Do you have a particular food, that when eaten, brings back a specific memory? I

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   heartexpressionsposted 12 years ago

   Do you have a particular food, that when eaten, brings back a specific memory? If so, what is it?

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   flimposted 12 years ago

   Tomato crab pincer!
   
   It is not often I eat this dish every other day, but when I eat it, it brings me happy memory when I was a kid enjoying the yummilious crab pincer reserved for at our family dinner table.
   
   Cooking the tomato crab dish is my mummy's special recipe. They will buy the crab alive from market and store in a big bucket before killing it for dinner. And I get my chance to 'play' with the crab during the afternoon when they are busy in the office downstairs. I will use a chopstick to poke the crab and push it around, agitating it so it fights back my chopstick. (hehe.. silly things I do as a kid)

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Very Interesting

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   lifetips123posted 12 years ago

   yes affirmative heartexpressions, mostly when i used to eat food only from my home, which my mom used to prepare.  I love those always.  Some food i used to eat when i am so little. I mean some traditional food and some noodles etc, which i sparingly eat now.  So whenever i eat noodles or so, i got some nostalgic feeling of childhood.
   
   This is clearly said in medicinal book, Ayurveda.  According to ayurveda, memory-boosting foods include sweet potatoes, okra, spinach, oranges, carrots, milk, ghee (clarified butter), tapioca, almonds etc. which when used arouses our past memory.

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Well, since I'm getting older, I guess I better start eating a lot more of the memory boosting foods

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      lifetips123posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      absolutely heart expressions. but not due to getting older as it is a false belief. Getting older is not our age, but our mind.  I believe you are still 17

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   Woody Marxposted 12 years ago

   All food is 'memory-fodder'
   I recall eating a tuna-on-rye while watching Welcome Back Kotter!
   
   I remember consuming French onion soup
   the day I built a chicken-coup
   
   and
   
   then
   
   there was the time I ate
   several bags of Arabian dates
   to pass the time   
   in a packing-crate.
   (Don't ask.)
   
   So food has many memories for me...
   Most of which I'd like to flee.

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You made me smile this morning.

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   ElleBeeposted 12 years ago

   Yes - food is definitely tied with memories for me!! 
   
   Boston cream pie reminds me of my mom who passed because its the dessert she always made and was one of the last things we ate together.
   Chili reminds me of the time I lived out west and we had "chili feeds" for all of our fundraisers and school events.
   Gelato reminds me of my trip to Italy.
   And tortellini soup reminds me of childhood dinners at my grandmothers - we still have lots of dinners there, but for some reason we neer have tortelllini anymore!

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Awe - how very special.  Sorry to hear about your mom. I love how food can bring back such special moments.

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   marwan asmarposted 12 years ago

   Whenever my wife makes Shepherd's Pie and I start to eat I remember the days when I was growing up in Hastings and/or the college refectory in Halifax UK.

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   DS Dubyposted 12 years ago

   Roast with potatoes and carrots mmmmmm.... it always reminds me of moms house and gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You just made me remember how I would feel on the rare occasions my mom could afford to make that dish.  Thanks!

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      DS Dubyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      yeah, same situation here I grew up pretty poor so when we had roast it was pretty special.

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   Jackie Lynnleyposted 12 years ago

   Any breakfast food reminds me of my parents and living at home as a child. I stopped eating breakfast once I left home but now going back to what is best I eat breakfast more often if not every day and it almost always makes me think of things my mother fixed for breakfast. She was such a wonderful cook and my dad too although he seldom fixed breakfast with the schedule he worked would sometimes do so and if he did it was a real treat for us all being something very unusual. Mainly it just reminds me though of their love of food and I always wish I could share when it is something really good I know they would love.

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      heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's a wonderful memory, it would be wonderful if today families could sit and enjoy a leisurely breakfast together.

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   JaimePageposted 12 years ago

   Definitely! Every time I make my grandmother's homemade tomato sauce and meatballs, I immediately picture myself as a little kid, wearing a giant bib (messy eater), digging into a huge plate of pasta. Not much has changed - I still love pasta, sauce and meatballs - and I still eat like a slob!

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    John Sarkisposted 12 years ago

    ...very Proustian....  Well, I use to get these hamburgers in Venice Beach, CA. (where I'm from), that would bring me back memories of my youth - a long time ago - riding my bicycle to the beach during summer and eating these burgers....

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    CatsPageposted 12 years ago

    There is a pasta and stew dish that my mom made.  When I was a child I really didn't like the beef and would hide the pieces under my dish thinking that my mom wouldn't notice.  Then when she would clean the dishes there was the hidden stew.  I still make this dish today, and tell my kids the story.  Today it is one of my favorites.

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       heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Love it - I would hide food under my nakpkin then throw it away.  How nice of your mom to let you get away with it.

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    moonfairyposted 12 years ago

    When I make my grandmother's roast beef dinner with gravy, roasted potatoes, carrots and a green salad with her dressing recipe on it. When i was growing up we always had Sunday dinner at my grandmother's house. A lot of my relatives were "regulars" there and everyone would gather at the table and have at it.  the food was just amazingly good.

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       heartexpressionsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       What a special memory.

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