Low class trailer cuisine....

[Chaplain Kent]

Originally Posted by cooperhawk

You all are forgettin America's favorite trailer trash food. Can't beat it where ever you go.

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Hot Dog and Beer- That's gourmet in my book, the perfect food. Take a steamed bun with poppy seeds and put in a steamed pure beef kosher wiener. Top that pure beef kosher wiener with mustard, tomatoes, pickle relish, celery salt and a slice of dill pickle, NO KETCHUP! Fill the mug with Genuine Miller Draft Beer and you have a gourmet feast. Let us not mix up trash food with the good stuff.

[markdoane]

Originally Posted by norbert

ditto.....
american cheese(velveeta) is easier to melt, and gives a smoothness rather then grainyness that one would wind up with had a good aged cheddar been employed. keep the good cheese to accompany your mad dog 20/20....
norby

There is a connection between american cheese (actually process cheese food product) and Airstreams.

Process cheese, especially the good soft stuff, contains lots of sodium "aluminum" phosphate, along with other phosphates and chemicals.

So you can sit in your airstream and enjoy a tasty aluminum snack!

That makes it the perfect low class trailer cuisine.

[BIGED52]

AN IOWA RESTAURANT SERVES BREADED DEEP FRIED DILL PICKLES! YUCK! I DID TRY ONE AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS... IT ACTUALLY TASTED VERY GOOD.... WHILE HOT! BUT DO NOT TRY IT AFTER IT COOLS OFF! TASTES LIKE GACK THEN! ED

[canny_banjo_man]

Sick poodles...what next... lol, Sorry read it wrong, Snickerdoodles...LOL, Do U Guys have all the space names 4 candies, such as Milky Way, Mars Bars, Orbit, Zoom, Star Burst, & many, many millions more, I actualy luv the Shoppin Malls in Orlando, I always eat at different places, try something what I nvr tried B4, some I try agn, othere if I nvr try it agn, it's 2 soon...LOL, but I guess I jus miss Yr Pizzas, Fries n good 'ole fashioned BURGERS...Mmm... what is it abt food, U can't live with some of it, nor can U live without it... trouble with food is, it gets in Yr mouth, My Mom, Bless Her used 2 leave My meal till the next day if I refused 2 eat it, I got nothing else 'til I apreciated what she had made 4 Me, U wanna kn jus how many times I hid my sausages down My SOCKS, now I adore them...LOL, at this point I jus wanna mention My 'ole mutt, Bingo, He helped Me out many, oh ! so many times whilst He sat under the table, & never told on Me once...that was when He was allowed in the kitchen.. Mom knew what I was doin, but at least it was'nt wasted...LOL... Food, it's a wonderful thing, I once read a recipe book of a hundred things one can do with a chicken, well WRONG, it's a Hundred & ONE........if U EAT the thing... LMAO...Chris.....

[cloud55]

After scrubbing and scrubbing our 55 I am sure that the cuisine of trailers must be "anything deep fried". I am new to this but there is a lot of conclusive evidence!
Even with all of this evidence...my vote for trailer trash food would be cornflakes with beer for breakfast, sardines on saltines for lunch, roasting vienna sausages over the campfire for dinner, and pork rinds for snacks.
Cloud

[DEO]

When I was young my mother was very frugal and created a meal she called Velveeta and Instant Mashed Potato Casserole. We were also served instant powdered milk to go with it. This was one of the most vile meals I have ever eaten ... Maybe this is how she convinced us all to leave the house at an early age .. Hey how about the old standby Tuna Noodle Casserole.. The one where the main ingredient is a can of cream of mushroom soup.

[cooperhawk]

Oh! I wish you had not mentioned that cassarole. My Mother made it all the time, and now my Wife has her recipes and she started to make it. I am burned OUT on that.

[norbert]

Originally Posted by DEO

When I was young my mother was very frugal......

oh yeah?.......well my mother made fruit cake with gumdrops instead of fruit!.....
norby

[Foiled Again]

My mother grew up during the depression.
My mother LIKED liver and onions.
Mother's idea of Haute Cruisine was hotdog octopuses (Split the hotdog into quarters half way up and grill in a pan. Watch the legs curl up.)

I met an Italian girl at school whose parents owned a small grocery store and deli. There I found out about garlic, oregano, pasta and the joy of cooking. As a surprise for my mother, I made dinner following Anna Maria Esposito's favorite spaghetti recipe.

Mom gave me the keys to the.... stove.

Tin Lizzie

[balrgn]

There's always Hamburg and Tuna Helper. 3 for a dolla Mac n Cheese. Packaged Stroganoff mix (that stuff rules with Hamburg).

