If you recognize any of these 32 pictures, you are old!

[MLAA]

At 62 I recognized all but 1! This was a fun stroll down childhood lane!



https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hate-break-youve-eaten-literally-223147004.html

Here’s a taste:

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[elleng]

1. Just took #1, and as to 'old,'

better than the alternative, imo.

[MLAA]

18. Right on!

[Joinfortmill]

2. Yup, really old

[MLAA]

3. I'm thinking a 30 year googled those pics and wrote the article and thus the 'really' old.

I only feel old, not really old.

[onecaliberal]

4. Well I recognize the two photos you posted, so I guess I am old.

[MLAA]

63. I think we are classics like the corningware, strong, tested by fire, and still useful!

[onecaliberal]

86. I like that a lot.

[Scrivener7]

5. OK, but I still cook in the corningware about twice a week!

[brer cat]

9. We are still using the blender!

Works great.

[MLAA]

19. We had that exact model and color when I was a kid, and I think my parents used it for ages.

[brer cat]

35. How many things made today would last like that?

We produced much better quality products then.

[MLAA]

65. That is a fact. Made to last not replace every few years.

[MLAA]

64. I read not too long ago Corningware was one of the hottest items at yard sales and thrift stores

[Scrivener7]

92. Fridge to oven, environmentally nice because it has its own cover and you don't have to

use plastic wrap or bags. I'm a fan.

[rsdsharp]

6. Sixty-nine next week, and I got all but #25. Never even heard of that.

Who is sadistic enough to serve liver and onions with lima beans?

BTW, Vermont Country Store still sells this candies.

[MLAA]

21. That's the only one I missed also.

[Ocelot II]

7. I recognized almost all of them, even owned (and still own) some.

Yes indeed, I'm old.

[MLAA]

22. Going through the pics brought back good memories.

[Ocelot II]

24. Sure did!

[LoveMyCali]

8. I'm 61

and I recognized every single one.

Get off my lawn!

[MLAA]

23. ..

[Aristus]

10. I'm fifty-four and I recognized all of them.

I loved the apple Hostess fruit pies beyond anything else in existence. They were Heavenly!

When I was a tank crewman in the Army, Boone’s is what we drank if we couldn’t get Mad Dog. And B&J wine coolers were what we drank if we couldn’t get Boone’s.

I can’t believe I spent so much of the 90’s drinking bad alcohol.

But, depending on who I woke up with the next morning, sometimes it was worth it.

[MLAA]

25. ...

The first time I got drunk was on Strawberry Boone’s Hill probably bought at a Seven Eleven by one high school friend who looked 30

Managed to slip in the house and not get caught!

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

36. Even Peter Frampton sung about Boone's Farm White Wine !!!!

[SKKY]

88. I'm willing to bet my parents still have a set of those wooden bowls...

...and yes, a salad does hit differently when served in one. I'm 52 and I recognize (Either have used personally or grew up around) all of them.

[2naSalit]

11. JIFFY POP!!

Holy cow! My parents thought that was sacrilege!

[MLAA]

28. I think I was smarter than my brother and sister.

Every time we had a wish, they would wish for big ticket items like new bikes. I wished for jiffy pop or a candy bar and dad always picked one up on the way home from work the next night!
My wishes always came true

[2naSalit]

30. Oh,

We weren't allowed to have fun things. Although we did get a slinky before nobody wanted them anymore!

[MLAA]

52. I just had a flashback of a big fat slinky going down avocado green shag carpeted steps heading down

to the den in the split level

[sinkingfeeling]

12. I got 29 out of 32 and want to know who photographed all my kitchen

appliances. I had the exact Cock pot, electric skillet, air pop corn popper, blender, Coleman thermos, Corning ware, and salad bowl set.

[MLAA]

29. You better change your locks on the house.

[Chainfire]

13. Every damn one of them. I am 71.

I looked for the ribbon candy in the stores this past christmas, and I ate out of that Corningware tonight. The wax soda bottles brought back good memories.

How many people here remember the Coke machine taking a nickel and a penny to dispense a soda?

[blm]

16. I hated that candy. 😝

[MLAA]

39. I do t remember that Coke machine, but I remember small towns had Coke coolers and

It held small Coke bottles that cost a dime. I loved those wax Coke bottles.

[Lettuce Be]

14. You can still buy that candy at WinCo so this isn't fair

2nd pic, LOL, what innovation!

[MLAA]

66. I'll be googling WinCo come Christmas.

[thinkingagain]

15. All I can say, is

i’m looking for the sign that says Welcome to the “you are old club”

When does the party start?

[MLAA]

41. Still TBD but it will be a potluck and all dishes must be served in Corningware!

[sakabatou]

17. I'm in my mid-30s and I recognize a lot of those.

[MLAA]

42. From yard sales?

[sakabatou]

75. Nope

Offices of all sorts, the home I grew up in, friends' homes, etc.

[Mr.Bill]

20. Remember them?

Many of them are in my house right now! I'm 69.

