German Husband Reacts to My Childhood Meals! (American Wife)

German husband reacts to childhood meals growing up in the US. A lot of people always ask what is the typical American dinner like. It really varies from family to family and region to region. Deana's family didn't eat out in restaurants or go out for fast food, so most of the meals were home-cooked meals. In this video, we talk about the most common meals made at home in Deana's family growing up in the US.
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[@DeanaandPhil]

Do you make any of the meals we mentioned? Let us know what type of dishes you make at home and where you're from! 😍

[@jacobbailey-lawton1086]

I don't cook but my parents make most of these. But I don't like quiche and meatloaf really isn't a big thing in UK.

[@janpracht6662]

When I was a kid we never had peanut butter in the house, but I like the crunchy version. In the Netherlands peanut butter is a big thing, my sister worked there for some years. The Dutch love this stuff (their eating habits are fairly weird for Germans, they love colored sugar sprinkles on their bread and fry everything in oil that walks, swims or flies... The Belgians are just like that).

[@linzyjensen7271]

My mom used to make a very American variation of Shepard's pie with tater tots instead of mashed potatoes, and it was one of my favorite dishes. It was her go-to for a quick easy meal- frozen mixed vegetables, ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, and top it all with tater tots. She had a philosophy that there is no such thing as too much cheese either. We never ate a lot of hamburgers or hot dogs, but my parents were convinced that a dinner was not complete without meat. We had a big garden, so we tended to eat a lot of seasonal vegetables and fruit or homemade jarred goods.

[@telfairf1102]

Meatloaf and various pasta dishes were common for us as well as homemade potpies, taco Tuesday, potroast with potatoes, carrots, and onions. We also had homemade pizza. My mom believed there should always be some kind of dessert after dinner every day - she loved sweets and loved to bake 😁

[@nadine8742]

Ich bin aus Deutschland und unsere typischen Gerichte waren: Gemüsesuppe Nudeln mit Tomatensoße/Nudelauflauf Pellkartoffeln mit Quark/sour creme Bratkartoffeln Kartoffelbrei/Salzkartoffeln mit Fleisch(zb Frikadellen)/Fisch und Kohlrabi/Karotten in weißer Soße Verschiedenes Gemüse in Tomatensoße und Reis Kohl-Hack-Kartoffeleintopf

[@latebloomerabroad]

I'm from California, and we ate a lot of the same meals as Deana's family, but we ALWAYS had some form of potato dish on the side. Meatloaf without mashed potatoes is almost sacrilegious! LOL

[@robfriedrich2822]

So it's compatible to people with tooth problems

[@tranurse]

I grew up in the South, so we ate a lot of southern food. My mom’s paternal relatives were from Louisiana, so lots of rice. My Mom’s maternal relatives were of German descent… and from up north. So I have an appreciation for sauerkraut, and sauer brat. My kids and husband won’t touch the stuff. My dad left when I was 5, but his mom was Cuban, and he taught my mom how to make black beans and picadillo. So I grew up with a lot of different things that we ate.

[@ashleycruz3]

Growing up Hispanic in America we also very rarely ate out, maybe on Sundays after church. But I mostly had traditional Mexican food growing up; tacos, menudo, ceviche etc.

[@ella5911]

Crazy! In Germany that is rare...😅 Cevapcici Game from slavia.... Jugoslawia, my husband is from this Lokation... so i knew about it later.....

[@LionsGateCorp]

Deana's hair is luxurious and I adore how Phil is German, two countries adds much to the mix. Thanks for this film, I learned something plus thinking on simpler times was fun!

[@_tronicum]

I had peanut-butter-jelly sandwich when i was 25 (in the USA!) and it was a revolution to my taste buds!

[@keepinitkawaii]

Did you like it or was it gross?

[@Psychphuq]

Try adding bacon also... ☺

[@Strongpoint100]

I'm from Switzerland and when we were young we also only had the warm meal at lunchtime and usually cold food at dinner but nowadays not anymore

[@smashsamson1819]

Same here.

[@sophiasolyom]

i‘m from switzerland and i would say our lunches were the most important meal. We would often eat bread or just some cold dishes for dinner

[@mnossy11]

As an American, we ate exactly the same things! And we never went out to eat either. The only time I remember going to a fast food restaurant was when we were on a road trip and a sit down restaurant was only for birthdays haha!

[@svenparczany8967]

I am from northern Germany. As a child we ate a lot of East Prussian dishes, like Königsberger Klopse, because my grandparents were from East Prussia. Today I try to cook the dishes, my children love them

[@PhotogNT]

Shepard's pie precooked ground lamb with veg topped with potato mash and done in the oven. We had that every week in Australia growing up in the 60's and 70's.

[@forkless]

Yep, cottage pie is made with ground beef.

[@raphaelmaack5693]

Meine Eltern leben wirklich nach dem deutschen Sprichwort: Esse Morgens wie ein Kaiser, Mittags wie ein König, Abends wie ein Bettler.

[@elisabethrebstein3493]

Ich dachte immer: Morgens wie ein König, Mittags wie ein Bauer/Bürger und Abends wie ein Bettler. Aber eigentlich ist es ja der gleiche Spruch😂🤣

[@s______f8015]

english please

[@benjamingiercke]

Sven Fleitmann in English it means: eat in the morning like a Emperor, midday like a king and in the evening like a beggar.

[@mariesophie7547]

I do the opposite.. upsi

[@Bella_Splatoon]

ich auch :D

[@jerrihadding2534]

Growing up we also never had deserts, except at Easter and Thanksgiving. BUT! My mother baked all the time. There was always cake, cookies or pies in the kitchen. I had two favorite Saturday morning cartoons breakfasts. Either Saltine crackers with a massive dollop of peanut butter, layered at least four high or cold, leftover apple pie. Yum! We too shared Sunday breakfasts as a family at the table. My father was always in charge of the eggs and pancakes. My mother was in charge of the fried ham or sausages and the fried potatoes- often with onions. We kids were in charge of preparing fruit. Quite often cantaloupe (all year round - this was Southern California), which we would slice into thin pieces and then cut off the rind. Mouth watering breakfasts!

[@bobbyhood101]

Im from Tennessee pretty much same foods as Deana but we ate pinto beans, potatoes ,and cornbread usually with fresh garden raised sliced tomatoes and onions pretty much whatever vegetables were in season

[@starthomasYoung]

Bobby Hood Tennessee here too! We never had most of those, but meat loaf, never with pork in it. Lol we had tons of tons potatoes, pintos, and garden vegetables! Special occasions we did have homemade pizzas! And never tuna! Yuck sorry. And homemade ice cream in the summer once in a while! We eat out on sundays after church maybe once a month.

