Brands and products you miss, that went out of business or changed

[quinnox]

The Hostess company going bankrupt reminded me of some other products I was sad to see go. The first was a really sour tasting lemonade. I forget the brand name, but it had an Austrailian type theme to it. The slogan even referred to how sour it was as a mark of distinction. I was probably the only one who really liked it because whenever I would buy it off the shelf, the shelf would be full. I remember it was only around for a brief time until it disappeared, like maybe a year or so. I loved that lemonade, it was super sour and really had a kick to it.

The second product didn't disappear, but changed their formula. I am speaking of Carnation chocolate breakfast bars. I absolutely loved these things, they tasted awesome and were good for you too, a rare combination. Then one day I noticed the flavor was completely different, and was just yuck. I looked at the box and then saw it said new formula on it. I was pissed, needless to say. I was so mad that I called the 1-800 number listed on the package to complain. The lady took my complaint and said thank you, we will note that. Of course nothing changed and they kept their horrible tasting new formula and I stopped buying the breakfast bars.

Anyone experience a similar situation?

[msongs]

1. remember banana twinkies in the 70's? they were good nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. The original Twinkies were banana filled

Then they switched to vanilla during WWII and never switched back. I remember the banana ones from the 70s. I liked them much better than the vanilla ones.

[Libertas1776]

32. +1

that always intrigued me about twinkies, that and the name was allegedly rooted from a billboard for "Twinkle Toe Shoes." They had a limited edition of banana filled a few years back and i regret never tasting it.

[htuttle]

2. Space Food Sticks

Put me under a blanket-shrouded table with a glass of Tang and some space food sticks, and I would be in orbit....

[Jennicut]

47. You can still get them online.

http://www.funkyfoodshop.com/space-food-sticks-c-23.html

Along with astronaut ice cream. I remember eating that as a kid in the 80's.

[aroach]

243. I remember those!

My grandfather bought them and Tang. LOL

[zonkers]

357. Ha!

[DryHump]

540. Seriously -

that is so 1965-1966? Si? Been there, done that...wow

[Fumesucker]

4. Jartran, for when U Haul was too expensive

[physioex]

164. Hehe....

I actually remember those trucks. Somehow your photo brought back memories of Coble Ice Cream you could buy by the bucket at the Piggly Wiggly, those were the days.

[slackmaster]

5. :-(

http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/10-beloved-banned-and-recalled-products-20121114-211459.html

[Odin2005]

379. They banned Slip-n-Slide? NOOOOO!!!

[tridim]

406. I LOVED water rockets. So dangerous and awesome!

[msanthrope]

463. I have a set of Jarts. They are about to make their annual

sojourn to wherever Thanksgiving is this year.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Liquorice flavored Vicks Formula 44-D Cough Syrup

Only cough syrup I ever liked the taste of.

Don

[northoftheborder]

84. I miss the formula with REAL cough suppressant. It now has to be prescribed.

[defacto7]

381. You mean, codeine?

Narcotic, derived from opium.

[kickysnana]

430. For the uncontrolable dry seal cough which self perpetuates

it is the only way to go. It allows the airways to heal in about 24 hours vs 3 or more weeks.

We would get a bottle for someone and it would last the family a year because nobody needed it after one day.

[1monster]

477. That and Terpin Hydrate. That stuff worked whether it was the kind with

codeine or DM. The FDA made a rule about a decade or so ago that all medicines had to show not only that they were effevtive, but HOW they were effective. Terpin Hydrate was such a low profit item that those who manufactured it decided that rather than do the testing necessary to prove efficacy, they stopped manufacturing it altogether and the FDA banned it. Damn.

Terpin hydrate is an expectorant, commonly used to loosen mucus in the setting of acute or chronic bronchitis, and related conditions. It is derived from sources such as oil of turpentine, oregano, thyme and eucalyptus. Though it was quite popular in the USA since the late nineteenth century, it was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the 1990s due to lack of proof of efficacy.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpin_hydrate

[jackbenimble]

313. Black Liquorice?

If so, and you still like that taste you might like to try the black liquorice Altoids if you haven't already.

[Horse with no Name]

375. That stuff was THE BOMB

what was nice was that it felt that it coated your throat all the way down to your lungs and really DID help the cough.

[No Vested Interest]

424. Smith Brothers cough drops

and Ludens.-I Think they came in licorice also.

[Michigan Alum]

433. They still have those at Walgreens.

[cki]

543. I totally agree!

Was it made with absinthe? I tried it (absinthe) for the first time recently and immediately thought it tasted like the old vicks 44 cough syrup. I wondered if that's why the quit making it.

[Kahuna]

7. Vanilla wafers became Nilla Wafers. Can't make good..

banana pudding without VANILLA Wafers.

[notadmblnd]

71. Try Chessmen cookies

I layer a glass baking pan with chessmen cookies and add bananas. Make my pudding, let it cool or use instant. Add a package of cream cheese and a pint of whipped cream. Pour onto chessmen and bananas, then add another layer of chessmen cookies. Oh is it ever good!

[Kahuna]

266. Sounds delish!

[Tess49]

410. Is this whipping cream? Or whipped cream made from a pint of whipping cream? n/t

[notadmblnd]

472. you can use either. I use coolwhip or store brand. the small container

it just depends on how homemade you want to get about it. I like it because it tastes great! Richer and creamer than traditional banana pudding, plus the chessmen cookies make the perfect serving size and its easy to portion out.

[Tess49]

517. Thanks. I think I'll try this. Sounds great. n/t

[msanthrope]

464. Yes--I've had this, with the Chessmen....It's great. Also, Trader Joe's makes a vanilla

wafer that would make a good sub.

[Pryderi]

8. Are "Quisp" or "Quake" cereals still around? n/t

[Freddie]

12. Yes I've seen Quisp recently

[obamanut2012]

48. Yes

[elehhhhna]

9. Opium perfume

when YSL was sold the new megacompany cheaped it up and it's never been the same.


If that sounds all hoity, sorry. Perfume is a relatively inexpensive indulgence.

[Phentex]

13. I totally forgot about that perfume!

And had no idea it ever changed. The things you learn here...

[LiberalLoner]

55. Yes!!! And same with Chanel's Cristalle, not the same as it used to be! I loved that stuff when I

was younger. I totally understand! I didn't realize Opium had changed tho! These days I go with duplicates mostly, perfume oils - way cheaper and I get to play around with lots of scents.

[Kahuna]

75. I'll add to that Fashion Fair No. 1 Cologne. It was cheap but I always got lots

of compliments. It was discontinued about 10 years ago. Ever so often I can find a bottle on ebay.

[LiberalEsto]

90. Love's Musky Jasmine

They didn't mess it up, they just stopped selling it.

I happen to be allergic to most fragrances, but Musky Jasmine never bothered me, and I loved that scent. I wore it for years, and received many compliments about it.

sigh

[Arkansas Granny]

167. I used to love their Fresh Lemon scent, also.

[HiPointDem]

441. +1. one of my two favorite perfumes because it really smelled lemony and it lasted.

i've never found one as good. even essential oil lemon doesn't seem to last.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

162. I think I may even have some of the old Opium!

goes back to the 1980s. I'll dig it out.

[nolabear]

225. And Casmir. Delicious. I hoarded it after they stopped making it.

Over time the scent of my bottles has changed a little, I think, but it's still pretty nice.

[DearHeart]

257. Valentino had a lovely perfume too...

then all of the sudden, you couldn't buy it in the US; Only in Europe! Also, Bill Blass had a trio: Red, Black and Nude. Nude was the best and I loved Black also.

[Texasgal]

277. Estee Lauder's Youth Dew

Same thing, never the same.

Really miss Prescriptives vapor powder too.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

415. Avon, of all companies, used to have a scent called "Elusive"

No more.

[vaberella]

10. I can't find Nutty Bars from Little Debbie at the store.

It was a major vice of mine, but I weaned off it. Now I want one...I can't find it anywhere.

[GoCubsGo]

101. They are still around.

They call me every time I walk past the Little Debbie's rack at the grocery store. It's all I can do to ignore them, especially since I still have untold numbers of Nutty Bars of years gone by incorporated into my hips and thighs. They love me as much as I love them.

Lance also makes a version, although not quite as good, but definitely acceptable.

[LTR]

119. They're pretty common around here

There also imitations available at Aldi, Walmart and other stores.

[hfojvt]

140. they have gotten way more expensive

and they also changed the formula. The number one ingredient used to be "enriched flour" now it is "dextrose".

Sunny Delight also used to be 100% juice, and now is only 5% juice.

[Tunkamerica]

283. Sunny delight had more than 5% juice? That had to be before the early 90's.

They relaunched it in the UK with 70%, but that didn't sell so they reduced it again.

[Freddie]

454. My kids loved Sunny Delight when they were little

Always tasted like battery acid to me.
Tropicana Twister (do they still make that at all?) used to carry an Orange Peach drink that tasted exactly like a Fuzzy Navel without the booze. Long gone of course.

[No Vested Interest]

481. P&G owned/made Sunny Delight for a long time,

though I believe they were not the original producers. At one time Procter & Gamble believed drink products would be very profitable, but later decided not so much. However, when P&G owned Sunny Delight, that was when you saw broad distribution, because they were/are able to get a great amount of shelf space in stores.

P&G sold Sunny Delight to a smaller company, and since has sold virtually all its food brands to other companies - Crisco, Jif - to Smuckers, also sold Duncan Hines cake mixes. Not sure if Pringles have been sold yet, but, if not, they will be.

[jmowreader]

515. Pringles was sold to Kellogg

[No Vested Interest]

521. Pringles sold

Ah, that rings a bell, now.
Thanks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

169. Plentiful down here at the Dollar Store.

Perhaps if you have a Dollar Store in your area???

[Freddie]

11. Every time I really like a product

"They" take it off the market or change it.
Oscar Mayer Smokie Links--no longer made! Sugar Free Kool Aid! (I know these things aren't good for you, but still.) Now I can't find my favorite flavor of Crest toothpaste.
Won't miss Hostess products as I live in Tastykake land.

[jeff47]

179. For Sugar Free Kool Aid

Try the version where you are supposed to add sugar. That's available pretty much everywhere as far as I've seen.

Just add your favorite sugar substitute instead.

[ailsagirl]

489. Same here

Be it food (e.g., Sara Lee Brownies), makeup, or a clothing line-- it never fails.

[riverbendviewgal]

14. anyone remember Bond bread?

As a kid in NJ we had our bread delivered. We loved seeing the delivery guy bring out his cake and cookie tray. Bond died in the early. 70s.

[aletier_v]

15. KFC ribs, Carl's jr California Roast beef and McDonald's steak sandwich.

[woo me with science]

16. Breyers ice cream

used to brag about how very little children could read their list of ingedients, because it was simple and familiar: milk, cream, sugar, strawberries. Their ice cream was awesome.

Then they were bought by Unilever. They now sell a disgusting, gum-filled chemical soup under the same name.

[newspeak]

18. hubby and I miss Rosarita enchilada TV dinners

i think rosarita was bought by beatrice? anyway, reading the ingredients on the dinner, it was very basic.

[CrispyQ]

134. I think I lived on those in my 20s!

They weren't bad. A few of those & some ice cube trays was pretty much the only thing in my freezer.

[Raine]

253. I always like those too, the cheese enchiladas. nt

[quinnox]

19. damn, I loved Breyer's!

I didn't know about that, that does suck. i kind of stopped eating ice cream some years back, but I still recall Breyer's was damn good and those fresh ingredients listing.

[Freddie]

22. And they closed the factory in West Philly

And put hundreds out of work.
And after Unilever bought them it was one of the first ice cream brands to get the new shrunken box.
I refuse to buy it no matter how good the sale price is. Store brand ice cream is just fine, or Turkey Hill if on sale.

[sakabatou]

79. I think I've seen a tub recently

[Awknid]

85. I remember

When Breyers was so good. I didn't know they were bought out. I thought it was just my imagination that it had gotten so bad.

[GoCubsGo]

114. Ben and Jerry's too.

The ice cream is still good, but not quite as good before they sold out to Unilever. The brownies in their Fudge Brownie ice cream are not as gooey and chewy as they used to be. And, the chocolate flakes in various flavors seem kind of waxy now.

[antigone382]

123. Just a note, Ben and Jerry's was hostilely taken over by Unilever.

My basic and possibly incorrect understanding is that when Ben and Jerry's decided to go publicly traded, Unilever bought a high enough percentage of stock to vote themselves owners of the company. The actual Ben and Jerry tried to fight it, but were unsuccessful, as I understand it.

