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Childhood nostalgia food6/17/2023 ![]() When it wasn’t spag bol night, it was beef strog night (don’t make us choose our favourite!) At times served with rice and on other occasions fettuccine, the one thing that’s consistent: it always has a place in our hearts. Sweet and sticky pineapple with fluffy buttery cake – what’s not to love? Even the suspicious-looking flaky tomato sauce at the end of the day didn’t stop us from going back for more.Īn after-school visit to the bakery meant only one thing – finger buns! Hands up if you followed the rule of eating the bready part first so you could savour the sticky pink icing at the end?Ī visit to Nanna’s wasn’t complete without a generous slice of her pineapple upside-down cake for afternoon tea or dessert. ![]() Homemade or from the combo freezer pack, sausage rolls were always highly prized at any birthday party. Who knew sugar and water could taste so good? Sprinkled with hundreds and thousands or desiccated coconut, many hours were spent licking these school-fete favourites until they disappeared. In the lunchbox or on the dinner table, if there was any dish both adults and kids could agree on, it was zucchini slice. White bread, butter and plenty of hundreds and thousands – fairy bread has to be the most popular and enduring sandwich ever! It’s also the inspiration behind this fairy bread jelly slice. Our members couldn’t agree more, as bec2827 says: “My dad used to make a great shepherd’s pie and this brought back many childhood memories.” We don’t know if it’s the hearty lamb mince filling or the fluffy mash topping that does it, but we still get that warm fuzzy feeling sitting down to shepherd’s pie. While everyone has their own particular food that brings back fond memories, it’s safe to say these 10 dishes have a special place in many Aussie kitchens. It’s the one she cooks me when she comes and visits me down in Melbourne.” “My mum’s rice and chicken vermicelli makes me feel very nostalgic for my childhood up in Darwin. ![]() I remember it being a sacred, special and important time to connect with family and friends – food brings people together and still to this day, it brings us all together.” Not only would I have a great time running around with my cousins, I’d get to have the fresh crab, fish or pig, buffalo or wild goose that family or friends had caught themselves. “One of my favourite things was the family barbecue. Outside of lockdown, Miranda regularly uses food to reconnect to her roots and remember special moments. “James did a lot of roasting, so during the unbearable Melbourne winter, the house was warm and smelt delicious… we were looking for any form of comfort,” she says. ![]() Along with her husband James Colley, she indulged in much heartier meals than they normally would. This explains why, when we were forced into self-isolation and a world of uncertainty, so many of us found comfort in food from the past.Īctor, author, podcaster, self-confessed foodie and Medibank ambassador Miranda Tapsell is a great example of an Aussie who couldn’t get enough of nostalgic food during lockdown. According to studies, when you cook and eat these foods they make you feel more connected with your self-identity and social group which in turn, makes you feel comforted. Or in more scientific terms, they reinforce cultural and familiar bonds. Well, apart from the obvious reason that these foods just taste delicious, nostalgic foods in particular remind us of the good ol’ days. Which got us wondering: why do classic family dinners like shepherd’s pie or lasagne and sweet treats like chocolate crackles or banana bread taste so good? And why do we crave them when we’ve had a bad day or feel a little lonely? While food certainly filled in the time while we were stuck indoors (a welcome change from the 1000-piece puzzle or half-completed knitting project), there was a certain genre of recipes that Aussies favoured more during this time: childhood classics.įrom vanilla slices to comforting bowls of beef stroganoff, retro recipes ruled in 2020 thanks mostly to their hit of nostalgia. If 2020 showed us anything, it’s that when times get tough, Aussies get cooking. ![]()
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