Fad Foods When You Were A Kid [Archive]

high fly

10-20-2003, 03:30 PM

To start it off, I'm going WAAAAAY old school with:

1) Space Food Sticks --- I used to like the chocolate and the butterscotch flavors.

2) Shake-A-Puddin' --- Remember the song?
"Shake, shake, shake-a-puddin',
puddin', puddin', shake-a-puddin'."

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hyperspace

10-20-2003, 03:40 PM

how about snack pack pudding in the metal can?? i cut myself many times with the removable tab lid.

furie

10-20-2003, 03:46 PM

polly-o cheese strips

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Reephdweller

10-20-2003, 03:52 PM

When the chipwhich came out, it was a big deal everyone wanted one...and they were goood. I haven't had one in a long time.

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sr71blackbird

10-20-2003, 04:41 PM

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Swanson's TV Dinners

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10-20-2003, 04:42 PM

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10-20-2003, 04:46 PM

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sr71blackbird

10-20-2003, 04:54 PM

JustJon

10-20-2003, 07:08 PM

no trip to the museum was complete without the purchase of Astronaut Ice Cream

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10-20-2003, 07:27 PM

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Reephdweller

10-20-2003, 07:40 PM

what were those muffin things you would toast in the toaster? They were good! They might even still make them, it was like a corn muffin, but flat, then they started making weird flavor ones, anyone? They usually had them in the bread aisle near the english muffins...?

I think you're thinking of Thomas's Toaster Cakes.

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DeltaPin

10-20-2003, 09:05 PM

Swanson's TV Dinners

I was a Salsbury Steak man myself.

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FUNKMAN

10-20-2003, 09:15 PM

Underwood Deviled Ham

then we would always get 'chopped ham' and 'spiced ham' from the corner deli... guess we were the po folk...

Bosco
Vienna Sausages
Brisling Sardines - now there's a strange word 'brisling'

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jafter

10-20-2003, 09:35 PM

Underwood Deviled Ham -- Who was that kid that used to do all of the ads for that stuff.

Remember Rodney Allen Ripey for Jack in the Box.

Fad foods I remember - I remember when Big Gulps came out no one thought you could drink that much soda at one time. Back then they would pour the drinks for you. Slurpees and Big Gulps were behind the counter. You would have to tell the clerk "not so much ice"

I remember when all of the "Monster cereals" came out Boo Berry would make you shit turn colors.

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Reephdweller

10-21-2003, 02:31 AM

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Boo Berry...It was always difficult to find Boo Berry on the shelves. I preferred Franken Berry as a kid, but once in a while I liked to mix it up and get Boo Berry.

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sr71blackbird

10-21-2003, 03:06 AM

I was in target and saw that for Halloween they are making Frankenberry, Count Chocula and Booberry again in updated boxes

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I always thought Frankenberry looked a little gay with that pink, ass shaped head

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bunnyluvsthem

10-21-2003, 03:10 AM

By far, Quisp was the best, ever.
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Wormwood

10-21-2003, 03:12 AM

Can't find a picture but

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bunnyluvsthem

10-21-2003, 03:19 AM

Diet Coke mercifully killed off this paint remover.
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A.J.

10-21-2003, 04:03 AM

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Reephdweller

10-21-2003, 04:23 AM

Tab still exists, I've seen it in a few places including Stew Leonard's.

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sr71blackbird

10-21-2003, 04:24 AM

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10-21-2003, 04:37 AM

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jocefus

10-21-2003, 04:48 AM

ecto-cooler box drink, elios pizza (tons and tons of cheese goes blub, blub, blub)

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FUNKMAN

10-21-2003, 05:54 AM

haven't seen these since i was a kid, cousin of the yankee doodle...

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jafter

10-21-2003, 06:44 AM

mikeyboy

10-21-2003, 07:03 AM

Underwood Deviled Ham -- Who was that kid that used to do all of the ads for that stuff.

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Spank Daddy

10-21-2003, 07:14 AM

Ok does anyone remember those pizzas that you would cook in a toaster. I think it was Butoni, the looked like a pita shaped pizza and everthing was on the inside. You would pop it in the toaster.

Oh yeah, those rocked ( especially late night ). I don't remember who made them either, but you can't get 'em no more. I was also fond of the Chef Boy-ar-Dee pizza in a box mix...........dry dough mix that you just added water to, a can of spicy sauce, and a small package of dry cheese. We use to cook them in a small electric pizza maker that looked like a miniature Weber grill.

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

10-21-2003, 07:27 AM

I don't think any of the food I ate in the 70s had any nutritional value. I was probably one Flintstones chewable vitamin away from rickets or scurvy.

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JustJon

10-21-2003, 07:45 AM

How can you people name monster cereals without Fruit Brute? Star of 2 Quentin Taratino movies!

