Daddy's Gunge To Macaroni Soup – People Are Sharing Weird Family Meals They Had As Kids

There are plenty of things you think might be normal when you’re a kid only to realise at a later date they were actually just a product of your family’s weird habits, rules and traditions. And no, they’re really not legitimate adult fare.

But none more so than the food you ate: tinned macaroni cheese on toast, cereal for dinner or simply the leftover contents of the fridge presented as a legitimate meal – proving once and for all that tired and stressed parents really are the most innovative species on Earth.

Now one man has taken to Twitter to crowdsource all the weirdest family dining traditions we’ve kept secret all these years.

Nothing worse than sleeping at a friend's house and their family has some weird ass thing like calling spaghetti "Billy Dinner" or some shit
— Cullen (@HelloCullen) May 14, 2019

Other people started sharing their weird dinners they ate when they were growing up and were convinced were totally legit, until they weren’t.

‘Macaroni Soup’

We had macaroni soup which was whatever pasta was in the cupboard, tomato paste, a splash of water, and an ass ton of salt and pepper. It was one of my dad's signature dishes
— Mikayla✌ (@ForgetAbbottit) May 14, 2019

‘Beanee-Weenee’

Growing up we ate a dish that was baked beans, hot dogs, canned corn, and crumbled saltine crackers called beanee-weenee-corny-worny-cracker-wacker.

It's embarrassing to type that out.
— Pecan (@rumpbuns) May 14, 2019

‘Daddy’s Gunge’

My dad would make something he liked to call “Daddy’s Gunge” it was a mixture of crushed up spam and tomatoe ketchup. It was gross. Yet he seemed proud of it like it was the best food ever made.
— GadgetGirlKylie (@Gadgetgirlkylie) May 14, 2019

‘Bed Lunch’

My family would eat cereal 3 hours after dinner and call it Bed Lunch.
— Adam Pateman (@AdamPateman) May 14, 2019

‘Daddy Noodles’

I knew someone whose entire family called spaghetti "daddy noodles" and I cannot
— Kat Grogan (@snartdeco) May 14, 2019

‘Texas Spaghetti’

I wouldn't invite friends to my dad's house for fear of my step mom making "Texas Spaghetti" which was barely drained noodles mixed with one can of tomato paste and 3 cups of water. No seasoning. My dad and I would sneak out for dinner those nights. So glad I lived with my mom.
— Some Call Me Tim (@TeejTheWatcher) May 14, 2019

‘Jigsaw Food’

we called chinese food ‘jigsaw food’ bc our dog jigsaw always got our leftover chinese food
— connor (@HYamabuki) May 14, 2019

‘Super Soup’

super soup = two different kinds of canned chicken noodle soup COMBINED.
— KMFT (@daoist) May 14, 2019

‘Sweet Milk’

Reminds me of my cousin. Always went to this friends house after school. They had something called “sweet milk” and he loved it. Then he slept over. Sweet Milk is when you finish your cereal and pour your leftover milk into the Sweet Milk container.
— Jake Drury (@SocksUnterShoes) May 14, 2019

‘Greg Slayers’

my neighbor makes these like little roll ups with meat and cheese and she calls them “Greg Slayers” cause one time her friend Greg choked on one and nearly died
— abz (@grimeybug) May 14, 2019

‘Not Shepherd’s Pie’

maybe not exactly the same as some of these responses but it wasn't until I went to camp one year and found out what real Shepard's pie was that I learned the ground beef and just straight up corn, maybe with some mustard, that my mom served, was not Shepard's pie. Shit was ass.
— Nicó Morales (@Nico_OMorales) May 14, 2019

Various Cheese Treats

My aunts made macaroni from a box of macaroni and cheese but without any cheese or butter or salt. It might have also been cold?
— Mara “Get Rid of the Nazis” Wilson (@MaraWilson) May 14, 2019

Growing up, my dad would walk around the table & slice a few cubes of different cheeses onto our plates. No matter what we were having. I used to think this was like..a healthy thing to do? Like eating vitamins w your meal? Daily dairy? Turns out my dad is just jazzed abt cheese
— 🦅🥞frybread power🥞🦅 (@RandiFoorDalton) May 14, 2019

Daddy surprises - MEAT egg and cheese sandwiches. The meat was the surprise. Often ham. Sometimes sausage. Or leftovers
— gabrus🚽 (@Gabrus) May 14, 2019

Other people were still confused about the food other families ate and considered ‘normal’.

Sleepover at my friend's house, 8years old, she served us an appetizer of saltine crackers with some weird spread on top. I asked her what it was she said "its more crackers but I chewed them up!" like it was a normal thing.
— Kara Lackie (@karakabangpow) May 14, 2019

And some people didn’t even have a problem with the food, it was the weird drinking rules that made more of an impact.

Went to have dinner with a new boyfriend's family for the first time. Sat down and there was nothing to drink at the table. No glasses, no water, nothing.

Partway into the meal I asked for a glass of water and they looked annoyed, like I farted at the table.
— Intellectual Duck Web 🍺 (@pixelkitties) May 14, 2019

His mom, as if explaining to a complete dullard, told me "We don't drink our dinner. Refreshments are for AFTER dinner."

The boyfriend looked completely embarrassed of me. True to her word, after clearing the plates she broke out the juice and we sipped in silence.
— Intellectual Duck Web 🍺 (@pixelkitties) May 14, 2019

We’re glad we’re adults now (even if we still eat cereal for dinner).

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