Theme 10 of 13

Food & Traditions

Recipes, meals, holidays, the rituals of family life.

6 from Mum 4 from Dad
Mum

How did your family celebrate thanksgiving when you were a child?

Well, that's an easy one...... brought up in Britain we didn't celebrate Thanksgiving as it is celebrated in North America. I imagine the closest celebration was a 'Harvest…

Dad

What are your favorite recipes either to cook or to eat?

Now here's a question that I can really get my teeth into! I have always loved to cook since a child and I remember having to cook Christmas…

Mum

What are your favorite recipes either to cook or to eat?

Food has so many memories...I suppose the 'favourites' are the 'comfort ' foods... the things you would choose over and over, that have a bit of history for…

Dad

What foods do you dislike have these changed over time?

Have these changed over time? This is an easy one to answer. Junket! I don't think that anyone under the age of fifty has even heard of this…

Mum

What foods do you dislike have these changed over time?

Have these changed over time? I don't think there are any foods that I really dislike. That said there are some things I would prefer not to eat,…

Dad

What is one of your favorite meals?

My first reaction is that this is perhaps the easiest question yet, but then as I sit down to reply it is becoming more and more difficult to…

Mum

What is one of your favorite holiday memories?

Holidays give you the chance to step outside of the day to day. Different holidays evoke different kinds of memories. We have been fortunate over the years to…

Dad

What was your favorite candy as a child?

I have no recollections at all about having a favorite candy. My childhood years were impacted by food rationing and that included candies or sweets as we used…

Mum

What was your favorite candy as a child?

This is beginning to sound like a broken record ( now there's another expression that has probably done the way of the dodo.... does anyone know what a…

Mum

What were some of your favorite halloween costumes?

When I was little, in Scotland, we celebrated Halloween on the 31st. October. I only remember being big enough to go out 'guising' once. I don't remember being…

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