Are you one of those people who is incredibly open to suggestion, especially when it comes to food?
Good. Me too.
A lot of my favorite 90s movies have an iconic food featured in them. If you're watching The Sandlot, you gotta have a s'more. (S'more what?) So I've put together a menu to accompany a 90s movie marathon.
This is a trick I used back in my baby-sitting days. Kids are also very open to suggestion, which can really be used to your advantage when you want them to think you're cool. If you feed kids pizza on the same day they watch the Ninja Turtles enjoy a cheesy slice, they will worship you.
This was originally meant as an I'm-an-adult-and-I-can-do-what-I-want kind of article for 90s kids with fond memories of these movies, but it kinda turned into a baby-sitting thing. It still applies to everyone - you can do it by yourself or with fellow 90s kids trying to turn back the clock, or make some current kids feel super cool by introducing them to awesome "old movies". (Bonus points if you're watching any of these on VHS.)
This is a full day's menu, so it covers breakfast through a midnight snack. Nutritionists and calorie-counting parents would probably advise you against doing all this in one day, and/or try to murder you with a celery stalk. If you're using these for baby-sitting someone else's kids, maybe just one a day after clearing it with them. Some parents won't let their kids eat while watching TV, so if you're doing the baby-sitting thing, food might happen after instead of during a movie.
But if you're capable of making those decisions for yourself and want to try it all in one day, go for it! (I'm not forcing you to do any of this and will not be held responsible if you wake up looking like the picture at the end.)
BREAKFAST
Movie: Matilda
Food: Pancakes or Cereal
Matilda learns to take care of herself at a young age, because her parents suck at it. In the beginning of the movie, Matilda makes herself a fancy breakfast of pancakes. From scratch. I'm more of a from-a-premixed-box gal myself, but if you're willing to go the extra mile for real pancakes made from scratch, then go you!
The alternative is cereal. When Matilda first starts getting a feel for her powers, she tests them on a box of Cheerios.
Baby-Sitting Bonus Points: Let the kids try to move the box of cereal with their minds. But if they knock it over, they're the ones who have to clean it up.
What about the cake? The most notorious food in Matilda is The Cake. Bruce Bogtrotter is forced at crop-point to eat an entire gigantic chocolate cake. This scene can be seen as kinda gross, but if you're a cake-for-breakfast kind of grown-up and not bothered by the discussions of when he's going to puke, then by all means, eat your cake with Bruce. But probably not a whole one. And I strongly advise against feeding large quantities of chocolate cake to children, unless the parents will be returning in the next 15 minutes to handle the sugar high.
LUNCH
Movie: Harriet the Spy
Food: Tomato Sandwich
Harriet M. Welch's signature lunch is a tomato and mayonnaise sandwich. She's taken one to school with her every day for the last five years. Her life would be incomplete without it.
OR
Movie: The Baby-Sitters Club
Food: Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich
When Kristy goes to meet her long-lost-but-recently-returned dad, she packs his favorite sandwich: peanut butter and banana.
DINNER
Movie: Good Burger
Food: Burgers
Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order? Yeah. This one's pretty obvious. Go get your burger on.
Baby-Sitting Bonus Points: Make Ed's Sauce. Nobody knows what's really in it, but if you know what the kids (or you) like, you can make your own sauce by mixing mayo & ketchup or French dressing. Or if you're really in the mood, try making link recipe.
OR
Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Food: Pizza
Another pretty obvious one. Those Turtles love their pizza. Hold the penicillin.
DESSERT
Movie: The Sandlot
Food: S'mores
"Want a s'more?" "Some more what?" You're killing me, Smalls! As Ham explains to clueless newbie Smalls, a s'more is a graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallows, topped with another graham cracker. They make them with candles in the movie (like savages), but you can make them in the microwave or the toaster oven. They're easy to make and deliciously gooey. I'll have s'more s'mores, please.
MIDNIGHT SNACK
Movie: Heavyweights
Food: Whatever you want.
If you're still going after all that, put on Heavyweights. 'Cause there's a good chance you're gonna wake up like this:
Good. Me too.