[GoCubsGo]

132. I hadn't heard that.

What a shame that they can get away with that kind of shit.

[GeorgeGist]

460. Sounds like Ben and Jerry ...

got greedy (going public) and paid the price.

[woo me with science]

170. We are being turned into farm animals for profit by the one percent.

They are acquiring control of our food supply and are gradually degrading the quality to increase profits.

It is the equivalent of being moved slowly to bags of Purina "People Chow."

[loudsue]

202. That is the absolute truth, and it soooo pisses me off.

They're making everyone sick as hell, too. All those (usually Chinese) chemicals are so toxic to the blood stream and arteries, kidneys, etc. Hell. They've now realized the artificial butter fllavor on popcorn causes alzheimers. Now they tell us!

[woo me with science]

244. [phone]

This corporate takeover of our country is not just unpleasant; it is deadly.

[agentS]

471. Naaah, it's not the butter- it's the Woody Allen movies!

[Squinch]

204. Makes me think of Soylent Green.

It's people!!!!

[veganlush]

403. OMG!

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE?

[veganlush]

405. YOU'RE RIGHT!

I CHECKED THE INGREDIENTS PANEL: people, high fructose corn syrup

[Squinch]

447. I'm OK with the people, but the high fructose corn syrup makes me break out...

[HiPointDem]

444. according to this, that story is myth.

This article aims to dispel the idée fixe that corporate law compelled
Ben & Jerry’s directors to accept Unilever’s rich offer, overwhelming
Cohen and Greenfield’s dogged efforts to maintain the
company’s social mission and independence...

For a while the company thrived, but in the early to mid-1990s,
Ben & Jerry’s once-stellar financial performance began to lag...In 1994, the company’s annual report disclosed that sales
growth slowed and it had suffered its first financial loss. By 1999 the
stock had dropped nearly 50 percent from its peak, because of the
company’s weaker financial performance. Some investors argued that
the company’s social mission was a luxury it could no longer afford.

Ben & Jerry’s anemic stock performance attracted interest from
prospective buyers who thought they could manage the company
more profitably. Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream tried to buy the company
in 1998, but Ben & Jerry’s board refused.

Other buyers were rumored
to be interested when in early 2000, Cohen and a group of investors
(including Body Shop founder Anita Roddick) offered to take
the company private at $38 a share—about double the stock price
of a few months earlier.11 Dreyer’s made another bid, which in turn
prompted Unilever to offer $43.60 a share. Although Unilever spoke
about nurturing the social mission, many observers were skeptical.

Despite reported reluctance, Ben & Jerry’s board announced on
April 11, 2000, that it had approved Unilever’s offer. (Melodramatically,
some refer to this day as “4/11.”) The transaction, valued at $326 million,
was finalized with overwhelming shareholder support. Cohen’s
and Greenfield’s shares were worth close to $40 million and $10 million
respectively....

It is widely believed that corporate law forced Ben & Jerry’s directors
to accept Unilever’s rich offer and sell the company. This perception
reflects the erroneous view that corporate directors must always act
to maximize shareholder value...By the time Unilever approached Ben & Jerry’s in early 2000, the
company was well defended. Its founders, lawyers, and lobbyists
had taken many steps to prevent a hostile takeover....

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_truth_about_ben_and_jerrys

[antigone382]

473. The link didn't work for that article but I found this one:

http://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/files/2012/02/20-Page-Katz-BJ-Book-1-Vol.-35.pdf

It might be the same article, as it seems to make many of the same points that your article did (I didn't check carefully to see if the exact quotes were the same).

It is an interesting illumination of the complexity and relative flexibility of corporate law. It seems to me that the board of Ben and Jerry's was under the impression that they were at risk of more personal liability than they actually were. The question is, why did they think that? Were there smooth-talking lawyers convincing them that rejecting Unilever's offer would make them vulnerable to lawsuits? The idea crosses my mind, although of course it is completely speculative, and I don't claim to have any evidence that this was the case.

Even if so that doesn't absolve their own lawyers for not informing them of the reality. However even the article listed makes it clear that, while a thorough review of the situation post mortem makes it seem highly unlikely that the BOD would have faced liability for refusing to sell, there was some gray area due to a key Vermont law being relatively untested by the courts. The question was, was Ben & Jerry's willing to be that test case? In the moment I can see where it would seem much more risky than it may have actually been.

In any case it is interesting information and I'm glad you brought this analysis to the thread and to my own attention.

[HiPointDem]

486. the article i linked doesn't talk about lawyers convincing b&j. it doesn't

take a position on why b&j sold, it just says they didn't sell because of hostile takeover or legal necessity in terms of getting the best return for shareholders.

it notes that b&j as board members and largest shareholders had the means to block a sale they didn't want, so selling was their choice & we can only speculate on the reasons. they offer some possibilities, primarily that b&j's growth had slowed & they had had their first unprofitable year, which presented some problems going forward, possible liability worries etc.

good time to sell, imo.

i tried to link directly to the document but here's a better link.

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/the_truth_about_ben_and_jerrys

[antigone382]

516. The one I linked to made similar points, but it viewed the sale as owing more to fear...

...particularly fear of personal liability. But the sluggish sales, or the possiblity that Ben and Jerry themselves wanted to focus more on running their charitable foundations, are also factors the article mentions as possibilities. I skimmed it, as it was a forty page document written by a scholar of corporate law, so I could have missed important pieces.

I will try to read the article you mentioned some time when I have a few minutes to rub together. It's an interesting topic and I think it's a good idea to wrap one's mind around the complexity of corporate law, owing to its major societal implications.

[Buns_of_Fire]

185. I miss their "Dastardly Mash"

And I stopped by the local food store every day for about six weeks hoping to find "Schweddy Balls," but to no avail. That didn't really surprise me, since this is a pretty religious part of the country -- but I was still hoping they'd slip up and put a few on the shelves. Durn it.

[roody]

194. Miss 'From Russia with Buzz'.

[GoCubsGo]

205. I was really wanting to try "Scwheddy Balls", too.

Damn religious nuts.

[nolabear]

229. It was kind of okay, but flawed.

The pretzel balls were good but there was some other kind too and I didn't love them. Worth it for the chuckle, though.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

284. I think I shall begin making my own ice cream...

safer and will taste much better.

[Agschmid]

497. They recently changed the "Cookie" in Mint Cookie...

EPIC fail, it is not nearly as good as it once was. I think it used to be real Oreos? But now it's some other brand.

[dixiegrrrrl]

171. Breyer's Vanilla is still pretty pure. They at least use plain sugar in it.

tho only Haagan Daz is free from guar gum and etc.

[woo me with science]

173. It has gum in it. The original never did.

It is a striking degradation in quality to my taste.

[reformist2]

392. +1,000,000. The original was the perfect combination of icy and creamy.

Ice cream should not be "chewy" - why can't Breyers come out with a second line using the old recipe - call it "Breyer's classic"?? I'd be happy even if they just made it for certain times of the year.

[woo me with science]

397. See, that's the problem, though.

I fully expect them to do that, and to charge twice as much for it. That is the pattern Unilever and other large food corporations have been following for their products: They degrade the quality of the original product. Then they introduce a "superior" alternative (actually the same quality that the original used to be...) that they charge twice as much for.

Take yogurt for an example. Regular yogurt used to be thick and creamy, with real fruit and a dairy taste. They deliberately changed the formula of the regular yogurt to make it soupy and full of artificial flavors and chemicals. Then they introduced "Greek" yogurt, which has the same good quality of the original normal yogurt, at twice the cost.

They've done this with soups, cookies, crackers, chocolate, you name it.

It's a business trick to get people to either pay twice as much for the same quality, or settle for a degraded, cheaper-to-manufacture product.

[beveeheart]

176. So that's why it doesn't taste "right".

I thought it was my taste buds changing.

[yardwork]

248. That must be what happened to Pond's Cream and Cocoa Butter hand lotion

I loved that stuff. It smelled wonderful, was cheap, and really worked. Then it disappeared. I see that Pond's is now owned by Unilever...

[easttexaslefty]

478. You might want to try

Cold pressed coconut oil. And you can cook with it too.

[yardwork]

480. I do! I also found an online source for vegetable based moisturizers.

Even better than Pond's: http://www.clearandsmoothskin.com/store/

[Agschmid]

499. Palmers Coco Butter lotion is pretty good! n/t

[crazylikafox]

271. Try Trader Joe's. It tastes like ice cream used to & it's even a real half gallon

[HiPointDem]

442. noooooooo. that was my favorite ice cream because it wasn't as sweet as most

others. when did it change?

[ecstatic]

490. I was wondering what happened

I put it in my cart, assuming it was all natural, and while checking out, I noticed the fine print said something like "frozen dairy substance." I ate it anyway, but I'm disappointed about their bait and switch.

[woo me with science]

17. Most yogurts

used to have thickness, real fruit, and a real dairy taste. Now you have to pay almost double for that, or make it yourself. The regular yogurts are watery and full of artificial flavors and sugars.

[HockeyMom]

93. Try Greek Yogurts

The real ones with the cannot pronounce names. They are the consistency of real sour cream, and VERY filing. You can get some unusual types also, like Honey, Fig, Pomegranate, besides the typical ones.

[Buns_of_Fire]

218. I've found Oikos (from Dannon) to be pretty good.

I can't pronounce it, either -- I just remember it as "Oink-O's" which was also my favorite pork-flavored breakfast cereal until it was discontinued for lack of interest.

[woo me with science]

296. Yes, but they cost more.

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The trend seems to be toward degrading the "normal" versions of products and then offering higher-priced, new versions that are the same quality as the affordable versions used to be.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1841982

[shanti]

361. i like the texture of greek yogurt

but the taste...there's something about the taste of greek yogurt, (any brand, i've tried several), that reminds me of vomit. i just can't get past that!

[Michigan Alum]

434. Fage is the best.

[HiPointDem]

443. the best yogurt i've ever had was in greece, but none of the "greek" yogurts i've

had in the us match it.

it was almost like eating cream.

[HarveyDarkey]

20. Screaming Yellow Zonkers

[quinnox]

25. I loved those!

Iforgot about them, yup, that was awesome stuff!

[GoCubsGo]

106. Fiddle Faddle and Poppy Cock are almost the same.

They just have nuts.

[booley]

68. walgreens where I work sells those

and the little debbie nutty bars (or some kind of nutty bar anyway)

[catbyte]

141. Walgreens has them. tastes the same too!

[Pachamama]

431. My Favorite!!!!

[woo me with science]

21. Someone here posted that Hellmann's mayonnaise has changed its recipe.

More watery now, with less egg.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

30. Is that the problem?

I grew up with Hellmann's and my own children refused to eat anything else. About 2 years ago I bought a jar and it tasted really strange. I know they had come out with an Olive Oil formula and my jar of regular Hellmann's tasted as though some of that had found it's way into the regular version of the product. Switched to Duke's.

Mayonnaise is nothing more than oil and eggs, spices if you want to liven it up....how can they be using fewer eggs?

[woo me with science]

36. Eggs have moved down on the list of ingredients,

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and water has moved up.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

285. Sheesh...

[harmonicon]

529. Here I thought I was imagining it.

I think I hadn't bought any for about seven years (mostly living outside the US), and got some this year to make cole slaw with, just like a used to, but it tasted a little off. Hmmpf.

[Sunlei]

401. we make our own mayo now, easy, fast and sooo very tasty

[mick063]

23. We get crap with the same old label

Thirty years ago, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Wendy's Burgers, and Taco Bell Tacos were to die for. Very tasty.


Fast food, in general, is horrible relative to how it was long ago. It has the same marketing, branding, and labeling as it did before, but the product itself has undergone a horrible transformation.

[aletier_v]

26. Quarter Pounder is still pretty close to what I remember from thirty years ago

[Freddie]

50. Some of it is the cooking technique

Burger King you used to get a flame broiled burger right off the grill. Now they pre-cook the patties and keep them warm in a steam tray, and nuke the sandwich to melt the cheese. Not the same.

[oldhippydude]

64. not a fast food guy...

but your so right about taco bell...... couple of years ago i got hungry for tacos... alas i think taco bell has adopted tvp and admixtures... didn't go back...

as for Mc Donald's have not eaten one since the 70's and could care less

[woo me with science]

250. Yep, and it's not just fast food.

Sometimes I really wish we had time travel so we could put old and new versions side by side. Bread is tasteless with fillers, soups are bland for the sme reason, ice cream is full of gums. Even tomatoes don't taste like they used to.

