Hot dogs, pasta ( Mac & cheese, spaghetti & meatballs, lasagne), fried chicken - white meat only, meat loaf & pizza.

she did eat other things like rice, corn, cereal, pancakes but the 5 things were dinner mains.

my mother’s repertoire also included thin, dried out pork chops that were 90% fat and bone, well done roast beef, hamburgers made from the cheapest ground beef so there was a little grey fat puddle on top of each that you hid with ketchup, swordfish on Friday and turkey twice a year.

side dishes were limited to corn, baked beans and frozen spinach with occasional fruited jello, carrot and raisin salad and French fries.

there was always a loaf of slice white bread on the dinner table.

to her credit, no one could top her desserts. She was the best baker I’ve ever encountered and baked something fresh for dessert almost every night.