# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/121 "2007-09-24T04:48:28Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] I have very fond childhood memories of a candy that nobody else remembers but me and one friend of mine. When we talk about it, everyone else looks at us like we’re insane. They looked just like M&Ms, only in just two colors, dark brown and light green. They had crowns printed on them where the M would go, and tasted like mint chocolate. Does anyone remember these at all? [/QUOTE] Yup, they were called _Royals_. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/122 "2007-09-24T04:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=x-ray vision] Yup, they were called _Royals_. [/QUOTE] I seem to recall those myself, but I could not have given you their name. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/123 "2007-09-24T10:23:06Z")
I miss Tootsie Pop Drops. They were bite-sized Tootsie Pop candies that were sold in the 70’s and came in grape, strawberry, cherry, orange, and chocolate. I used to love them, I was always buying rolls of them. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/124 "2007-09-24T16:03:02Z")
Mint M&Ms. They came out the same time as the almond and peanut butter versions, but quickly disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/125 "2007-09-24T16:17:10Z")
Also, Clearly Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/126 "2007-09-24T18:25:22Z")
[QUOTE=elelle] PuffaPuffa Rice cereal. According to the 70’s commercial, it was hot-blown right out of a Hawaiian volcano, with a whole bunch of luau natives celebrating it. Guess it costs too much now to do that. ☹ [/QUOTE] It was infected with thetans. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/127 "2007-09-24T18:31:18Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I used to love those freezer pops in the plastic tube. I know you can still get them, but few people keep them around unless they have a regular stream of keeblers running around. When our friend’s daughter was a wee tot, I bought a huge box of them for like $3. I’d grab a half dozen at a time and freeze them for when she was over. She thought they were da bomb. [/QUOTE] Wal-Mart always has an abundant stock of these. They have Otter Pops ($3.68 for a 100 ct. box last I checked), plus they sell a generic brand that comes in a red mesh bag ($2.50/36 ct.) and a Hawaiian Punch brand ($2.89/27 ct.) that is packaged the same way. The latter two come in larger sized tubes. Why yes, I have bought a few of these. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/128 "2007-09-24T18:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Carnation’s Instant Breakfast in other flavors besides chocolate (I can get all I want if I want chocolate) Grape Nuts O’s cereal. That gets discontinued in the stores I visit and yet they still sell the flakes?!?! [/QUOTE] Well, I’ll be… from the Carnation Instant Breakfast site… all these are available~ Classic Chocolate Malt Classic French Vanilla Dark Chocolate Rich Milk Chocolate Strawberry Sensation No Sugar Added Classic French Vanilla No Sugar Added Rich Milk Chocolate No Sugar Added Strawberry Sensation ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/129 "2007-09-24T19:18:46Z")
Everyone seems to be talking candies or chocolates. The one I miss is Noodle Roni Romanoff Flavor. No pasta and cheese dish that I’ve found has matched that heavenly flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/130 "2007-09-24T19:37:09Z")
Speaking of noodles, I miss the best, most well-rounded freezer meal I’ve ever seen. I forget which company, but it had these ingredients: Pasta Delicious cheese Real Bacon crumbles Chicken chunks Tiny tomato chunks (was not originally in package, but it was always on the photo as a “serving suggestion” so they decided to put it in, I guess people got confused?\_ Everyone was always commenting on how good it smelled after I nuked it, and it tasted as good as it smelled. Plus, it’s the only frozen meal I’ve seen that isn’t _insanely_ high in either sugar or salt (it was salty, but only around 2X or less than what it should have relative to calories, most frozen meals are more than that!) ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/131 "2007-09-24T19:41:11Z")
Magic Pantry stew. Surprisingly tasty, and simple as all get out. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/132 "2007-09-24T19:41:25Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Carnation’s Instant Breakfast in other flavors besides chocolate (I can get all I want if I want chocolate) [/QUOTE] Our house always had the “off” flavors sitting around forever. My mom was a big fan of the variety pack. I’m all about the chocolate, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/133 "2007-09-27T05:27:12Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > No…there was a flavored pop called Aspen, very crisp and apple-y. Try your local Mexican grocery store (if you have one…it’s a little different other places than it is here on the border, I realize) and check out Sidral Mundet. Excellent apple soda. There’s another one that’s decent, too. But Sidral Mundet takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/134 "2007-09-28T00:34:40Z")
The list is endless, since I have the freakish ability to cause any foodstuff and some restaurants to cease production or operations not long after I decide that I am absolutely crazy about it. Latest entry: Turkish Pistachios from Trader Joes. Amazing…and gone almost as soon as they showed up. Trader Joes inparticular drives me crazy because they will carry somethin for awhile, then stop when I hook into it, then explain that it just wasn’t selling well. Oh, classic heirloom pork and the most amazing pistachios I’ve ever tasted no one appreciates but those nasty power bars, fish jerky and various fake meat products are flying off the shelves? WTF? Wil Wright’s lime sherbet Zups by the ZOo steak sandwiches Sara Lee all-chocolate poundcake. (Used to make 1 inch slices and put a little butter on 'em, slip 'em under the broiler and just watch the pounds pile on…I didn’t get this ass munching cheetos, no sir.) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/135 "2007-09-28T10:35:36Z")
One of mine is making a comeback, the delectable Wispa bar 😃 I sort of miss Pyramints, a thick dark chocolate pyramid with mint fondant inside. ---
**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 28, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/136 "2007-09-28T13:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] One of mine is making a comeback, the delectable Wispa bar 😃 [/QUOTE] Damn, I got all excited until I looked at your location! 😛 (I lived in England for 2 years as a kid and I _loved_ Wispa bars.) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694/137 "2007-09-28T16:31:17Z")
Sounds like we need a Candy and Soda Exchange… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-miss-name-yours/419694.md?page=6)