My grandma's mayo and banana sandwich combo finally clicked after 30 years | Controversial Comfort Foods

Lisa Kim · 2026-09-08T07:05:04.662655+00:00

I used to hide in my room when my grandma made her "special" sandwich, white bread slathered with mayo and layered with banana slices. Last month at her kitchen in Cleveland, I tried one again at age 42 and suddenly it tasted like pure comfort, not weirdness. She told me she started eating them during the 1970s when money was tight and needed something filling fast. The salty mayo cuts the sweet banana in a way that just works, especially with cheap squishy bread. Why did it take me three decades to appreciate this? Has anyone else flipped on a childhood food they used to mock, and what finally made you give it another shot?

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