Yakoob on 29/10/2016 at 23:13
I was recently thinking about some of my habits, and how I fall onto them for no other reason than it brings back memories...
I just picked up some Nido powdered milk. Sure, it's probably more expensive, has more calories and overall less healthy than the regular thing, but the distinct taste takes me back to being a little kid in Poland. It tastes yummy for that reason alone.
In similar vein, warm soggy cereal is a guilty pleasure of mine. When we were kids getting ready for school, our dad would get up early and boil them milk for extra safety. When we had our bowl, it was still warm enough to turn the cereal into a soggy mush. Till this day, I find the warmth and soggy texture oddly comforting.
Just some random musings. What do you guys do otherwise odd or irrational things just out of pure nostalgia?
Nicker on 30/10/2016 at 01:36
I never really thought of it as nostalgic but my go-to breakfast (since forever) is hot tea, toast with butter and Marmite(tm), and a side of plain cottage cheese. It's an ocean of calm in a chaotic world.
dj_ivocha on 30/10/2016 at 02:58
Mine is (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popara) popara, made with 500ml limeflower (tilia blossom) tea that's been boiled for 6-7 minutes, sweetened with 3-4 table spoons sugar, toasted old white bread teared up in pieces and put in the tea (enough of the bread so all the liquid is soaked up, but the bread isn't totally mushy), and with each spoonful sprinkled with some white brine cheese (feta) on top. Mmmmhmhmhhmm! My wife won't touch the stuff though, because it's sweet and salty at the same time. But it's so tasty! :(
icemann on 30/10/2016 at 03:38
Once you get a license, driving to holiday spots your parents took you to as a kid. I have done that MANY times, and completely out of nostalgia.
Yakoob on 30/10/2016 at 06:10
Quote Posted by dj_ivocha
Mine is (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popara) popara, made with 500ml limeflower (tilia blossom) tea that's been boiled for 6-7 minutes, sweetened with 3-4 table spoons sugar, toasted old white bread teared up in pieces and put in the tea (enough of the bread so all the liquid is soaked up, but the bread isn't totally mushy), and with each spoonful sprinkled with some white brine cheese (feta) on top. Mmmmhmhmhhmm! My wife won't touch the stuff though, because it's sweet and salty at the same time. But it's so tasty! :(
hah reminds me bit of bread pudding :p
bjack on 30/10/2016 at 16:47
My brother has that Batmobile. I have the 007 Aston Martin. Neither of us have the boxes though. Thanks for posting those pics.
For me is the smell of licorice plants (anise) and dry cleaning solvent. We used to summer on Catalina Island and stay in a place over a dry cleaners. The surrounding hill sides will covered with anise and it smelled strongly of black licorice. Also, the smell of a car that burns oil reminds me of visiting Tijuana.
Pyrian on 31/10/2016 at 04:05
I tried to watch Robotech out of nostalgia, but I couldn't get through it. :p
demagogue on 31/10/2016 at 09:26
Yeah, nostalgia doesn't work well when you're living in a foreign country alien territory.
I play a lot of old games ritualistically, like Adventure or some C64 games on my commute, but I think that's more out of ritual than nostalgia per se. I mean someone could have a good argument it amounts to the same thing, but to me, some rituals have a kind of spiritual flow to them, so doing them is tapping into that flow. Even though I play a lot of classic games like that, the reason I don't think it's all nostalgia is that I play a lot of newly released indie games like that too. I just stick to games that make a deep connection.
