Tamales filled with either Spam or Hormel’s chili.

My great-grandfather would also have cookies for breakfast with his coffee, sans the cheese though. They were Galletas Maria the Gamesa brand.

My grandmother often force fed us “budding eating disorder” with a side of “guilt.” Also, spaghetti with ketchup and chopped olives.

let me know y’all if this sounds familiar…
you would accompany abuelas to the supermarket (like you had a choice) and she would pick a food of her choice, in my case it would often times be a RITZ box, almonds, or those dried up banana slices (trail mix kind) and she would eat them throughout our shopping venture. After she was done she kept the wrapper and give it to the cashier for her to scan (8/10 ok) . I thought that was so cool, she was like so bad ass. She would totally eat the goods right then and there AND she would pay for it afterwards. I love you abuelita Doris. Bendiciones!

my sister and I were JUST talking about this and remembered these gems that our grandma would whip up (we’re mexican btw)
-arroz w/platanos
arroz w/sour cream or mayonnaise
-“enfrijoladas” when she didn’t have time for enchiladas-basically tortillas smothered in refried beans and topped with queso fresco, or parmesan cheese in a pinch
-ritz crackers or saltines w/coffee
-saltines w/coke when she didn’t have milk and cookies for us
-scrambled eggs w/hot dogs and ketchup and tortillas

it made me very nostalgic and i have to admit i sliced some banana into my arroz last night after this conversations-so good.

I’m Mexican from Arizona. I remember the Galletas Maria as well, saladitos in slushies and 7 up, and a friend used to dip her tamarindo candy in milk, and sopita de arroz o conchitas!

Wow these are terrible. My worst were cookies that tasted like cigarette smoke. Or cod out of a jar and saltines. I threw up when she brought it to my mouth.

@ Marco: That’s what she said. Haha?

Peanut butter tacos. Hollah!

@ella: my girlfriend calls me Elvis becuase of my addiction to PB burritos on large flour tortillas with rice dream……mmmmmmmmmm…

Toasted Casabe (yucca bread) with parmegiano reggiano…..A kind of italo-venezuelan focaccia……mmmm

arroz con platano!! i love it. we also ate tortillas de harina with ketchup, and frijoles refritos with ketchup sprinkled on top. as kids. now we are mature and thus sprinkle queso panela…

my mother eats saltine crackers with milk in the morning.

my grandmother used to slice a hotdog in half, put some cheese in the middle, wrap it in a corn tortilla, and then fry it like a taquito. i miss her…

Since I was a little kid I would have coffee for breakfast, with chunks of queso de bola holandés (aged Edam cheese) in the coffee and galletas Rovira Export Soda. It was awesome. I can’t find queso de bola in Texas that easily and when I do it’s that crappy new stuff.

I court my inner grandfather in me by making an avocado, refried black bean (Ducal brand), nopalitos and chesse sandwhich. Yummy lunch food. My co-workers look on baffled.

I think lime is like the #1 latino condiment (well atleast in my family)
-lime on my fruit
-lime on my veggies
-lime in my soup
-lime in my tacos
-lime in my beer
-lime just plain, eating it straight
etc…etc

Growing up in chicago with a great grandmother, 2 grandmothers, and of course one mother … we had lots of combinations:
-Florecitas with malta (I hated the crackers and would bite off the florecita on top)
-Nilla Wafers and coffee or milk
-Keebler crakers with salchichon and lots of butter with hot chocolate
-jugo de parcha with really any meal
-arroz blanco con juevos fritos … Mmmm dinner for tonight!
The list really does go on and on and on!

@ liz: My (M)ex(ican) bf used to sprinkle lime juice and Bufi (right? yes?) sauce on his popcorn.

Yes, chile and limon on everything-even easter eggs!

Lemon juice and red devil poured into a bag of doritos and shaken up. That’s some gourmet ish right there!

When I was wee, my abuela often made me CHORIZO HAMBURGUESAS CON HELLMAN’S MAYO.

@pepita: damn, that sounds so good.

You all make me sick.

@churrasco: give in, compa…your asco is useless here.

Can you guys elaborate on the cheese in coffee thing? I have never heard of that! Do you add cream and sugar too? drink it black with cheese? just curious.

@pocachica: Edam or Cheddar cheese cubes are dropped into your hot chocolate. Then you dip either Ritz crackers or saltines (Export Sodas, if you want to keep it real) into the hot chocolate, and use a spoon to dig up the semi-melted pieces of chocolate from the bottom of your mug. There’s something ridiculously delicious about the sweet chocolate and salty cheese combination. Try it. You’ll drop Starbucks in a second.

colombian hot chocolate w/ cubes of mozzarella dropped in. mmmmmmmmmm. and pan frances to dunk in..

and arroz blanco con huevo frito. mm… and hot dogs in scrambeled eggs.

Cheese in the sweet hot chocolate? oh soo familiar…i forgot how good it was!
But that can’t top my Ita’s creation:

Frosteflay (Frosted Flakes) with queso de papa and hot carnation milk poured over it…what a subsitute for Avena!
This meal takes me on the ultimate trip down memory lane!
xoxo Ita (since i couldnt say abuelita)

@ liz…. ok limon is the side help to EVERYTHING love…. we put limon on da soup… da steak (b4 cooked and when cooked)…. to chicken to encebollado…corona… hell i even eat it by itself with some salt….

….about the cheese… my mom puts some white cheese in some cinammon tea …. its so dam weird but it taste good… try it… boil some water n then drop some cinammon sticks in there… add some sugar.. n ur good to go… da cheese is optional ;P

Hmmmm, never did cheese in hot coffee but we did have hot dogs in sopa de fideo (and quesadilla cheese cubes), bologna or ham (when we got fancy) torn into small pieces and fried into the scrambled eggs,
sliced banana in milk with sugar on top
tacos de sal(t),
limon on everything!,
much love to the arroz con platano,
and Fritos with Louisiana Hot Sauce!
by the time you got to the bottom of the bag it was spicy mush (also works with plain Lays chips)

this is crazy! i am from argentina and can relate to so many of you! yes, limon on everything is definitely the ultimate seasoning, the huevos con salchicha a dinner staple growing up, and galletas de soda con queso for breakfast!