[@christophercampos-samitsch8516]

I'm American and my Austrian husband introduced me to pizza with tuna. It is so good!

[@DeanaandPhil]

😍🍕

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

I am from central Germany (Hessen) and we had shepherds pie because we went to Ireland since I was little. I actually recently found out that it can only be called Shepherds pie if it is made with lamb meat. Otherwise it should be called Cottage pie (with pork/beef) .....also recently my parents took DNA heritage tests and we found out that my dad was 84% British/Scottish and my mum 34%...well, also they don't have any German percentage......that was so surprising. I always said I don't feel German...and it's true :O

[@DeanaandPhil]

Ahhh interesting! Yeah we want to take a DNA test. It would be interesting to see. We know some people who took them thinking they're be one thing and it didn't turn out as they expected. 😅

[@janpracht6662]

@@DeanaandPhil Pies are more common on the American continent than in Europe (I had a fantastic meat pie in the market-hall of Ottawa/Canada, also my host family in Sao Paulo/Brasil made a delicious chicken pie. In the USA you see them often also sweet or with fruits inside.

[@sydneyrica1802]

Jan Pracht (from Texas) We would eat a lot of meat pies in my home growing up.

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

I'm a SHEPHERD. Does that make me a pie?

[@miriammontenbruck8022]

@staircase2 we did, too :D

[@lw9837]

A special Sunday dinner was roast chicken stuffed with apple slices and prunes (we kids would fight for the last prunes!) rather than a bread stuffing; there was always gravy. Sometimes we’d have red cabbage and potato dumplings (from the Panni mix). Other times it was whatever vegetable was on sale that week with mashed potatoes, or very rarely rice. We never made the chicken with veg and potatoes baked in one pan as pictured when Deana described their roast dinners.

[@yoyo-ka7029]

My personal all time favorite: potatoes with spinach and scrambled eggs. Even today I mix it all together, build a "wall" and then tear it down with the fork... Typically German? I don't know. But typically my family, I'd say xD

[@ropeburn6684]

It's one of the best "basic meals" indeed. And mashing is a must!

[@h.h.7550]

Haha I feel so french here 😂 We kinda always had a big lunch AND a big dinner ! (Fun fact : growing up I tend to eat smaller lunches, no dessert,...

[@gilwa]

Quiche is a breakfast thing in my household. Also I’m German and when I was a child in Heidelberg we would have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...

[@Gelli722]

I don’t remember a whole lot of the meals but my favorite was a bastardized version of stroganoff. Both my parents were midwestern and weren’t the best of cooks so I remember a lot of canned veggies, ground beef, and boxed Mac and cheese.

[@easein]

I'm a bit older than you two, but my favorite school lunch was a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Something about a brown paper bag and a few of hours in a locker, The honey would crystalize into the bread. An apple and a carton of milk. Perfection. Deana's other meals sound extremely familiar, but we did a lot of salads, carrot and celery sticks and olives.

[@lucin9443]

Bei uns gab es meistens auch Abends erst das warme Essen. Aber oft ganz verschieden.

[@deniskramer3562]

Bei uns gab es mittags warmes Essen... bis meine Mutter einen Volltagsjob bekam, dann wurde auch erst abends gekocht.

[@wandilismus8726]

Mein Vadder war bei der StOV und es gab Essen wenn er nach Hause kam, spät nachmittags oder Abends

[@cariettamei8036]

Bei uns gab es in meiner Kindheit mittags warmes Essen. Hab dann mit meiner Mama gegessen und Papa hat es sich abends aufgewärmt. Aber jetzt, wo ich arbeite, koche ich logischerweise erst abends und hätte ich eine Familie, würde ich das auch so beibehalten.

[@robfriedrich2822]

Bei uns werktags abends. Schulspeisung war billig und schlecht. Da aß ich mittags lieber ein belegtes Brot

[@MichelleJonesKralka]

I grew up in Northern Canada and in a hunting and farming family. I honestly don’t remember eating any meat that was bought at the grocery store until I moved out and went to college. As a kid I ate ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, deer, moose, bear, elk, and caribou as meat. We raised chickens and ducks so we never bought those meats at the grocery store. We also grew strawberries, raspberries, and corn. My cousin’s family had a pig farm so we ate a lot of pork chops. We always had veggies and potatoes on the side. It was a real treat when my mom would make homemade mac’n’cheese. My one grandfather was a butcher and would do an amazing lamb roast with olive oil, rosemary, and garlic. My other grandpa loved to make bread and he made these amazing soft dinner rolls. I grew up in a very small town that had two fast food restaurants - McDonald’s and KFC. So eating out was not a thing we did a lot - although McDonald’s would be like a really awesome treat every once and a while. Now I live in California and I stopped eating meat because it just doesn’t taste right to me - the chicken is so dry and bland. I miss wild meat and fish!

[@bisleyblackhawk1288]

Being raised in the rural South...My grandmother’s cooking was always a treat 😊😊😊...when I would visit her (often) during the summer when school was out...for breakfast she usually fixed grits, meat (locally made sausage, bacon or “streak O’ lean”) and made from scratch biscuits 😋😋😋. For lunch (if she could get wrangle me in from playing) she would make some sort of sandwich from cold cuts and cheese or my all time favorite, tuna salad on toasted white bread 👍... Dinner or “supper” was usually something from the garden such as collard or mustard greens, okra (both fried and boiled), cabbage, fried yellow squash, etc. always with ripe tomatoes and sliced cucumbers (soaked in vinegar with sliced onions...another favorite of mine was fried green tomatoes and coleslaw from the cabbage fresh from the garden ☺️😋☺️😋. Often we would forgo meat but she made a killer meat loaf which she served with coleslaw, pinto beans and fried cornbread...she also did perfect fried chicken and fried salmon patties 😋🥰😋🥰 For dessert she often made banana pudding 🍌😋👍 She loved to cook and it showed...it wasn’t unusual to have the neighborhood kids I played with join in for lunch and dinner which always made her happy. If we had leftovers she would “make a plate” for me to carry to neighbors... Times have changed 😞😞😞

[@danielchin4091]

Lol I love watching you guys, I've been subscribed since 8k followers, really hope your channel continue to grow ♥️🙌🏽

[@DeanaandPhil]

Ahhh glad you're still here! Thanks for sticking with us for so long! 🤗💜

[@ncoppens]

In The Netherlands about every kid is raised on peanut butter sandwiches either on white or dark bread. But not peanut butter and jelly though. We actually have been living in Austria for almost 10 years, and still buy our Dutch peanut butter (Pindakaas) so we can eat it here....LOL.

