One of the struggle meals I absolutely hated as a child, but fuck with today, is the really cheap off-brand macaroni and cheese with baked beans, like the really cheap kind of baked beans, hot dogs, and a can of peas in it. My mom used to mix that together. It was so gross when I was a kid, but I had it again as an adult. It's actually not bad. Add some pepper to it.

Personally, I still find myself reaching for like a mayonnaise sandwich or like a mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup sandwich every once in a blue moon. Now we had access to that after my parents were no longer in extreme poverty. I was just neglected as a child. And that's what, you know, we would have to sneak some food, you know. But you know, yeah.

And I know you didn't ask, but you might be wondering about the tone of my voice as I say, oh, we had mayonnaise sandwiches. I've had years and years worth of counseling and have worked through a lot of my childhood trauma. So I've healed in a lot of ways and I find that I can talk about those things. But excellent question. I do hope you have a lovely evening. And I'll be thinking about other struggle meals we used to have as a kid and see if I can incorporate it.

Because the way I see it, struggle meals doesn't mean it wasn't a nutritious meal in some facets. It just may have not tasted the best to me as a kid. I think it was more because that meal I mentioned with the mac and cheese and the peas, I think it was because it was all mixed together. But separate, you know, it's not that bad.