Did anyone else's mum give them a food nobody you speak to has heard of?

[Rollerbird]

Although with mumsnet I bet others have had 'it:
In my case it's a' treat' of Cabbage Water
Basically when she cooked (boiled) cabbage (which was with a chopped onion, pepper and nutmeg) I could have a cup of the water after (veg stock I suppose)
I did see it as a treat and am drinking some now, remembering her fondly.

My favourite breakfast as a child was bread and coffee,which was exactly as it reads-some of her morning espresso coffee mixed with warm milk poured onto ripped up white bread and sprinkled with lots of white sugar-mmmm so delicious and healthy lol.

My mum got me onto ham and banana sarnies and I love them!
I also have salt in my porridge and then pour cold milk around it with dark brown sugar on top mmmm. Not so its salty, but just to have a slight salt with the sweet.

DM served up a lot of unrecognisable meals tbh!

My great grandma made what she called Irish stuffing. It wasn't anything like stuffing we know. It was made with potato, onion, butter and flour (I'm not sure what else) and rolled into balls and cooked in the oven. It was bloody lovely and very moreish.

My mum used to cook mushrooms in butter, and then we’d fight over dipping bread into the brown mushroom butter in the pan. Mmmmmmmmmm

A revolting casserole called 'poor man's goose', I think it was made with pork, fatty, gloopy and just yuck. Other than that, she was and still is, a good cook.

My mums rissoles where the best: left over mash and beef from a roast mixed with left over gravy. The beef went through a mincing machine so very fine, shaped like fish cakes, coated lightly in flour then fried. Amazing with loads of ketchup and in between 2 slices of bread. My mouth is now watering...

Corned beef on toast. My nana used to grill it, I haven’t had it for years! My mum used to do pasta, tinned potatoes, cheese and ham all mixed up... yum!

My dad used to make cheese broth. Potatoes, cheese and onions all boiled up. I have no idea what the recipe is but wish I did.

no to all of these.

we sometimes had Eggy Bread as a treat. YY to digestives with butter spread on them (or margarine in our cases).

One thing we did have which my mum made for herself (was taught by her German grandmother and her dad who was half German/half English/French) which wasn't a treat but was different was potato salad with chives and French dressing but no mayo, never, not sure if this the way the Germans make it!

Apples and cheese (green apples, cheddar cheese) was another snack. I rang the changes as a teen and sometimes spread the apples with jam and I sometimes eat apples with digestive biscuits and cheese. McVities the swines have changed the recipe for the biscuits though reduced the sugar or some such sorcery!

My mums and now my comfort food is pilchards on toast with a poached egg on top. Not many people like the sound of it but it’s lovely.

I was also a fan of cheese and jam sandwiches and eggy bread with marmite. Tasty!

cabbage water was something my father drank to horrify us.

Dinner was on the table and he would say "Mother (only time he ever called her "mother" rather than her name) - fetch the CABBAGE WATER!" And then necked the lot.

And we would all cringe and shudder like salted slugs. It was GRIM!

I don't know about stuff I was given - it was a long time ago BUT I remember giving my kids Cullen Skink in their little flasks when having packed lunch in primary school

@Herja yes to the pear jam stuff. We used to have it too. I found it in a health food shop more recently

I had the same, wish I could remember the name of that fruity marmite stuff. Sosmix was so dry, was only good in a faux sausage roll

Ooh love this thread! My mum used to make a chocolate pudding (more like a blancmange/mousse than a steamed pud) and serve it in a bowl with milk poured over it.....yuuuum

Reading all these long forgotten treats has made me very nostalgic and made me realise how much I miss my mum...she died 10 yrs ago and was a brilliant cook...could make a feast out of very humble ingredients

@bluemerchant is it not Ebly rather than Elby? I see it all the time in German supermarkets.

@ParkheadParadise I bloody love stories. In the north of Scotland they make them with left over beef or brisket but my mum was Glaswegian and made them with square sausage. Bloody gorgeous and one of the few things she could make well!
One of her worst was she made this spread with blitzed up spam and ketchup spread on ritz crackers. It was 🤮

Someone mentioned cheese pudding, I still make that.
As a teenager I remember eating a lot of spaghetti with grated cheese on top.

Ahh that is sweet OP. My mum used to stew apples and always call me into the kitchen to give me small glass of hot stewed apple juice!! it made me feel so special x

If we had aunties and uncles round for proper tea on a Sunday afternoon (little sandwiches, flans, pastries, salad, cakes and trifle) and there was bread and butter left over, DM would toast it under the grill the next day for freakfast and called it French Toast.

My mum grew up all over the world as my grandad was in the army. I'll always remember one of my friends as a child being horrified to be served pork chop, mashed potatoes and tinned peaches 😂 I believe that was one that was popular in Belgium in the 50's/60's. Incidentally, once she tried it, my mum had to open another tin of peaches!

Not a food, but when I was a child my mother would give me warm brandy and lemon juice when I had a cold. I hated it. My mum never bought any kind of OTC meds for us.

When my son was little I would make him what I called 'Winnie the Poo' sandwiches. It was just honey and peanut butter on bread. He loved them and still, even though he's a grown-up man, eats them.

Panacalty (not sure how to spell it), loved it as a kid but havent had it for years.
Jam pasties, to use up left over pastry after making a corned beef pie.
Finely sliced lettuce covered in vinegar and sugar???? Random but it actually was really nice. We'd also have this is a massive yorkshire pudding before our sunday dinner...then any left over yorkshires would be served with jam or syrup.
Fruit cake with cheese ALWAYS, has to be wensledale cheese though. Think this must be another yorkshire thing though as everyone else anywhere else in the country thinks its madness....until you actually get them to taste it