[@nielsdebakker3283]

Indeed, sandwiches with peanut butter OR jam. Never ate those two mixed on one sandwich. (dutch)

[@silkedavid8876]

In my family we never cooked fresh Lasagne (or even frozen, if I think of it). Then we found this recipe for Zucchini, courgettes as we had so many in our vegetable garden, and it took me years to find out it was basically Lasagne, just sliced courgette instead of pasta.

[@olafkunert3714]

"it took me years to find out it was basically Lasagne, just sliced courgette instead of pasta." It is more a Moussaka :-))

[@bayangannaga]

Peanut butter is actually really popular in the Netherlands. But as a far as i know, we don't really combine it with jelly/jam, we do sometimes combine it with hotsauce, chocolate sprinkles or banana slices. I'm from an International household, my mom is Indonesian. I grew up on Indonesian food like Nasi Goreng and Satay, Dutch food like Stampot and ofcourse the ocasional pasta or pizza. When i cook i mostly cook Korean, Tex-Mex, Indonesian or pasta. While i do like pasta with carbonara sauce, nothing beats a spicy tomato sauce (though i mostly make pasta with boursin cuisine, spinach and tuna or salmon).

[@karamayer581]

From new jersey, USA we ate all the foods Deana mentioned. We are an American German family so we would have schnitzel, sauerbraten or brats, and we definitely were influenced by living so close to new York that there were lots of Italian cuisine like chicken parm, eggplant rollatini and pizza of course. We had lots of grilled chicken with corn on the cob and we had cheeseburgers in the summer a couple times definitely not all the time though.

[@laurakrahl7991]

Ich hab Erdnussbutter mit Marmelade IMMER gegessen als Kind, war mein Lieblingsessen

[@DeanaandPhil]

Yum!! 😍

[@MickeyKnox]

Wie alt bist du denn? Seit 15-20 Jahren ist das in Deutschland nun ja auch bekannt, aber damals in den 90'ern wusste keine Sau damit was anzufangen.

[@lucyhartley8476]

Mit Aprikosenmarmelade😍 besteee

[@LovelyFaith88]

@@MickeyKnox Das wüsste ich auch gerne. Peanutbutter war gar nicht bekannt bei uns 🤷‍♀️

[@Miristzuheiss]

Ich bin sechzig und Erdnussbutter kannte ich als Berliner Kind auch schon, aber nicht mit Marmelade

[@michira70]

I'm from Saarland and we had mostly typical regional home cooked meals (Hausmannskost). Very much potato stuff, like filled dumplings, with cream sauce and bacon bits and Sauerkraut, potato soup, potato pancakes, something called 'Geheirate' ('Marrieds', potato slices with dumplings mixed and cream sauce with bacon bits), potato salad with bacon bits and so on. Meat mostly on sundays, like pot roast, either beef or pork, with of course potatoes or dumplings some beans or carrots. In summer we had lots of bbq, meat (Schwenkbraten, weil Saarländer grillen nicht, sie schwenken!!😆) and sausages. Breakfast was usually bread or rolls with marmelade. For dessert we had pudding or fruit salad, on holidays ice cream.

[@kaitlynneastwood6711]

Deana definitely grew up in a healthier US household lol. A veggie for my family was canned green beans lol. For dinner - we did a lot of corn & potatoes as sides. We had meatloaf a lot, served always with mashed potatoes & probs corn. Spaghetti (red sauce), lasagna, roast beef with potatoes, occasionally we'd have hot dogs (sometimes boiled and sometimes grilled). We had taco night often. A treat was when dad grilled pork chops or STEAK served with potatoes that we made by making aluminum foil pouches, chopping the potatoes with onions & bell peppers & putting a big slab of butter in the foil pouch. then grilling that pouch with the steaks. so good but so fat. We weren't a family that ordered pizza, but i think lots of families do that. For lunches, yeah we'd make a pb&j sandwich with CHIPS, no veggie or fruit slices lol. for lunches we'd also make a lot of frozen pizzas & those frozen kids cuisines & single serving Velveeta mac n cheese microwave cups lol. oh & ramen noodles! Breakfast (healthy) was cereal lol. but we hated cheerios. we liked cocoa puffs, fruity pebbles, cinnamon toast crunch. Other breakfast items were pop-tarts & sometimes toast with butter & cinnamon & sugar sprinkled on it.. omg it's a miracle we weren't fat kids! We loved toaster strudels & toaster scrambles. Our weekend breakfasts were the same as yours - pancakes, bacon/sausage patties, & eggs. I'm hungry now.

[@DrGlynnWix]

I'm from GA/AL, and a lot of what Deana had was similar to what we ate. We had a lot of the Italian dishes often (lasagna, pasta, etc.), but we also had a lot of stuff that she didn't list. We at Beef Stroganoff, mashed potatoes and some meat and veggies, and chili really often. My dad was a single father working two jobs for most of our growing up years, so we had to have stuff that could be cooked with little attention and was good for leftovers. Breakfast wasn't really anything special. We did whatever we wanted during school weeks, and sometimes on weekends my dad would do fried spam and egg sandwiches. At my grandparents' house we at a lot more stuff from the garden or "traditional" foods like black eyed peas and cornbread, raw onions, tomato and cucumber.

[@joyvictory6852]

There is nothing better than a country breakfast, lunch or dinner. All meals had biscuits or cornbread. Lunch and dinner you usually had several vegetables, meat, potatoes or some kind of pasta. Peas and butter beans. Collard, turnips or mustard greens and you used cornbread form the liquor of the greens. Amazing food.

[@Leenapanther]

I'm from Switzerland. Breakfast was and still is just plain bread for me (without butter or jam). When I still went to school I ate lunch at home. We cooked "Spätzle", Omeletten and Toast Hawaii" every week for lunch. Once a week I ate at the school (so expensive). Our main meal was in the evening. We often made homemade Pizza or Raclette for dinner on Saturday. Sundays we made the classic "Sonntagsbraten" with mashed potatoes. We also made filled tomatoes and other greek dishes (greek father). I had Lasagne, Cheesecake quiche (salty), Risotto with Piccata, Bratwurst with Pasta, Chicken with Spaghetti, or Chicken with potatoes and carrots. We had a "Schrebergarten" (a garden you can rent), so we had our own potatoes and made french fries out of them. We had so many berries, so my mother made a lot of jam for herself.

