Worst food eaten as a child at home.

[weltschmerz]

I loved kholodetz, which is pork cooked all day in broth, with lots of garlic, dill and other spices.

It would set when it was chilled, then cut and served with a wickedly hot horseradish.

I guess it was similar to head cheese.

[wyouser]

Oct 5, 2016 16:54:04 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Oct 5, 2016 16:51:27 GMT -5 wyouser said:

headcheese is made from the brains of cattle or hogs.....

No, it's made with flesh from the head, but never the brain.

Head cheese or brawn is a cold cut that originated in Europe. A version pickled with vinegar is known as souse. Head cheese is not a dairy cheese, but a terrine or meat jelly made with flesh from the head of a calf or pig, or less commonly a sheep or cow, and often set in aspic. The parts of the head used vary, but the brain, eyes, and ears are usually removed. The tongue, and sometimes the feet and heart, may be included. It can also be made from quality trimmings from pork and veal, adding gelatin to the stock as a binder.
-wiki

The variety We had was speckled gray and incased in a pigs stomach. The recipes came out of Silesia (Formerly German but now a part of Poland) I thought it was gross then and my opinion never has improved....

[weltschmerz]

Oct 5, 2016 17:04:37 GMT -5 wyouser said:

Oct 5, 2016 16:54:04 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

No, it's made with flesh from the head, but never the brain.

Head cheese or brawn is a cold cut that originated in Europe. A version pickled with vinegar is known as souse. Head cheese is not a dairy cheese, but a terrine or meat jelly made with flesh from the head of a calf or pig, or less commonly a sheep or cow, and often set in aspic. The parts of the head used vary, but the brain, eyes, and ears are usually removed. The tongue, and sometimes the feet and heart, may be included. It can also be made from quality trimmings from pork and veal, adding gelatin to the stock as a binder.
-wiki

The variety We had was speckled gray and incased in a pigs stomach. The recipes came out of Silesia (Formerly German but now a part of Poland) I thought it was gross then and my opinion never has improved....

All the Russian and Ukrainian ladies made it, and the brain was never used.
Maybe German head cheese is different.
Never heard of it encased in a pig's stomach, either.

[cronewitch]

One thing we weren't forced to eat was a rabbit named Snowball. She was an old rabbit who dad decided was too old to have more babies so he killed her. Mom decided Snowball was too old to fry so she canned her. She wrote Snowball on the label so she would know it was a tough old rabbit. Snowball sat in the pantry for years and nobody wanted to eat her, mom finally fed her to the dog.

[weltschmerz]

Oct 5, 2016 17:24:22 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

One thing we weren't forced to eat was a rabbit named Snowball. She was an old rabbit who dad decided was too old to have more babies so he killed her. Mom decided Snowball was too old to fry so she canned her. She wrote Snowball on the label so she would know it was a tough old rabbit. Snowball sat in the pantry for years and nobody wanted to eat her, mom finally fed her to the dog.

We had a rabbit named Pooshok in an apartment. He loved to have breakfast with the girls. He sat on the kitchen table and ate AlpahaBits with us.
We'd sooner die than eat him.

[resolution]

Oct 5, 2016 14:54:35 GMT -5 swamp said:

salmon patties. made from canned salmon.

I make those during Lent when we are supposed to be repenting.

[swamp]

Oct 5, 2016 17:44:07 GMT -5 resolution said:

Oct 5, 2016 14:54:35 GMT -5 swamp said:

salmon patties. made from canned salmon.

I make those during Lent when we are supposed to be repenting.

That's when we had them. With Mac and cheese made with Velveeta.  Blech.  

[busymom]

Malt-O-Meal (hot cereal).   Hated it!  The first time I had decent hot cereal was at my church camp, when they served  oatmeal.

[taz157]

Pork chops and sauerkraut cooked together.

I can't stand sauerkraut and it took a long time for me to eat pork chops.

