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[VanSleepy]

@Andreatoo I don't think I have ever eaten a pierogi.  It was my late husband who was Czech and introduced me to the dumplings and sauerkraut.  My mother never made those types of things lol

[Andreatoo]

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@Marp wrote:

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@EatWell wrote:

• S.O.S.  On white toast or buttermilk biscuits.
• Chicken Fried Steak with country gravy.  Side of mashed potatoes and green beans.
• Shrimp and grits.  Side of collard greens.

~Life is short. So eat well. You could die tomorrow. ~

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@EatWell,  if you can't find the bolded foods near you then you are living in the wrong location.  Those meals are staples here, just like biscuits.

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@Marp 

Nah. Every region has its culinary delights. No matter where I go there are things I would miss that I take for granted here. I'm sure that's true for any where you live. Unless of course you're like my uncle who ate pretty much the same things for over 99 years! LOL

[red&curly]

Our S.O.S. was Banner sausage mixed with scrambled eggs.

I miss French Toast.Just don't want to make myself.

[deeva]

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@Miss Pepsi wrote:

I grew up North West of Chicago, I now live in Florida.  I miss Italian Beef sandwhiches, I also miss GOOD Pizza and GOOD Chinese food.

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@Miss Pepsi   Do you miss Portillo's? Everytime we visit our daughter who lives in Chicago Portillo's is on our list of places to eat. 

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I used to go to Portillo's too.So glad we now have them in the Phoenix area. Their restaurants are always very busy.

[chrystaltree]

I'm fortunate; I can find everything and any thing I want.  Every cuisine in the world, just about. We have many new restaurants near us.  I don't recall seeing pepper and egg subs on sub shop menus, I do remember them from back in the day.  I'm sure that one of the sub shops that makes breakfast sandwhiches would gladly make a pepper and egg sub, if I asked.  Sometimes, when you don't see what you want on a menu, you just have to ask.

[Andreatoo]

@red&curly 

I have fond memories of my aunt's French pancakes, which are just crepes, when we visited Florida every summer for vacation. Sprinkled with sugar or with a bit of jelly ...delicious!

[LyndaGee]

Potato Knishes.  The deli at our local supermarket no longer has them.

Gardein Crabless cakes.  No one around here stocks them anymore.

[Andreatoo]

@chrystaltree 

If I were to come visit you can we go out for lunch and get some delicious aloo pies?

😎

[eddyandme]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

No one made liver and onions as well as my parents.  We grew up with it because it was cheap.  My parents said it was steak.  LOL.

My dad could fry chicken like nobody's business.  

We were very poor and grew up with all kinds of things in a white sauce/gravy over toast or potatoes....hot dogs, hamburger, peas, etc.  Even today, if I need an old fashioned comfort food, I'll go for hamburger gravy.

The biggest difference for me is that we ate cheap white bread as kids.  I only get a full multi-grain now.  No white bread for me.

@CalminHeart  My mother made liver and onions a few times.  Fortunately for me, my father also hated it and asked my mother nt to make it anymore!!!  But, since it's supposed to be very healthy, I fried some up for my furbaby.  Around here, it's hard to find and quite expensive:  must be a supply and demand thing.

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[eddyandme]

I used to love a Western or Eastern sandwich you could get in any diner or drugstore food counter.  No more....  I try making them at home but they never seem to taste as good - guess it was making the sandwich filling on a flat-top.

Actually, I miss diners, five and dimes and drugstores with food counters, too.