[@luciealie]

Czech girl here. I am from small town near to German border so we ate lots of potato, sauerkraut, pork meat and goulash with dumplings when I was little. Roasted chicken was celebration! :-D Everybody favorites were Schnitzel with potato salad, except me. My favorite was and still is Dill sauce with beef or egg and dumplings. :-) I bet you might love it!

[@jeanjohnson8492]

Meatloaf, Spaghetti and meat sauce, beef roast and pork loin with veggies, beef stroganoff, bbq chicken, fried chicken, roast cornish hens, baked ham, pork chops, and steak. All served with veggies and some type of potatoes like scalloped or mashed, and a green salad. No dessert except on Sundays. We also had fruit. My parents also to take out their 6 children to the Dairy Queen for ice cream a lot in the summer. Sometimes on the weekends, my mom would make hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner, along with baked beans and potato salad. Sunday dinner was a big meal we ate after coming home from church. Fried Chicken and baked ham, along with all kinds of side dishes and of course, dessert. We purchased our lunch at school except for in elementary school. We took ham sandwiches, 2 cookies, an apple, and carrot and celery sticks. My mother made our breakfast during the week. She usually made bacon or sausage and we had cereal like Raisin Bran or Cheerios and orange juice and toast. But both of my parents worked, so she was very organized. We also lived across the street from the elementary school and 3 blocks to the junior high school. High school we rode a bus and lunch was a selection from a hot lunch, pizza, burgers, etc. Weekend breakfasts were made by my dad and were usually scrambled eggs, home fries or grits, country ham or scrapple, fried applies and corn bread. We rarely went out to eat (there were six kids and my two parents). Trips to McDonalds were a very rare treat.

[@kristiwyckoff1636]

Also, my mom grew up on a farm and for her family the biggest meal was in the middle of the day because everyone was hungry from doing hard labor. They called that meal dinner and the evening meal (leftovers) supper.

[@Teresa-dg7rl]

I am from Austria and I cook and eat Quiche quite often because it‘s very easy and good! I love it ☺️

[@dom_from_86]

About 2 years ago I ate peanut butter with strawberry jam for the first time. Toasted bread, of course. Really tasty

[@melindar.fischer5106]

I switched from grape jelly to strawberry jam in my adult life. So good! Now I prefer raspberry or blueberry jam. (I'm from USA, in the Midwest.)

[@judith1111]

I am from Germany and as a child I loved to eat peanut butter and jam on a slice of bread. It is still one of my favorites especially the crunchy peanut butter.

[@r4x2]

I grew up eating lots of grilled bratwurst, BBQ (I'm from Kansas City), apple cake, meatloaf, crockpot chili, American goulash, mac and cheese, pizza, blackened chicken, red beans & rice, biscuits & gravy, and cabbage rolls. Also, the only times I really like potato chips is with a PB&J, just a weird meal given to me as a child in the USA. Stuff like that.

[@ann_ig_staticseconds]

3:44 What a cute illustration!😄😊💛

[@estrelladoradomarin8543]

I'm from Colorado, but my grandparents and father are from Mexico. So for dinner I would have enfrijoladas, tortas (with chorizo, eggs, and beans), burritos, fideo, caldo de pollo (chicken noodle soup), papas (fried patatos), etc. We also had eggs and beans, macoroni and cheese, pasta, pizza at times, tacos, etc. I think hamburgers and hot dogs were for some "special" occasions, like parties, 4th of July, etc. Depending on the meal, for the sides we would have rice, vegetables, fruit, cottage cheese with pineapple, mashed potatoes and corn, toasted bolio bread with butter. For dessert we would have arroz con leche, popsicles, takis, doritos with valentina, pastries from the panadería, fresas con crema (strawberries with cream, coconut, raisins, and pecans), and that's all I can remember.

[@eezepeeze]

We had everything she mentioned, but we also had a lot of soups and baked casseroles like chicken and stuffing. We also LOVED tacos!

[@gailpeczkis5292]

I come from the USA near Chicago, IL and fast food was only eaten very occasionally. We had homemade meals the majority of the time. Breakfast was eggs, toast or cereal. Lunch sandwiches either PBJ or deli meat and sometimes with a bowl of soup. Dinners were the main meal as Deanna said. Meat loaf, steak, pork chops, chicken and the sides were potatoes and a vegetable or salad. Also a lot of casseroles and pasta dishes especially spaghetti or frozen pizza. Your channel is so much fun thanks.

[@melindar.fischer5106]

My childhood meals are almost identical to what you listed! I grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, with a St. Louis parent and a Missouri-farmer-moved-to-St.-Louis parent.😃

[@lorialderman4518]

I grew up eating a lot of these dishes with the addition of soups and stews in the winter time...chili, vegetable beef stew, ham and beans, etc.

[@LydiaKnudsen]

I am an American with a German mother. Shepards pie would go over soooo big in Germany.

[@shadowlink3339]

It depends on what time period. Young child: cereal, eggs and bacon, toast with cheese, oatmeal, spaghetti O's, Mac and cheese, grilled cheese, beefaroni, chicken, hotdogs, PB & J, frozen or canned veggies on the side or in the dish. Usually a couple nights a week I'd get fast food, cuz my mom was a single mom and didn't always want to cook. Preteen/teen: I did some of the cooking: a lot of meats usually grilled, lamb, steaks, BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs, shake n bake pork chops (baked), shrimp, fish, goulash, meatloaf with tomatoes, spaghetti with homemade meatballs and Italian sausage and garlic bread, casseroles, chicken wings, hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, homemade macaroni salad, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, rice, bean soup, garlic noodles, homemade fries, veggies. For dessert there were cookies, ice cream, or pies. On holidays we had leg of lamb, ham, turkey, steaks (not all at the same time). With "yams" from a can, corn, mashed potatoes, homemade pickles, cranberry sauce, rolls, veggies. For dessert some apple or cherry pie, or a homemade chocolate pudding layer pie, pumpkin pie (sometimes all at the same time) Now I'm a vegetarian, so mostly veggies. But most of the above menu I ate for 33 years and of course the stuff I ate as a kid was also eaten as a teen. I'm 36 and feel better with my current lifestyle of eating.

