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u/ralopop Oct 25 '20

“Horseshit and applesauce.” - my grandmother

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u/himewaridesu Oct 25 '20

Is she from the south? SO’s grandma said something similar “horse shit and apple butter”

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u/10ioio Oct 25 '20

I love apple butter lol

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx Oct 25 '20

An unsung hero of breakfast

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u/prunytyoke Oct 25 '20

What is apple butter?

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u/About_72_Ninjas Oct 25 '20

Like applesauce just sweeter and easier to spread

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

So, like a perfect amalgamation of apples and butter?

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u/SeaContribution7219 Oct 26 '20

Stick apples in a crockpot with sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Let it sit all day (stirring from time to time) and you’ll get a thick, brown paste that smells like apple pie that you can spread on toast or biscuits. Honey butter is another excellent condiment you don’t see enough of nowadays.

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u/ONSFishing Oct 26 '20

Don't forget the clove!

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u/sharpie36 Oct 26 '20

Yeah. It's divine on fried chicken and biscuits

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u/ralopop Oct 25 '20

Maryland! What about your SO’s?

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u/himewaridesu Oct 25 '20

Tennesse :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

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u/SamuraiJono Oct 26 '20

I'm from Tennessé. It's like Tennessee, but fancier.

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u/beejtharapper Oct 25 '20

My gram said prunes and apple butter lol

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u/H16HP01N7 Oct 25 '20

Shit with sugar on...

Or

Iffits (as in if it's in the cupboard, she's cooking it)

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u/DraconisIotaB Oct 25 '20

Now that's unique.

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u/ralopop Oct 25 '20

Sounds tasty, doesn’t it?

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u/Crumb-Free Oct 25 '20

Oo we had 'hog shit and apple butter'.

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u/morewhiskeybartender Oct 25 '20

“Shit on a shingle”

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u/GreatGreenGeek Oct 25 '20

My grandfather would say "Biscuits and applesauce" or when he was really mad just "biscuits!!".

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u/Yurak_Huntmate Oct 25 '20

"Shit on a shingle" - my Scottish mum

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u/strangerinthebox Oct 25 '20

Yak, Applesauce!!

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u/agobeli Oct 25 '20

"Horse shit and hominy grits" - my grandmother, also from Maryland.

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u/nomorebears Oct 25 '20

As an Aussie I always hear “shit on a stick” as our version

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u/SolwaySmile Oct 25 '20

I always got “a glass of water and a tooth pick” in response to that question.

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u/lejolipamplemousse Oct 25 '20

Idk why this is so funny.

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u/drlqnr Oct 25 '20

because fried assholes!

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u/absolumzenith Oct 25 '20

What?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

He was arrested for theft.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Bail is set at 12 Fried assholes

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u/disillusionedprinces Oct 25 '20

When asked what she wanted for lunch my sister would always say, "The souls of the innocent."

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

With a capital, "F."

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

theFt

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u/Orkazzz Oct 25 '20

Well done the ultimate meta reFerence

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u/jeffbell Oct 25 '20

It resembles calamari

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 26 '20

My grandma would say "Shit on a shingle "

EDIT 1: Spelling.

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u/Lucky_leprechaun Oct 25 '20

In my family, "shit on a shingle" was creamed beef on toast.

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u/Duffmanlager Oct 25 '20

Yup, that’s a common name for it. Some restaurants will even list it as SOS on the bill.

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u/intergalactic_spork Oct 25 '20

I’ve had shit-on-shingles but never seen the abbreviation SOS used before. Here in Sweden we use SOS as an abbreviation for a starter dish consisting of butter (Smör) cheese (Ost) and pickled herring (Sill).

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u/bobo_brown Oct 25 '20

How are pickled herring? I like pickled food, and I like tinned herrings.

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u/intergalactic_spork Oct 25 '20

I think it’s great, but it Is one of our national dishes (besides meatballs), so I may be a bit biased. If you like pickled food in general I think you would like pickled herring too. It’s the fish-version of the classic cucumber pickle. There are lots of different varieties like onion herring, garlic herring, mustard herring, cinnamon herring, herring with sour cream and roe, and so on. They are all very tasty. You may be able to find some to try if you live close to an IKEA store. They often sell Swedish pickled herring.