My dad liked Pressure cooker beans, the only ingredients were salt and salt pork.
I think he liked em cause no one else would eat them, always had a side dish of vinegar and raw onions..........

[Jim Jarzabek]

When I was younger and did not have a lot of money........
I made lasagna one year from basically what we had around the tiny place we lived in. I remember getting ricotta cheese (which I had never heard of before), using tomato sauce we had and italian seasonings.....
But for the "meat' I figures what the heck and used
TUNA FISH!
Boy, was that the absolute grossest italian food I have ever tasted!

[azflycaster]

These posts would make a great theme for a pot luck at a rally sometime. It could be called the "Potluck from Hell" or bad meals I grew up with
I am still dreaming of the potato boats sailing on the sea of Velveta cheese and beer. Don't forget we could include the hotdog octopuses in the sea as well!

[canny_banjo_man]

Oh gosh... all this readin abt FOOOOOD is makin Me hungry, tho I jus had a whole 9 inch piza, I'm still starvin...LOL... I remember makin the mistake of tellin My Mum I liked something She prepared 4Me... I got egg chips & SPAM one day after school, the next would b fish fingers & SPAM, ( No I did'nt kn Fish had Fingers either, but there we go... ) Spam & beans, beans & Spam, Spam on toast, Spam WITH toast, toast under Spam, & SPAM...SPAM & MORE SPAM, it was quite nice with sausage & brown sauce tho... & if there was any left over Guess who got it 2 eat 4 their supper... the DOG... & He was ruddy welcome 2 it... 4 cryin out loud... I hated the stuff... until one day, I had it in BATTER, with Chips & Egg, then Egg, Chips & Battered spam Fritter... & it went on relentless, night after night after night... DID I MOAN... NO I never ( I am now... 'cos I NVR get any ) It was Cheap, fillin, handy, & it rolled down hills...LOL... BUT... But whem sliced it up 2 make sandwiches, She would cut it so THIN, if U picked it up 2 quick, it would fall apart, & I'll tell U another thing I miss Her doin, She used 2 put a ltl marg around the outside of the bread, cut some thin strips & place them on 3 sides of the bread, jus hangin out a lttl, makin it look like a full butty, open it up & the middle was jus dry plain bread..., She made sausage rolls ( Pigs in blankets ? ) abt 6 inches long, BUT there was only 1 inch of Sausage at each end, & the BESTEST thing that amazed Me & STILL DOES is this, 'cos We all liked DIFFERENT JAM ( JELLO ) Mum used 2 take the lable off the jar, & whoever was first 4A Jam butty got their choice of Jam, how the hell She knew what flavour it was I'll never kn, as it all looks the same 2 Me, mixed fruit jam, i'll never work out how she did it, but we always got what We asked 4... MUM SAID, thats how We knew... LOL, Good 'ole Mum...Chris.....

[enduroryda]

These are cracking me up and alot are way to familiar.....I can't wait to see the look on my kid's faces when I serve them hotdog octopuses and "sea" beans!! It will be priceless

[Jim Jarzabek]

Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam
Kind looks like.........really bad ham!
Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam
Never goes bad........ date code be dammed!
Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam,Spam
State food of Hawaii.......coconut & spam!

[Stefrobrts]

How did we get this far without someone mentioning the Gallery of Regrettable Food?

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html

Cookbooks from the past, in full glorious color, with smart-aleky modern commentary. I know there's hot dog octopuses (octopi?) somewhere in there!

[vajeep]

In our grade school in TN we had "cowboy hats".
In this order: One slice of bologna, one scoop of mashed potatoes, one slice of yellow cheeze. They were baked until the cheeze melted over the mashed potatoes.

[azflycaster]

Originally Posted by vajeep

In our grade school in TN we had "cowboy hats".
In this order: One slice of bologna, one scoop of mashed potatoes, one slice of yellow cheeze. They were baked until the cheeze melted over the mashed potatoes.

Sounds like a upgraded potato boat!

[Chaplain Kent]

Ingredients:
6 pack of Miller High Life Genuine Draft Light Beer
1 pound bacon
2 eggs

Instructions:

place beer in cooler to get cold

Put a 9" cast iron skillet on the fire to heat up.

Place 1 pound of bacon into the 9" skillet.

Stir occasionally to separate the bacon slices.

remove bacon when crisp.

Crack the 2 eggs into the remaining liquid and poach until edges of the eggs are slightly curled.

Serve eggs with bacon and chilled beer.

Note. Light beer is used for breakfast but regular beer can be substituted for lunch or dinner.

[Tarheel]

As the Bible says "Man cannot survive on bread alone he must have peanut butter"