Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Day ten: food glorious food

I’m actually very glad I’m writing this because it means my day is done and I have a week off now ☺

Prompt for day 10: What was your favorite meal as a child? Do you still eat it today, or make it for your own children (if you have them)? Does eating it/making it bring back any childhood memories?


I originally thought I had nothing to use for this prompt and I’d struggle. However, I have been thinking about this throughout the day, searching my memory for food, and I’ve managed to find two. I was actually a pretty fussy eater as a child, but not in the usual way. Normally fussy eaters will stick to simple foods, like chicken nuggets and fries. But not me, oh no. I wouldn’t eat easy kiddy foods, much to my mum’s annoyance at times. I would only eat proper home cooked foods: food that required effort to make!

I digress. My two favourite childhood foods are relatively simple and both remind me of my grandparents.

The first, I’m not sure if it is a meal as such but was certainly filling enough for me; treacle on toast. Now, I must say, it wasn’t actually treacle. Rather, it was Golden Syrup, which, for a reason I never worked out, my grandparents always called treacle. When I stayed at my Nana & Grandad’s one of them would make me about four slices of treacle on toast (which was a lot for me!) cut up into squares. Now, as an adult, I make this for myself every now and again – it is never quite the same.

My second definitely is a meal but it isn’t necessarily a specific food. Every Sunday, until my Nana passed away, my grandparents would have “Sunday tea” at their house for the whole family – about 15/16 people. We would go very often as we lived a long distance away, but when we did I always loved it! My Nana would put so much effort into feeding her family every single week. Most the food was home made: pies, cakes, and sausage rolls. The best bit? Sunday tea would start with jelly and ice cream!
I’ve not been to a Sunday tea in years. But when I’m much older I’d like to think I’d be able to do this for my children & grandchildren.