[MLAA]

26. Probably a goldmine!

I saw recently that corningware is a big ticket item at garage sales and thrift stores.

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. #27 was popular when I was in high school

We called it cum gum.

[MLAA]

43. Oh god, I remember that moniker now you mention it!

[Diamond_Dog]

31. I have that blender and still use it!

I recognized everything except the candy that you dip.

#5 was what they served us in the school cafeteria 4 days a week Lol

I also have one of these, it used to be my mother-in-law’s.

[MLAA]

44. Is that an ice bucket? If so, fancy!

We had Tupperware bowls to hold ice haha. I also had never seen the candy you dip. I still make the macaroni dish only I use I possible meat. I never had it as a kid but husband from Minnesota did and loves it, calls it hot dish.

[Diamond_Dog]

89. Yep, it's an ice bucket

But it keeps food hot OR cold and she used it almost exclusively for bringing baked beans to a family picnic.

[Arkansas Granny]

32. I still have that green crockpot. As to the rest, I got 29 out of the 32.

[MLAA]

45. We had that exact crockpot also. Probably got it with green stamps!

[Diamond_Dog]

91. S & H Green stamps!

My parents redeemed a bunch of those at the Redemption Center. We had to drive an hour away to Cleveland because that was where the nearest S & H Redemption Center was. In return we got a card table with 4 folding chairs. The nice folding chairs with the thick padded seat. 🙂. I still have 3 of them up in my attic and use them if I’m having a lot of people over. I wonder whatever happened to the table and the 4th chair, come to think of it…..

[FirstLight]

33. It was tuna casserole & lima beans that made me run..

My mom hated liver, so I dodged that bullet...but the tuna casserole :barf:

For a while in my 20s I'd often invite my self over for dinner, missed mom's cookin'.

If she ever wanted me not come over, she'd say they were having tuna casserole & lima beans... she KNEW I was like, NOPE!

And yes, I recognized ALL of these, and we smoked candy cigarettes, not bubble gum cigars...

[MLAA]

47. Little, thin white cigs with a not very precise red tip for the 'ember'. Felt so cool!

[Diamond_Dog]

34. Every Christmas a box of these appeared from somewhere

Probably a gift from a client of my dad’s
Swiss Colony petit fours.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

37. OMG !!

THIS was a christmas tradition in our family !!

Plus I knew every one of those.

Hell, I STILL have all that old Corning War. Cooks better than a lot of newer cookware. I hear it's worth a lot if it's in pristine condition.
Does anyone here remember the HANDLES that twisted onto the sides of the Corning Ware and locked down so you didn't need potholders ? Well, I STILL have two of those !!

[Diamond_Dog]

90. Oh yes I remember Corning ware with those handles!

[MLAA]

48. Those look good to me.

[jmowreader]

38. Recognized all, only ever did 24 of them

[Coventina]

40. My husband used our air popper just minutes ago!

Every Saturday morning we used the electric skillet in #17 to make either pancakes or French toast.
(Growing up, I mean, not now)


Ah the nostalgia!

I'd love to get my hands on some good old fashioned ribbon candy. I loved that stuff!

[MLAA]

49. Along with the ribbon candy there was just hard candy at Christmas that looked like little

satin pillows with some kind of softer center. A few times over the years I’ve found a can of those mixed hard candies at Big Lots to bring back memories.

[Coventina]

53. I remember those as well!

I miss quality hard candies.


I've started buying some imported ones from my local Italian grocer. They come in lemon or orange and they are SOOOOOO GOOOOOD!

[Phentex]

102. LOL! I love this...

I had an air popper but I have no idea what happened to it

[plimsoll]

46. #25 was around in the early 2000s

So you could be 30 and old.

This is like when my wife read an article that defined middle age as between 26 and 46. A day after I turned 26.

[niyad]

50. Officially ANCIENT, since I recognized all of them. Didn't necessarily use or

eat, but recognized.

[electric_blue68]

51. I recognized maybe 2/3rds, had/used ? 1/2.

Our candy bowl on the rare occasion we had one candy wasn't usually too sticky BUT...

we had much prettier ribbon candy!!! 😄


And what was in that papper rectangle... >squints<

...Extra Generic American Cheese?

At our house we hàd American cheese, but we also had back in the '60's when we had to got to a Greek Deli for
feta cheese. A staple for certain appetizers at holidays! Also had farmer's cheese as part of Ukrainian Easter foods waaay back
Soon we added cheddar, and munster. In the very early '70's my mom had a Cheese-of-the-Month Club. We got to try more. 👍

The cheese that took me the longest (late 50's?) was blue cheese (my mom loved gorgonzola). I started with Marie's Italian dressing, and finally tried their Blue Cheese one. Yum. 😁

[moniss]

54. You're not old

unless you remember clothes from this company.

[Sky Jewels]

55. My sister sent me this and said

it was as if someone time traveled to our childhood house and took pictures of all our food and kitchen gear.