[mmhmm]

I remember several things I couldn't stand:

scalloped tomatoes, tomato aspic (or anything with aspic anywhere near it), Malt-O-Meal, sauerkraut and liver.

[dee27]

Liver

[Artemis Windsong]

Oct 5, 2016 15:17:21 GMT -5 imawino said:

When I was a kid?  Dirt probably.  maybe an ant?  

Is the question the thing I thought tasted the worst (sour cream), or the unhealthiest crap food my parents fed me (probably spaghettios).  

Whatever your worst is.  My Dmom used to make a kind of spaghetti out of canned spaghetti and bacon.  It was good when we didn't know what real spaghetti tasted like.

[Artemis Windsong]

Oct 5, 2016 17:24:22 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

One thing we weren't forced to eat was a rabbit named Snowball. She was an old rabbit who dad decided was too old to have more babies so he killed her. Mom decided Snowball was too old to fry so she canned her. She wrote Snowball on the label so she would know it was a tough old rabbit. Snowball sat in the pantry for years and nobody wanted to eat her, mom finally fed her to the dog.

I feel your pain.  We raised pet rabbits which is why I couldn't eat rabbit.  DD ended up poisoning them because they were multiplying so fast.

[Artemis Windsong]

Oct 5, 2016 16:09:23 GMT -5 imawino said:

Oct 5, 2016 15:45:46 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Me too!! My grandma used to make awesome ones! Swamp just needs a southern grandma to cook her one.

we all need a southern grandma

Not my H's mother.  Long discussion on her horrible cooking.

[Artemis Windsong]

Oct 5, 2016 16:41:12 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Baloney. Is that even a real food? Makes hot dogs look downright organic.

I used to buy baloney for first H's lunch.  I didn't know there was a cooked kind and uncooked kind.  I never got it straight.  I also never had any help meal ideas, cooking or grocery shopping

[Artemis Windsong]

Oct 5, 2016 16:36:46 GMT -5 Peace77 said:

Turtle doves that Dad shot and Mom cooked.  Nobody could eat them.

Runner up is the homemade soup Mom made.  It was greatły improved when she added BBQ sauce.

Uncooked or under cooked game birds is why I wasn't invited back to my cousin's house to stay the night or eat with them.  The birds actually had shotgun pellets in them.  Were bloody.  Ick. 

Maybe I need to think of this when I have a snack attack.  Might stop it .

[Pants]

Thank you all for helping me with my diet.

[haapai]

I must have been lucky.  My little brother was an extremely small child and a very picky eater.  He could also be an extremely stubborn non-eater.  He'd rather go to bed unfed than eat anything from a plate that had been contaminated by mushrooms or mayonnaise in any item.  He wasn't good about trying new stuff either. 

I spent a lot of my childhood in places where 50-pound kids died of dehydration and malnutrition all of the time and my brother got very sick a few times, which scared the heck out of my parents, after which they were not willing to starve him into trying anything.  If <little brother> wouldn't eat a dish, they weren't going to serve it to him a second time.  If they thought that he wouldn't try something, it never got served a first time.  They wanted to keep his weight up. 

This is a good thing, because I never saw the point of eating ripe papaya.  My parents ate it constantly but they never forced me to eat it, especially after we moved to the place where papaya was considered pig fodder.   

[Tennesseer]

Oct 5, 2016 15:16:13 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

Oysters we would go get some at the beach then be forced to eat them. Oyster stew I would try to dish mine up without actual oysters hitting my bowl. Oysters on the half shell weren't as bad because you could swallow them whole but any way you cook them I am not every eating one again. Okra was pretty bad too but if you slice it and deep fry in breading it isn't half bad. I liked liver and onions, spinach and other foods many kids didn't but can't see ever trying oysters as an adult. I don't mind going to the beach to get oysters but I prefer not to even smell them cooking, ISO likes them raw.

Boiled okra-eating it was like having a bad sinus infection and wicked post nasal drip and no way to expectorate it.