[@eddiehagler6127]

Meatloaf was a common meal usually with mashed potatoes. Stuffed peppers was another meal I remember from my youth (bell peppers hollowed out and baked with a mix of rice and ground beef. Chuck wagons were ground beef balls wrapped with a slice of bacon and baked.

[@savannahwatson5180]

I definitely grew up on all of the meals you mentioned but I have to say the Shepherd's Pie is my number one favorite!!

[@DeanaandPhil]

🤤💜🤤💜

[@gregmuon]

For lunch, PB&J sandwich was most common, but not every day. Other options were tuna, or baloney or other lunch meat, maybe egg salad. But yeah, sandwiches. California here. Hamburgers and hot dogs are special food for summer weekends and holidays.

[@irian42]

My TOP German Childhood Meals Spaghetti Bolognese (Miracoli!) Frikadellen with some vegetable (like cauliflower or creamed kohlrabi) and potatoes Chili con Carne (of course with kidney beans and corn from the can) with rice Fridays always Fish: As a small child fish fingers with mashed potatoes and peas, later fried whitefish with a vegetable and potatoes (mashed, fried, cooked or as salad) and even later pasta with salmon and spinach Sundays: Something that takes along time - like Rouladen with red cabbage

[@kristiwyckoff1636]

From US here. We had a lot you mentioned except Shepard’s pie. We had chicken pot pie which I think is similar. Some other main dishes we had were ham, pork chops, salmon cakes, oyster soup, oyster casserole, SOS (s*&# on a shingle) - lay bread in a casserole dish top with cheese, ham and pour milk over, then bake. My mom would take leftover rice and add milk and sugar in the morning and warm it up for breakfast. For dessert sometimes tapioca pudding. Not a meal, but almost always had popcorn in the evenings.

[@timriehl1500]

My family is from Pennsylvania but we grew up in Mississippi. Some things my mother would make for dinner or Sunday lunch: fried chicken; tuna casserole (yuck); meatloaf (yum) and mashed potatoes; pork chops, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes with gravy (yum); hamburgers with baked beans and homemade chili with grilled cheese. We rarely ate Italian food because my father didn't like it, but we loved it. He ruled what we ate.

[@Rosanna1978able]

that's an interesting topic. I´m from the western of germany an we had a lot of varieties of dishes during my childhood. in our Family was the lunchtime the most improtant meal, because my Dad worked as a chef in a Restaurant and to got to work after lunch. We ate pasta in different ways (with Ragu, or Carbonara), Soup (Vegetable Soup, or stew with lentils or white beans), Sunday roast, roasted Chicken with Salad, Porkchops with Potatoes, Grünkohl (sorry, I don't know the englisch name of this) with Potatoes and Sausages.. for Dinner we usually had Bread with Ham, Jam or Cheese (German Abendbrot)or leftovers.

[@FleaChristenson]

I grew up in the 70’s and early 80’s. Similar foods to Deana. Lots of hot dogs for supper, as well and Mac n cheese. Lots of salad as well. For breakfast my favorite was cinnamon toast. Often we’d have a hamburger stroganoff for supper. Rice as our starch, being from Louisiana. Red beans and rice on mondays. For snacks we ate a lot of fruit. Apples, raisins, melon, whatever was in season. Plenty of citrus.

[@paulj9801]

i loved my schools meatloaf they put marinara sauce and cheese on top was awesome. At home we also had sauerkraut and spare ribs often as well hamburgers covered in gravy .

[@Mephistokles333]

I grew up in Mecklenburg. Depending in where we ate ( At Home ort At my grandparents place) we had a Lot of diffrent, but typical german meals. Nearly all the Times we had potato-based meals, for example cooked peas and carrots (mischgemüse) and Schnitzel or Kotelett. Senfei (mustard egg) was and still is one of my favourites. We offen had the east-germany (and truly right) Version of jägerschnitzel ( thick panned jagdwurst slices) withe noodels and tomatosauce. On sundays or at my grandparents we always had the fency meals. Braten ( roasted duck, rabbit or wild meat) withe Knödel and Rotkohl (cooked red cabbage) We also had fish, nearly once or twice a week ( we live near a lake, a professional fisherman was our neighbour and Half of my Family where Hobby fisherman) we also ate very healthy. (Most of the time) we lived in a farm, my grandparents, Who also lived Therese had a gute garden with lotsen of vegetables and fruit trees. Basicly we normal gad german meals. Later that changed a bit (After the "Mauerfall") we ate nice and noodles Moore often but that where the fancy food optional. Today, when I cool for myself I cool the nostalgic meals from my childhood as well as various dishes from diffrent cultures. I really like to Experiment in the kitchen but I am glad I learnt to cook from my mum and my grandma (because grandmas coocking is the best) ^.^

[@sw6428]

We only had meat on Sunday ...roasted chicken or fish or schnitzel or rouladen or sauerbraten or kohlrouladen or hackbraten or koenigsberger klopse or gulash or rinderbraten...was always a special meal...with a set table (tablecloth and plates and cutlery layed out perfectly).coldcuts and cheese during the week for dinner and broetchen on Saturday with cheese and gekochtem schinken 🙂

[@martinkasper197]

Deanna turned into Super Mario when talking about homemade Pizza 🍕

[@dennism4508]

German here. I had peanutbutter in my childhood. We mostly mixed it with honey which makes it the stickiest thing I know. However, most times we did not eat it for lunch but breakfast. Today I still buy it from time to time, mostly the one with chunks. For anyone buying it I recommend checking the label. Many "Erdnussbutter"s have sugar added to them and as far as I know only the "Erdnussmus" does only contain peanuts.

[@KeriInOkinawa]

The talk about hamburgers and hot dogs reminded me that we typically would only eat those for like Memorial Day or 4th of July if we had a cookout... and *that* made me wonder about the different typical meals between Germany and America for their respective (and sometimes in-common) holidays. That might be a fun video! Apologies if there already is one...haha

[@phillyblaze777]

I'm from New York and our family meals growing up were very similar to Deana's. We RARELY ate out unless it was a very special occasion, also desserts and junk food in general were limited and only allowed in small quantity on occasion. Of course, we had hamburgers and hot dogs but those were really only summertime foods that you would have at a family party or celebration because they could be grilled outside - more of a seasonal thing.

[@kroyffej]

Yep, native of Charlotte,NC. We ate PBJ or grilled cheese (usually in the winter) every day It was great. Evening dinner was the family dinner. Family conversation and discussion.

