Childhood memories: Did you have certain foods you loved when your parents went out to dinner?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238425)
Walnut Creek, California
June 23, 2019 6:31pm CST
When my parents left my brother and me at home, and went out to dinner, there were certain food that they would "serve" us, thinking they would pull one over on us as they ate their steaks and baked potatoes and salads, with flaming crepes for dessert.
But we, the kids, knew that those were the best nights of the week, because we would get to eat our favorite foods, including frozen pizza, TV Dinners (turkey with stuffing was to die for), and my personal favorite, chicken pot pies.
The other day, I bought myself a chicken pot pie for dinner, just so I could take a walk down memory lane. Of course, it was delicious. The cost was $1.25 at Safeway.
Do your remember what your favorite dinners were when your parents would leave you behind with the maid, butler, or baby sitter?
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@LadyDuck (502979)
• Italy
25 Jun 19
@TheHorse We did not eat pizza until I was about 16 years of age. We northern Italian did not eat pizza back in those times. I think you do not know the habits of other countries. Our parents NEVER left us at home with food and flee. We went out with them when we were no more young kids.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 Jun 19
It is something we still do when there are not leftovers or something simple to go after but if my mom goes somewhere or if we need a lightmeal before a concert or something we like to have hot pockets or frozen burritos. I loved frozen burritos as a kid.
Pot pies are amazing, but little kid me hated them until I watched Sweeney Todd and well...that just really proves I'm a weirdo if that movie got me to eat pot pies haha
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@TheHorse (238425)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Jun 19
@DesirousDreamer I'll sometimes defrost just a bit of an ex-girlfriend to make gravy. I add a tad of extra flour and less garlic and onions when it's one of the "mean" ones.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 Jun 19
@TheHorse Who would have thought! They make the gravy grander.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
24 Jun 19
the turkey tv dinners that came in the aluminum trays.
the food was SO much better back then.and yea,definetly that stuffing.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
24 Jun 19
My parents never left us anywhere-we went everywhere they went....seriously. 
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
24 Jun 19
My parents never went out to eat without us kids, we rarely went out to eat at all, my mom was a great cook, no restaurant could compare.
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@wolfgirl569 (136145)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jun 19
Often it was pizza. That was the one thing that the three of us could agree on.
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@RasmaSandra (98187)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Jun 19
I remember among my favorites was Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and me sitting at the table with my favorite book Disney's Cinderella by my side or one of my favorite Chef Boy Ar Dee meals heated up.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
24 Jun 19
I don't remember my parents ever going out to eat without us. But later in life, I enjoyed those turkey TV dinners and pot pies.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Jun 19
I don`t remember them going out for dinner but Friday night was jink food night, either hamburgers or hot dogs and french fries.
My older brother used to take us for ice cream on Sundays.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
24 Jun 19
hmm, i don't recall my folks e'er leavin' 's to go out'n eat? when my dad 'twas not't work, he was either gone fishin' 'r huntin'. that's when momma'd make chicken'n dumplin's (he didn't like those).
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 Jun 19
I don't remember what we ate when Mom and Dad went out to eat without us. But I remember Saturday mornings. They would leave their shrimp plates behind and I would eat what was left from the shrimp's tale. It was the only time I got shrimp. They didn't make it for us. I didn't get a regular serving of shrimp until I left home.
@JudyEv (382811)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Jun 19
I don't recall being left much or even what we ate. I like a night on my own now though so I can indulge in some very unhealthy food.
