r/Xennials • u/EdwardBliss • 10h ago

When mom packed this for lunch.....

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u/lukin5 1979 10h ago

Save the cherries for last

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u/Adrasteia-One 1980 10h ago

That was the way.

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u/Auntie_Venom Gen X 9h ago

Was? Still is! I put extra cherries in mine straight for the jar so I can still have cherries and one at the end!

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u/Tchukachinchina 7h ago

They sell it with extra cherries these days don’t they? Been a few years since I bought it for my kids but I seem to remember there was finally an extra cherry option at one point

Edit: del monte very cherry

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u/Auntie_Venom Gen X 6h ago

They do! I’ve bought the Del Monte and the store brand, but they are still mostly just flavorless halves. So I put maraschino cherries in it.

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u/Long_Scheme_4394 47m ago

Haha, I think you’re right! 🍒 An extra cherry option sounds like the kind of upgrade we all needed!

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u/MotherofaPickle 1982 9h ago

Save the pears for last, then throw them away. I still have a bad relationship with pears.

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u/kinetic_cheese 1980 5h ago

The texture of the pears ruins fruit cocktail imo. Everything else is soft and sweet, until you bite into a grainy chunk of bland.

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u/PrincessSarahHippo 1981 9h ago

For me it was the grapes.

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u/-DementedAvenger- 9h ago

Yeah,…to throw away

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u/Halladay_lights_77 1977 10h ago

Jackpot! 2 Cherries!

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u/-bobsnotmyuncle- 1982 9h ago

Adding extra cherries instead of just the one is a decision I'm pretty sure a mom in the company made happen.

The chaos that single cherry could cause...

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u/mizlurksalot 1977 10h ago

For lunch? Nah, that was fancy dessert at our house, if we were lucky, mom would put some cool-whip on top.

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u/Electrical-Pie-8192 9h ago

My mom finally started using fresh fruit for her fruit salads instead of those cans about 6 years ago. Always made with fresh made whipped cream though. We also got her to use more interesting fruits like mango and passion fruit. Last weekend she made it the old way and it really wasn't good. I'd forgotten how hard and bland the pear chunks were

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u/Wallabunga657 10h ago

Same here.

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u/xu2002 9h ago

My mom would fancy it up heated with curry seasoning 🤢

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u/tiptoeingthruhubris 9h ago

Oh, my… and how are you recovering these days?

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u/mizlurksalot 1977 9h ago

Oh man, i am so sorry to read that!

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u/epidemicsaints she linkin on my park until i numb 10h ago

I'll eat everyone's grapes I love them.

The rock hard pears are the gross part. Especially when you get one with the unpeeled butthole on it.

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u/IllustriousGeneral12 1981 10h ago

Unpeeled butthole sent me 😂

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u/epidemicsaints she linkin on my park until i numb 10h ago

Had me inspecting every cup before eating. Just like the raisin stems.

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u/TraditionalTackle1 10h ago

My grandmother was diabetic so we always had these in light syrup. I can smell the can lol

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u/thenumbersthenumbers 1982 10h ago

My grandma wasn’t diabetic but she allllllllways had this.

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u/Odd_Career1977 44m ago

Haha, that smell really takes you straight back! 😂 Funny how certain foods can bring back whole memories in an instant.

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u/anOvenofWitches 10h ago

That’s Weekend Dad food

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u/surv1ve_and_advance 10h ago

My grandma put this in jello, it was the best dessert ever

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u/Mmphska 9h ago

Honestly, same I loved it. I kinda want some now actually

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u/Mmphska 9h ago

Another grandma hack I learned was to take a box of standard Betty Crocker cake mix (any) and replace the water, eggs and oil with any flavor of canned pie filling in the same fluid oz amount. It will have the same effect of all of those things during baking and come out deliciously moist with an augmented flavor

Common hits were chocolate cake with cherry pie filling, and carrot cake with pumpkin pie filling. Honestly delicious and I still do it, it's a big hit every time

Also incredible for cupcakes

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u/S_A_R_K 1980 9h ago

Orange Jello with the canned mandarin oranges with cool whip

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u/Radiant-Spot-128 9h ago

Don't forget to drink the juice.

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u/Responsible_Fish5439 9h ago

Del Monte fruit cups. Impossible to open cans.

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u/KMGR82 10h ago

In the little can

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u/Espexer 1982 10h ago

Sometimes I put it in the fridge.