[@reiner5311]

Thanks for the video 👍 love them

[@glenncarr2508]

Coming from Texas, I had some of the same dishes, but I really remember the TexMex dishes we made at home frequently. Stuffed jalapenos', fajita's, tacos, green chili enchilada's. Definitely had our meatloafs and pasta's as well. More beef then pork (coming from Texas), but we did have pork chops on occasion. Sides depended on the meal, but almost always a green vegetable and/or a potato. Enjoying your channel very much. Keep up the good work! My wife and I are moving to Germany in a few weeks.... things are going to be interesting!

[@gloriastone3211]

Growing up in Canada (living in US now) it was cereal for breakfast, weekend breakfast would be bacon or sausages, eggs, pancakes. Took sandwiches for school lunch. Supper could be chili, meat and potatoes, pork chops, pasta, meatloaf. Also being of Ukrainian descent, we would often have perogies too and Ukrainian food food holidays.

[@BearStar1]

American Meat Loaf is made with ground beef and served in most restaurants with mashed potatoes & gravy and green beans on the side , sometimes buttered sweet corn, or glazed carrots.

[@Fenchrisw0lf]

In Southwest Germany we have a dish which is very simular to Quiche, Zwiebelkuchen (onion cake). I love it. Traditional we combine it with drinking a glass of Federweisser.

[@jamespagdon2998]

The top ten in our household when i was growing up Was !. Meatloaf with mashed potatoes and greens peas, 2. Lasagna 3.Beef Pot Roast, mashed potatoes , Carrots cooked in the pot with the roast. 4. Pork chops in gravy with rice and string beans.5.Cheese Burgers with caramelized onions, double dipped deep fried french fries, 6. Kielbasi, sauerkraut, boiled potatoes with dill and butter and cabbage, 7.Home made Macaroni and cheese, 8. Fish either Cod or Salmon fried,poached,broiled, fish and chips or mashed potatoes we ate a whole lot of fresh fish.9.Roasted whole chicken with escalloped potatoes and string beans, 10.Grilled Cheese sandwiches and home made soups and chowders. All of this was made from scratch not from a box or frozen. Now as i am older i eat healthier and still have some of these childhood regulars but eating like that will hurt you. Now i crave better food and love a great complex salad and most nights hardly any meat or chicken.

[@highwinds2c195]

Growing up we had a mix of things...my mom wasn't really the best cook in the world but she did make simple dinners almost every night. we moved around a lot since my dad was military so there was influence from local foods as well that my mom often included. mostly she liked to make tacos/burritos, asian inspired stir fry dishes, meat/potato dishes with onions, salmon patties, meatloaf, goulash, pastas and southern style things like beans and cornbread. as I got older I started cooking more and brought in some newer ideas and recipes mostly Asian inspired since i've always loved Asian foods then fancier items as learned more about culinary arts. desserts weren't a thing in our house we had snacks sometimes like ice cream or crackers and i'd do a lot of baking but as a family we didn't have it.

[@eileenhildreth8355]

Growing up in the 60s in New Zealand we had pretty basic meals, roast lamb or chicken, shepherd's pie, steak and kidney pie, lamb chops. Always with some form of potatoes and usually carrots and a green vegetables. We also had ' pudding' most nights.....steamed puddings with custard, or fruit pies or rice pudding

[@maryoom0087]

We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all the time when I was a kid - I’m from Saudi Arabia

[@SpeakUpWorld]

I thought that was an American thing ONLY

[@helloweener2007]

Pizza with tuna, lots of onions, chilli peppers and cheese is second best after pizza Hawaii. :-D

[@tarekyoungapelian4542]

I would say Italian, Mexican & Chinese foods were always extremely popular choices growing up here in the US. I would say Vietnamese food is now becoming very popular here as well thanks to Pho especially. I come from a multicultural background, so I ate a combo of stereotypical American foods, German food and Armenian & other Middle Eastern foods (from Lebanon especially) growing up. I definitely ate the culturally specific foods more when I was at my grandparents houses though, so I loaded up on traditional German and Armenian food during my visits to my grandparents on either side of my family. Like Deana, my family was also all about the “health” food cereal & no soda was allowed at home, so I drank water & juice. We didn’t really have dessert unless we randomly had ice cream for a treat. I really feel like the only stereotypical American foods I ate were things I didn’t previously identify as such, like peanut butter. I can’t live without my various nut butters! Almond, cashew, peanut, etc. Bacon and fried eggs or scrambled eggs are always delicious but I certainly don’t eat them daily.

[@pixiefaith89]

When I was younger I had alot of German cook meals till 2000 when we moved to USA, and then my step-mom made alot of hamburger helpers. When my dad cook it was German infused into the American dishes of either chicken pork or beef, with green veggies, potatoes of short (diced mashed or sliced). I loved the days my dad would make Bratwurst with Sauerkraut topped with mustard 😁

[@DeanaandPhil]

That sounds like you got the best of two worlds! Amazing! =)

[@pixiefaith89]

@@DeanaandPhil ya but the hamburger helpers I could have gone without. I do miss some good wurst and Sauerkraut from a good German shop 😁

[@brittbrat9328]

You poor thing. You went from German cooked meals to nasty lazy hamburger helper. 🤣🤣🤣

[@pixiefaith89]

@@brittbrat9328 yes nasty indeed. Now that I am an adult I cook alot of German meals for my family

[@DennisfromMunich]

I grew up in the west of Germany. Our main meal as a family would also always be dinner. It was the only time everyone came together to eat. Lots of meat dishes like cutlets were served, often with potatoes. Apart from that we had a lot of pasta, both creamy sauces and Bolognese and I am still a sucker for both! I still to the day cannot start my day without bread for breakfast, usually two slices. What I can really recommend is widening your die with Influences from other countries. Those American dishes sound amazing. I cooked a few recipes from the US already and since my wife is Brazilian we have some Brazilian spicing included in our cuisine as well.

[@irenee3062]

Hi growing up in Aussie meals very similar to Deana family, Spaghetti , Meat loaf, Shepard's pie, Stews lots of vegetables, Friday night takeaway, Saturday BBQ or take care of yourself and Sunday was a roast. For me getting the ingredients and preparing a meal at home is a win.

[@jejwood]

"NO CEREAL IS HEALTH!" Keep dropping these truth bombs! I love it

[@Teuronium]

@Graham, King of the Britons! 1 Bowl Muesli (100g) with low fat milk: ca 500 kcal. Same like 2 bake rolls.

