Anyone remember Boyardee?

[Xipe Totec]

[bridgit]

1. i like his ravioli & spaghetti O's...

sometimes :)

[Xipe Totec]

2. It's the spaghetti O's I remember

growing up in Mexico,

this, plus Van Camp's Pork & Beans, and Wolf Brand Chili,


were exotic imported delicacies.

:rofl:

[trof]

28. C. B.'s ravioli as finger food. 'Performance Art'?

It was one of the first foods our baby girl would ask for.
"RABBY-OHLEE!"

She got more outside than inside.
Our baby sitter would say "PLEASE give her ravioli for supper and DON'T FEED HER TILL I GET THERE!"
It was fun to watch.

[Maddy McCall]

3. We love Chef Boyardee pizzas...the kind you make yourself.

You know, the pizza kits?

We jazz them up a little with veggies and stuff...mmmmmmm.

[Xipe Totec]

4. I never had them

now I feel deprived.

;(

[AlCzervik]

5. omg i remember those!! friday nights.

[Qanisqineq]

7. oh, I loved those!

Now I want one. I wonder if they still sell them...

[Maddy McCall]

10. Yes, they do.

We get the double cheese pizza kit, and add our own pepperonis, olives, onions, motz, and parmesan.

MMMMM....they are so good.

You can get a double kit for about $3.

[AlCzervik]

13. ok--does it still taste the same?

please say it does.

[Maddy McCall]

23. Yes!

My mom used to make these every weekend when we were kids. They still taste the same.

If you want the real taste from when you were a kid, then get the pepperoni pizza kit.



We do ours on a big rectangular baking pan and bake at 450 so that the crust gets really crispy on the bottom.

If you get the double kit, then you can do two big rectangular pans.

[Qanisqineq]

22. oh good

now I need to go find some. I liked the thin crust, nice and crunchy. My mom used to make them all the time and if she was out of pepperoni she would brown hamburger and put on it. It's the only hamburger pizza I've ever liked.

[Maddy McCall]

24. I've never done that!

I think I'll try that next time. :)

[alphafemale]

25. The Boyardee pizza is great.

Beats the hell out of ANY frozen pizza.

That sauce absolutely kicks ass.

When I'm feeling ambitious, I make pizza from scratch. A fresh yeast dough is better than the quick rise stuff in the pizza kit. But I do love that Boyardee sauce. Wish I could replicate it. My sauce is pretty good, but I'll give kudos to where it is due.

When you clean out the last bit out of the can with your finger and pop your finger in your mouth...you know it's good! mmmm :9

[lost-in-nj]

6. They still sell it

I like it
well I used to like it
PRE diet .......


lost

[mentalsolstice]

8. The hell with remembering it!

I still eat it. When I'm feeling bad (emotionally), there's NOTHING better than climbing into bed with an uncooked can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli! Nothing! It's comforting and no mess!

[johnnie]

9. I've always hated Spaghetti O's

It smells like baby puke.

[SusanaMontana41]

11. eeewww

you're right.

[Xipe Totec]

14. You guys do realize that this is a copycat thread?

Or was I too obtuse....


again?....


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6392818

[johnnie]

15. I still think Spaghetti O's smell like puke

Lol

[SusanaMontana41]

18. eeewww

you said it again!

[woo me with science]

27. My first exposure to tomato sauce made with a pound of sugar. nt

[deucemagnet]

12. I haven't been able to choke down spaghetti o's since reaching adulthood.

I will still have a can of ravioli for lunch occasionally, though! :9

[Mz Pip]

16. My mom would

heat that up for me when I came home for lunch. I lived near the elementary school and would eat lunch at home sometime. Chef Boyardee Ravioli! That or Campbell's Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich (on Fridays).

Do they even make this anymore? For canned food it wasn't that bad.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[WCGreen]

17. Sometimes, late at night, I get a craving for the O's.....

I put on a hooded Sweat Shirt, baggy sweats and head on into the ghetto...

Duck into one of them convient stores, one that ain't gonna have a working eye in the sky, if you know what I'm sayin'...

Walk around a bit, case it out, pretend like I am looking for something but really all I want is some O's, man...

I'm jones'n bad, real bad...

Do I get them, walk up to the counter and never look into the clerks eyes or they will know...

Oh they will know and then it's back to the meetings, the urine tests, the shame, man, the shame...

And if they got 'em with the little weenies, I'm getting two cans...

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. The Original Chef Boyardee

There are many immigrants who have come to America and built empires, leaving a legacy for their family and the American public.

One such example is Chef Boyardee. Born in Piacenza, Italy on 22 October 1897, Hector Boiardi came to America like many of his countrymen and eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. This 1920 census image (below) shows a 23-year old Boiardi as a cook in Cleveland City, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is listed as one of several lodgers living in the home of Annie Simonetti. By the time of his death on 21 June 1985 at the age of 87, Boiardi had established a brand and pioneered an industry which still bears his name to this day.




An earlier Chef logo pic:

[Gormy Cuss]

20. Chef Boiardi

The old cans showed the Italian spelling of the name under the photo of the chef. I was a fanatic label reader and was tickled to figure out that 'Boyardee' was a phonetic translation.
:D

[Xipe Totec]

29. The history goes deeper...

A boyar (also spelled bojar) was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian aristocracy, second only to the ruling princes, from the 10th through the 17th century.

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

[bertha katzenengel]

21. Yep. It was one of the best meals we had on food stamps when I was a kid.

Suffice to say those food stamps weren't used wisely. :shrug:

[trof]

26. Circa 1950 that was granny's idea of 'Italian Night'.

Open a can of Chef Boyardee's spaghetti in tomato sauce.
:eyes:

[Venus Dog]

30. Never ate it until I went to college

My first semester I lived on Chef Boyardee Lasagna I heated up in an electric metal coffee pot :9

[Wcross]

31. Chef Boyardee Macaroni & Cheese is my all time favorite.

I don't think they make it anymore though. It sucks I can't buy that stuff.