“We would have this when I was a kid. I don’t think I’ve seen it since...”

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"Orange Jell-O with shredded carrots and crushed pineapple. A family favorite in the '70s."

"My grandmother used to make a Jell-O salad with cherries on a bed of lettuce and topped with a dollop of mayo. It was peak '70s, and I remember it being a part of the Christmas spread well into the early '90s."

"This is in regular rotation at my house. We jokingly call it our gourmet meal."

"My brother started calling this 'polite salad' because people only ate it to be polite."

"When I was an Army cook, it was on rotation every month. Then again, that was a couple of decades ago."

"My dad couldn't even sit at a table when this was served, so my mother only made it when dad worked the 3–11 shift. I still make it a couple of times a year. Still delicious!"

"I love chicken Kiev! It's hard to find in the supermarket. I have never tried to make it from scratch myself but have thought about it."

"I'm from Texas, and I love liver and onions! We used to have it at least once a week when I was a kid. My wife refuses to cook it for me and does not even want me to cook it because she can't stand the smell."

"It was a post-Thanksgiving classic in my house. I suspect people don't make it so much anymore because people don't eat that much cream."

"I used to love olive lunch meat on white bread with Miracle Whip. I would make those and bologna sandwiches out the back of the family station wagon when on road trips. I still want a bologna sandwich on white bread with Miracle Whip and crisp lettuce every once in a while. So nostalgic!"

"I haven’t eaten it in years, but I distinctly remember preferring the texture of that over oatmeal."

"My grandpa died last year, and I flew back home to the Midwest in a tiny rural town full of old people for the funeral, and there were no joke, five different flavors of Watergate salad during the lunch. They were all delicious, and I felt so at home. We had a gallon-sized tub of it and got sick of it by the end of the week."

"I make them about once a month. Not from the can, but homemade. They're called 'Messy Jenns' in my house."

"I have memories of my mother stirring a pot of tapioca slowly cooking on the stove. The smell was intoxicating. When it cooled enough to eat, I had already licked the spoon and bowl. Today's tapioca does not have the flavor or taste of what my mom cooked."

"We have it every year for either Christmas or New Year's, and we do all three: oil for the meat and mushrooms, cheese for bread and veggies, and chocolate for fruit and pound cake. It's tons of work to cut up everything, but worth it."

"I dreaded seeing a sad, shriveled stuffed pepper when I was a kid."

"I still make it. My mom was Hungarian, and I learned from her. It’s my comfort food."

"We would have this when I was a kid. I don't think I've seen it since!"

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.