Food/Drink that reminds you of your Fraternity/Sorority?

[aephi alum]

Strawberry smoothies.

When I was a freshman, there were 4 NPC sororities and a brand-new local on campus. The local held their rush after NPC FR ended. I went through FR, and none of the NPCs felt "right" for me ... so I checked out the local. Their first rush event was a mocktail hour, where they offered 4 or 5 different mocktails, including strawberry smoothies (I think I had 3 over the 2-hour period).

Diet Coke also holds a slight connection to my sorority for me. During my junior year, I was in charge of bid day. During an early round, I spoke with a PNM who mentioned to me that she was diabetic - the only thing she could drink at parties was water, and she couldn't eat most of the hors d'oeuvres offered to PNMs. When I saw her name on our pref invite list, I alerted the day chair for pref to ensure she would have something besides water to drink (we usually do sparkling cider but I think she got Perrier) and I made damn sure there was a Diet Coke for her on bid day. She became my little.

[Tulip86]

French Toast.

On all weekend/week long trips we always had French Toast for breakfast on the last day. The smell was amazing.

[FSUZeta]

aephi alum talking about diet coke reminded me of Tab-it was the go to diet drink in the coke machine in our study.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

^^On that same tip, not a food item specifically, but...

PERKINS!!!!

THE go-to place for post big-little night or initiation dinners, hangover breakfasts, late night meals and more.

Oh, that triggers memories of Your House, a 24-hour diner. We always started initiation around midnight and afterwards the chapter would head to Your House for a celebratory wee-hours breakfast. It closed a while back.

And it's probably trite, but to be honest, kegs never fail to bring back memories of chapter parties (especially since I was often the one responsible for getting the kegs). And we always had an affinity for Bass ale, purely because of the logo:



(Well, not purely I guess -- the logo and the goodness.)

[AlphaFrog]

Hy-vee Catering's Sesame Chicken - I've never had another even come close. When it was my turn to pick house dinner, you could be sure that's what we were having.

[ForeverRoses]

Our old housemom was also our cook, and she made the best chili. I wish I had the recipe for it...

and I also remember that fruit pizza always made an appearance at Moms & Dads weekends

[KDCat]

Packaged chocolate chip cookie dough.

It reminds me of my favorite sister. We ate it out of the package with a spoon, in the middle of the night. It was especially good when there was boy trouble.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Cherries Jubilee, served at Preference.

Yes, we used brandy. Seriously. It was a Long Time Ago. No way that would happen today.

I will never forget the time that the brandy went POOF! in a huge explosion when lit and the Rush Chair dropped the entire preparation on the floor as she leapt backwards. So much for elegance and impressive style. I don't think we ever made it again after that.

Thank you for the laugh! I can see that happening.

One year, my Big remembered between the first and second parties on Saturday that she hadn't picked up the petit fours for Pref (the next day!) from the bakery and they were going to be closed on Sunday. We made a mad dash out of there between parties to pick up the food before the bakery closed. We made it back for the third party. Then we stayed up way too late to pipe the names of the women preffing on the petit fours. If I never see another petit four again, it will be too soon.

[DoctorD]

vegetable lasagna. I had never had it before having it in the sorority house, and everytime I have it now I think back to that.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Cheesecake squares. They're a pref round staple at my chapter...everybody loves them!

[PGD-GRAD]

BW3--Buffalo Wild Wings. This is a place where the guys in the chapter I advise often take rushees. My wife hates to go there (too noisy, not a wing fan), but I have grown to really enjoy it. Sometimes the guys will invite me, and I always have a good time. I am slowly working my way through all the sauces! So when I see or smell hot wings, I think of good times with my undergrad brothers at Buffalo Wild Wings.

[libramunoz]

Krispy Kreme doughnuts!

Damn, I hate the damn things! Everybody--who had to raise money at some point (think the entire school at this point), would have to sell X amount of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!
There is nothing worse than those huge box of doughnuts having to get them from person to person, collecting the money, etc. I never went to pick them up fresh (for you had to go to Birmingham I was told at like 3 or 4 am), but it was just getting them from person to person.
After four years and being in various things and selling so many daggone boxes of them suckers, AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!
To live in TX and not have to look at another box (without having to go to the metroplex areas) of them damn doughnuts, it's good!

[WaterChild]

Hot crab dip. My chapter's cook makes it so well.

It was a favorite of my pledge class during formal dinners. For our senior dinner (Mourner's Dinner) we asked to each get our own bowl of it as an appetizer. Usually a bowl is shared between four or six people. After a night of celebrating at the bars, I think we collectively agreed that was a terrible idea, but it was so good.

[thewasher418]

Originally Posted by libramunoz

Krispy Kreme doughnuts!

Damn, I hate the damn things!

I rebuke this blasphemy.

[ASTalumna06]

All of the foods I can think of actually remind me of Delta Chi...

Pig - they would have a pig roast outside the student union building every fall for a "recruitment event". Yum!

Spaghetti - Almost every semester, they had a spaghetti dinner at their house.

Stuffing - And after almost every party, there was a pot of Stove Top stuffing being made for a select few at 3 or 4am.