oh Phooey !!! You did the best that you could do to feed your childen. Warm macaroni fills up a child's tummy so they can concentrate on school and playing. Ketchup Macaroni is sure better for them than some things I could think of. I ate lots of macaroni with butter and ketchup when I was little and it didn't hurt me one bit. My daddy's favorite meal was macaroni with canned tomatoes. I never heard of Lasagna until I was married and learning to cook. My children were blessed to have different types of food because I wanted to try every vegetable that I could find. I was like a kid in a candy store but it was not candy that I wanted it was things like asparagus,mangos,peppers, etc. I could go on forever. There still isn't enough hours in the day to sample all the different food that I know is available out there. You did the best that you could do at the time. Congratulations on raising your children. Give yourself a well deserved pat on the back. Sending smiles and hugs your way Deanna in Colorado ********************************************************************** Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Jeanne, You fed your children a hot tasty meal. NEVER feel ashamed please! Times were tough around our house too -- my mom was a single mom to me & my sis & $$ was way tight. We had bean burritos for WEEKS on end. A few times we even had popcorn & milk for dinner. You know what? My sis & I never noticed. Dinner was there. It was filling. We went outside to play. End of story. I know _now_ my mom must have felt like you do - ashamed after the fact. But for my memories - there is no reason for shame. We never went hungry. It's really sweet they've passed it on to their children (and shows that they never noticed any lack!). Your kids did not go hungry; you did your best. Peace, Diane , Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. It sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put it in front of me I would have made barfing sounds and left the table. > > Ketchup Macaroni > Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and squirt a good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white sugar to cut the acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it would take 2 pounds of macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed them. (Considering when I made lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to feed them.) > > *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the recipe on to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who will get it here if no place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it filled their bellies when the cupboard was bare. > > intentionally leaving this unsigned > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 You got your kids to eat, good for you. , Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. It sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put it in front of me I would have made barfing sounds and left the table. > > Ketchup Macaroni > Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and squirt a good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white sugar to cut the acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it would take 2 pounds of macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed them. (Considering when I made lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to feed them.) > > *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the recipe on to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who will get it here if no place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it filled their bellies when the cupboard was bare. > > intentionally leaving this unsigned > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 My mother in law used to make something similar, I have made it for my husband and kids, using my mother in laws recipe. When I showed it to my dad he said his mom made something similar as well. When families kept kosher they made this to serve with dairy as you don't eat meat and milk together. they were eating it with dairy. -- In , Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. It sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put it in front of me I would have made barfing sounds and left the table. > > Ketchup Macaroni > Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and squirt a good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white sugar to cut the acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it would take 2 pounds of macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed them. (Considering when I made lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to feed them.) > > *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the recipe on to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who will get it here if no place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it filled their bellies when the cupboard was bare. > > intentionally leaving this unsigned > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 My kids eat ketchup with regular mac and cheese..... also eat ketchup with scrambled eggs. not much different than salsa with an omelette. On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:09 PM, glpveggie wrote: > My mother in law used to make something similar, I have made it for > my husband and kids, using my mother in laws recipe. > > When I showed it to my dad he said his mom made something similar > as well. When families kept kosher they made this to serve with > dairy as you don't eat meat and milk together. they were eating it > with dairy. > > -- In , Jeanne B <treazured > wrote: > > > > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about > 40 years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids > lived here. It sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put > it in front of me I would have made barfing sounds and left the table. > > > > Ketchup Macaroni > > Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and > squirt a good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white > sugar to cut the acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it > would take 2 pounds of macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed > them. (Considering when I made lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to > feed them.) > > > > *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the > recipe on to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who > will get it here if no place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it > filled their bellies when the cupboard was bare. > > > > intentionally leaving this unsigned > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 My Mom worked to jobs to raise us. We had many meals of pasta tossed with olive oil and a sprinkle of Italian herbs on it. What's to be ashamed of? I think love goes a long long way. The food filled a void. It's still one of my favorite things to eat. Donna We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Many of our meals were warm tortillas with salsa and a pile of homemade beans. We are all healthy and appreciated there was some food on the table. Chico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 you know that sounds really really good actually ~Tee - chico_trucker Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:36 PM Re: The one recipe I am ashamed to share Many of our meals were warm tortillas with salsa and a pile of homemade beans. We are all healthy and appreciated there was some food on the table. Chico Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.35/2033 - Release 03/31/09 13:05:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I eat that a lot! ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:- Terri -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´ Genesis 2:15 The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:43 PM, Tee wrote: > you know that sounds really really good actually > ~Tee > - > chico_trucker > > Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:36 PM > Re: The one recipe I am ashamed to share > > Many of our meals were warm tortillas with salsa and a pile of > homemade beans. We are all healthy and appreciated there was some > food on the table. > > Chico > > ------------------------- > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.35/2033 - Release Date: > 03/31/09 13:05:00 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Nothing at all wrong with that -- you fed them! Lots of times growing up, we had Kraft macaroni and cheese with a can of tomatoes. On payday, we had ground beef in it. I remember helping Mom count out change to buy a gallon of milk so we could have cereal in the morning. We had fried eggs lots of nights, too -- cheap protein source! I still like fried eggs, although I do not eat Kraft macaroni and cheese anymore Audrey S. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Jeanne B <treazured wrote: > OK, promise you won't tell anyone that I came up with this about 40 > years ago, but it was a good menu stretcher when all 7 kids lived here. It > sounds gross and when I was a kid, had my mother put it in front of me I > would have made barfing sounds and left the table. > > Ketchup Macaroni > Boil macaroni, melt butter or margarine in the cooked pasta and squirt a > good bit of ketchup over it, stir, adding a bit of white sugar to cut the > acidity of the ketchup. When the kids were here it would take 2 pounds of > macaroni and a bottle of ketchup to feed them. (Considering when I made > lasagna it took 20 pounds of it to feed them.) > > *hanging head* I'm so embarrassed, but the kids have passed the recipe on > to their kids, who eat it, and our great grandson who will get it here if no > place else. Haute cuisine it isn't, but it filled their bellies when the > cupboard was bare. > > intentionally leaving this unsigned > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 As a kid, I had a friend whose mom used to give us something very much like Jeanne's menu stretcher when I had lunch with them. I loved it!!!!! (They had like a bazillion times more money than my family did...well, maybe it just felt like a bazillion at the time:-) My grandma used to fix noodles with butter and salt for me. I loved that so much that, many, many, MANY years later, it was the still first thing I craved when I got sick > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 This makes me laugh.....we love beans in my house. The other day my sister stopped by and my oldest daughter and I were eating refried beans (veg of course) on corn tortillas with sliced white onion. My sister says....don't you have groceries? and proceeds to look in my fridge and freezer to make sure there is food. I said " We like these.....we eat them on purpose, not because there isn't anything else " . She was beside herself that we were eating beans because we wanted to! Michelle (in NH) --- On Tue, 3/31/09, chico_trucker <chico_trucker wrote: chico_trucker <chico_trucker Re: The one recipe I am ashamed to share Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:36 PM Many of our meals were warm tortillas with salsa and a pile of homemade beans. We are all healthy and appreciated there was some food on the table. Chico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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