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DeadMoney

10-21-2003, 12:54 PM

Handi Snacks cheese and crackers were the shiznit. Also, lunchables when they first came out and were just ham cheese and crackers. Now you can get a whole fucking pizza hut inside of one of those things.

scribbler

10-21-2003, 04:29 PM

"FIZZIES"
Kinda like Alka Selzers, but they're fruit flavored.
Plop a purple one into a glass of cold water, watch it fizz and bubble, when it's through you have a wonderful refreshing grape soda beverage.Text

high fly

10-21-2003, 04:54 PM

Fizzies! YAY!

We got Tab, I skimmed quickly, did anyone get a soda called Wink?
I think it spawned Fresca.

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bunnyluvsthem

10-21-2003, 04:55 PM

haven't seen these since i was a kid, cousin of the yankee doodle...

Hm. Have you tried Every Single 7-Eleven of Similar Type Convenience Store, Everywhere? Or haven't you been in one of those since you were a kid. Jesus Christ.

Sunny Doodles are so much easier than Yankee Doodles when it comes to eating an entire one in one shot, to minimize crmbs. But they are both lacking when it comes to cleanly seperating the whole gooshy mess from the wrapper. However, in both cases, I have little compunction about chucking the whole mess of wrappers and plastic out the car window. On the curve, of course, for secrecy.

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Reephdweller

10-21-2003, 05:31 PM

String Cheese

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bunnyluvsthem

10-21-2003, 06:09 PM

Um, yeah. Furie already said this in the very 3rd post here.

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sr71blackbird

10-22-2003, 04:15 AM

oh bunny, always the pitt bull of the board

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bunnyluvsthem

10-22-2003, 05:23 AM

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed, meanskie?

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JustJon

10-22-2003, 06:38 AM

Razzles... the candy that turned into a gum

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mason

10-23-2003, 07:18 AM

candy:
pop rocks, candy necklaces, candy buttons - the ones on the long sheet of paper - ring pops, bubble gum cigars & cigarettes, bubble gum hamburgers, razzles, pixie sticks, etc.
i'm highly suprises i still have my teeth.

food:
string cheese, handy snacks, lunchables

high fly

10-23-2003, 01:29 PM

What was the name of that candy that was pretty much pure flavored sugar that came on a string that you could wear like a necklace or bracelet?

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sr71blackbird

10-23-2003, 04:24 PM

remember this with the lick-a-stick? Eat enough and youd be buzzin!

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FUNKMAN

10-23-2003, 05:52 PM

tunafish casseroles / made with egg noodles, campbells cream of mushroom soup and tunafish

rolos - chocolate covered caramel buttons, deelish

rock candy - crystal on a string

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Alice S. Fuzzybutt

10-23-2003, 06:03 PM

tunafish casseroles / made with egg noodles, campbells cream of mushroom soup and tunafish

I SO miss that!!!!!!!!!!! Great call

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MattyBronx

10-23-2003, 06:19 PM

Nice! Lik-A-Stix were my favorite. Big Bol bubble gum was a close second - the last of the $.01 candies.

jafter

10-24-2003, 06:01 AM

did anyone get a soda called Wink?

I still do, I like to drink it with gin.

Remember Big Buddies they were those long bubble gum strips about 12-14 inches. I think they came in regular, grape, and cherry.

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JustJon

10-24-2003, 07:16 AM

candy necklaces rocked!

fanny farmer chocolate cigarettes in those translucent cirarette cases.

bubble gum cigarettes

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sr71blackbird

10-24-2003, 08:32 PM

Those bubble gum cigarettes were cool, if you blew through it, a puff of powdered sugar would come out and it looked like smoke! My mom saw me do that once and she almost lost it on me!
Remember freezing Charleston Chew and smacking it against a table and it would shatter? soo gooooooooood. And the Marathon Bar too you could do that. Remember the pop corn that came in this tin pan that you shook over the burner and it would begin filling up the aluminum foil bag on top as it popped?
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Steels

10-24-2003, 09:25 PM

When I was a kid "Gatorade" was finally available widely to the public and only came in twelve ounce cans. The three flavors were lime, orange and fruit punch.

In the early 80's hot dogs were released stuffed with cheese but only lasted a few short years. I always felt that this was a great idea that bombed because the "frank" used in that particular line was just awful, a very low grade of quality.

"Big League Chew" was a big hit that was packaged and had the texture of chewing tobacco.

I can remember as a young kid going to diners and curiously checking out a new fad everyone was ordering called "mozzarella sticks".

"Taco Bell" and "Pizza Hut" were also only introduced to northern Jersey in the 80's and was a new style of food to me as a child.

The "Ham and Cheese" sandwich was released and pushed by Kraft foods in 1987 surpassing the "Sicilian Pizza" as the great food fad of that time.

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Fallon

10-25-2003, 09:32 PM

I remember this gross colored microwave popcorn.

It didn't taste good and your fingers would get coloring all over it (blue, red and green).

I used to love getting out of school and buying some bravo chips and crystal pepsi. That made my fucking day.

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