Food you Haven't Had Since your Grandmother(s) Died

[kanaia]

My paternal grandmother was an immigrant from Hungary and as most Eastern Europeans she made a fantastic stuffed cabbage. I have the recipe and I can nail that one. But the chicken paprikash and nokedli is another story. I miss that dish.

 

[huntertrw]

Chipped beef on toast, and covered with cream gravy. Good for breakfast, good for lunch, good for dinner. It's just plain gooood!

 

[Streeper541]

Rabbit stew.

 

[Bassman65]

Jam Jam cookies. My wife is convinced she never was given the full recipe. Never resembled or tasted like a hockey puck when I was a kid. Even in Canada, that’s not good

 

[Silverback]

My Grandmother used to make prune filled pirogies, a walnut filled (I think) kiffle like cookie and potato pancakes served with preserves. I have tried to make them but never the same.

 

[jacot23]

Butterscotch Pie.

At least once a month we'd go to granny's after Church and she'd fix meatloaf, mashed taters, string beans, yeast rolls and BUTTERSCOTCH pie, YUMMMMMMM! When I started college in 92' she'd make me my own meatloaf and butterscotch pie to take with me!

I've since figured out how to make the meatloaf taste as good as hers used to, but I never could get the pie to taste right and finally quit trying. Yeah, I've got her recipe book, but she added something no one can figure out.