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Keith still likes it.

Higs, Katherine

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Which is why I don't eat it at all.

Higs, Katherine

At least here in NYC, you don't get sugar in Coke unless it's Kosher for Passover Coke (not just Kosher Coke) (only available around Passover.) I do know that some people stock up at that time!

Alison

A lot of Dutch kids I went to school with brought mashed potato sandwiches.... or chocolate sprinkles (which I always thought was kind of odd, but neat at the same time). Never have tried mashed potato sandwiches, but when they came out with Nutella, I became a fan for a while. If you overdo it though, it just becomes sickening and you have to stay away from it for a while.

My son refused anything else for his sandwiches when he was in kindergarten... except sandwich spread (looks like relish mixed with mayonnaise... made by Heinz). I tried desperately to get him to take ANY other type of sandwich as I didn't want the teacher thinking that was all I ever fed my child. LOL He wouldn't hear of it, and only wanted the dorky sandwich spread sandwiches... for the ENTIRE year!!! Now... he won't touch the stuff. LOL

I have a *vague* memory of having Spam when I was very small, and as I recall I didn't find it horrible. Haven't had it in years though, so I can't really voice an opinion on the newer stuff. Funny though... I remember my Mom buying a can of chicken or ham (one of them) spread one time and I cried because I thought she was putting cat food (come on, TELL me that it doesn't look like canned cat food... and keep in mind I was very little at the time) on my sandwich. She never bought it again. LOL

*hugs* Gemini

I *love* arrowroot cookies, or "baby cookies" as I always called them. ;o) When Matthew was just starting out with solid foods, I used to shave arrowroot cookies into a bowl and put a tiny amount of of either orange juice or milk into it to make a cereal for him. He *loved* it and ate every bit of it without fuss. Of course he continued to grow and expanded his tastes... now, there are very few things he will not eat. LOL

*hugs* Gem

Katherine, do you remember Roses Sweet Mustard Pickles? Don't know if they were a Canadian company or not... so people who don't live here may not know what I'm talking about.

They were the absolute best, and they actually were sweet, not tangy like the other mustard pickles on the market. We used to have those when we had our boiled dinner, and the next day when we had the bubble and squeak hash made from the left-overs from that dinner. Sadly, I haven't seen the Roses brand on any grocery store shelves in years now. Even though they are likely gone out of business, I wish there was a place online to find the recipe for their Sweet Mustard Pickles.

*hugs* Gem

Apparently I live a sheltered life. I had no idea there was such a thing as Kosher or Passover Coke. *shrug* Learn something new everyday! :o)

*hugs* Gemini

Oh, yes, Gem, they were great! I think that Birks is probably the closest to them now. I remember as a child having to decide between pickles and ketchup, because my father said that we couldn't have both on the same plate. LOL

Higs, Katherine

It was new to me, too, Gem. I guess if we needed to know it, we would.

Higs, Katherine

Funny that you should mention the ketchup. My Mom loved the Sweet Mustard Pickles with both the boiled dinner & the bubble and squeak the next day... I preferred to have the Sweet Mustard Pickles with the boiled dinner, and Ketchup with the bubble and squeak the next day. ;o)

So, Birks you say? I don't think I've seen them. I've seen Bicks, but I find them to be more tangy than sweet.

*hugs* Gem

This is very true! :o)

*hugs* Gem

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there may not be in Canada. last time i was there the Coke was made with sugar, not HFCS. unless they've changed the formula packaged up there to the HFCS type, they wouldn't need to make a specific Kosher for Passover product. most of the Mexican Coke is also made with sugar still. lee

Hmmm, maybe it was Bicks, but I don't think so. I think that Bicks makes just regular (not mustard) pickles. Or at least, that is all I have seen. I'll check next time I am in a supermarket to see it there are Birks.

Higs, Katherine

My little sister took nothing but peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to school for lunch from kindergarten through third grade. Never would eat anything else. After third grade, she told my mom she was tired of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and never wanted to take another one to school for lunch. She wanted peanut butter and banana sandwiches. :)

On the sandwich vein, my mom's younger (and only) brother took pineapple sandwiches for lunch when he worked his way through college in the

1940s. (this was in the deep south, and apparently pineapple sandwiches were popular -- maybe only among people who were not very well off; I have no idea, but I know they never had a lot of money). One day my gramma thought she would give him a treat and put a walnut or a pecan or some similar nut in the hole in the pineapple just for some variety. My uncle came home and got mad at my gramma for doing that without warning him, because he said when he bit into that nut, he thought he had broken a tooth!

The next day >

Pickles with Bubble and Squeak? I'll have to try that next time.

Pineapple and cheese is a popular sandwich filling here in NZ. As a child though I had the same thing everyday in my school lunch: 1 Marmite and 1 honey sandwich. Everyday, for 5 years - still love both.

My granny used to make chocolate spread and crystalized ginger sandwiches - they were horrific! If I was lucky we'd be on a picnic and I could pick out the lumps of ginger and discard them behind a tree.

VP

I haven't had one of those for years. Back in the day, they were one of my favorite things to eat, slathered in Cheese Whiz (sp?) and then I'd squish them so the cheeses would come through the little holes in the busicut. (How sad is that, that I remember?!)

These days I'm trying really hard to make healthier choices. Just bought myself four pounds of ground, organic elk: makes a wonderful chili and I'm planning on using it for a meatloaf as well. Yummy!

Hugs, Murielle

Lee,

I would love to talk to you about some of this kind of thing as I'm trying to make healthier food choices and have a limited budget and it sounds like you really know your food-stuff.

Murielle

Hmmm.... What kind of cheese would you use with pineapple?

Higs, Katherine