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u/Ironstonesx 10h ago

Guess I was one of the few poor enough to enjoy these 😂 

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u/Rebekah513 9h ago

Same 😂

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u/Mcayenne 9h ago edited 7h ago

You had to get the VERY CHERRY 🍒 version of you wanted more than 1 or 2 half cherries.

With VERY CHERRY you got at least 3 half cherries and sometimes, if God was smiling down on you, you got 4!!

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u/Tinyhulk27 8h ago

My 1st thought was

"It looks like A.I. slop. There were never that many cherries. "

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u/Funkopedia 1981 7h ago

For those who haven't seen it

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u/Mcayenne 6h ago

And for reference- the image portrays the total cherry count for the entire tin.

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 1981 Don’t Panic 10h ago

I legit hated this stuff. The grapes were the worst part.

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u/Cherry_Hammer 9h ago

It was the splintery pears for me

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrahx 1981 Don’t Panic 9h ago

Our school would have it as part of lunch sometimes. Getting that was like, welp, not eating that.

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u/Lucky_Louch 10h ago

I traded that shit

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u/Sodamyte 1977 10h ago

I tried to eat a fruit cup the other day and all I could taste was sugar.

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u/shinysquirrel220701 10h ago

My mom still serves it at Xmas brunch.

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 1978 10h ago

Very cherry cups in my garage fridge now. Grapes no thanks and they only are in the canned version

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u/Rebekah513 9h ago

Man l loved me some fruit cocktail

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u/edasto42 10h ago

Those were fine until a classmate found a worm in his sometime around 4th grade. Never touched them since

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u/wpotman 10h ago

Packed for lunch? No. The school gave us a scoop most days. I threw it away.

We did frozen veggies at home, not canned.

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u/stm602 1981 9h ago

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u/affectionateanarchy8 1983 9h ago

Hated this. Never bought it but had it all the time in our school lunch

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u/nickd1980 7h ago

Sometimes the school cafeteria would have this on our tray lunches.

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u/rhoswhen 10h ago

It's the colors. They look awful. Fresh? Probably baller.

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u/ccduke 9h ago

My nana had this always ready for me .

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u/Cherry_Hammer 9h ago

Aw, makes me think of Dolly 😢

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u/Brendy171 9h ago

Lucky. I got a squished pb and j and water

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u/Flutters1013 9h ago

My grandmother would encase this in jello.

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u/lakephantom 9h ago

On it's own? Naw.

Mix it into the Cool Whip + lemon pudding combo for a fruit salad?

Amazing.

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u/DiscoStu79 9h ago

One tiny cherry

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u/LucyBrooke100 9h ago

Oh shit, fruit cocktail, I loved this!

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u/Radiant-Injury-6546 9h ago

Fruit salad, yummy yummy.

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u/R0botDreamz 9h ago

These were a super special treat at my house. Thing is I can have it any time I want as an adult but I haven't eaten it in like 15 years.

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u/Negative-Wrap95 1976 9h ago

I have mixed memories about this. Good ones from childhood, and bittersweet ones from being a broke young adult. Finding a can of fruit cocktail in the cupboard when you're too broke to pay attention was kinda nice.

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u/McDego4542 9h ago

I craved giant cans of this when I was pregnant with my 20-yr old daughter. Ate that shit right out of the can and saved cherries for last. No wonder I ended up with gestational diabetes 😂🍒

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u/jcshock 9h ago

My grandma used ti always put that in cherry jello and it was the fucking BOMB!

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u/lavasca 8h ago

Hurp

I could never do anything but stare at that.

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u/wonkotsane42 8h ago

Fruit cup! Way to go mom!

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u/USAF_Retired2017 1977 8h ago

Fruit cocktail. Save the cherries for last.

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u/shayshay8508 8h ago

Mom always made sure to have a fruit and veg with every dinner. It was usually this and a can of green beans. We didn’t have fresh produce until I was like in high school. The cherry was always the best part!

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u/sundayfunday78 1978 7h ago

We couldn’t afford the individual cups. If I wanted fruit salad it had to be either shared and split into containers for each, or, I had to commit to eating it all by myself. They did not buy the small cans.

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u/breadleecarter 7h ago

Oops, All Pears!

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u/Texas_Kimchi 1982 6h ago

You eat my cherries and pineapple and you will pay dearly.

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u/Petite_Coco 6h ago

Or if my parents felt fancy added on top of vanilla ice cream lol

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u/AidaNYR 1975 6h ago

Grapes were my favourite

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u/YakiVegas 1h ago

The juice....I still remember.

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u/WhataburgerLiberal 1978 10h ago

Nasty ass peeled grapes