# Foods I miss. Name yours! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694 "2007-09-19T02:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/21 "2007-09-19T04:35:42Z")
Mars bars. Not those things they have in the UK and call Mars bars. What we had was more like a Snickers bar but without the peanuts. It might have had almonds or I am misremembering because it was so long ago. And of course the one I mention every time this type of thread pops up. The PB Max. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/22 "2007-09-19T04:43:25Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] FLASH!!! Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy is BACK! > **[Bonomo Turkish Taffy | Bonomos Turkish Taffy Candy | Taffey](http://www.bonomoturkishtaffy.com)** [/QUOTE] er, the copyright date on that website is 2003, and the “shop online” link is dead. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/23 "2007-09-19T05:01:57Z")
Oh, Lord, there’s just no way to polish this. When I was a kid, I loved a plastic-bagged candy called – God help me – “Chocolate Babies”. I didn’t know any better, I swear – it tasted like, (but better than) chocolate taffy. And it was shaped in a mold that looked like a swaddled baby. I wish someone else would recognize the name. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/24 "2007-09-19T05:09:19Z")
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chocolate-babies.htm] **Chocolate Babies** for you! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/25 "2007-09-19T12:39:41Z")
> [@](#): > > er, the copyright date on that website is 2003, and the “shop online” link is dead. Yeah, I noticed the 2003 date, but I figured the Shop Online was just broken. Maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/26 "2007-09-19T12:59:03Z")
Lemon Coolers, Hostess Snowballs, and _un_frosted blueberry Pop-tarts. The only plain Pop-tarts I ever see are the icky cherry-heartburn-inducing-flavor. :\ Oh. And Charms lollipops. Not the blowpops, the old school lollipops. Those’ve gone the way of the dodo, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/27 "2007-09-19T13:11:43Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] This is gonna sound really gross, but it tasted divine. Back when I lived in Cali, Carl’s Jr. used to serve crinkle cut fries that were fried in (I think) animal fat of some sort. At least that’s what I was told at the time. The reformulation kept us kids from wanting to go there just for fry runs. How much did I love the older style fries? I would gladly pay $10 for a pint glass full of those fries (vertically aligned of course). The thought of that alone, makes my pleasure sensors twitch with anticipation. [/QUOTE] EVERYTHING was fried in animal fat back in the day. It’s just bettah! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/28 "2007-09-19T13:23:31Z")
Jello Pudding Pops, before they found out they were 80% fat or whatever it was. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/29 "2007-09-19T13:25:55Z")
IIRC, those old Carl’s Jr french fries were made from re-formed potatoes. They were sooo good! The french fries they have now are still better than Burger King’s. They also used to have hot dogs and several varieties of roast beef sandwiches. I particularly remember one with green chiles. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/30 "2007-09-19T13:30:24Z")
Candy cigarettes! They were covered in powdered sugar, and if you blew on them, they’d “smoke!” I also remember wax candy harmonicas that you could blow on for a while, then they’d start collapsing, then you’d chaw on them until they dissolved. Yum! I swear I can _taste_ a Space Food Stick right now. That yummy, pseudo-chocolaty goodness! It was almost good. Same with Shake-A-Puddin.’ I even remember the commercial jingle: “Shake-shake-shake, Shake-A-Puddin’!” We frequently wore the candy necklaces which turned our sweaty, spitty little necks irridescent colors. And remember those large Sweet Tarts? They were about the size of a flattened golf ball, and we’d lick them until our tongues bled! At some point, my mother started forbidding us to buy them. I didn’t love it because it always seemed to burn and stink to high heaven, but Jiffy Pop Popcorn was fun to watch balloon up on the stove. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/31 "2007-09-19T13:39:57Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] And remember those large Sweet Tarts? They were about the size of a flattened golf ball, and we’d lick them until our tongues bled! At some point, my mother started forbidding us to buy them. [/QUOTE] I’d screw up my tastebuds for a week eating those things! But it was worth it. How 'bout Lik-m-Aid? Loved that, too. Even the ones with the sugary stick you could dip into the powder. It’s a miracle I still have my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/32 "2007-09-19T13:43:16Z")