[justgamma]

56. 72 here

Knew them all , but the can with tin foil. Have no idea what that was for,

[marble falls]

57. I let that hard candy sucker me every year. Only the anise flavored ones were even semi good.

[moniss]

58. My oldest daily driver

was a 1946 Chevy Fleetmaster.

[MLAA]

62. Wouldn't it be fun to have it now restored to mint condition?

[moniss]

71. It would be a blast

and some of the technology is a real trip back in time. Knee action shocks, vacuum assist shift on the manual transmission etc.

[AllaN01Bear]

59. some . not all. seen some . never cooked with jiffypop. i remember seeing adds

for the candy pop on the telly. how many of u remember the big pop tarts and 711 points ?

[MLAA]

70. I had to google big pop tart and 711, here's what I found.

This seems pretty recent


https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/04/22/2215483/32859/en/Kellogg-Company-and-7-Eleven-Team-Up-To-Break-Guinness-World-Record-and-Donate-World-s-Largest-Box-of-Toaster-Pastries-Made-with-Pop-Tarts.html

[TrogL]

60. A couple weren't available in Canada

What was in the rectangular cardboard box? Cheese?

[MLAA]

68. Yes! Or more accurately some cheese-ish concoction as I recall.

[dchill]

61. NO COMMENT!

[MLAA]

67. You can't be expected to know them as you weren't even born until the 90s!

[ShazzieB]

69. I don't just remember this casserole dish!

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I own it, and several others in the same series.



I made my dinner in it last night, and the last of the leftovers are still in it, sitting in the fridge as I type this.

My Corningware casserole dishes will have to be pried out of my cold, dead hands someday,, because I will never give them up any other way!

[MLAA]

76. I wish I had some corningware casserole dishes. They are just the right thickness and not too heavy

[ShazzieB]

97. It's not hard to find them for sale online.

Sometimes they're pricey, but not always.

The ones I have were mostly harvested from the homes of deceased relatives, but I recently bought one in a size I didn't have from an eBay seller.

[MLAA]

98. Excellent, I'll check it out.

Thanks

[bahboo]

72. yep...butter rum Lifesavers....

I would lie, cheat or steal for those. And still use those wooden salad bowls...

[MLAA]

77. Butter Rum was also my favorite and the lifesaver books were big around Christmas time, makes

me chuckle to think how many teachers received multiple of those from their students! My teachers got them from me!

[cayugafalls]

73. done and still have some of them...I collect things...;-)

[MLAA]

79. I wish I had the corningware casseroles they were indestructible while not being too heavy or thick.

[cayugafalls]

81. Exactly, I look for them at garage and estate sales, you'd be surprised.

People think they aren't worth much, but dang they are as you say, indestructible.

What is old can be new, if the price is right and the item is in good shape.

[GoodRaisin]

74. Only one I didn't recognize was the box in no. 14, and I still broil my cheese toast.

At the ripe old age of 70.

[MLAA]

78. That's how my mom made it under the broiler. She used cheddar cheese, what kind did you use?

Toasty/ crispy bread on the top edges and soft under the cheese.

[GoodRaisin]

80. Any kind of cheddar, sharp is probably my favorite though!

[MLAA]

87. I haven't thought of these cheese toasts in years.

How about cinnamon sugar toast under the broiler?

[GoodRaisin]

105. I still do that one too.

Just melted butter and cinnamon sugar on toast. Simple and delicious. Great for a quick snack when you suddenly get a sweet tooth and don’t have any sweets around.

[wishstar]

82. I still use that exact same Crockpot and Corningware and a similar blender

My best friend gave me the crockpot for Christmas in 1976, except mine is harvest gold instead of avocado green- the ubiquitous colors of the 70's.

Also often use a blender almost identical- a harvest gold Hamilton Beech with the solid glass pitcher my spouse had when we got together over 40 years ago.

[Phoenix61]

84. I still use mine! nt

[Duppers]

94. Same here.

[Phoenix61]

83. I have that exact crock pot. I drank Boone's Farm Apple Wine

once and I ended up in a fight with a dog wood tree. Damn thing moved into the middle of short-cut trail I used all the time. It was out to get me!!! I never touched Boone’s Farm again.

[Pacifist Patriot]

85. 54 and recognized all but two.Sure makes it look like...

Our generation was doomed to a morbidly obese diabetic future when seen through that filter.

[Not Heidi]

93. I recognize them all.

Old, old, old.

[malthaussen]

95. #12, "Candy" cigars, LOL.

Sorry, kid, those were bubblegum, not candy.

-- Mal

[Niagara]

96. Boone's Farm.

A cheap way to proceed getting intoxicated in the young but broke days.





P.S. According to this, I'm old.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

99. Got 80% or so. And I remember the young women at work a nickname for Freshenup Gum...

[Vinca]

100. I looked just long enough to conclude I'm ancient. They've got a photo of my Crockpot. LOL.

[MLAA]

101. I'm in the same club!

[ProfessorGAC]

103. 32 For 32

So, I'm old. Though I'm not 100% sure I ever actually drank a wine cooler.

[MLAA]

104. I bet you get 100% on all your tests, Teacher!