[woo me with science]

24. Oreos

have slime in the middle now.

[Raine]

245. I miss Hydrox, always liked them better Oreos was a cheap knockoff. That white slime that is in

Oreos actually has paint in it to make it more white.

[woo me with science]

247. Ewwww.

Never knew that.

[friendly_iconoclast]

333. Try Newman-O's. They're goood...

[Loki]

343. Hydrox

Were the best. We never bought Oreos. Wow I really miss those cookies.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

407. I thought the white stuff was Crisco and powdered sugar.

Also is that cheap icing on white sheet cakes that are so awful.

[HiPointDem]

498. It's a familiar story: A small, fledgling company comes up with a great new product--so great that a

bigger, more powerful company copies the idea. The larger firm flexes its superior distribution and promotional muscles, the smaller outfit watches helplessly as its business slips away, and that's that--another case of the strong running roughshod over the weak.

You may not realize it, but it was this type of incident that gave rise to the modern chocolate sandwich cookie market. The common perception is that Oreos are the genuine article and Hydrox the generic knockoff, but the truth of the matter is precisely the opposite: Hydrox debuted in 1908, the signature product of the nascent Sunshine Biscuits, and ruled the category until 1912, when National Biscuit (later Nabisco) launched the remarkably similar Oreos.

Given Nabisco's superiority over Sunshine in everything from distribution channels to advertising budgets, it was no contest--Hydrox never had a chance. Over the years, Oreos' popularity and market hegemony became so overwhelming that the product transcended the consumer realm and came to be viewed as a cultural icon, an American original--even though there was nothing original about it.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/15/256478/index.htm

[ellenfl]

524. i preferred hydrox too. eom

[Egalitarian Thug]

300. Try Joe-Joe's from Trader Joe's, I swear they are the old Oreos. n/t

[Barack_America]

352. And it's Candy Cane Joe-Joe's time of year.

I know where I'm going tomorrow. There used to be fights over them in Philly. The last box would sell out before Thanksgiving.

[indivisibleman]

312. Yes! Oreos is one that went downhill

We used to love Oreos. Now won't touch them. They are disgusting.

[DJ13]

27. An actual half gallon of ice cream

They get any smaller and it will be single portions.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

138. Tragedy.....

everything is shrinking....

[Squinch]

206. A pound of coffee! Now it's 9 or 11 ounces.

[djean111]

28. I used to buy Banquet Frozen Sausage Links once in a while.

Looked at a bag on sale the other day, checked the ingredients.
Instead of just ground pork and flavorings or whatever - ground pork, mechanically separated turkey meat, soy meal.
I will never know if they taste the same, I won't buy them.
(Yes I know they were probably always not good for me!)

[Libertas1776]

29. Don't laugh...

but top of my list would be HI-C "Ecto-Cooler" released originally for the Ghostbusters movies, lasted until the early 2000s. Oh and Mallomars. They used to be only seasonal, because the chocolate would melt in warmer months. Now they must have changed the formula because they are available all year round...and taste a little off, at least to me anyway. Ugh, and don't even get me started on Hershey bars. I can remember when they came in silver foil and wrapped with a brownish black wrapper. Now they come in an entire plastic wrapper and taste like wax!

[murielm99]

61. Those Hershey's kisses are inedible now, too.

When I do eat candy, I get Dove. Also, you can order some good candy from the Vermont Country Store catalog. You have to read the descriptions, but most of what they sell is the real deal. They use sugar, too, not that HFC syrup junk.

[Awknid]

92. I grew up in early 60s

And got a Hershey Bar as a treat when I did something well. They were so good! But now they would taste more like punishment. What happened? I'm still a chocoholic, but have gotten snobby about it. Toberlone or Godiva--maybe Lindt is all that will do.

[cyglet]

458. American chocolate in general

Blech. I get German (Milka or Ritter) generally.

[pacalo]

109. Don't laugh at me, either...

I loved Pac-Man cereal, which tasted like Kix with marshmallows.

[Walk away]

188. My Mom used to make homemade toffee with toasted almonds. While it was still hot...

she would completely cover the top with Hershey bars that would melt and form a solid top when cooled. Out of this world!

My brother and I tried to recreate the recipe but the chocolate top was nasty. Hershey! How could you!

[yardwork]

251. I remember how I mourned when all the candy bars switched to those plastic wrappers.

Ripping that brownish black paper wrapper was part of the pleasure of eating a Hershey's bar or a Snicker's bar. The plastic wrappers don't rip. They separate in a nasty oily way.

[woo me with science]

404. Hersheys replaced cocoa butter with vegetable oil,

for profit, of course.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26788143/ns/today-food/t/chocoholics-sour-new-hersheys-formula/

Chocoholics sour on new Hershey’s formula
By Laura T. Coffey
TODAY contributor
updated 9/19/2008 10:21:13 AM ET

What’s going on here? On Friday, TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman reported that Hershey’s has switched to less expensive ingredients in several of its products. In particular, cocoa butter — the ingredient famous for giving chocolate its creamy, melt-in-your-mouth texture — has been replaced with vegetable oil.

The removal of cocoa butter violates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s definition of milk chocolate, so subtle changes have appeared on the labels of the Hershey’s products with altered recipes. Products once labeled “milk chocolate” now say “chocolate candy,” “made with chocolate” or “chocolatey.”

Some say the label changes are too difficult to spot...

[vanlassie]

413. My English son in law says Hershey chocolate tastes "like sick."

[ailsagirl]

491. Hershey chocolate bars taste waxy, have become tiny, and have soared in price. :(

[MichiganVote]

31. 7 Seas creamy Italian dressing

[aletier_v]

43. try ordering french dressing at a restaurant now.

[Retrograde]

70. Green Goddess salad dressing

It used to be the most popular type in the West, before the Ranch marketing drive. Fortunately, I have some old cookbooks with recipes - it's a mayonnaise-based dressing with a variety of herbs to give it its green color.

For that matter, every bottled Caesar dressing I've liked has been taken off the market. It's a conspiracy, I tell you.

[nc4bo]

89. Last summer I was fascinated by a bottle of GG in the supermarket. Never tried it before but it was

such a pretty green color!!

OMG it was sooooooo good. I haven't seen it anywhere since.

[No Vested Interest]

198. Try Vermont Country Store

Catalog or online.
Of course, you'll pay a premium for it.
Vermont Country Store has many items you can't find elsewhere. -candies, cosmetics, even Ship & Shore blouses.
I get a kick out of looking through the catalog - being reminded of items I haven't seen for many a year.

[nc4bo]

268. A little expensive for me but - Oh what fun to look around the website!! Fav: Tired Old Ass

Bath Soak - sounds wonderful! And, OMG "Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific"

Cool! Going to see if I can get on a catalog list! Thanks

[Hestia]

427. The cool thing about VCS is that they are employee owned - along with

King Arthur flour and Gardener Supply.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

289. Ask the manager of the supermarket to get if for you...it's still made

Kraft Seven Seas Green Goddess...Target carries it. But you can get recipes for it online and it's easy to make.

[nc4bo]

310. You're the 2nd DUer I noticed said they made it.

Does it taste just as good? Honestly I know that homemade usually excels over store bought but that's some tasty dressing.

Just curious as to how your version compares..

[Sekhmets Daughter]

320. Very well...

I should make it more often myself...but it's only me and without the preservatives in the commercial brand I have to make very small batches. This was a regular in my house when the children were growing up....

I usually just buy it...but you might want to experiment...there are several variations...

[sammytko]

149. Seven Seas still makes green goddess dressing. Its my favorite.but I've made it from scratch also

parsley, anchovy paste, pepper, sour cream and I forget the rest.

even grew my own parsley

[LiberalEsto]

94. Russian dressing

I can't remember when I last saw it in a store.

I found a recipe and made some Russian dressing from scratch a couple of nights ago to go with vegetarian Reuben sandwiches (Swiss and sauerkraut on grilled rye bread). It was amazing.

[TheDebbieDee]

163. I think that Catalina Dressing makes a great substitute for Russian Dressing......

[DearHeart]

259. Wishbone still makes Russian dressing

Luckily I can still find it at a local store.

[Freddie]

102. Kraft Bacon & Tomato dressing

and Creamy Cucumber too. Now it seems most dressings are some variation of Ranch.

[Lindsay]

33. Wagner's Herb Rice

Loved that stuff. Wagner's was bought by Harry & David, apparently so they could take competing products off the market.

Also, Almay skin care products. I have very sensitive skin - allergic to lanolin, among other things - and all their products were hypo-allergenic and relatively inexpensive (my other requirement). Whoever it was that bought that company, I'm guessing, had a more expensive skin care line they preferred to push on the public.

(Never had a Screaming Yellow Zonker, but I think it is the best product name in the history of the universe.)

[frazzled]

34. Just like the auto industry, these food industries failed to keep up with modern times

I ate some of this crap when I was a kid, in the 1950s and maybe up to 1967 or so. But honestly, America's eating habits have changed radically over the past 30 years or so. And not just because of the health consciousness and improved taste for fresh and chemical-free, nonprocessed foods that has developed in the US. But also because of the "changing demographics" of the country we have been talking about for the last week or two.

There's an entire new generation of immigrants who never encountered this food and have grown up on their various ethnic cuisines, in addition to modern American cooking of the healthier variety that has arisen over the past decades. I remember a Vietnamese girl I was tutoring to pass the state graduation exam (she'd failed it twice). I thought we'd made a significant enough amount of progress over the year that she might finally pass it. And then the teacher handed us a sample reading passage from the previous year to use as a practice test. It was a newspaper editorial about "Lo-Fat Twinkies." She didn't have a frigging clue what these were, and both she and I became immediately dejected about her prospects for passing, given the outdated, culture-specific bias of the sample.

Wake up prepared food industries, before you die out altogether, like the automobile industry nearly did before until, on its deathbed, it realized it had to produce more fuel-efficient, better designed cars.

[marybourg]

65. "And not just because of the health consciousness

and improved taste for fresh and chemical-free, nonprocessed foods that has developed in the US. "
You must have a radically different shopping environment than I have. In the supermarkets in my area, fresh meats have been replaced IN THE MEAT DEPARTMENT ITSELF by packaged mashed potatoes, packaged macaroni,and packaged mixtures of pre-cooked meat and potatoes or macaroni.

[frazzled]

77. Where do you live?

I'm not saying that American supermarkets are now filled with only healthy, fresh foods. There's still an incredible amount of crap.

But I see more and more people whose shopping carts are mostly devoid of it, and I see more and more attempts to stock the shelves with wider varieties of fresh produce. I shop at different markets. Some are garden variety mass chains (a Jewel two blocks from my house, where I mostly buy aluminum foil or staples like King Arthur flour or things of that order, though they do have organic fruits and vegetables; but I would never buy meat or fish there). Others are niche, like Whole Foods. The WF I shop at has a largely African American clientele, where people's carts are overflowing with swiss chard and fresh fish.

Maybe it's because I live in a big city, and one that has a lot of ethnicities and where foodie stuff is big. But I've noticed a big difference in people's food shopping choices since the days of the A&P in the 1950s.

[marybourg]

152. Suburbs of Phoenix, but no WF nearby. I think

my supermarkets are giving the customer what they want, especially since I see their shopping carts.

[Eleanors38]

207. That's why I hunt (and take) 2 deer each year.

[HiPointDem]

487. the same capital that owns the one owns the other; just market segmentation.

[Libertas1776]

35. hmmm

apparently twinkies will live on in canada

http://www.geekosystem.com/canadian-twinkies/

[woo me with science]

37. Whitman's chocolate is vile now.

It used to be a good, inexpensive chocolate. Now it doesn't even taste like chocolate anymore. The last time we tasted it, the chemical taste was so strong that we fed it to the squirrels.

Russell Stover is also horrible, but I am not sure how much worse it is than it used to be.

[Libertas1776]

40. oh absolutely,

and as far as russell stover goes (but also whitmans) they give you bubkis now. I remember russell stover used to be packed, the chocolates were in paper cups crammed next to each other. now they put them in plastic trays that take up more space and u get less. not to mention the chocolates themselves are smaller. they both taste terrible, but id have to say whitmans is the worst of the two.

[stopbush]

42. Ha! File this response in the, "it tastes terrible, and such small portions" drawer. :)

[nc4bo]

63. Godiva chocolates used to be delish

We used to buy the nonperfect ones when we lived up North.

I had a piece of Godiva chocolate a few years ago and it didn't taste quite the same as it used to- could be my taste buds have gotten older.

