Different Family Recipes/Meals

Well...here is a topic where hopefully everyone can have fun and get along. ;)

FOOD :)

Does your family have any particular meals/recipes that are passed on one generation to the next that tend to draw 'odd' reactions from those unfamiliar with the particular meal?

For example, Oxtail stew is a tradition in my family.

This has always been one of my favorite dishes. Whenever the topic of 'favorite dishes' come up with friends, I usually share my love for Oxtails.

"You eat Oxtails?" :confused: Is the usual response. :)

I am somewhat surprised that it comes off as being such an uncommon meal. There are various recipes online for it, and the meat isn't too hard to find at your local market.

Hmmmmmmm...my grandma, and mom use homemade sauce and noodles for their recipe....YUM!

*Not my picture but gives you an idea.
http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2008...il-Stew_lg.jpg


So please, share any 'unusual' dishes that may be common within your family, but foreign to others. Who knows, maybe there are some Oxtail fans here.

Hmmmmm....dinner time.

For a nice summertime lunch, my grandmother and grandfather made "Tomato Dolphin". Not sure where that name came from, since there are no dolphins in the dish! LOL

It was toasted bread, with thick cut slices of cheddar cheese on that (the sharper the better).

Whole stewed tomatoes were brought to a boil, and then one or two eggs were broken into it, and quickly stirred into the stewed tomatoes and then spoonfuls were put on top of the cheese and toast.

OMG - talk about YUMMMY!!! Now you have me wanting to go get some stewed tomatoes!!!

Growing up in Ohio, my mother always made buckeyes. They are peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate so they resemble the state nut of Ohio :) They are ridiculously good unless you eat more than 15. ;) Don't know if this counts. I have a pretty small family and don't remember much about my grandparents. They were crappy cooks for the most part anyway

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Growing up in Ohio, my mother always made buckeyes. They are peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate so they resemble the state nut of Ohio :) They are ridiculously good unless you eat more than 15. ;) Don't know if this counts. I have a pretty small family and don't remember much about my grandparents. They were crappy cooks for the most part anyway

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I LOVE Buckeyes!!!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Growing up in Ohio, my mother always made buckeyes.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I LOVE Buckeyes!!!

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See...

It's a small world! :P

Of course, I have to add the regional practice in NC of putting coleslaw on hot dogs and hamburgers. Hell, a Chick-Fil-A sandwich is kicked up a notch putting the coleslaw on the sandwich.

I never understand why people look at me oddly when I put coleslaw on my hot dogs and hamburgers down here in GA.

Got a co-worker to try it at a tail gating party we had before a Braves game and he went "Dammit! It's actually pretty freaking good! I didn't want to like it and tell you were right!!"

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Of course, I have to add the regional practice in NC of putting coleslaw on hot dogs and hamburgers. Hell, a Chick-Fil-A sandwich is kicked up a notch putting the coleslaw on the sandwich.

I never understand why people look at me oddly when I put coleslaw on my hot dogs and hamburgers down here in GA.

Got a co-worker to try it at a tail gating party we had before a Braves game and he went "Dammit! It's actually pretty freaking good! I didn't want to like it and tell you were right!!"

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I spent the second half of my childhood in NJ. Home of the sloppy joe. Not the meat kind, the kind with cold cuts , coleslaw and russian dressing on rye. Damn good!

we have sauerkraut and pork roast every year on New Years Day. Also love sauerkraut on brats. My Granny used to make pasties which are a meat and veggie filled pastry type thing and there were these little cabbage and hamburger filled things she made that were the BOMB but idk what they were called???

I'm intrigued by the oxtail soup! Got a recipe? *grin* I want to try it.

im cuban so so any hispanic dish i like....but my favorite is white rice black beans, thin slices of steak fried and some fried platanitos...(plantains)