[@jankrohn2352]

Ich bin aus Norddeutschland und ich liebe es im Frühjahr Grünkohl mit Bauchspeck, Bregenwurst, Kasseler und (karamellisieren) Kartoffeln zu essen

[@rlmaiden5722]

This going to be REALLY long. My father grew up in the US on both the east and west coasts, my mother is southern. They lived in England for a few years. We lived for three years in the southwest, then we were raised in Hawai'i. My dad was a foodie before the term existed. So, regular, weekday, dinner dishes: *Slumgullion, a.k.a. Johnny Marzetti (browned ground beef, then add chopped: onion, green bell pepper, celery; add cooked macaroni, tomato sauce, canned tomatoes), served with cornbread. *Chop steak (stir fry steak, vegetables) with rice, salad *Swiss Steak (onions, mushroom sauce), mashed potatoes, peas, salad *Creamed chicken, rice, corn, broccoli, cheese sauce, salad *Sauerkraut and spareribs (county style ribs, not actual spare ribs), mashed potatoes, peas *Pork chops, fried potatoes with onions, beans, spinach, corn bread, sometimes scrambled eggs, applesauce *Shoyu chicken, rice, salad *Fried round steak, boiled potatoes w/au jus, vegetables, bread and butter *Fried chicken gizzards, hearts, and livers, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, salad *SOS (creamed minced beef on toast) *Fried rice, vegetables, kim chee *Tempura shrimp, vegetables, Japanese pickles *Chow fun (Hawaiian style, Sun Noodles) *Tacos, fixings, Mexican rice *Lasagne, bread, salad *Chili, rice, crackers *BELT sandwiches (bacon, egg, lettuce and tomato) *Luau pork, rice, vegetables, etc. *Ham, scalloped potatoes, spinach, sliced onion, rye bread, salad *Adobo, rice, salad If in a hurry: *Boiled hotdogs (yuck) *Cream of asparagus on toast *Scrambled egg sandwiches *Denver Omelette *Saimin, fried SPAM *Breakfast foods (cooked) Weekends, Sundays, seasonal, occasional: *Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, potatoes, green beans...sometimes homemade ice cream *Pork roast, scalopped potatoes, green vegetables, rolls, applesauce *Spaghetti Bolognese, garlic bread *New England Clam Chowder *Fried chicken, cold potato salad or hot German potato salad, deviled eggs, watermelon *Grilled steak, sometimes lobster (my dad had a diving business), salad *Teriyaki, fried wonton, rice, vegetables *Rainbow Trout, lemon, potatoes, frenched green beans, salad *Catfish, hushpuppies, french fries, frenched green beans, salad, watermelon *Veal cutlets, potatoes, vegetables, salad *Ahi poke, rice *Goose, turkey, duck, squab--feast/holidays *Huli-huli chicken *Luau: Kalua pig, luau leaf, rice, fresh pineapple, poi, long rice, more... English Tea (after Sunday's nap 😁). Lunches (besides school lunch): *Grilled cheese, tomato soup *PB&J (peanut butter & jam, usually blackberry) *Tuna salad sandwiches *egg salad sandwiches *Tomato sandwiches Weekday Breakfast: *Cold cereals *Oatmeal *Cream of Wheat *Rice Weekend/Sunday Breakfasts; Any combination of the following: *Pancakes *Waffles *French toast *English muffins *Fried potatoes and onion *Hash browns *Rice *Linguica *Bacon *Fried SPAM *Sausage, link or patty *Eggs: *soft boiled *poached on toast *over easy *scrambled *Denver omelette *Fried rice omelette *Corned beef hash and eggs * Fresh fruit (could be any time): grapefruit, bananas (apple banana for preference), guava, strawberry guava, pineapple, leitchi nut, lilikoi, orange, loquat, black fig, kumquat, mango, papaya--whatever was in season or grew in the yard, ours or neighbor's (we all shared). I really miss this. And juice--POG (passiofruit-orange-guava). When, on the mainland, kids had milk time and maybe cookies (schools used to offer a mid-morning snack), we had guava juice and poi. Yum. If I could have, I would have traded poi for cookies, though. Me, when I lived in Hawai'i, for/at any meal: kim chee, rice, linguica (Portuguese sausage), tomatoes at lunch or dinner, eggs at breakfast. Also, a good potato-mac salad goes with any lunch or dinner. Desserts: special occasions *Devil's Food cake *Angelfood cake *Fried hand pies *PIES!--cherry, apple, peach, pecan, custard, blackberry, chocolate, banana cream *cheesecake (with graham cracker/chopped macadamia nut crust. Anytime (store bought): *Chocolate dobosh cake, or ANY dobosh cake *Dream Cake Snacks/hors d'oeuvres: fried wonton, raw beef, mochi crunch (mixed arare), crack seed (li hing mui--seasoned dried/wet plums, lemon peel

[@michaelvonfriedrich3924]

RL MAIDEN you were not lying it was really long 🤣👍

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

OMG someone who knows what Johnny Mazetti is!!!! It's like lasagna but not with lasagna pasta. We used elbow pasta. The cheese was cheddar, longhorn and lots of it. Its kinda like chili but not spicy.

[@jgarland3581]

I think this might be the longest comment EVER😹

[@DeanaandPhil]

Wowww!! 😍🤤 So dinner at your place?? 😋 Sounds like an delicious childhood!

[@smashsamson1819]

Jep, the longest post i've ever seen.

[@stephaniejawara2021]

I‘m 55 years old and we ate peanutbutter Sandwiches for breakfast a lot at home in Germany . Our main meal was also the dinner , for lunch we just had salads or fruits.

[@thomaswolf2896]

Erdnußbutter? In den 70ern? War bei uns vollkommen unbekannt. Vielleicht in Regionen mit amerikanischen Soldaten, aber anderswo gab's das schlicht nicht.

[@stephaniejawara2021]

@@thomaswolf2896 doch gab es, auch ohne amerikanische Soldaten in unserer Umgebung. Allerdings ohne Marmelade drauf, wir nahmen die Erdnussbutter, als Nutella Ersatz.

[@bartolo498]

Phil at 11:38 This can hardly be stressed too much: Kaffee und Kuchen IS ANOTHER MEAL, NOT DESSERT :D But leave it for the weekend. Although as a kid we had it almost everyday as my father was a teacher, so usually at home in the afternoons and he had sweet tooth. Not with big cream pies etc. but with simple homemade cake, though. The big Torten were reserved for birthdays and similar occasions.

[@divarachelenvy]

As I was born in Melbourne in Australia I was lucky to have food at home from many different cuisines... traditional , asian and italian...