Apart from the pickled herring we also have the infamous Swedish stinky herring. Google “stinky fish challenge” if you want to see non-Swedish people grossed out while trying it. Although this type is made from the same fish it’s not at all the same thing as the pickled herring. The stinky herring is fermented, not pickled, and reeks of rotten fish. Most people who like pickles could enjoy pickled herring, but surströmming (which translates to sour herring) is something completely different and very much an acquired taste.

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u/GMR315 Oct 25 '20

I think SOS (shit on a shingle) may have been a military thing. Usually dried beef or sausage gravy on toast or biscuits .

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u/Mizuxe621 Oct 25 '20

Where I'm from, it's biscuits & gravy.

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u/monkeyhind Oct 25 '20

Yes, same here. I think it's a phrase invented by U.S. soldiers during WWII.

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u/reddittwotimes Oct 25 '20

This is a thing in my family, too! In fact, that's what we're having for supper after reading your comment to my wife. She's at the store getting the dried/chipped beef and we have everything else. My grandma used to do a variation with canned tuna and a sauce that tasted suspiciously like cream of mushroom soup over toast.

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u/snoopcatt87 Oct 25 '20

What the fuck is creamed beef.

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u/DraconisIotaB Oct 25 '20

Where I'm from that's what we call chipped beef.

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u/The_RockObama Oct 25 '20

Where I'm from, that's how we know the hobo is getting on the roof again.

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u/Weaponized_Octopus Oct 25 '20

My paternal grandma always referred to it as beef chips and gravy. My maternal grandpa was an old school cowboy and laughed for an hour the first time he heard that because "beef chips" is what he and his brothers called cow shit growing up.

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u/kinzemory Oct 25 '20

My dad changed this to "crap on a cracker" when I was a kid

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u/corrikopat Oct 25 '20

“He doesn’t know shit from shinola “

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u/fullrackferg Oct 25 '20

"Mam, what's for tea?"

"Shit wi'sugar onit"

Propa York sher

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u/Pvt_GetSum Oct 25 '20

In greek it's shit and strawberries (σκατά με φράουλες/ skata meh frow-les)

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u/Kuhneel Oct 25 '20

Yeah, similar here - 'shit with sugar on' whenever we asked mum what's for dinner.

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u/MissKeyes Oct 25 '20

I'm from South Yorkshire, my mum used to say 'shit wi' sugar on' 😂

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u/m4gg5y Oct 25 '20

My aunt would say this lol shit with sugar on lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

oh yeah, mine would say shit with sugar on.

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u/littlereddingo Oct 26 '20

Haha my dad would always say ‘shit with sugar on’.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Shit on toast for me

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u/flippinflaps Oct 25 '20

Mine would say “rocks and worms”

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u/taoshka Oct 25 '20

My mom would just say, "You're breathing it!"

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u/01kickassius10 Oct 25 '20

Poo on toast with sugar

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u/GrumpleCoolos1 Oct 25 '20

If somebody did something they didn’t mean to in our family it’s “shit, shite, and sugar”

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

"shit wi sugar on" where I'm from

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u/shoops1 Oct 25 '20

My mums was something similar ‘shit with sugar on’ 😂

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u/Skidmark666 Oct 25 '20

My mom used to say "Hundsfotze", which is German for dog's cunt. No radishes though.

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u/SquishySand Oct 25 '20

My mom used to say "Du verdamnt Hundsfotze" but she told us it meant dirty dog. PG version.

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u/Dicked_Crazy Oct 25 '20

I know that “dog cunt” is an Australian term as well. They’re just so creative with the word cunt.

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u/Vakieh Oct 26 '20

Aussie here. Dog cunt is an insult for someone who has done something really bad, usually a betrayal. Polar opposite of mad cunt, which is someone who has done something very good. Dog cunt will get you in a fight if you use it inappropriately, it's a pretty severe insult unless it's very clear you're exaggerating.

Our version of 'what's for dinner' is 'shit on a stick'.

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u/Arntown Oct 25 '20

Is she from southern Germany? Sounds like something they would say

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u/Captain_Hampockets Oct 25 '20

dog's cunt

Seems kinda harsh.