Taco burritos from Zantigo’s. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/33 "2007-09-19T13:55:21Z")
Slightly off topic, but kinda not really. I came into the office the other way, munching on [Hits](http://www.amazon.com/Bahlsen-Biscuits-Filling-5-3-Ounce-Packages/dp/B000FBM3TA) . One of my coworkers sees them and starts _shrieking_: “OHMYGOD I love those! I haven’t had them since I was in Germany!! Where did you get them?! Did someone mail them to you!!! YOU MUST TELL ME!!!” By the end of these, she was panting, wide-eyed, and her chest was a-heavin’. “I got them at Duane Reade. You know, down the street.” ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/34 "2007-09-19T14:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Mars bars. Not those things they have in the UK and call Mars bars. What we had was more like a Snickers bar but without the peanuts. It might have had almonds or I am misremembering because it was so long ago. [/QUOTE] [Mars bar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar) might be able to shed light on the matter. It seems your kind hasn’t been sold since 2000 but you might be able to find it in ethnic grocery stores. I miss beetroot on hamburgers, common in Australia, certainly never seen here. I don’t even know where to buy pickled beetroot. Where’s that girl that went to Russia? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/35 "2007-09-19T15:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Marathon bars. Old Coke. [/QUOTE] You can get Coke made with sugar during Passover, if you live somewhere with a large Jewish population, or you can get it year round at your local Mexican grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/36 "2007-09-19T15:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Baffle] [Mars bar - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar) might be able to shed light on the matter. It seems your kind hasn’t been sold since 2000 but you might be able to find it in ethnic grocery stores. I miss beetroot on hamburgers, common in Australia, certainly never seen here. I don’t even know where to buy pickled beetroot. Where’s that girl that went to Russia? [/QUOTE] Uh, pickled beets are in your grocer’s canned vegetable section. Hardly rare. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/37 "2007-09-19T15:22:42Z")
Roller Coasters. I’m pretty sure they were made by Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. Wavy pasta in tomato sauce with tiny meatballs … yum! Nothing else tastes the same. [QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] The only plain Pop-tarts I ever see are the icky cherry-heartburn-inducing-flavor. : [/QUOTE] I buy/eat unfrosted strawberry Pop-Tarts all the time. I don’t think I’ve ever seen unfrosted cherry ones (I agree with you about those, btw), or any other unfrosted flavor. I’ll have to pay attention the next time I’m at the store. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/38 "2007-09-19T15:27:41Z")
The things I miss most are things that are still available but have been reformulated. Nabisco’s “Biscos Sugar Wafers” were a favorite of my Grandpa’s. Sometimes when I was especially missing him I’d buy a box. Somewhere along the way they changed the recipe - perhaps the originals contained animal fat, as with Oreos - and what is available now don’t do the trick. Same with Franco-American canned macaroni and cheese. Now, please understand, I am in no way contending that it used to be gourmet and now isn’t. The macaroni was long (8" or so) and the sauce was cheese-like and a little sharp and I liked it as a kid. Because it relates to a particular time in my childhood it served as many years as an easily obtained and prepared comfort food (for under a buck!). But changes in the recipe have made it absolutely anything BUT comforting. Bleah. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/39 "2007-09-19T15:28:18Z")
FroYo frozen yogurt. Not quite sherbet, not quite ice cream. I loved that stuff. I used to miss Big Red soda - but found some at a smaller grocery store up north. Maybe as it was in a plastic bottle rather than the glass bottle it just didn’t taste the same. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/40 "2007-09-19T15:32:35Z")
Murdick’s cashew brittle. Yeah, I can get some once a year, and I can order it online, but there’s just something about going into that squeeky-clean shop and hearing that Jamaican accent say “Tank you, com again, dear.” Buzzy’s Roast Beef. They’re probably still in business, but I never get to that neighborhood. I’m jealous of **bigbabysweets2000**. Quisp. Quake. Mr. Pibb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694.md?page=3)