Used to be really, really good stuff.

[Awknid]

108. I agree

I remember when you had to get Godiva by mail order. Don't know if it really was so much better then, but it definately seems like it was!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

291. It's still delicious, it you get it right from a Godiva store and it's still fresh...

My local store has cut down on the assortment of truffles... Good for the waistline, bad for the taste buds...

[aletier_v]

270. haha. this is true, I forgot this

See's chocolates are still good.

[tabasco]

38. 99-cent Whoppers

Use to buy 'em by the bag.

[DJ13]

129. Bonus Jack from Jack in the Box

And not the soggy, poor imitation they tried selling only as a combo meal a couple of years back.

They couldnt quite copy the original "Secret Sauce" in the last version, and it needed the square paper ring around the burger to keep it from falling apart in the wrapper.


Also the old Jack Steak sandwich, and the Jack Burrito.

[skorpo]

221. The last burrito I had at Jack

in the box was soooo bad that I now call the place "Cat in the Box"9

[HeiressofBickworth]

345. We always referred to Jack in the Box as "barf in the bag"

[Egalitarian Thug]

303. I'm so old that I remember when it used to take two hands to handle a Whopper

and there was actual meat from cows in them.

[PCIntern]

39. Here are a few...

Sno-Crop orange juice
Delsey toilet tissue
Beech Nut gum
Sunbeam Golden Fruit

[Lindsay]

41. The first big disappointment

I can remember from my childhood is that my mother wouldn't buy me a Teddy Sno-Crop polar bear puppet they offered. I don't think we used Sno-Crop orange juice, though.

(Many years later I named a white kitten Teddy in memory of that puppet. I really, really wanted that puppet!)

[snagglepuss]

66. Beechnut gum I so loved that.

[CTyankee]

255. Was that the Teaberry gum? I liked it cuz it had a nice, refreshing taste...

[MgtPA]

279. Remember the Teaberry Shuffle?

[CTyankee]

281. I LOVED the Clark's Teaberry Shuffle!

It was such a nice little commercial...

[MgtPA]

315. When I was in high school, girls would walk down the hall and break into the Teaberry Shuffle.

[hatrack]

294. Oh my God! Clark's Teaberry - I remember that!

My grandpa used to chew it, and he'd give my brother and me one stick to split.

True, our mouths were relatively small, but he was a thrifty old guy!

[Barack_America]

356. .

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/teaberry-gum.htm

[slampoet]

449. Teaberry gum and all the other flavors (clove etc. ) are still available.

Look in discount stores, dollar stores.

In your area think Ocean State Job Lot.

[CTyankee]

461. Thanks, one of those stores is nearby...

[BarbaRosa]

44. Grapefruit tang

That stuff was super tart, would really cut through morning mouth.

[MgtPA]

45. I remember that! The orange stuff was horrible, but the grapefruit was pretty good.

My dad would throw a shot or two of rum into a glass of grapefruit Tang. Not bad!

[Confusious]

262. Hey! Orange is awesome.

I think grapefruit is crap.

Always too bitter.

[Freddie]

46. Nabisco snacks from the old days

Tid-Bits cheese crackers
Doo-Dads snack mix (like Chex mix)
Bacon crackers
Mister Salty pretzels in the blue box, best pretzels ever made. Sigh.

[djean111]

78. Oh, Mr. Salty! Ice cold bottle of Pepsi and Mr. Salty, best snack in the world.

I still laugh at an old joke by Richard Jeni (passed way, all too soon) -
Jeni said in this age of overly health conscious foods (or something like that) Mr. Salty proudly said "Fuck you! I'm Mr. Salty!"
I remember eating the pretzels and then dumping the loose salt in my hand and eating that too.

[PCIntern]

121. Remember Tritzels as a fellow Philadelphian?

they were almost burnt--deeeeelicious!

[MgtPA]

49. Singer sewing machines. I inherited my Mom's old Singer from the 1930's; in the 1990's I decided to

get a modern machine with more stitches and gizmos, so of course I got another Singer. What an unstable, imprecise piece of crap! Turns out that what I thought of as Singer was no more, and some outfit in Korea was cranking out junk and slapping the Singer name on it.

In six months, I'd dumped the Singer and bought a Husqvarna Viking. What a dream! It's not made in the USA, but neither was that Singer.

[Retrograde]

74. Hold on to that 30s Singer!

Especially if it's a Featherweight. My mother bought a new Singer Featherweight in the early 2000s, and it was the worst piece of junk I've ever used.

[sakabatou]

86. .

[MgtPA]

91. Oh, I would never get rid of my Mom's Singer...it would be like getting rid of Mom.

[Awknid]

111. I grew up sewing on an old Singer

I still have two of them. Love them!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

148. Old Singers are great!!!! All steel & they last forever.

I learned on my mom's Featherweight, made in the 1930s. People who live in RVs love them b/c they are so small. I also have mom's Slant-O-Matic 401A, which was state of the art in 1956. It will do a zigzag without an attachment. Drop in front horizontal bobbin!!! both machines fit in a hole in a wooden topped folding card table.

Looks like so:


Some people are into crank and treadle machines, but I am not willing to go that far back.

[MgtPA]

174. I learned to sew on a Singer too.

[meow2u3]

51. The 3-pound can of coffee

is now barely over 2 pounds--if you're lucky!

[RagAss]

52. Wetson's ...NY, NJ, CT - A McDonald's rival in the early 70's....

best french fries ever served anywhere on earth.

[TeamPooka]

136. Carroll's also in CT and NY giving McD's a run inj the 70's. great fries too!

[The empressof all]

53. Thomas's Date Nut Bread

It's demise was the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it...

I will always remember the thin sticky slices smeared with whipped cream cheese. It was a regular treat in my home growing up. I still long for it.

I have tried many times to recreate it...And it's just never the same.

God....I would love to have it again

[mitchtv]

239. that was the greatest

an integral part of my mom's Christmas breakfast after midnight mass

[msanthrope]

465. Oh...you made my mouth water. We ate that on Sunday mornings...nt

[Carnage251]

54. I never liked Fruitopia but I recently realized that it is no longer made

[justiceischeap]

297. OMG! I used to drink Fruitopia all the time until...

I learned that some of the coloring was mud from bugs.

[Jackpine Radical]

56. One thing for sure--Twinkies don't make my list.

Had all Hostess products disappeared without fanfare, I doubt I would have ever noticed.

[flor-de-jasmim]

57. Baskin/Robbins choc mandarin orange sherbet & Pacquin hand creme

[regnaD kciN]

215. +1 on the BR...

...as well as their Pink Grapefruit Ice.

[livetohike]

58. St. Ives shampoo and conditioner and especially their Hair Repair

The company was bought by Alberto Culver (makers of VO 5) some years ago and now Unilever. They stopped making those products and I loved them .

[msanthrope]

466. Check out Vermont Country Store--they have lots of beauty

products that are hard to find.

[hobbit709]

59. Liederkranz Cheese

[Freddie]

228. They lost the bacteria

Seriously, I read that they can't make Liederkranz anymore because the particular bacteria culture that made the cheese unique was lost.

[hobbit709]

234. It's back

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liederkranz_cheese

[nc4bo]

60. Probably the only one that remembers Spatini spaghetti sauce mix..

Used to come in a box with three packets in it.

We used to make the best sauce with it and then it just disappeared...

Found out that some big corporation bought the company.

[Freddie]

67. Yes! Mom made Spatini sauce

Mix with plain tomato paste and water. Yum! Guess its so much easier just to open a jar of Ragu.
I also miss Buitoni (dried) pasta, another takeover victim.

[nc4bo]

95. Yea - lost to the plastic and glass jars.

I ran a Google search and found restaurant sizes (15 oz.) of Spatini over @Amazon and noticed a few comments that said either the ingredients changed or it doesn't taste the same as they remembered.

Of course there are those who bought it and liked it, not sure if any of them actually used it back in the day to know the difference.

But yea - it really was good stuff!!

[Hestia]

428. On Top Secret Recipes they have the Spatini recipe for the packets.

[REP]

144. Vermont Country Store has it

[MgtPA]

178. Remember the jingle?

[Squinch]

214. As soon as I read the name, I started singing it!

[nc4bo]

272. Oh dang - I'd forgotten about that! Thanks for the memories! nm

[jpak]

452. Vermont Country Store (mail order catalog) still sells it and a lot of other "lost" stuff.

Yup

[snagglepuss]

62. Aquarius Body Splash, late 70s.

I think from Revlon.

[XanaDUer]

69. Neutrogena had a great skin sloughing thing

Round blue pads on a battery op handheld. Dead skin rolled off. Stopped making it about 3 years ago. I called to complain, nice lady said they were getting tons of similar complaints so...nothing. Bleep corporations.

[pansypoo53219]

72. phooey on hostess.

they made the crumb cakes LOW FAT! and damn Kellogg's for not making dutch apple pop tarts.

[villager]

73. Team flakes

Would love to taste a bowl of those again.

Though it's entirely possible my fond memories of them were at least equally due to the fact my grandma tended to serve them with... half & half poured over them....

[sufrommich]

76. Green Goddess and roquefort salad dressing,

where the hell did you go?

[sammytko]

151. i buy green goddess dressing all the time here in s. texas. made by seven seas

[nc4bo]

80. A1 Steak Sauce. I know I'm not crazy, I remember anchovy paste being an ingredient

and the sauce had a nice depth of flavor.

My mom remembers it but when asking anyone else if they remember A1 SS with anchovy paste, they don't.

[northoftheborder]

107. Yes, I agree it has changed in taste, not as good.

[no_hypocrisy]

81. 1. Old London products

The original Cheez Doodles and Cheez Waffies

2. Burry's Bakers ("They're mixed and they're baked by Burry's, so they're burry, burry good&quot
Fudge Town cookies

Lickety-Splits
Peanut Butter Gauchos
Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Scooter Pies
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/Does-anyone-remember-Burry39s-Cookies-m74728.aspx

3. White Rock soda


4. Fizzies


5. Louis Sherry Ice Cream (Esp. chocolate chip)

6. The ORIGINAL Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo

[XanaDUer]

105. God I miss that shampoo!

Old London, too.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

199. Oh yeah, that was good stuff.

Another one I miss:

[XanaDUer]

210. There was a honey-wheat organic one

I remember, too, from the late 70s

[Freddie]

113. Burry's Scooter Pies!

A lunchbox staple. Once tried what looked like the same thing--yuck! Coated with some sweet waxy stuff that looked like chocolate.

[newspeak]

249. that picture for white rock soda

i remember as a child, a corner store had that painted on the side of the building. of course, as a child, my imagination would run wild about fairies, pixies.

it seems unilever has bought some of the favorites and has maybe fudged the ingredients to make a few extra bucks for WS. who cares about quality and what the consumers want. do you think they figure that if they buy up everything, after a time, they'll convince us to eat shite and make us believe it's cake?

[MoonchildCA]

346. Fizzles were great.

Especially in my preteens when I realized you could just stick them in your mouth and start foaming at the mouth. What fun!

[shanti]

366. yes, fizzies!

i used to like to eat them, not make a drink out of them. i think i've seen something similar, but they are artificially sweetened and nasty.

[teenagebambam]

82. I was going to say Zantigo's

...a Taco Bell rival when I lived in Ohio in the 80's. But I just googled them and apparently they still exist in Minnesota!

http://zantigo.com/location.php

[BlueMan Votes]

83. funny face drinks.

rootin' tootin' rasberry, goofy grape, loudmouth lime, choo-choo cherry...

[ReasonableToo]

99. ...lefty lemon, wacky watermelon!

[Freddie]

118. Discontinued when they banned Cyclamate sweetener.

Were they the "fizzy" ones? Mom was too cheap and would only get us Kool-Aid, the add-sugar kind.

[narnian60]

331. NEVER would have remembered them! Jolly Olly Orange!

[So_Blue]

351. We used to have the drinking glasses from a promo...

Choo-choo cherry and jolly olly orange were "mine".

[PCIntern]

468. Originally Chinese Cherry. Nt

[hatrack]

299. Any potential link to Lavoris?

That was cinnamon too, IIRC.

[sakabatou]

88. Pringles Hot & Spicy

I can't find it anywhere here.

[LTR]

125. ANY decent flavor Pringles!

What happened to Cajun style? Now, the only flavors that are left are absolutely hideous!

[sakabatou]

155. I know

[LTR]

344. Dill pickle flavor? Salt and vinegar?

And now pumpkin spice?

Yuck!