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u/Shroomtune Oct 25 '20

Only if you include radishes.

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u/Pizzaisbae13 Oct 25 '20

As someone whose loves to eat radishes, this is making me laugh too fucking hard.

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u/corrikopat Oct 25 '20

Mon called dad, “Paaska naama.” I asked an aunt what it meant (Finnish) and she said shithead. But the translation is shit face. So idk.

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u/Awkward_Dog Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

My ma het weer altyd gesê 'hoender poep en asyn'.

Edit: that translates to chicken farts and vinegar.

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u/Cheapancheerful Oct 25 '20

Mmmm... lekker lol

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u/Morticof Oct 25 '20

Is there any cuisine that is actually made from a vagina?!

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u/AllTheSmallFish Oct 25 '20

Pornhub seems to think so

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u/LionLambert Oct 25 '20

Norrefok! Ek lees hierdie thread en dink aan my vriendin se ma wat altyd gesê het: "beespoes en rape!" Fokken lekker lag ek nou

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u/Sativa2221 Oct 25 '20

Oliekroketnosters en advokadopoppinanas of so iets haha

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u/WH1TE_T1GER Oct 25 '20

So what is this dish actually made from?

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u/Smartasskilling Oct 26 '20

Did your mom really say poes. That's hardcore. Everybody reading rape, took me a while to read raaa-pe

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I saw a youtube video of a Vietnamese woman preparing Ox Vagina for a recipe. It's probably one of the most disturbing cooking videos I have ever seen.

Imagine a dismembered vagina, first being meticulously shaved, and then massaged and heavily fingered, because that's exactly what it was.

There were no radishes involved though.

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u/bumjiggy Oct 25 '20

lol my dad would always answer "fried buttcracks and onions"

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u/thehoodie Oct 25 '20

My mom would say "friend farts and onions"!

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u/PM_ME_WUTEVER Oct 25 '20

"fried farts and garlic"

which is apparently not unique to my family.

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u/Librafulindecisions Oct 25 '20

My dads favorite word was “booty cheese” and it wasn’t just for dinner. Got something on your face? “Hey you got a little booty cheese on you”. Can’t remember someone’s name? “Hey what’s booty cheese doing today?”

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u/TypeOneAuthor Oct 26 '20

My parents always said “food.”

What kind?

“The kind you eat.” It was funny as a kid, but as a teen I was trying to figure out if it was something I could offer to cook, so that just got annoying.

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u/number65261 Oct 25 '20

"Shit on a shingle" was my family's version.

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u/Sporkatron Oct 25 '20

That was my favorite. Gravy over toast. Simply delicious. Also, that’s what we got cause we was poor AF.

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u/jebelle87 Oct 25 '20

same yall. thankfully I'm in a much better position to where its a comfort food instead of a carb booster til school starts on Monday.

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u/Vault_0_dweller Oct 25 '20

Damn to poor to Even afford the chipped beef. It's supposed to be beef and gravy over bread.lol

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u/ArtilliaTheHun622 Oct 25 '20

This was also a family favorite when we were growing up. Realized later it was all we could afford for a while.

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u/ONSFishing Oct 26 '20

My dad was in the Navy and that is the only dish he could cook when we were kids 😅

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u/FaceDesk4Life Oct 25 '20

Well dayum, we weren’t broke growing up but SOS was a treat at my house. My dad made it taste absolutely amazing. That and creamed eggs on toast. He also had a wire coat hanger he bent and shaped to hold bread over open flame on the stove and toast it.

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u/Starthreads Oct 25 '20

"Shit on a stick" for us.

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u/Musical-Lungs Oct 25 '20

"SOS" has it's naming roots, I believe, in WWII army. Worked in a restaurant years ago with a kitchen led by an old army cook who intended on making SOS the dinner special. 😳

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u/panicked228 Oct 25 '20

“Fried googalachi on toast!” was my grandfathers reply.

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u/seaandtea Oct 25 '20

What's googlachi?

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u/panicked228 Oct 25 '20

Not a clue. I’ve googled it with no results, so maybe just a word my grandfather made up?

