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In the July alumni e-newsletter, we asked alumni to reminisce about their favorite foods from campus eateries and their taste buds responded. Here’s a sampling:

“Thanksgiving meal was always the best! Sitting with your friends who became your family. Benita always greeted you with a smile! It was always perfect!” – Jason Taylor ’11

“The best meals were Sunday deep fried shrimp and sliced ham topped with cherry pie filling!” – Pam Rosborough Howell ’72

“My husband, Aaron Price ’04, would say it’s hands down breaded turkey cutlet with gravy. He still talks about it!” – Stephanie Goodman-Price ’03

“It wasn’t a meal, but I loved when they served us butter brickle ice cream for dessert (on the) Illinois campus!” – Carol Anderson Bloemke ’59

“My favorite meal from Carthage wasn’t a specific meal, but opening day for baseball. I loved the picnic-style decorations and the atmosphere that day!” – Kelley McCammond Roganowicz ’95

“My favorite was the sloppy Joes served Thursdays. The wonderful ‘family style’ Sunday lunch in the dining hall — usually wonderful fried chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable, rolls, dessert. It was so elegant. And we always dressed up. Always.” – Judy Reed Kese ’61

“I always enjoyed Sunday dinner because that was the one meal a week that the kitchen wasn’t open.” – Dick Draper ’69

“I don’t recall the best, but I recall the worst very clearly … creamed chipped beef on toast.” – Cecil Jennings ’81

“That there are always grilled cheeses at the ready is a significant reason I came to Carthage. I’m not joking.” – Dana Ehrmann ’15

Can you detect the smell of comfort food wafting through your inbox? Check out other responses on the Carthage Alumni Facebook page.