Random pictures on one of my favorite topics...FOOD!

So I was cruising all of my favorite family and friend's blogs and I was thinking about all the fun family traditions that we have, with the thought that Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks. So naturally my thoughts then turned to FOOD. So I was looking through my old photos for family and food pictures and here's what I came up with -- Some of our families favorite food/family traditions.

5. Inari Sushi -- This is a picture of my Grandma Johnson making Inari. Inari is just beancurd pockets stuffed with sticky rice that is flavored with vinegar and sugar. I pretty sure its a Hawaiian thing. All I know is that my family eats it like they're potato chips. Any time we have a luau with my Hawaiian family members, you can bet there will be tons of inari....BTW I prefer mine with just a dash of soy sauce on it Yum!!

4. Aunt Kelly's Homemade Tamale's -- I am soooo picky when it comes to tamales. I've tried all kinds of tamales and the only ones I like are the ones my Aunt Kelly (and Andrea Brown) make. In fact two years ago I asked her to show me how to make them, because I was worried that if Kelly ever stopped making them, I'd never see a good tamale again. :( So in 2006 Kelly & Andrea taught me, my brother Ryan, and my sister Kiki how to make her tamales. You only make them around Christmas time and due to the significant amount of work involved in making them, you make about 50 dozen. We had sooooo much fun and the tamales were delicious. Last year, Ryan and I made them on our own and the turned out pretty good. I think we'll give it a go again this year. Delicious...BTW - I prefer to eat my tamale with a bunch of ketchup on it. It's perfect that way.

3. Hamburger Stroganoff -- Whenever you talk about the Dennis Schaub family and food you HAVE to mention Hamburger Stroganoff. This was the ABSOLUTE favorite meal of the entire Schaub Family. From the day we are born, until the day we die, when asked what we would like for our "special" meal, almost every single one of us will say "Hamburger Stroganoff". I don't know what it is about the meal, but it can't be beat for comfort food. I LOVE IT!! I'll have to post the recipe some time so ya'll can try it. BTW -- It is always served on sticky rice with a side of peas!

2. Schaub-ka-bobs -- You don't hang around with the Schaub klan (and I'm talking all 60 some-odd of us) and not know about Schaub-ka-bobs. These delicious breakfast morsoles are pop-up biscuits on a stick cooked over a camp fire. We serve them at every Schaub Family campout -- big or small. The kids absolutely love them (what's not to love about cooking something on a stick over a fire). And as an adult I can vouch for how delicious they are. When you slide the cooked biscuit off of the stick there is a nice long hole down the center that you fill with squeeze butter and honey, it's just heavenly. The heat melts it all and makes the last bite the VERY best part! YUMMY!

1. Mom's Homemade Rolls -- In heaven I'll be able to eat all the homemade rolls with butter that I can handle (and not gain a pound). If I was stranded on a desert island and I was only allowed one food, it would have to be my mother's homemade rolls. Just the thought of how the house smells while my mother is baking her rolls, brings tears to my eyes. These things are perfect in texture, taste, and consistency. I really have never tasted better. And for some darn reason, I can't seem to make them as well. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but I'm not giving up.



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