As for my own answers, I think I should join in with those.
- When you were a child, if you got to choose what was for dinner: what would it have been?
For me when I was a small child (until about age 10) it was meatballs, sauteed garlic potatoes, and cauliflower with white sauce. That was my favorite dish my grandma made.
When I got older that changed to Gado Gado, an Indonesian vegetable dish with satay sauce, tofu and eggs. I was vegetarian for a long time.
- What did you buy with your pocket money?
I bought mixed bags of small sweets from a sweet shop near us, an old fashioned one with glass jars with sweets. You could pick a single candy for 5 pennies, and I usually got about 2 guldens (not euros yet) to spend on sweets so that was a pretty nice bag.
- Would there be any special dishes with your birthday and the holidays?
With my birthday I could pick what we would eat for dinner, and if we'd go somewhere special I could pick my favorite food. With holidays we always had a Brunch for easter, a Buffet with New Year's Eve and 3 course meals for both Christmas days.
With Easter we would always have a stollen, and boiled eggs, and some bake of fancy bread rolls. With New Year there would be Oliebollen, Russian salad, devilled eggs and typical snacks like potato chips.
With Christmas it would usually be a type of soup or prawn cocktail as a starter, then followed by some type of game, and a pudding or ice cream tart after.
- What did your parents cook that you absolutely hated?
I really didn't like my mother's soups, they were always chunky (she likes 'hearty' soups) and bland due to beans and stuff being cooked to mealiness. I still don't like chunky soups, and don't eat soup often though I've come to like some smoother soups.
I also dislike really dark wholegrain bread, because ours was always stale and I got way too much of it in my packed lunches. Chewing that was a workout.
- What food from your childhood has dissapeared from the stores?
Plenty, but what I miss most is a type of licorice made with Arabian gum (the best base for licorice) that is no longer being made.
- What dish or recipe did you take with you from your parental home?
I shared quite a few on here, but my favorite remains
Recipe - Whole grain oatmeal apple pie (family recipe) it's become my husband's favorite too. He requests it frequently.