Bring back Cajun and hot and spicy! Sorry, but buffalo wing is a poor substitute.

[sakabatou]

440. My mom loves salt and vinegar

[Chipper Chat]

96. Powerhouse candy bars.

Tasted alot like Snickers - only much better. And BIGGER. And only 5 cents. (1955)

[Chipper Chat]

100. Sugar Crisp. It was my only vice in the 70s.

Was replaced in the 80s by 'Golden Crisp.' Not the same taste.

[Chipper Chat]

104. Oxydol powdered soap.

My grandma used it religiously - said it was better than Tide and Cheer.

[GoCubsGo]

110. It's still around.

Do you have a Dollar Tree nearby? My grandma used to use it, too. My dad thinks it may be the same thing as OxiClean.

[Chipper Chat]

273. I'll check out the $Tree.

I have a hard time finding ANY powder detergent anymore - just small boxes of Tide Ultra.

[SmileyRose]

97. I miss the made in America Walmart

Flame away if you want but back in the day they brought decent 2nd or even primary jobs out to the country along with decent basics mostly made in America along with local farm products.

I miss that

[Barack_America]

359. !!

[reformist2]

394. I'm old enough to remember the ads that bragged everything there was "made in the USA".

They sure pulled a 180 on that one, didn't they?

[harmonicon]

532. I remember the ads that said that.

I also remember that they were lies.

[Indpndnt]

98. B&G Piccalilli Relish

So, so good. A bit complex compared to sweet relish. They don't make it anymore.

[northoftheborder]

103. La Choy Brown Gravy Sauce

This was always my secret ingredient for rich, brown, flavorful gravy. I would always add a teaspoon of that to my gravy made with the meat juices, and it would be dark brown, and de-licious. Suddenly, it could not be found anywhere. There is nothing else that substitutes for it that I've found. I kept my last bottle for a long time with it's remnants of sauce and the ingredients were molasses, and other meat flavorings. I've tried adding a bit of molasses to gravy, but not the same.

Sad for gravy lovers. The mixes are terrible IMHO.

[TheDebbieDee]

168. Kitchen Bouquet works as a gravy browning sauce - maybe you should check it out.

[northoftheborder]

186. OK - may try that, however do they still make that? I don't remember seeing it, but then I

haven't actively looked for it. I used to have it in my pantry, but can't remember exactly what I used it for. Thanks.

[TheDebbieDee]

216. Maybe it's not available in your part of the country..........I'm in Kansas City.

I find it with all the other cooking sauces in the grocery store. I've never tasted the Kitchen Bouquet by utself so I have no idea what it tastes like. I've only ever used it to brown gravy, soups, stews and anything that needs to look browner.

[rzemanfl]

190. Me too. n/t

[badhair77]

112. The incredible blue mask

I think it was made by Max Factor. There was a brush on the lid of the bottle and I brushed it on. About 30 min later I peeled it off. My skin felt smooth and fresh.

Can't find anything like it now.

[northoftheborder]

130. Yes I remember that. It was good.

[cally]

329. I just found a recipe for a homemaid mask that mimics it, I think

I didn't bookmark it but it was a combo of milk and gelatin. You could find it by googling diy face masks. I was looking for something else and saw this.

[zbdent]

115. the original Coca-Cola ... and airplane glue ...

[northoftheborder]

133. Coca-cola made in Mexico uses cane sugar instead of corn syrup, and I think it tastes most like...

....the original Coke. You can find it hidden away in odd places in grocery stores and corner gas stops sometimes have them. Also, Pepsi made with real sugar.

[Danmel]

146. at Passover you can buy Coke with sugar

Marked kosher for passover. Corn & other grains not kp.

I miss bosco chocolate syrup, real egg creams, fruit float dessert, Dannon prune whip yogurt (sounds weird, but it,was good). Goodman's egg noodles, seltzer in blue glass siphon bottles ....I am dating myself.

[sakabatou]

159. There are some really good stuff during Passover

[Walk away]

183. We made our Egg Creams with U-Bet Chocolate Syrup. The best!

[Danmel]

201. U-Bet is still easy to find in NY

Vanilla is good too!

[Walk away]

322. That's true but my butt has made U-Bet extinct around here!

It might as well be a Twinkie

[Sekhmets Daughter]

298. They still make U-bet...

[Science Geek]

147. The truly original Coca-Cola...

...contained both Cocaine (coca leaf extract) and Kola nut extract (hence its name), today it contains neither.

It was originally sold as a patent medicine.

Coca-cola had in 1885 what would, today, be considered to be a large amount of cocaine; it was added to the syrup as coca leaf extract sold to drug stores where it was dispensed along with soda water. They didn't call it 'the drink that refreshes' for nothing. Over the years starting around 1891, the Coca-cola company slowly decreased the amount of cocaine in its syrup, mostly due to public outcry over the dangers of 'cocainism'. Coca-cola retained some trace of cocaine up until 1929!

[zbdent]

161. SOMEBODY

gets it ...

[Egalitarian Thug]

309. Costco sells it, but it is not the same at all. n/t

[Maeve]

462. Check the "world foods" area of your supermarket

I know our Kroger carries it there

[GoCubsGo]

116. The Body Shop's Seaweed and Peony shampoo and conditioner.

It was good stuff, and smelled nice. Most of these hair care products REEK these days. I was really disappointed when they sold out to Loreal. Many of my other favorite products went away, too, only to be replaced by stinky stuff.

[cherokeeprogressive]

117. Marathon Bars

Braided chocolate and caramel. The package had a ruler on back to prove it was as long as advertised. The TV commercials had a Bad Guy named Quick Carl who did EVERYTHING fast, but the one thing that always foiled him was a Marathon Bar.

If I remember correctly, Marion Morrison's son was in the commercials too.

[leftstreet]

145. +1

I STILL crave those

They make a wannabe called a Curly Wurly. I've tried it - meh.

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/curly-wurly.htm

[gulliver]

209. +1

They were great.

[2theleft]

217. the best candy bar EVER n/t

[hrmjustin]

126. Welcome to DU!

[Cirque du So-What]

131. Yunno, there's a 'sarcasm' smilie available for posts like this

unless it wasn't intended sarcastically or ironically after all, in which case, your brief-ass existence on this board will soon be forgotten.

[Throd]

122. Oldsmobile

They made great cars for decades, but the quality and design went to shit in the 70's. The last one worth owning was built in 1973.

[lumberjack_jeff]

370. Nonsense. I had a '98 Aurora. Awesome car. n/t

[Jamaal510]

124. Trix cereal before it went back to the puff shapes.

Also Hostess Tiger Tails, Sony Walkmen, typewriters, Gameboy Pockets, and Six Flags Marine World (before all the rides were built).

[LTR]

127. Citrus Cooler Gatorade

It had Michael Jordan on the bottle. Best flavor they had.

And the original Pepsi One fom about a decade ago, not the new version that tastes like piss.

[onestepforward]

128. Clove flavored Lifesavers

I LOVED that candy!

[LTR]

383. Clove cigarettes

Which, rumor had it, made your lungs bleed.

Those, I believe, were banned nationwide a few years ago.

[onestepforward]

412. I've smoked a few of those too,

but they were too strong, so I didn't inhale

[Tunkamerica]

534. clove cigarettes are still around... I smelled one the other day.

[TeamPooka]

135. The Marathon Bar a caramel and chocolate bar from years gone by...

[Science Geek]

153. The cowboy with the white hat...

...is Patrick Wayne, the son of John Wayne.

[TeamPooka]

156. yes he is.

[forestpath]

137. Tangerine Lifesavers.

[Walk away]

181. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DonRedwood]

227. yum!!!!

[catbyte]

139. George Washington Golden Seasoning Mix

It was vegetarian but gave soups an awesome rich flavor. Can't find it anywhere.

[Danmel]

166. i think the kosher butcher near me has it

I am going therd tomorrow. I can get it for you & send it to you if you want.

[catbyte]

305. are you serious? that would be awesome.

[Danmel]

371. I will check tomorrow

let me know how many boxes you want. They weigh about an ounce each. If they have them, I'd be happy to send a few to you.

[catbyte]

437. Thank you so much for checking! could you check the price? this is wonderful

[Freddie]

334. Vermont Co. Store has it

[BarbaRosa]

142. Fizz-Nik

instant ice cream float

[rzemanfl]

184. I loved those things. Couldn't remember what they were called. Thanks for the memory.

[no_hypocrisy]

246. Found one for you:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASTRO-FIZZ-NIK-SPACE-SHIP-SODA-POP-ICE-CREAM-FLOAT-MIP-/140877980759?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ccfb6457

[rzemanfl]

306. Thank you!

[REP]

143. Sunshine Biscuit's HYDROX cookies and LEMON COOLERS

Hydrox were the original (and best) sandwich cookies; Oreos just suck. Early July's come the closest, but nothing else is a Hydrox. Lemon Coolers were made by Sunshine, too; they were awesome.

[Art_from_Ark]

195. Sunshine also made Yum-Yums

A kind of cookie with coconut, chocolate and chopped nuts that I haven't seen since 1970 or so.

[DonRedwood]

230. lemon coolers are my favorites. they changed the lemon sugar then disappeared :0(

[REP]

267. Keebler bought Hydrox and Lemon Coolers and discontinued them but Cheez-its live on

I'm from KC, home of Sunshine - grew up playing at Loose Park (memorial to one of the founders of Sunshine, Jacob Loose).

[HiPointDem]

492. but keeblers itself was bought by kellogg, then by flower foods. each

time they turn over the ownership they cheapen the product & cut brands.

[ohheckyeah]

150. Caswell-Massey • Cucumber and Elder Flower

line of products. The smell was delicious and it's been discontinued. Bummer

[graham4anything]

154. Pro-Keds and Spaldeens and Honeymooner TShirt however...

you can dig them up online or ebay though I suspect mens Pro-Keds are converses with different labels

[Squinch]

223. PF Flyers! Make you run faster and jump higher!

Which is why I am now so slow. It has nothing to do with age, it's the shoes!

[graham4anything]

254. Yup!

[Quixote1818]

157. Del Monte butterscotch pudding in the cans.

Man was it good! Nothing out there today is even worth buying. It's crap!

[sobenji]

158. The Bell Beefer sandwich from taco bell

Uses to love that. And the enchirito.
Luckily the enchirito has been brought back.

[onethatcares]

160. Log Cabin Fudge, Bonomo Turkish Taffy

Nibs.

MalloCups

When I was growing up, we sold that stuff at recess (catholic school) 1 cent for the fudge pieces and they were individual pieces you broke off a larger square, 5 cents for the bar candies.

Damn, those Strawberry flavored bonomo bars could wreck your fillings in a quick minute.

[rzemanfl]

189. We can still get Bonomo Turkish Taffy here. I can't risk my bridgework.

Last edited Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

[Freddie]

203. Mallo Cups are still made

Boyer Candy near Reading PA. I think Vermont Co. Store has them. Mmmmm...

[SheilaT]

233. But they are not the same Mallo cups you

could buy in the '60s. Back in the day the were probably at least an inch and a half high, and the filling was incredibly creamy. God, I loved them! I've bought them recently, and they are about half an inch thick, the filling is not quite hard, but getting there. And they've cheaped out on the bits of coconut in the top layer of chocolate.

If I only had a time machine . . . .

[Arkansas Granny]

165. Clairol Herbal Essence shampoo, meaning the original scent from the 70's.

[Z_I_Peevey]

450. Also, the 1970s scent of Wella Balsam shampoo,

the version advertised by the Farrah Fawcett commercial

[ChairmanAgnostic]

172. tang

when I was a kid, i'd take a teaspoon and put it on vanilla icecream. wonderful combo.

[yewberry]

175. Does anyone even make golden ginger ale anymore?

I live in WA but grew up in New England. I used to love golden ginger ale... Chelmsford, Polar, there was a Canadian brand (Essex maybe?) but I haven't seen any for years. My husband (from here) has no idea what I'm talking about, so it was probably a local thing.

Anyone know if it's still out there?

[mitchtv]

235. no, but Vernor's Ginger ale out if SF

is (was) really good, it;s too expensive out here

[DollarBillHines]

263. I have some in the pantry

Vernor's and Menudo are my favorite morning-after-a-hard-night. cure.

There is a woman here who sells Menudo out of her garage on Saturdays and Sundays. You know it's good when it has hooves in it.

[newspeak]

256. how about grape nehi and

strawberry Barque's (or barqs?). also, i loved a fizzy chocolate soda drink, but can't remember the name.

don't drink much soda anymore.

