Reply #115: When we were kids, we used to eat

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lettuce and mayonnaise sandwiches. We also used to eat the welfare cheese and spam, as well as the peanut butter. I still like to make lettuce and mayo sandwiches, but add tomatoes and no bacon and I'm happy.

My grandmother used to make a huge pot of American chop suey (i.e., spaghetti chopped small with lots of meat sauce) for us. I think we ate more spaghetti in our lives than we care to remember--the funny thing is, I still enjoy it.

On my own, I like to eat macaroni and cheese when I haven't got much food. When I'm eating meat at all, I eat turkey or chicken 98% of the time, and I will fry up some hot dog pieces or ground turkey and add it to the macaroni and cheese. I don't care for the store brands of m&c--it might be a little snobby, but I only like the taste of the Kraft brand. Ramen noodles are still a staple, but I alter them by cooking them with water and the broth mix, and then drain them afterward. It cuts down the sodium content by a WHOLE lot!