Yes, I meant to use the plural form in my title.  I am talking about the thoughts that certain foods conjure up. 

When I make homemade pimento cheese, I think about my grandmother.  She has made it for years!  We would have it at family gatherings & I never really gave it much thought until I started making it myself.   Grating the cheese is hard work!  My grandmother has arthritis in her hands and now that I am making it, I realize the pain she endured just to make something for others to enjoy

Brownies with cream cheese frosting bring me thoughts of my childhood and after school snacks.  My step dad made these sometimes for us as desert at night and there would be leftovers so my sister and I would eat them when we got home from school. Brownies feel like home to me

Chocolate covered cherries…oh my!  These will always remind me of my mother.   I don’t even like them but I still buy them at Christmas because my momma did. 

Grilled cheese sandwiches never really stood out anything special before until last October when my family camped with some friends and we made “hobo pies” one night.  One of the young people had some issues making a good grilled cheese sandwich and had us in fits of laughter.  Now, every time I have a grilled cheese, I think about that night & I smile.  I am smiling today.

What are your trigger foods that bring memories, good or bad?

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