Stephanie from Creature Bug tagged me and when we're talking food ... I'm in!!!

"Name five foods, dishes or otherwise, that were a part of your childhood, and that you sometimes miss when nostalgia gets to you..."

1. Back in the eighties it wasn't common yet that both parents worked but my parents did. I grew up with the same nanny for 11 years who cooked, cleaned and was always there for me when I got out of school with biscuits and tea. My parents always arrived home at six and we always shared a meal with the whole family every night. There was one night that was special and that was Bakker Bart (Bakery Bart) night. It's a chain of bakeries in The Netherlands and they are to die for. My mother worked in the city as a teacher and, I think it was on Thursday, she'd pick up all sorts of delicious bread at Bakker Bart and a variety of fresh fish at the market. Our table was packed with sliced bread, buns, rolls, pigs in blankets, fish and fish salads and we could pick and mix. I LOVED IT!!
2. The Surinamese chicken pie I've made recently I loved as a child. My mother isn't such a cook so we only got a chance to eat it at parties. I remember my cousin making them in little cups. Me and my sister were always having a close watch so that the pies wouldn't go fast because food that was left over on one of my mother's party was OURS!!
3. Remember Sherbet Fountain? Love it, can't get it here anymore!!
4. Now that I'm talking sweets. We used to have these people selling sweet in their hallways. You used to buy them for 5 up to 25 cents a piece that way you could collect a good filled bag of a mixture of sweets for about a guilder (woo the good old days) Because of stupid new laws and tax laws people can't sell in their own homes anymore.
5. We used to have Sunday outings which started with breakfast on my parents bed and sips of coffee with lots of sugar and milk. After that we would get in the car and drive to a castle, museum ... something cultural. We would end the day at a restaurant and me and my sister could pick the restaurant. My sister always picked something fancy (she still does) and I always picked something rustic with lots of grilled meat, country potatoes, deer heads hanging over fireplaces and warm woolly rugs on the floor. Those places are vanished now as people in The Netherlands care more about how beautifully their plates are decorated and how hip the restaurant is. Less is trendy!! One can get the rustic atmosphere at a pancake restaurant but they're always packed with screaming kids and well, they only serve pancakes!!

1. Jes because I know she works hard in the kitchen too
2. Dawn because she's a kitchen princes
3. Bea because I love ... I LOVE!! German food
4. Samantha because I miss sponge cake with syrup
5. Leslie because I don't even know if she eats at all!!

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