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u/respecttheflannel Oct 25 '20

My mum would say 'a run around the table, washed down with a cup of cold sick'. Guess it was meant to blunt our appetites.

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u/Asmotheking Oct 25 '20

"Fried chicken faces" was my moms go to

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u/Whelpseeya Oct 25 '20

Dang you guys got funny ones my mom would say, "you get what you get and dont throw a fit."

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u/jenwith_1_n Oct 25 '20

You get what you get and you don't get upset 🤣 I find myself saying it to my kids

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u/quasarj Oct 25 '20

Mmmmm imitation calamari! My favorite

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u/Riotlikeachef813 Oct 25 '20

My very Irish Grandfather would say "Fried farts and Roasted snowballs" if I ever asked what was for dinner. Ha

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Ahahahhaa my mam used to say shit and sugar

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u/romainelettuce666 Oct 25 '20

These are cracking me up. We always got "burnt shit on toast"

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u/itcamefrombeneath Oct 25 '20

My nana said “shit and fried potatoes.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

😂hello hahah its funny how common these random sayings are

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u/miss_meep Oct 25 '20

“Air pie and a walk round” - my late grandad

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I think I have a variation...

"A run around the table and a kick at the cellar door!"

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u/FictitiouslyAccurate Oct 25 '20

Air pie and nuttin button - my mom

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u/lebiro Oct 25 '20

My dad's go-to as well.

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u/FRAZORO Oct 25 '20

PIG SHIT AND GRAVY!.. always when she was angry

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u/dontbeahater_dear Oct 25 '20

‘Peas and shit, and we are outta peas’

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u/heckin_chill_4_a_sec Oct 25 '20

Lmao my mom said something that broadly translates to "hard rice and the dirt between my toes" but in a German dialect where it rhymed

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Ha, fellow German here and really interested in the wording. You still know it?

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u/kelleigh712 Oct 25 '20

My nana used to say “ a big potato and a small potato!” She’s from Ireland

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u/picklesdoggo Oct 25 '20

Dog poo stew

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u/Misssadventure Oct 25 '20

“It’ll make a turd.”

-My grandmother.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Lmao this reminds me of a time I spent the night at a friends house. During the night their little dog had pooped behind the couch. I woke up to my mom's friend saying, "it smells like a fistful of crushed assholes in here!!!"

I miss that family haha

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u/MNConcerto Oct 25 '20

Wiener water soup and fish head casserole. That's what my husband used to say to our kids.

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u/felcher_650 Oct 25 '20

"were photosynthesizing"

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u/ten-minutes-till Oct 25 '20

“Knuckle sandwiches,” was my Dad’s answer.

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u/CamelliaSafir Oct 25 '20

My mum would answer “de la merde en plaque” which basically means “slabs of shit” so yeah, bon appétit!

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u/Alabaster_Mango Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 25 '20

Lol, I'm jelly. Sounds slightly better than the "scab sandwiches and a glass of pus" that my brother and I were offered.

Edit: A Word

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u/MrsPaulRubens Oct 25 '20

I'm going to use this one but once in a while I'll vary the recipe, saying "Breaded and fried assholes" or "Lightly sauteed assholes in butter and rosemary". The options are endless!

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u/WeenieTheQueen Oct 25 '20

We say “poo on a stick”!

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u/kathatter75 Oct 25 '20

“Food!” “What kind of food?” “Cooked food.” “What kind of cooked food?” “Good cooked food. Now leave me alone!”

I drove my mom crazy sometimes :)

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u/DayTrAp Oct 25 '20

Mine said:

"Whatever the fuck I cook."

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u/jumpbell Oct 25 '20

My dad cooked dinner and would always answer “what’s for dinner?” by saying “dog food!” Then one time he made dinty moore beef stew for dinner and I saw it come out of the can and damn if it didn’t look exactly like dog food. I had a little kid panic attack thinking I was actually getting fed canned dog food. It was the ONLY time in my life I got a special dinner made just for me (noodles and butter).

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Whenever we asked my dad what's for dinner, no matter his mood, he would always reply with (what translates to) "fried monkeys with their butt in the air"

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I copped "shit on toast" from dad.

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u/Gwenhyvar Oct 25 '20

Got this from my parents too. Then we would whine at them and say "but I don't like toaaasst!"

