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Yep, loved that as a kid. Also peanut butter 'n cheddar. Gumbo and potato salad - Not just as a side dish, but a scoop of potato salad IN the bowl of gumbo and rice. The potato salad must have chopped pickles in it to make the taste combo perfect. (Not new to homegrown Cajuns, but maybe to the rest of you?) Boudin and Steen's Cane syrup. Chocolate chip cookies and pineapple orange juice - Sure, cookies and milk are great, but there's something about chasing the cookie with a glass of pineapple orange juice that hits the spot. Coffee (just a bit) in your cereal & milk.

Really sick: chicken broth dry toast Jello 7Up On the road to recovery: Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup saltines or buttered toast Coca Cola (truly a treat for us back then, given sparingly)

Oh my! Someone's signature line about Dinty Moore beef stew brought back a repressed memory of one of my favorite childhood meals. Dinty Moore beef stew served over hot open faced biscuits (made from a can, of course). I loved that stuff, even more than beenie weenies.

Scotland - shortbread cookies England - scones, clotted cream

When the shrimp guys come knocking at the door, they offer to dehead the shrimp for purchases of ten pounds or more. I reserve the heads for making shrimp stock for my seafood gumbo.

Does it make me a bad person if this made me laugh so hard it brought tears to my eyes?

Not so much if you grew up around it. I can lay it on pretty thick when I want to.

In the course of looking for a link to support my statement about Justin, I'm finding myself more and more confused. The short bio for him at http://www.justinwilson.com does not indicate that any of the things I'd heard over the years are true, some of which I was sure I'd heard Justin, himself, say on his show and in interviews. He referred to himself as a 'half-breed' Cajun. In his earlier years he was a safety engineer and later became a humorist. He grew up around peoples with strong Cajun accents and interjected his stories with bits and pieces of Cajun expressions to make the stories funnier. Here's an excerpt from one site ( http://www.gritlit.com/BooksD-K/jw203.html ): Whether or not his accent was strongly exaggerated (which I truly think it was), his cooking and recipes were authentic and true, as I said in my original post. I do apologize if I've given any false information.

He sure does! All those -ie's. I like 'A bit of the old foo', though. I use that one occasionally. Our lad's from Essex but uses a fake Cockney accent and manner known as "Mockney". Deeply offensive because it's just so bizarre and stagey. Justin Wilson's accent was fake, too, but I (mostly) forgave him because he cooked the way real Cajuns cook at home, Magnalite and black iron pots and all. I ga rohn tee! I really like 'scrumptious', but will do my best to refrain from using it. Girl Scout's honor. The first time I heard 'veggie' used, it was said by Fonzie on Happy Days. I honestly think it was the Fonz who popularized it, so blame him (or the writers of the show).

Your pizza looks terrific! Keep up the good work.

From Mabelline: And from marlena spieler Spooning the bacon grease over is the best! Even if I'm hard frying the eggs for a sandwich, I spoon it over both before and after I break the yolk. I think I'm getting an envie right now.

Hard fried egg sandwiches with lots of S&P and mustard & mayo on white bread.

Tuna casserole (canned tuna, Kraft Mac'n Cheese, canned cream of mushroom soup) topped with crushed Lay's potato chips. A dip made of melted Velveeta (!) and a can of spicy Ro-tel tomaotes, plus a bag of Fritos for dipping. School cafeteria pigs-in-a-blanket. Chili Fritos.

I absolutely love Chick-Fil-A for breakfast! Fried chicken breast on a warm fluffy biscuit is trés yummy. Strangely enough, I've never had their regular sandwich, as I only ever seem to stop there at breakfast time.

When Mom peeled potatoes she'd give us kids a piece or two of raw potato to munch on. It's not as exciting as fish eyeballs, but I don't know very many people who snack on raw potatoes.

Has anyone else noticed that a bunch of the Food Network chefs use the exact same kind of clear glass mixing bowl? I've seen that Ina Garten, Sara Moulton, Giada De Laurentiis, and one or two others all use the same clear glass bowls. Maybe Emeril, too. I'm with andiesenji, I like Ina's kitchen.

I'd love to claim that as the truth, but actually "SmartAss" was taken the first time I tried to use it as a log-in (about 8 years ago), so I settled for SmrtAss. Now I'm so used to that spelling that the correct one looks wrong to me, and I am SmrtAss all over the internet. Well, almost all over. Back to the foodblog - I am so envious of the fabulous produce available to you! Thanks for all of the great photos.

Mmm, the caramelization from cabbage and/or onions is what makes it so tasty! I'm new to reading the blogs and am enjoying this one very much. The nice variety of fruits you're eating is inspiring.

My solution was to buy a second fridge.

One of my brothers and I used to make peanut butter, cheese, and bologna sandwiches. Although I've tried to block it out, I'm pretty sure mayo was also on the ingredient list. We loved them! At my grandmother's house, she'd add a little coffee to our bowls of rice crispies and milk. She didn't think it was much different than cafe au lait, which Daddy served us in bed when he wanted to get us up for early (6:30 a.m.) Mass.

Thanks to you guys, I've just placed an order with Usingers. To round out the order to make the six pound minimum, I got a few other things besides hot dogs. I've never had knackwurst or mortadella before. Can't wait to see what I've been missing. I feel rather deprived that I've grown up thinking Oscar Mayer all beef weiners were the top dog. My favorite way to eat them is on a dijon mustard coated hot dog bun, topped with chili (no beans, from a can yet!), grated sharp cheddar, chopped white onion, and a quick trip under the broiler to finish it off. Melts the cheddar and gets the bun just slightly toasty. Mmmm, I'm back to my childhood when chili dogs were our regular Saturday lunch. My husband and son do not eat them my way. Son likes ketchup (gasp!) and husband likes Southern barbecue sauce. Today I searched Albertson's for any of the brands mentioned in this thread. I found Nathan's and bought a package, so we'll test that out soon. Maybe I should wait for the Usinger's to come in and make a taste comparison. bleachboy, I am salivating over your picture of those gorgeous hotdogs.

Mmm, Zapp's. I like chips on the sandwich, too, but haven't indulged in years. I might indulge in some tuna salad later today, though.

All of the food scenes in Eat Drink Man Woman are fabulous. Ranks right up there with Babette's Feast, Tampopo, and Like Water for Chocolate, all great food movies. ETA: Oops, this is supposed to be tv, ain't it?

The usual method is drained oil packed tuna, chopped hard boiled eggs, mayo, mustard, chopped scallions, chopped sweet pickles, and lots and lots of black pepper. Served on either very fresh white bread (and Lay's potato chips are a must as an accompaniment), or a good rye bread, sans Lay's. A few years ago I went on a kick of adding fennel seeds to the mix. I'm over it.

Maybe it was her 'Wessonality' that appealed to you.