Birthday Meal Requests

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

perhaps this was only in my family growing up, but we could always request our favorite dinner on our birthday. There wasn't enough money way back when to go out for dinners but my Mom was a superb cook and she'd do up her baby's fave on their special day.

and you had to look at what was in season way back when.

I am a March baby and I always asked for leg of lamb and stuffed artichokes. Not so special these days when you can get that any week of the year but back then it was a HUGE treat.

Mom just found her stuffed cabbage recipe again and that's what I want for my next "special" meal. No one makes that the way she does.

Did any of you have a special request dinner for your birthday? What was it?

[joycapecod Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close joycapecod]

My stepson always wants Chicken Parm, anglehair pasta, a huge salad and my homemade crusty bread. Dessert is a fudge brownie (chocolate chips and chocolate frosting) topped with french vanilla ice cream.

My son is a steak, double stuffed baked potato, salad and cheesecake for dessert.

DH just wants food LOL

Joy

[Joe L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Joe L]

I never had a birthday request, but did have requests.

My mom is a great second generation Italian cook. Everything is always fresh, never frozen or canned.

I loved Popeye when growing up and asked her for spinach while i was watching the show. Of course she made a fantastic spinach, with garlic and oil, but at my age i wanted it from the can, like Popeye. She didn't even know it came in a can, but gave it to me (after a smack).

She makes her tomato sauce from scratch. I went to a friend's house and they they had Chef Boyardee "Beef a Roni" in a can. I liked it. I asked my mom if she would buy some. I barely remember what happened after that.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Yup, my mom always made us a special dinner for our b'days, too.

We got to choose our meal, and we had our choice of b'day cake, as well.......I didn't always choose the same meal, but like you, I loved Baby Lamp Chops, and choose that, with oven roasted potatoes, often.

My favorite b'day cake was, and still is, white cake with chocolate frosting, and cherry filling......A very close second, and one that I sometimes picked was Strawberry Short Cake.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

Ang, my request was always lamb chops as well. My mom was not the greatest cook in the world, but she could broil a decent chop.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

I grew up with 5 sibs in a poor family, so there was no requesting dinner, but I always let my kids choose. Usually they choose a restaurant, but this year my youngest chose lasagna and stromboli with a Carvel cake.
There is a Japanese restaurant here where they cook at the table and do the tricks with the knives like flipping peas into the kids' mouths. When the kids were young and we didn't have much money, we went there every year on my birthday because kids eat free during the month of May. That dinner was my anniversary (4/20), birthday (5/5) and Mother's Day dinner all in one. My eldest still requests to go to Gasho on her birthday each year.

I would never choose lamb, chops or leg. My mom made leg of lamb at least every other Sunday. I hated the smell of it and still do. I avoid eating it if I can. Just goes to show you ...

[MargeS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MargeS]

Good memories. Like Lawren, going out to eat was infrequent, and money was often tight (not that we as kids knew that...).
My fav was roast prime rib, Yorkshire popover (made with the drippings from the roast), mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans. Chocolate cake and chocolate frosting. Yummmmm......

She continued this birthday request ritual for all of our lives, and we loved it!

When I was 16 (birthday), she was bringing the meat from the downstairs fridge. She slipped on the stairs, and rather than grab the rail and drop the beef, she hung on to the beef for dear life and fell to the bottom step! We heard the commotion and ran to see what had happened. She said she was fine, and continued on with making dinner. At one point I walked into the kitchen and she was at the stove standing on one leg with the other kneeling on a chair. She again said she was fine. My mom was the type that didn't want anyone underfoot in the kitchen when she cooked. We all selfishly thought OK, and enjoyed the wonderful meal. The next morning I saw her leg sticking out from under the sheets. Her ankle was about 5 times it's normal size and very bruised. Later than day at the hospital, they got the swelling down somewhat and on went the cast for her badly broken ankle!!! She wouldn't have had it any other way...

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

Good memories. Like Lawren, going out to eat was infrequent, and money was often tight (not that we as kids knew that...).
My fav was roast prime rib, Yorkshire popover (made with the drippings from the roast), mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans. Chocolate cake and chocolate frosting. Yummmmm......

She continued this birthday request ritual for all of our lives, and we loved it!

When I was 16 (birthday), she was bringing the meat from the downstairs fridge. She slipped on the stairs, and rather than grab the rail and drop the beef, she hung on to the beef for dear life and fell to the bottom step! We heard the commotion and ran to see what had happened. She said she was fine, and continued on with making dinner. At one point I walked into the kitchen and she was at the stove standing on one leg with the other kneeling on a chair. She again said she was fine. My mom was the type that didn't want anyone underfoot in the kitchen when she cooked. We all selfishly thought OK, and enjoyed the wonderful meal. The next morning I saw her leg sticking out from under the sheets. Her ankle was about 5 times it's normal size and very bruised. Later than day at the hospital, they got the swelling down somewhat and on went the cast for her badly broken ankle!!! She wouldn't have had it any other way...

Wow, what a mom!!

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

My MIL makes me what ever we want when our birthdays come around. No matter who's birthday it is we all luck out.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Yes, we got to pick our meal but for some reason have no recollection of what mine or my sister (who was born the day after Christmas as she will never let you forget!) was.
My brother's favorite meal was meatloaf with mashed potatos and peas - why I remember his and not mine I do not know!

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

Can't remember what

We did the same but I'm so old now that I can't remember what I used to request. We do the same with our kids (grown now but still do it). We do it as a family with my wife's side all getting together. It ends up a family dinner about 12 times a year.
Bart

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

My mom was a wonderful cook and would often say after going out that she could make it at home and it would be better and half the price. My very fav was her bbq chicken which was made on top of the stove with her on sauce and her chicken & dumps where my all time fav. I never could figure out her bbq chicken but after 50 yrs I finally mastered her chicken & dumps which is always requested around here.

Her love of cooking was a hinderance when she went to assisted living because she said the food was horrible and she should go back there and show them how it was done. She said the soup kept her alive!! The cook & I missed her arquing when she got really bad near the end and quit complaining and turned all nice and sweet.

Thanks for the memories!! Shaggy

[MargeS Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MargeS]

Jacki,
Yes, she was quite the mom. Until the day she died, she was the sweetest, most fun loving, easy going person I have ever known. I was truly blessed!!

[StressCadet Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StressCadet]

What a GREAT thread!

My DD just celebrated her 14th B-day. Her requests were:

In N Out....delivered during school lunch.

Crab Dip (something I make)

Pumpkin Bread (something a good friend makes and delivers warm to our door)

We obliged

[CarolF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CarolF]

I don't recall being asked what I would like but the 'special' dinner in our home was always roast meat, yorkshire pudding, roast vegetables and gravy. Very traditional English fare. I feel sure that if I was asked to choose a special meal, I would have chosen a 'roast', it was the only 'special' dinner I knew as a child. Desserts were a different matter, Mum loved making desserts and we would have a main course then several desserts - trifle, cream horns and a sponge birthday cake with mock cream which I loved.