[jackbenimble]

349. Today at Costco

I tasted a golden ginger ale type drink called Bundaberg Ginger Beer. "Beer" as in Root Beer type of thing, not alcoholic. It was better than any ginger-ale I ever tasted.

[cherokeeprogressive]

177. JC Penney's Deck Shoes and Vans Tennis Shoes. n/t

[high density]

212. JC Penney's period

I fear they are not going to be around for much longer.

[Siwsan]

180. Saturn Car Company

My Saturn is the best car I've ever owned. Everyone in my family has one. My local dealership was friendly, efficient and very affordable. I now plan to make this car last for as long as humanly possible.

[Tree-Hugger]

325. 2002 SL1 here

Best car ever. Has 165,000 on it and it's doing great. They made wonderful cars.

[Jane Austin]

182. Chocolate tapioca mix by Jello.

My very favorite sweet. I think they discontinued it in the seventies. I've tried to duplicate it, but can't.

Also, Ludens extra-strong wild cherry cough drops - regular or sugar free.

Very, very refreshing.

[LadyHawkAZ]

187. Shakey's Pizza

I think some still exist somewhere, but the last time I had this was in '95 in Burbank. I haven't seen one since.

I remember those old Carnation breakfast bars. My mom used to pack them in my lunch in grade school. They were delicious.

[djean111]

231. There is a Shakey's Pizza in Tokyo.

Not too bad - but I was not prepared to see people squeezing squirt bottles of mayo all over their pizza.
Hadn't seen a Shakey's since I left Bloomington Il 11,000 years ago.

Damn, now I am homesick for Philly - Phil & Jim's cheese steaks, hoagies, Taylor Pork Roll, birch beer. I know can I get things named the same as those things, everywhere, but they don't taste the same.

[iemitsu]

330. After reading the above list of bygone products

I realize the thing I miss most is the price we paid for any of them.
Beyond that, there is a product I often think about fondly, which we called "Safeway's 79 cent cardboard pizza" (I suppose they were made by Western Family). They were actually very good frozen pizzas (imo). I think the peperoni version cost 89 cents.
I don't think any of the frozen pizza available today tastes as good.

[mitchtv]

363. got a shakey's in dwntown Palm Springs

another in Daly City

[typeviic]

191. DERBY tamales in the glass jar (to die for) nt

[woo me with science]

193. The Democratic Party's ingredients changed.

Same slogans, but vastly degraded policies in areas important to the one percent.

Hopefully this election and the uproar over a potential "Grand Bargain" signals that the people are starting to be serious about demanding a return to quality ingredients.

[JackRiddler]

380. Ha! I came in to say the same thing...

The pre-neoliberal Democratic Party. Quite imperialist, but not working with the bosses and crazies to roll back social and economic justice.

[woo me with science]

408. +100000

[HiPointDem]

493. +1

[Buns_of_Fire]

197. Burger King's "Yumbo"

Yumbo! Hot hot! (*bump* *bump* *bump* *bump*)
Great new sandwich just can't miss
Baked smoked ham and natural swiss
Steaming hot, on a golden egg bun
Burger King, where eating is fun!
Yumbo! Hot hot!

*sigh* Young and innocent days...

[WCGreen]

224. I loved the Yumbo...

[murielm99]

200. I don't think anyone mentioned Chips Ahoy cookies.

My husband used to eat those all the time. He has loved them since he was a kid. He would take a bag of them to work. I bought them for him, not me.

A few years ago I noticed that he was not eating them any more. He says the ingredients have changed, and they, too, are now inedible.

If they are saving a few cents per package on their cheap ingredients, they are losing more in the long run. This thread is huge. You know we are not the only people in the country who won't buy these products any more.

[woo me with science]

213. The problem is that everything is being systematically degraded.

Everything affordable, anyway.

We are developing a two-tiered food system, just like everything else in this country.

[HiPointDem]

494. + 1 million.

[indivisibleman]

316. Yes! Chips Ahoy is another one...

that we will not buy anymore. They are bland now and they used to be irresistible.

[Odin2005]

388. Chips Ahoy are like hard tack, nowadays, disgusting!

When I was a kid in the 90s they were awesome, now they SUCK!

[Mr.Bill]

426. Orange Julius

when it had raw egg in it.

[HiPointDem]

495. the new generation who doesn't remember the old product will. because products

just like it are all their is in the price range.

and they will say "yum" because it's sweet and it's what they're used to.

[murielm99]

507. We make a lot of cookies at Christmas

and give them as gifts. I made cookies throughout the year when my kids were small. They were mostly oatmeal cookies and sugar cookies, but they were pretty substantial. That meant that no one had to stuff their face with a half a dozen cookies to get a filling snack. The ingredients are real. That means my family is not willing to settle for the junk. They are adults now, and they don't buy it.

My cookies are still in demand. I am still asked to bake for the local animal shelter fund raiser, and for some school functions, even though I have no one enrolled in school. I feel honored to contribute some "real" food.

[Archae]

208. Log Cabin pancake syrup.

Came in a tin bottle, then glass, shaped like a log cabin.

Then they changed the bottle. to a "normal" bottle shape.

[high density]

211. Sony

In the 80s Sony produced excellent electronics. Now it is garbage that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot poll.

[Aerows]

269. No kidding

Sony makes piles of crap now.

[woo me with science]

219. K&R Every single day, in a million expanding ways,

our quality of life is degraded, and we are exploited for more and more profit by the one percent.

This is what happens when we allow corporate control of our lives and government. Corporate ethics and the drive for profit replace a general striving to improve the quality of our lives.

[TheKentuckian]

512. Preach Woo!

As true a words as have been stated.

[Eleanors38]

220. Swift Premium hams, thru Publix in N. Florida...

they changed the curing/hog selection about 40 yrs ago. That was the end of that.

[WCGreen]

222. I miss Jarts...

Playing horse shoes with huge, weighted darts was a great way to cull the herd...

[msanthrope]

522. I have a set. We play every Thanksgiving in my family.....carefully. nt

[cherish44]

226. PUDDING POPS!

I crave them muchly and oftenly.

[So_Blue]

360. YES! Those were so tasty!! nt

[Panasonic]

232. For those who live in Colorado - there's a place on 16th and Larimer - has a LOT of nostalgic food

pop, candies, anything you guys grew up. It's called Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Store.

http://www.rocketfizz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137

(There are OTHER locations, in CA, AZ, IN, TN, TX)

[Freddie]

236. Post Fortified Oat Flakes

Best cereal ever and healthy too! Kept hoping they revive it with the oat bran fad but no deal.

[SheilaT]

237. Pantene hair shampoo and cream rinse.

Back in the 60's and 70's, it was a high-end brand, only available in upscale places. Once a year it would go on sale, and I'd stock up. Over time I'd switched to some other products, and a couple of weeks ago I wanted to get Pantene again. Now its sold in regular stores, there are 87 different choices of the hair products, not a single one is remotely like the original. What a shame.

I didn't even bother to read the label, but I'm sure it's now owned by some different company now, and that's the reason. I even opened a couple of bottles to check the smell, and of course they smelled nothing like what I recall.

Sigh. Again, if I only had a time machine.

[CTyankee]

258. Do you remember "Gee your hair smells terrific"?

One shampoo with that would knock everyone's sense of smell out...

[nc4bo]

276. DUer No Vested Interested suggested Vermont Country Store. Guess what they have?

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Health_&_Beauty/Hair_Care/Shampoos_&_Conditioners/Gee,_Your_Hair_Smells_Terrific/54234?endecaid=HEAHCRBNBN01090512

[CTyankee]

280. It has to have been sitting on a shelf for god knows how long...maybe the smell has gone away...

[nc4bo]

282. LOL - back then they sorta made things to last alot longer than they do now!

[SheilaT]

364. I know of it, but it's not one I ever bought.

Pantene had a wonderful scent that I loved.

They made both an instant conditioner and a 30 minute one and I loved them both. The 30 minute conditioners have all disappeared, and I guess just aren't needed any more.

I use Redkin, and I'm concerned that they'll change their formulation and it will be a hassle to figure out what to use after that.

[Frank Cannon]

438. I LOVED Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific!

I thought it smelled awesome. And I also got repeated compliments from several pretty girls on how great my hair smelled.

Ah, those were the days. Maybe I'll check out the VCS version and try to relive the magic.

[doc03]

238. Walkers Homemade Ice Cream. They had a little store down the road from me. They made their

ice cream from their own herd of Jersey cows and made all their own flavorings. There is nothing better than ice cream
fresh from the ice cream machine. They also sold pasturised milk with the cream on the top and homemade cider.

[highplainsdem]

240. Too many cat food flavors to name, that my cats decided were their favorite, just before

the companies got rid of them.

[Raine]

241. Pogen gingersnap animal cookies. nt

[mitchtv]

242. Clark bars, Fifth Avenue ,Big Hunk

Mission sodas particularly cream soda

[GoCubsGo]

311. Go here:

At least for the candy: http://www.oldtimecandy.com

[El Supremo]

252. Lark cigarettes

I know, I know.... But they were the only ones with charcoal granules in the filter. I almost gave up smoking because of it.

The latest one is Mexana body powder. I can't even find it at Wal*Mart anymore.

What else? Remember Gleem toothpaste? Yuban Colombian coffee?

[DearHeart]

260. Body on Tap Shampoo

Smelled the best and gave your hair lots of body!

[CTyankee]

261. Cashmere Bouquet Soap. My aunt in Brownwood TX had that in the bathroom. I remember the

smell of that soap combined with the smell of the bourbon my uncle kept in a bottle behind the old clawfoot bathtub. What a combination!

He also had one of those old, two handed candlestick phones where you would pick up the earpiece off of its handle and hold on to the candlestick portion with the speaker you talked into. It required both hands of course. His was in black and had a rotary dial. I remember it because even in the 1950s it was outmoded by us "city mice" who lived in Dallas.

[LadyHawkAZ]

264. Campbell's tomato rice soup

Also, a little local ice cream joint called Bernardoz that used to be in Arroyo Grande, CA. Had the best ice cream in existence. Out of business now.

[Freddie]

290. They still make Tomato Rice Soup

One of my faves too & it's common here (PA)

[LadyHawkAZ]

302. I have not seen it in CA, NV, AZ or UT in years

It was my favorite Campbell's soup too. I think I can get it on Amazon if I want to buy a case...

[woo me with science]

293. Many Campbell's soups don't taste like they used to.

They used to make a good clam chowder. It is tasteless now.

[indivisibleman]

318. agree completely.

The quality is just not there anymore. We make our own soups now because campbells is so bad. Progresso was pretty good when they first came out but they too have now gone down in quality and flavor.

[Odin2005]

389. Their clam chowder tastes bland now, less "fishy".

I usually get Progresso's clam chowder, now.

[Freddie]

456. They changed the formula to reduce sodium

But making the soup "healthier" also made it less flavorful. And just adding table salt (I know, I know) dosen't make up for it as they must have changed other flavorings as well.
Used to love Chunky Beef as a kid and had some recently. Not bad but definitely not the same.

[vanlassie]

414. OMG!!!!! Bernardoz- we used to drive over there from SLO when my husband was at Cal Poly in the

early 80s. There was one in Los Osos, right?

[LadyHawkAZ]

421. There used to be a few locations

I went to grade school right up the street from the original location in the Arroyo village. We used to take mini-class trips up to get ice cream from them.

I miss that mint M&M.

[vanlassie]

423. If you hadn't mentioned it I doubt I would ever have remembered the name

Although I have often remembered the place.

[LadyHawkAZ]

425. Google is trying to insist there's still a location in Grover Beach

even though I was just there in June and it wasn't where it used to be... maybe they moved and have just hidden it very, very carefully.

Also, my spelling stinks. B U R N A R D O Z.

http://local.yahoo.com/info-25241016-burnardo-z-ice-cream-parlor-restaurant-grover-beach

I think the place is a Mexican restaurant now.

[vanlassie]

474. Sigh.

[Aerows]

265. This is going to sound ridiculous

But I miss Le Menu dinners. They came with that melamine plate, and were significantly more tasty than other frozen dinners. I fondly recall their Chicken Parmesan one with the alfredo and green beans.

[reformist2]

396. Mmm. Melamine.

[DireStrike]

274. Oatmeal Swirlers. And pop tarts toaster pastries.

[Spirochete]

275. Surge & OK

soda pop. I know Surge looked like fluorescent antifreeze, but I liked it.