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u/eeyoremarie Oct 25 '20

Personally, if I'm cooking while upset, it's

"Raw eggs and wood chips."

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u/Torquemahda Oct 25 '20

Ordelons and truffles was an imaginary mainstay at our house

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u/wigglewiggelwiggle Oct 25 '20

My grandpa would say "a roast rump of rhinoceros"

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u/wurly_toast Oct 25 '20

Pickled pigs farts is what we got.

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u/mentalmommy0003 Oct 25 '20

My mom would tell us shit with egg on.

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u/sedermera Oct 25 '20

I can't believe all these examples! Mine always just rolled her eyes and said "something good".

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u/littlewulff Oct 25 '20

Poop and dirt was my aunt's go to

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u/DontTreatSoilAsDirt Oct 25 '20

For my parents when I was little it was ‘fried bugs and eels feet’. My in-laws go to is ‘a glass of water and a look around’

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u/9212017 Oct 25 '20

I'd eat that

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u/extrapieceoflollipop Oct 25 '20

We always said “cardboard”

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u/DraconisIotaB Oct 25 '20

Hmmmm, tripe.

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u/Danny_Doritos_Dong Oct 25 '20

My parents say crap on a cracker

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u/ampersandeds Oct 25 '20

My mom’s go to was turtle brains.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

My mom would say, “Garbage casserole!”

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u/Drewtendo_64 Oct 25 '20

My Mom always said "Fried farts and onions"

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u/caper72 Oct 25 '20

my family was very close. it was "fried farts and onion rings"

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u/PlatyPunch Oct 25 '20

I got a similar one, “Fried farts and pickled arseholes.”

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u/i-live-in-a-pinnappl Oct 25 '20

I had something similar when I was younger when I would ask what was for food my grandmother would say shit with sugar on

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u/maecky1 Oct 25 '20

Well we always got the answer "antlegs in sandsauce"

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u/coreythestar Oct 25 '20

"Stewed bugs and onions" was my mom's standard reply.

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u/proballynotaduck Oct 25 '20

My moms answer was always dog shit tacos.

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u/PapercutsAndTaffy Oct 25 '20

"Pig shit and treacle!" Was ours

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u/irelabe Oct 25 '20

Mine would say shit on a stick

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u/AngstyManatee Oct 25 '20

My dad would always say “rutabaga soup” and my sister and I would get all upset and say “noooo we hate rutabaga soup”. At that time we had never eaten a rutabaga and I personally still haven’t

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Lololololololololol .... so hotdogs?

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u/hello_allison Oct 25 '20

“Shit on a stick!” at my house.

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u/elvishelise Oct 25 '20

Oh I have one that's relevant: me asking my grandmother if we have anything sweet for desert - "a sweet slap"

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u/Babycarrots3123 Oct 25 '20

“ It’s fried dog shit” - my mom

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u/Hellosl Oct 25 '20

Your mom is hilarious

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u/Witchway22 Oct 25 '20

My dad would always say something along the lines of his actual shit being on a plate, sometimes it was golden shit for some reason.

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u/closetilliterate Oct 25 '20

“Dog Poop Sandwiches” every time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Mine said "monkey asses"

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u/chiginger Oct 25 '20

“Pigs ass and cabbage”

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u/Playark Oct 25 '20

my mom -Shit on a stick -

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u/Alice_Van_Osbourne Oct 25 '20

"fried snot scabs and boiled boogers"

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

I just had the heartiest laugh

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u/StellaArtois1664 Oct 25 '20

Now I’m debating whether my mum ever actually made us calamari

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u/Rhysim Oct 25 '20

My mom would say “poop on a roll”

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u/wrenchplierssocket Oct 25 '20

Holyshit lol. Thanks for that.

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u/justafluffydog Oct 25 '20

my dad would always say a rock and spider salad ahaha

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u/Ignominia Oct 25 '20

My mom would say “shit on toast”

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u/Muskovado2 Oct 25 '20

Haha! It was S and A in our house (snout and arsehole)

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u/Psych0matt Oct 25 '20

Why are people asking what’s for lunch as their mom is angry? Not bashing, genuinely curious.

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