[msventoux]

Most any vegetables. Most were boiled so much that they turned into this grayish green blob that was inedible. I refused to eat them and would only eat them raw. It wasn't until a few years ago that I discovered that properly cooked veggies can be delicious and I actually like roasted Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, etc.

[zibazinski]

Roasted green beans are yummy too

[wwtpgirl66]

Waldorf salad....apples and mayo never belong together.  Add raisins and it is the most disgusting thing.  

[Tennesseer]

Oct 5, 2016 18:42:54 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

I remember several things I couldn't stand:

scalloped tomatoes, tomato aspic (or anything with aspic anywhere near it), Malt-O-Meal, sauerkraut and liver.

Nasty. Just nasty. There was no nutritional reason to serve that mess to us kids.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Oct 6, 2016 0:40:02 GMT -5 zibazinski said:

Roasted green beans are yummy too

Oh yeah! Roasted in olive oil and a little garlic!

[andi9899]

Oct 5, 2016 17:24:22 GMT -5 cronewitch said:

One thing we weren't forced to eat was a rabbit named Snowball. She was an old rabbit who dad decided was too old to have more babies so he killed her. Mom decided Snowball was too old to fry so she canned her. She wrote Snowball on the label so she would know it was a tough old rabbit. Snowball sat in the pantry for years and nobody wanted to eat her, mom finally fed her to the dog.

That is horrible! I can't imagine!

[andi9899]

Oct 5, 2016 17:59:52 GMT -5 busymom said:

Malt-O-Meal (hot cereal).   Hated it!  The first time I had decent hot cereal was at my church camp, when they served  oatmeal.

I love it! The girls hate it. I don't usually buy it though. Since I'm the only one who likes it. I love Cream of Wheat too!

[irishpad]

Tongue. Grew up on a dairy farm so we made full use of most of the parts of the animals.   I know my revulsion to tongue was mostly psychological, but could never get past the "I'm tasting something that use to be used to taste"

[lexxy703]

Oct 5, 2016 16:56:31 GMT -5 steff said:

One of the most epic battles in our home before the divorce from the step monster was over apple salad.   His concoction was diced apples, diced onions, & celery swimming in mayo.   I wasn't going to be allowed to leave the table until I ate it.   After 2 hours of sitting there (keep in mind, I'm 14 yrs old) in a Mexican standoff, the goal posts were moved & now I had to eat the whole bowl of apple crap.  Another 2 hours go by, I haven't moved to take a single bite, not even fake moving it around the plate...I have to eat all of the apple crap & he'll make more if I don't eat it NOW.   around midnight I took a helluva beating over it.   but I never ate a single bite of his apple crap, I did end up wearing most of it thru the beating tho.  (For the record, I HATE mayo.  I would have eaten if it hadn't been swimming in mayo) 

Less than 2 weeks later is when it was all finally over.  But that night still goes down as an epic battle.  While I'm sitting there not eating, my mom & the step monster were in a helluva fight.  My brothers were forced to sit at the table the entire time too. 

Steff, my dad & I had a similar standoff over peas. I did not get a beating but I was not allowed to have anything else to eat until I ate those peas. For 3 days every meal was that dish of peas that I refused to eat. They kept me home from school just so I wouldn't buy lunch. Finally on the 3rd day my dad pried my mouth open & shoved down a spoonful of peas & made me swallow. That was the end of it. I wasn't forced to eat the whole bowl & was never forced to eat them again.

[NoNamePerson]

Oct 5, 2016 13:20:09 GMT -5 gambler said:

anything my mother cooked, she was with out doubt the worlds worst cook

Is that you kiddo? I didn't know you had found this board.  

[andi9899]

Oct 6, 2016 10:05:49 GMT -5 irishpad said:

Tongue. Grew up on a dairy farm so we made full use of most of the parts of the animals.   I know my revulsion to tongue was mostly psychological, but could never get past the "I'm tasting something that use to be used to taste"

I thought cows bred for milk weren't good for eating and cows raised for eating weren't good for milk.