Trail Mix

When we were young and lived at Del Rey Farms there was always farm work to do.  So at this time of the year, we often had to help pick up walnuts. On the farm there were two sheds.  One was mostly empty and the other larger, more modern one housed the tractors.  To the west of this garage, there was a row of walnut trees, and it was left to all the kids, Martinez's and Meneses's to pick up the walnuts, take off the hulls and bag them up to go somewhere.  We would keep some of the walnuts and mix them with some of the raisins that we also grew.  We had our own trail mix.  Many a day this was my salvation  meal, since I really hated atole and avena (oatmeal and cream of wheat).  Most days mom had a eat what you have or do without rule.   Sometimes I would pick to do without. I think that it is totally ironic that now I am eating lots of cream of wheat and oatmeal and the things that make it tolerable is adding walnuts and/or raisins.  So my question to you is what foods do you remember really disliking as a kid that you eat now?

19 comments:

mark said...

Beans! I hated beans as a kid. I especially hated cleaning the beans since I disliked them so much. Now, I like beans. I can eat them by themselves or mixed with rice either way. But when I was a kid, I hated them. The cool thing was that Grandma Rachel usually let us choose, rice or beans, maybe because she didn't want them to go to waste, I'm not sure, but that's how I remember it.

El Toro Gregoyo said...

I hated beans too!!! I remember there was time we pretty much had beans for every meal! I used to complain that eating refried beans was like eating dirt! Oh and eggs, I still hate eggs!

darrel said...

I don't have much to report. There were many foods that I ate as a kid that I don't eat now, and some of the things I may have hated don't show up in Meneses kitchens. (Sorry, Mom, but.... boiled chicken and dumplings? What was that about?) Cream of Wheat-any hot cereal-would be on my list, but now I eat it with Connie and I do not gag!

Issac Elias said...

I also hate beans and still don't eat them. Like El Toro Gregoyo, we had them way too much, just like watermelon (another food I still don't eat). Although I am now an adult, the hubby still makes me try foods I dislike, because of that I know eat banana's. I dispised them as a kid, but now eat a couple a week.

mark said...

Bananas are disgusting! And avocados too!

aunt maria said...

I like most everything. Even if at one time I thought I hated a certain food, I can wait a while and know that my tastes will change. I just may like it later. I don't recall ever thinking, Oh, I don't like that, I mostly thought, hmmm... I'm hungry and mom made that! Yeah!!! I do associate food with times. For example I looooove watermelon. But whenever I eat it I remember those lazy summer days at Murrey (?) Park with the family and dad slicing up the watermelon. Nothing tasted better. Same for beans, I think there were many times that was about all we had. They filled the tummy and made us strong. Beans are my comfort food today.

Anonymous said...

Uncle Art,
I one thing that I will not eat is buglar wheat germ. you can fry it, boil it, roast it, toast, mix with milk, honey or beer, beat it and shoot and it will not even try to taste good.

but you have to be away from something, like not eating real tamales, or gorizo, or going out and getting grapes, peaches, aprocts and walnuts to miss them and learn how great they taste.


Love East Meneses

aunt maria said...

Art,

You crack me up!!!

As always you are especially missed during this holiday season.

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