Certain dishes just bring a flood of memories. I recently made a big pot of chicken and dumplings for my sister and her family when they stopped by on their way back from a family road trip. When my sister saw the bubbling stew in my green dutch oven pot she remembered our Mom. Even her husband in his thick Boston accent commented that his mom used to make this dish as well and it seemed like such classic New England fare.
Whenever I prepare corned beef and cabbage, I’m twelve again for a few minutes at least, and my Mom’s in the kitchen cooking for our family. Even a simple peanut butter and Marshmellow fluff sandwich on white bread brings me back to my childhood days. My mom used to make this sandwich for my siblings and I, and I assumed that she invented it herself. Turns out this is a New England Classic as well. This sandwich is called a flutternutter and generations of New 
Englanders fondly associate Marshmallow Fluff with their childhood. The flutternutter sandwich is a local tradition almost as popular as a nice hot bowl of clam chowder (chowdah). I always wondered why my husband (who has southern roots) had never had this sandwich. I guess when my family headed west they brought a bit of New England with them!