[@rustyramblings5807]

I am the youngest of 5 kids.My Dad didn’t make much money until I was about 8,so my mom had a limited budget to feed a lot of people.She didn’t like a lot of vegetables,and didn’t know how to cook most of them.So we had a lot of pasta,potatoes,hamburgers,hot dogs,fried chicken,and pot roasts.We didn’t go out to eat,but sometimes had burgers and fries from a local place.

[@gregoryannunziato7698]

We had all different types of Cuisine Italian, Chinese Mexican, German growing up in NYC

[@kathyjohnson5097]

One dinner meal I remember my mom making occasionally was broiled steak with Italian dressing on it while it cooked. For lunch, my mom would make amazing grilled cheese sandwiches. I grew up, and still live, in Southern California.

[@kimberlyramos8670]

When I was growing up some of the things we would have for dinner (or supper as we called it): fried chicken, roast beef with potatoes and carrots, meatloaf and mashed potatoes and sometimes (this is going to sound gross) rice and chicken gizzards. Sometimes we would have oyster soup and one of my favorites, chicken and dumplings. On rainy, cold days I always knew before I even got home from school that we would be having beef vegetable soup. Sometimes my mom would fix a pot of pinto beans or green beans (or snaps as we called them) with potatoes. I can also remember eating corn on the cob as a side dish with a meal and also devilled eggs. Sweet potatoes were also another vegetable we would have. Really yummy. We would have ham also. We had a wood stove in our den when I was growing up and I can remember my mom cooking a ham in a pot all day long on top of the wood stove and how good it was. With every dinner there was a plate with usually cut up cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and either celery or green peppers with cheeze whiz. I have also had venison and barbecued rabbit for dinner. We did not eat fast food as much as people do now. If we did it would only be on the weekend. We always went to a sitdown restaurant on Saturday nights. I know I'm leaving things out, but these are the things I remember the most.

[@kimberlyramos8670]

Sorry I forgot to mention I from Virginia, USA.

[@hajo2503]

Great to hear that you know the name "falscher Hase" for meatloaf, Phil. And I wonder you did not talk about sweet corn. I ate it when it still unknown in Germany andI love it 😀

[@lw9837]

My mom told me that when the Americans occupied Germany after the war they gave food to the Germans. Apparently the only corn grown in Germany at that time was used as animal feed; sweet corn was totally unknown, which is why the Germans were insulted the Americans were giving them “animal feed”. After emigrating to Canada she never learned to love corn like we children did (the prejudice persisted!!) but would use it in shepherd’s pie: layer of mince with onions, layer of corn, maybe some carrots, layer of mashed potatoes on top, baked to perfection.

[@duvidel_3743]

I am from Switzerland and the roasted chicken is pretty common here as well, only we call it 'poulet im ofä' (=Hähnchen im Ofen). It was and still is one of my favorite dishes.

[@Sweepout]

I grew up in Indiana. For breakfast we would have poptarts, or cereal, or toaster strudles (things like that). For lunch we would have grilled cheese, pb and J, breaded tenderloins with fries. For dinner we would have taco, spaghetti bolognese, homemade pizza, some kind of fried meat (cube steak was one of my faves), and no matter what the dinner was we almost always had with it 1 potato side (mashed, fried, browned in butter, baked, fries), one vegetable (corn, green beans, peas, broccoli, cauliflower), and one extra side like chicken and noodles, chicken rice, normally one of those packaged side dishes they sell in stores like that. We almost never had dessert, but later on like 3-5 hours after dinner we would have popcorn, fruit, or something like that while we watched tv together. (I was raised by my grandma though so thats it was probably a bit different for others my age)

[@jeromemckenna7102]

I am considerably older than Deana, but our breakfasts were similar. Unlike Deana, I liked shreded wheat. Our main meal was the evening meal, even if we called it 'supper' rather than dinner.

[@robintaylor2076]

Growing up, we always had home cooked meals. McDonalds was a treat as was pizza. In those days, McD's was eat in your car only( I grew up in the 60's) and there was no such think as delivery. SO, with my family, it's always home cooked meals but we do have a variety of desserts. Some fruit and yogurt, some cakes, which I bake.

[@yossarian6799]

I grew up in South Africa and our common dinners were... Beef stroganoff Lamb saddle chops with chips Leg of lamb, roasted taters Spaghetti bolognese Roast chicken w rice pilaf Bredie (beef stew) Samp and beans Mutton curry Roast, spud, 2 veg Shepherds pie Moussaka Bobotie (spicey ground beef casserole topped with custard and served with yellow rice) Peri peri chicken Braai (grilled meats) Stuffed peppers with rice Bucket of Kentucky

[@judys9083]

A lot of Americans, including myself, usually ate whatever our parents cooked depending on their heritage. And since my folks were German it was common to have wurst, goulash, pork roasts, beef roasts, potatoes, etc. My Dad loved to grill, so there was a lot of that in summer. Then when us "kids" got older...we introduced Italian food, Chinese food, fried chicken etc. which my Mom loved but Dad did not. Dad was strictly wurst, meat and potatoes kind of guy...with plenty of gravy! I was lucky, I got the best of BOTH worlds!

[@Freundinnen100]

I grow up with bread with cheese and jam as breakfast. My mum ate this and made me some, too. I love this combination since today. Some other German know this?

[@jamespagdon2998]

We made pies and cakes mostly for special days birthdays anniversaries, holidays etc, i make a great carrot cake with cream cheese icing that people are always asking me to call them when i am making one. I also make apple pies, pumpkin pies, cherry pies, lemon meringue and rhubarb strawberry pies. i used to make 20 different cookies for gifts at Christmas, about three dozen of each kind and more for the favorites people asked for like chocolate chip, rum cherry slices, almond spritz cookies and chocolate cream cheese cookies. to name a few. I think Deana would love the chocolate cream cheese cookies with bittersweet chocolate and chocolate sprinkles because the texture is not crunchy.

[@jaehaspels9607]

I'm from Arizona, USA. We had tacos, burritos, fry bread and beans, indian tacos, chili and stews.

[@muncgrl]

From the Midwest U.S.A, always potatoes with meals. My favorites growing up were chicken and noodles or dumplings (on top of the mashed potatoes). Meatloaf, Pon Haus (made with pork tenderloin shredded in cornmeal mush, served warm like cereal or when cold fried in bacon grease. Pork chops, round steak, lots of garden vegetables. Never ate out except at grandma's lol.