[Odin2005]

390. Surge was revived recently under a new name as an energy drink.

Can't remember the new name and if it is still around. Tasted exactly like the Surge I remember as a kid in the 90s. It horrified my mom because it was so sugary and loaded with caffeine!

[Dash87]

523. It's probably "Vault" now.

It's still around. I used to use it when cramming for exams.

Edit: Nevermind. It was discontinued at the end of 2011.

[Blue_In_AK]

278. Crabtree & Evelyn sandalwood cologne

I LOVED that stuff. I understand they don't make it anymore because the mysore sandalwood is endangered or something. I have about a quarter of an inch in an old bottle that I've been saving for the past 15 years or so. I just like to open it up and take a whiff now and then.

[nc4bo]

304. It's funny you mentioned C&E. My in-laws gave me a gift set of Summerhill....

(shower gel, soap and lotion) and for some reason I JUST got up to look at the tiny shower gel bottle and look up the company and there it was.......but wowee it's alot more $$ than I'd ever dreamed!! Still going to find a way to splurge even if it's just the body lotion....love it love it love it soooooooo much. I'm addicted, hopelessly so.

I saw the sandalwood Eau de Toilette on the website but not the cologne.


......now going back to see where I can sneak the lotion into my budget..

[Blue_In_AK]

338. Yeah, I saw that eau, as well,

but it has a different formula than the old stuff I used to buy back in the '80s. It's just not quite the same. The old formula was more unisex, as well. I noticed they said the eau de toilette was a fragrance for men, but the cologne could have been used by either. It was an intoxicating fragrance, but real light, not too heavy or overpowering, which I really liked because I don't usually wear perfume or cologne.

[Hestia]

429. It may be that it is Australian Sandalwood instead of Mysore - the Aussie is the go to product

now. I do not like it at all. It is sharp and doesn't have that warm, woodsy smell. It takes 30 + years for a sandalwood tree to grow, and the profiteers have cut them down to nothing. There is a family in India that has been farming the sandalwood for awhile now, and plant more trees than they harvest.

If you really want to get a wood that is very expensive - wood aloe, or oud. OMG! the price. Saudi Arabia is demanding these products and are pricing us out of the market.

[joshcryer]

286. BeOS.

Was a cool Operating System. You can still get it, but it hasn't been updated in awhile (except for some devices).

[hatrack]

287. Marathon Bars, damnit!

One long DNA-looking lacework of just caramel covered with chocolate.

Went missing in the early 1980s - STILL pissed about it, as you can see . . .

[TDale313]

288. Anyone remember Gobblestix?

Loved those as a kid.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

292. Pearl Drops teeth whitener

There was probably something terribly abrasive in this stuff but boy did it work.
Non of the whitening products out now come close.

[ailsagirl]

496. I liked that, too

But my dentist said it was very abrasive and not to use it. Then I noticed they had disappeared from stores.

[union_maid]

295. Chocolate Snaps

I loved them as a child and they were around long enough for my kids to love them, too. They came in little boxes, were cheap and just a great chocolate fix. I don't see why they had to die.

[mile18blister]

301. For old-timers in the Chicago area

Dressel's whipped cream cake.

Chocolate fudge cake, chocolate butter cream icing, whipped cream filling.

No cake, anywhere has ever come close.

[GoCubsGo]

307. Oh, yes! Yum!

Those were good. I miss whipped cream-frosted or filled cakes. Only butter cream frosting around here.

Here's the recipe for the Dressel's cake, if you wish to make it yourself:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-daley-question-dressels-cake-20120515,0,2229377.story

[rzemanfl]

528. Thank your for this link. I am searching for a recipe from my grade school days ('50s)

in a Chicago suburb. I got a response from the editor herself who said she is going to try to find it

[mojitojoe]

308. Don't know if they were unique to Chicago...

...but I miss Salerno.. Especially their Christmas Jingles. And I miss Pinwheels by Maurice Lennel I think.

"Mommy What is it dear. I want a Salerno Butter Cookie."

[GoCubsGo]

317. Maurice Lenell's pinwheels were my favorite.

Both Salerno butter cookies and Maurice Lenell cookies are still available. Both can be bought on Amazon.com, although you have to buy a case of them. You can also buy ML's from their web page. I have seen the Maurice Lenell's at the Dollar Tree, although it's been a while. I also bought them at the Rite Aid drug store a few years ago. Haven't seen them there in a couple of years. They're still pretty good, although the pinwheels are not as chocolaty as they used to be.

[Egalitarian Thug]

314. Kikkoman soy sauce. n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

417. Still available

Isn't it?

[Egalitarian Thug]

422. Yes, but a poor and pale imitation of what it once was. n/t

[SalviaBlue]

518. It's funny, just today I saw a commercial

For Kikkomen touting it as a "company started by a woman when women didn't start companies" and using the old family recipe. I buy the low sodium and it is anemic.

[Egalitarian Thug]

533. Well apparently whatever corporation that owns this woman's company now threw the old family recipe

out the window and substituted some chemical brew and more water for whatever it was. I don't really even know what soy sauce is, except that I assume it has soy and salt in it, but this crap is nothing like it was just 10 or 15 years ago. Fortunately for them, I haven't found anything else that's better that doesn't cost 10 times as much.

[MgtPA]

319. Yardley's Oh! de London

[narnian60]

339. Fond memories of that cologne. Sooooo British (or so I thought).

[mrmpa]

321. For all those missed brands (food & personal use) just go to.......................

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/

[indivisibleman]

323. Brach's candies

all of these have really gone down in quality and flavor.
The size is smaller now on the coconut Neapolitans.
nougats have lost their flavor, are hard to chew or just taste awful.
the little milk maid royals have small grains in them and don't taste the same at all.
I could go on. We cannot buy them anymore because they are just not the same at all.

[txdemsftw]

324. KitchenAid mixers...

My grandmother had one back when I was little and it is still working perfectly today....

I got a REALLY pretty cherry apple red one a couple of years ago, and it is nothing like the old ones. They used to be made with all metal gears, but now they are going cheap on us (but still charge an arm and a leg for one) and making them with nylon/plastic gears.

Sucks that things get more and more expensive, yet quality gets worse and worse.

I will say that my Vitamix is the best thing I've ever bought and the quality is still as good as back in the day!

[indivisibleman]

335. Yes! we got one as a gift and it broke down a year later.

My moms is still going after 40 plus years. In fact their fridge, oven and cooktop lasted over 50 years.
We are now on our third cooktop and the new tops don't use glass anymore. I guess the glass is too expensive now? as a result they are no longer scratchproof. Our new one got a scratch on it the first day and we then found out how we needed to take tender loving care of the surface or it would start to look terrible.

[northoftheborder]

326. Clark's bars

One of my favorite bar candies, is still made, you can order it by the box from the factory, but why isn't it sold in any of our groceries here in Texas?

[benld74]

327. ANY soda made with REAL sugar! No more of this frutose crap, and not have to pay $6/6pack for it!

[woo me with science]

328. +1

[txdemsftw]

336. I grew up 30 minutes

away from the Dublin Dr.Pepper plant in Dublin, TX....the best Dr. Pepper around used with real cane sugar. But of course the corporate assholes thought that this small town plant was taking away 'their' business by labeling it Dublin Dr.Pepper and now they no longer carry reference to Dublin.

So now they will no longer produce Dublin Dr Pepper in the 6.5 or 10 ounce deposit bottles. Grrr.

[TheKentuckian]

513. That is what I'm talking about.

Even the throwback and Mexican stuff, though better, seems off as well.

They've screwed up soft drinks horribly.

Bring back glass returnables and sugar so we can figure out what else was jacked up.

[indivisibleman]

332. Here are a few more products that we don't buy anymore because the recipe and quality has changed.

Rippin Good sandwich creme cookies.
Some deli meats are absolutely flavorless
Chicken such as Gold n Plump, just awful and flavorless.
Hamburger. We have to go to Whole Foods to get meat that tastes like it did when we were kids.
Pork, no flavor anymore. They have bred all the fat out of the pigs.
Brownberry Bread used to make a Health Nut that was delicious. Then it was sold? and came under the name Arnold and it sucks now.
Frozen Pizza. some have that non sausage, beef/pork/chicken-sausage. Most are pretty bad. Since when does a pizza have to cost under 10 dollars. I would pay more than 10 for a good pizza with good ingredients.

[Freddie]

340. Pork is definitely not as good anymore

Mom used to make pork chops & it was a real treat. Now they are tasteless unless you use lots of seasonings. Sadly I think the effort to make the meat lower in fat and healthier has removed the flavor. I think tinkering with the formula to reduce fat and salt has changed many products such as Campbell's soups.

[northoftheborder]

354. I thought it was just me; I used to make baked pork chops all the time, tender and tasty. Now they.

....always turn out dry and tough. I cook them exactly the same way. You must be right.

[northoftheborder]

362. One of my children's favorites fast foods was Little Smokeys sausages....

used to be very tasty, I ate them too, but they have changed - not as good.

[Freddie]

367. Oscar Mayer Smokie Links are no longer made!

Of all discontinued products that is the one I miss the most. The little smokies available now are Hillshire Farms and just not the same. Used to love the regular sized Smokie Links cooked on the grill.

[rzemanfl]

476. Smokie Links and Kraft Mac & Cheese passed for dinner many times

at my house.

[Digit]

395. Lowe's Grocery Store

I was speaking with the butcher and he was telling me that they do not use the pink slime in their ground beef and also mentioned they don't inject their pork with saline or something like that.

You might want to try to purchase some pork from a butcher to see if there is a difference in quality...then maybe check out your local grocery stores to see if you can replicate it there. Maybe you can also find a butcher at the grocery who can tell you why there is such a difference.

I don't buy my meat at Kroger anymore due to the pink slime crap they sold me....and even after I had complained that it had no flavor and was slimy to the touch, they would not level with me. Even my parrot turned her beak up at it.

[Zambero]

337. Delaware Punch

A non-carbonated grape-flavored bottled soft drink with. I chugged a lot of it as a kid but haven't seen it in decades.

[Whovian]

341. Charles Chips.

They used to deliver.

Just found out there's been a web only restart with the original recipe but they want $25.00 for a one pound tin!

[El Supremo]

377. Yes! I remember them!

Lots of oil in the can when you're done.

Wait - weren't they called Guy's Potato Chips in Texas?

[narnian60]

342. RC Cola in the bottle. Return empty & get nickel deposit back.

[LTR]

350. I'll add glass-bottled Pepsi to that

Las one I had was about a decade ago in Iowa, which is a forced deposit state. That 16 oz bottle I drank was pure nirvana, and reminded me of my childhood, when that stuff was plentiful.

[LTR]

347. Chi-Chi's

Yeah, I know. We all had a love-hate relationship with this now-defunct restaurant chain. I spent a summer there waiting tables when I was 19 and had nightmares for years afterwards.

But that seafood chimi was decadent!

So yeah, Chi-Chi's. Minus the salmonella, of course.

[Barack_America]

368. Fried ice cream.

Haven't been able to find anything quite like it since. Have even tried making it at home.

[LTR]

376. The secret

Today is your lucky day (hopefully). As a former Chi-Chi's waiter, we were tasked with preparing the fried ice cream.

Here's how it works: The ice cream balls with the crispy coating are already pre-frozen and prepared. All we did was drop it in the deep fryer for roughly 10 seconds or so.

That's as much as I remember. Sadly, I remember the birthday song more than the tasty fried ice cream.

[R0ckyRac00n]

531. Birthday song

Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Happy birthday to our guest, Olay!

Happy birthday
Happy birthday
Chi-Chi's wishes you th best, Olay!

[LTR]

535. Actually...

Happy Birthday ole!
Happy Birthday ole!
Happy Birthday from Chi-Chi's
Happy Birthday ole!

[Odin2005]

391. Damn you, now I want friend ice cream!!!

[pnwest]

483. oh geez, don't talk to me about chi-chi's nightmares. I worked at chi-chi's for 8 years...

worked every position in the front of the house, was a trainer in three, was a floor monitor, worked the app station in the kitchen, and ended up as an office manager. Not bragging, just saying I drank the company kool-aid HARD for a long time thinking I was going to make chi-chi's my career.

I was 18 when I started as a hostess, and 26 when I left. I've waited tables and been in management in several other restaurants since then.

I'm 48 now. To this DAY, any work stress dream I have is translated as a waitress nightmare, and I'm ALWAYS back at chi-chi's. It's such a regular phenomenon that it's part of the running conversation at my house. AT LEAST once a week I have a waitress nightmare.