A lot of my favorite 90s movies have an iconic food featured in them. If you're watching The Sandlot, you gotta have a s'more. (S'more what?) So I've put together a menu to accompany a 90s movie marathon.
This is a trick I used back in my baby-sitting days. Kids are also very open to suggestion, which can really be used to your advantage when you want them to think you're cool. If you feed kids pizza on the same day they watch the Ninja Turtles enjoy a cheesy slice, they will worship you.
This was originally meant as an I'm-an-adult-and-I-can-do-what-I-want kind of article for 90s kids with fond memories of these movies, but it kinda turned into a baby-sitting thing. It still applies to everyone - you can do it by yourself or with fellow 90s kids trying to turn back the clock, or make some current kids feel super cool by introducing them to awesome "old movies". (Bonus points if you're watching any of these on VHS.)
This is a full day's menu, so it covers breakfast through a midnight snack. Nutritionists and calorie-counting parents would probably advise you against doing all this in one day, and/or try to murder you with a celery stalk. If you're using these for baby-sitting someone else's kids, maybe just one a day after clearing it with them. Some parents won't let their kids eat while watching TV, so if you're doing the baby-sitting thing, food might happen after instead of during a movie.
But if you're capable of making those decisions for yourself and want to try it all in one day, go for it! (I'm not forcing you to do any of this and will not be held responsible if you wake up looking like the picture at the end.)
BREAKFAST
Movie: Matilda
Food: Pancakes or Cereal
Matilda learns to take care of herself at a young age, because her parents suck at it. In the beginning of the movie, Matilda makes herself a fancy breakfast of pancakes. From scratch. I'm more of a from-a-premixed-box gal myself, but if you're willing to go the extra mile for real pancakes made from scratch, then go you!
The alternative is cereal. When Matilda first starts getting a feel for her powers, she tests them on a box of Cheerios.
Baby-Sitting Bonus Points: Let the kids try to move the box of cereal with their minds. But if they knock it over, they're the ones who have to clean it up.
What about the cake? The most notorious food in Matilda is The Cake. Bruce Bogtrotter is forced at crop-point to eat an entire gigantic chocolate cake. This scene can be seen as kinda gross, but if you're a cake-for-breakfast kind of grown-up and not bothered by the discussions of when he's going to puke, then by all means, eat your cake with Bruce. But probably not a whole one. And I strongly advise against feeding large quantities of chocolate cake to children, unless the parents will be returning in the next 15 minutes to handle the sugar high.
LUNCH
Movie: Harriet the Spy
Food: Tomato Sandwich
Harriet M. Welch's signature lunch is a tomato and mayonnaise sandwich. She's taken one to school with her every day for the last five years. Her life would be incomplete without it.
OR
Movie: The Baby-Sitters Club
Food: Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich
When Kristy goes to meet her long-lost-but-recently-returned dad, she packs his favorite sandwich: peanut butter and banana.
DINNER
Movie: Good Burger
Food: Burgers
Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order? Yeah. This one's pretty obvious. Go get your burger on.
Baby-Sitting Bonus Points: Make Ed's Sauce. Nobody knows what's really in it, but if you know what the kids (or you) like, you can make your own sauce by mixing mayo & ketchup or French dressing. Or if you're really in the mood, try making link recipe.
OR
Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Food: Pizza
Another pretty obvious one. Those Turtles love their pizza. Hold the penicillin.
DESSERT
Movie: The Sandlot
Food: S'mores
"Want a s'more?" "Some more what?" You're killing me, Smalls! As Ham explains to clueless newbie Smalls, a s'more is a graham cracker, chocolate, and marshmallows, topped with another graham cracker. They make them with candles in the movie (like savages), but you can make them in the microwave or the toaster oven. They're easy to make and deliciously gooey. I'll have s'more s'mores, please.
MIDNIGHT SNACK
Movie: Heavyweights
Food: Whatever you want.
If you're still going after all that, put on Heavyweights. 'Cause there's a good chance you're gonna wake up like this:
Don't put Twinkies on your pizza.
