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Gosh, this has been a great read! I can't really think of anything that my parents ate that was wierd. I do remember my dad eating fried sardines and oysters for breakfast on the weekends and that grossed me out. He also made a dish sometimes for breakfast for himsefl that he named Buffalo Barf. (appetizing, eh?) He would throw all kinds of stuff in it, but the base was potatoes and eggs. I never tried it even though it probably was good because I couldn't get past the name.
I learned to eat banana sandwiches from either my dad or mom. Banana and mayonnaise on white bread. My dad made his own headcheese so he could get the spices right. Nothing like opening the deep freezer outside and seeing a dead hog's head staring back at you.
Both my parents, having been born and raised in the south, had occasion to eat some unusual things. As I grew up I came to understand that people from all over the world eat some...very different things.
For me, the weirdest was the common European dish of scrambled eggs and calf brains; they are called Mioliera.
This is a bit off topic but has anyone tried pepsi and milk? I remember watching Laverne and Shirley as a kid and Laverne always drank that.
I read somewhere that Penny Marshall actually drank this in real life. I tried it once. It's wasn't too bad, but not something I'd do again. The milk seemed to neutralize the acid in the cola somewhat.
My mom used to eat braunschweiger and pickled pigs' feet. My dad liked breaded, fried squirrels' brains and dandelions. My paternal grandparents ate just about everything under the sun. One time they made fudge out of potatoes.
My mom liked (English) pickled onion sandwiches. Her dad at raw onions like apples. He said they were good for you.
My dad ate all sorts of gross things like goat (He calls it "Southern Lamb" and OMG the smell!), pigs' feet, and whole sardines. He'd make a big production out of eating things he knew grossed us out with lots of slurping and "mmmm" sounds.
His digestive system won't let him have that stuff anymore. HA!
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