They were literally the best of times and the worst of times. I still have some of those friendships active in my life today.

But if I had not been quite so young, and so naive, thinking that this was what ALL work environments were like, and that I just had to "survive" it, I'd be a rich, rich woman today. The sexual harassment stories I can tell you will curl your hair. Some bordering on assault.

I really, really, really miss the margaritas. Their sour mix is the BEST, and no other marg tastes quite right in comparison.

[adigal]

508. I managed a ChiChis for 6 months!

The food was actually pretty good. I loved their green sauce. yum.

[StatGirl]

348. Slice soda pop

It used to have some actual fruit juice in it. Then they basically turned it into 7-Up. Boring!

[ceile]

502. Slice!

Haven't thought of that in years. I spent my summers w/ grandparents and the garage fridge was always stocked w/ lemon/lime and orange...

[MoonchildCA]

353. A few things from my teenage years...

I remember really missing way back when.
Aspen which was an apple flavored soda made by Pepsi. It was my favorite. Choco'lite candy bars, and Knudsen Cheesecake Dessert. These were the foods I craved when I got "the Munchies," which of course made them taste about 10 times better than they probably actually did.

[So_Blue]

355. Libby's Fruit Float...

I remember sitting and watching my mom mix a can of milk into it and thinking it was magic.

Loved the orange flavor...

[Freddie]

369. Loved that stuff!

Was like yogurt without the tartness. One dessert Mom was always happy to make--fruit and milk. Loved the peach flavor.

[Danmel]

373. I loved Fruit Float too

Strawberry.

[Go Vols]

358. .

[LTR]

378. Bandwidth thief!

Could be worse. At least it wasn't goatse.

[Barack_America]

365. Vienetta.

Particularly the commercials for it.

And I remember those Carnation breakfast bars, they were amazing.

[Pachamama]

432. Exists still.....

...but not sold here....avaialble in Europe....German company....

[phylny]

372. Several things:

My husband and I used to love Good Seasons Catalina salad dressing mix. It was delicious.

I miss Obsession dusting powder, although I make my own now with cornstarch and by spraying the scent on the cornstarch.

Thomas' Toaster cakes. I know they still sell them, but I can't find them near me.

Finally, I think Neutrogena Body Oil used to come in a spray, and I loved it. You can get it in the bottle, but it's not the same as the spray.

[Danmel]

374. Jello 1-2-3

You would mix it up and it separated into three layers. I loved it.

[LTR]

382. Candy cigarettes

Not the kind of thing you can't live without. Essentially, they were chalk made with sugar. But I remember them from my much-more innocent childhood.

Still, what marketing genius thought candy cigarettes aimed at children was a great idea?

[Tabasco_Dave]

435. I remember they had real cigarette brand names on the boxes

[Scruffy Rumbler]

384. Freakies Cereal!

Snorkeldorf, Grumble and friends!

[OrwellwasRight]

509. I remember that.

I don;t think it tasted good, but I loved to play with the toy characters packed inside.

[Odin2005]

385. Lipton's sparkling green iced tea.

Essentially carbonated iced tea, delicious stuff. It was sold in the late 00s, but sometime in 2010 they stopped selling the regular stuff and only had the diet stuff, and I avoid anything with aspartame because it tastes nasty and gives me sugar cravings. The regular stuff was a healthier alternative to regular pop because it had only about 1/3 the HFCS.

[Eyes of the World]

386. Jurgens liquid shower soap and The Whig Party

[bluedigger]

387. Archway's raspberry filled cookies.

Maybe they just don't carry them out here, although they do have other Archway cookies. Good stuff.

[njlibguy_19656mm]

393. Burger King burgers

Used to be pretty good, now is absolutely horrid.

[Sunlei]

398. not a product but a free/open internet where we could play online games with the entire world.

I miss online multiplayer games with koreans, middle east, china. Here's a trip down memory lane game with Formosa before China took them down forever.

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="

?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[DUgosh]

399. Rubbermaid

Repositional shelf paper, water activated adhesive, stuff latest forever. A roll on eBay goes for forty bucks.

[argiel1234]

400. Keebler Butter Braid pretzel sticks

cant find them anywhere

[fmfdoc]

409. bOLSTER CANDY BARS

I grew up in S. Boston Ma. My favorite candy was a Bolster bar in Fla. no one ever heard of them . But they were the best, 5cents and big.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

411. Country Cupboard frozen Dutch Apple Pie.

They took "Sugar" out of the cereal names.
Remember Sugar Crisp and Sugar Bear?
And Sugar Pops are now Corn Pops. "Sugar Pops are Tops!"

[vanlassie]

416. White Shoulders soap. Even the cologne seems different

different but I LOVED the soap. Not made anymore I guess. Also Max Factor lipstick.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

418. Sugar Jets cereal and Hires Root Beer

A barbecue joint in my neighborhood has an old Hires Root Beer sign on its wall, and I asked them if they had it. They said no, but that a lot of people of a certain age ask the same question.

[Prometheus Bound]

419. Wrigley's gum with sugar.

Now every single type of gum available where I am has sweeteners instead of sugar. Wrigley's was the last one I could buy that still had sugar, but they changed a couple of years ago.

[DirkGently]

420. Still kind of bitter about Baked Tostitos Sour Cream 'n Salsa

Sure, they kind of tasted like salty cardboard, and sure, Tostitos is still around, but it still hurts. One day they were there, and then ... nothing.

WHY?

[Tabasco_Dave]

436. Pioneer chicken

In Los Angeles they where the # 2 chicken restaurant chain after kfc then in the 90's Popeyes bought them out now there's only one restaurant left.

[dipsydoodle]

439. RIP

[HockeyMom]

445. Letter Stationery Sets

I just went looking for this and couldn't find any. My daughter is in Basic Training and we have to WRITE to each and SNAIL MAIL our letter. She is not allowed to have a COMPUTER in Boot Camp. So much for technology.

Sure I could type it out on my computer, print it out, and mail it to her, but SHE can't. Besides, a typed letter to your family is very COLD and IMPERSONAL. Fortunately, she is 28 years old and was taught SCRIPT, so she will be able to read my handwriting and I hers. I have heard some people say that even printing will become obsolete since it will be unnecessary because of the Net and computers.

Well, besides this Military example, what if you lose POWER, as in a natural disaster? We were in NY for Sandy. I could still WRITE a letter without power if I had to. The mail (obsolete Post Office) was delivered everyday even with the Hurricane. Plus even with the cell phone problems then, her LAND LINE phone still worked.

It is not just food items going away.

[msanthrope]

467. Amazon has 'em-- C.R. Gibson has some colorful ones. nt

[Paulie]

446. M&M Royals and Alpha-bits cereal

Mint M&Ms are NOT the same thing at all.

I now see Alpha-bits had been back for a couple years. I'll have to get a box online and see how much they ruined it.

[slampoet]

448. The PILOT G-6 07 uniball pen.

It was such a good "Disposable" pen that I am keeping the dozen or so i own in new refills.

[jpak]

451. Original Formula Moxie - the tamed down stuff sux in comparison.

Royal Lunch Milk Crackers.

Spruce gum.

Fizzies.

Ripple.

[Auggie]

453. Kronenbourg 1664 -- French Beer

Not imported in bottles anymore.

[GoCubsGo]

536. It's better off in the cans.

They bottled it in green bottles. Beer bottled in green bottles is more likely to get light-struck, which gives it a skunky flavor. I try to avoid buying beer in green or clear bottles.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

455. regular big biscuit shredded wheat

Can only get spoon-sized now.

[slackmaster]

457. If you have a Trader Joe's withing shopping distance, a friendly Canadian bakery can save your soul

http://shop.barbarasbakery.com/Shredded-Wheat/p/BAR-006061&c=BarbarasBakery@Cereals

[Odin2005]

537. My grocery store still has the big biscuit shredded wheat.

[Dash87]

459. Surge (a soda similar to "Vault"), the original Cheese-It Party Mix flavor (the new one sucks)

[BlueMan Votes]

469. Crazy Foam

bathtime just wasn't the same without it.
that's why i switched to showers.

[Auggie]

538. I forgot all about Crazy Foam!

Thanks for posting. That was fun stuff.

[catzies]

470. Stella D'Oro cookies. Anginetti cookies. n/t

[rzemanfl]

475. Oscar Mayer Smokie Links.

[justice1]

479. Woolworth's icebox cheesecake

[narnian60]

505. Woolworth's, period!

[LTR]

510. Those stores were pretty depressing toward the end

Outdated decor, crappy merchandise and an overall decrepit appearance. Woolworth's resembled a morgue. Or a modern-day Kmart.

[narnian60]

542. Not ours. Well organized. Loved browsing because they carried everything. Loved eating at the

counter of the restaurant.

[johnp3907]

482. O'Grady's potato chips

They were like Ruffles, but twice as thick.

[ibegurpard]

484. video stores

I still can't believe people think it's a better option to stand out in front of a vending machine.
I actually liked to go and browse and pick one out...and now I can't do that.

[pnwest]

485. Anyone remember Choc-Ola? No one has ever hear of it, but it was prevalent back home in Indy, WAAAY

back in the day. WAAAAAAAAAAAY back. It was a richer, better version of Yoo-Hoo.

[justice1]

500. I remember Faygo diet chocolate

[ailsagirl]

488. Laura Scudder potato chips

'the noisiest chips in the world'

[Harry_Scrote]

501. Double Bubble Original Flavor Bubblegum

... They sell it still, but it doesn't taste nearly as deliciously Pepto-Bismol-ly as it used to. And I KNOW it wasn't originally engineered with high fructose corn syrup. Grrr...

[SleeplessinSoCal]

503. Jello Chocolate Tapioca Pudding

Caused me to recreate it combining cook & serve Jello Chocolate Fudge pudding with Minute Tapioca on the stove-top.

[Jane Austin]

519. Oh, please tell me exactly how!

I'm the one who posted about it above.

Thanks!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

525. It's easy.

You have to be sure to buy Jello Chocolate Fudge cook and serve pudding. The large box calls for 3 cups of milk. Add 3-4 tablespoons of Minute Tapioca (usually found right where the boxed puddings are) and then if you want add a couple of squares of dark chocolate to make extra chocolatey. Stir together and cook to the boil. I then poor it in bowls and put in the fridge to make cold and top with whipped cream.

Yummy!

[Jane Austin]

539. Oh, thanks!

Does it taste just like the Jello Chocolate Tapioca?

Thanks again.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

541. it's hard to be sure, but I think so.

Last edited Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Do me a favor and try it and let me know. If my taste buds are right, it's exactly the same.

[Purveyor]

504. McCulloch chainsaws pre-Taiwanese days. eom

[adigal]

506. How about the white chocolate yodels and ring dings?

With dark chocolate drizzled,down them. Around 1970 or so, for a few years.

[OrwellwasRight]

511. Buckwheats Cereal, Picnic' n Chicken, Pop Shoppe, Ice Cream Cones with names on them . . .

(had returnable bottles and every pop flavor you could ever imagine!!)


(these may still exist but they sure as hell don't taste the same)

"Celeste" brand frozen pizza still exists, but they took out the "Mama." The tag line was "Abondanza!"

[PCIntern]

514. Howard Johnson's Anything!

Tendersweet Fried Clams, Crispettes candy bars, HoJo 3-D sandwich ...much more!

[ellenfl]

520. drumstick rice by minute rice and chocolate whip 'n chill (by jello?).

ultimate munchie food.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

526. I haven't read every reply, but Nabisco Pure Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers are missed.

There are chocolate covered Graham crackers and then there are the really great pure chocolate covered ones. These cookies weren't available in summer when we lived in NYC. But they'd come back every year when it got cold until probably 15 years ago. I think the chocolate was sensitive to the heat.

I suspect the Hostess Cupcake suffered a loss of quality over the years. The recent one I tried was dry, tasteless and disappointing. We loved them back in the day.

[flyingfysh]

527. Pyrex

It used to be made from borosilicate glass, but is now made from tempered glass, which breaks much more easily. Corning used to own Pyrex, but sold the copyright to someone else, who changed the glass. Borosilicate glass is more expensive, but the resulting produce was much better.

[ashling]

530. I remember that Canada Dry used to have a Grapefruit beverage

like gingerale. I loved it when I was a kid. I don't think I have seen it since I was 7 or 8.

I just got these images off google.

apparently they sell some kind of thing called WINK which is supposed to be grapefruit, but I don't know if it's the same

I don't think they have made the stuff I remember since the mid 60s



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wink_Soda.jpg