Kids refused to eat my chili Mac cheese with a fried egg on top for breakfast. "Tastes like ass." Fuckers. And how do you know what ass tastes like anyhow?
Try feeding them "Corned Beef Hash with a Fried Egg on top"......That and Spam, were my dad's favorite breakfast food. (I think it was a holdover from his military days). The first time I tried the Corn Beef Hash I gagged (but I actually managed to swallow it). When dad asked me how was it, I just nodded my head and looked at my mom and whispered "this stuff taste like salty shit". dad as not impressed at all.
Love,
Liz
Our parents and grandparents all survived the Great Depression and WWII. They knew want. And hunger. They did not put leftovers in the garbage. "Waste not, want not." So I watched two grandmothers work magic all week with a Sunday roast, then stroganoff, then stew, then hash, and finally chipped beef, the lowly "shit on a shingle."
We didn't dare complain. It just wasn't done.
So today, I had had some left over chili, and left over Mac and cheese. Mixed them together, with left over Budweiser, and heated to 180°. Meanwhile fried eggs. You got your chili mac, a layer of melted cheddar, egg and Tabasco on top. Not gourmet, but filling, and a good start.
My kids all want Cordon Bleu. I'm taking my son out for dinner to his favorite restaurant for Birthday this week. His favorite escargot Baked Alaska haunt. I didn't even know what those dishes were at his age.