# Foods that have gone away... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529 "2001-07-15T01:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/1 "2001-07-15T01:03:03Z")
What ever happened to those old foods that ruled, but are semingly impossible to get? I was at the store today and couldn’t find the spagettios with meatballs, there were regular, with calcium, and with franks, no meatballs! It’s been like that for the past year! Did they stop making them? Or is my local store not carrying them (I have also not found them in at least two other stores, one in my state, and another in New York (the stores were Shaw’s, Grand Union, and Price Chopper)) Also, those potato chips Keebler made, Tater Skins, I think they were called. They ruled! So, now, reminisce on those foods we all loved. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/2 "2001-07-15T01:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > **Also, those potato chips Keebler made, Tater Skins, I think they were called. They ruled!** You need to visit the vending machine where I work… we have them all the time (and I manage to buy them out, too!) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/3 "2001-07-15T01:59:17Z")
The grocery store I go to has the Spaghetti-O’s with meatballs. Or, at least, it did the last time I checked. Want me to buy some for ya, **bouv**? I miss Bar None candy bars. _sighs_ ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/4 "2001-07-15T02:05:15Z")
Are you really sure that you want chicken ala king brought back from its well deserved oblivion? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/5 "2001-07-15T02:58:03Z")
Well, apparantly some government jerk decided to stop letting me get ahold of the foods I love. Lousy government… ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/6 "2001-07-15T03:26:46Z")
In case there was any doubt that Tenar is older than dirt: Does anybody remember _Shake a Pudding_? An amusing but revolting little product, Shake a Pudding was an instant pudding mix in a cup. All you had to do was add milk, or water, or whatever it was, close the top and shake! Viola! Poor quality pudding! (Also, you were supposed to sing “Shake shake shake a pudding, shake shake shake a pudding” while you shook the container.) Anyway, it was fun even though the pudding sucked. How about _Danish Go-Rounds_? Not to be confused with today’s toaster danish, Danish Go Rounds were nasty-looking twists of chemical laden “dough” filled with a mysterious substance and drizzled with a uniform stripe of shellac-like frosting. They were meant to be put in the toaster, but I was often to be found furtively devouring them cold in whatever corner my mother wasn’t in at the moment. Stealing them from my little brother was my entree (pardon the pun) into the wild world of eating disorders! I also miss _Team Flakes_. Nothing special, just a groovy unfrosted breakfast cereal that I really liked. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/7 "2001-07-15T03:29:05Z")
don’t even get me started on BooBerry… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/8 "2001-07-15T03:52:41Z")
OOH! OOH! Shake a pudding! And Danish go rounds! Such a big part of my childhood! So vile! Remember Space Food Sticks? ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/9 "2001-07-15T06:32:36Z")
A while back, in **Techchick’s** [thread about peanuts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=19910), I mentioned the wonder that was Koogle and was promptly rebuked by **Green Bean**. But I stand by my support of the Greatest Peanut Product Ever, so there! ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/10 "2001-07-15T06:35:36Z")
Beeman’s gum. If I ever catch the bastard who decided to discontinue the best chewing gum ever made I am going to cut him a new one. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/11 "2001-07-15T07:15:23Z")
Perhaps it is not technically a food, but I sorely miss Crystal Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/12 "2001-07-15T08:14:07Z")
Smurf Berry Crunch cereal. Whe summer it first came out, my mom bought a whole case containing 18 cartons or something like that. For three days straight, my 4 brothers and I ate practically nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/13 "2001-07-15T18:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*don’t even get me started on BooBerry… \*\* Not to mention Frakenberry! Another cereal I miss is Marshmellow Rice Krispies, remember those? They also had Chocolate Rice Krispies (NOT the Cocoa Krispies with the monkey, actual chocolate flavored Rice Krispies.) Although I wasn’t a fan of the chocolate ones, the marshmellow ones rocked! (and who else remembers when Trix was in the shape of balls, not fruit?) ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/14 "2001-07-15T19:14:57Z")
There used to be some kind of freaky pudding that you mixed up and dumped into cups and it separated out into three layers – dark, lighter and lightest. This was available at around the same time as a similar gelatine product called, I think, Jello One-Two-Three. Another nifty pudding product available at that time was some stuff that had a hard chocolate shell on the top. I don’t know whether the shell developed on its own, or if it had to be applied somehow… My mother (from whom I inherited a love of gadgetty foods) bought and made all of these items. Also, about 10 years ago I used to be able to buy really cool hot dogs with a tunnel of chili inside. I loved those hot dogs! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/15 "2001-07-15T19:20:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*Are you really sure that you want chicken ala king brought back from its well deserved oblivion? \*\* You’re too high-toned for _this_ gang, **Zennie** …I opened 'er up hoping to be able to bitch and moan about the difficulty of finding a cafe that’d serve me a nice bowl of **neckbones with boiled potatoes and kraut,** but these guys are all obsessing over Spaghetti-o’s and BooBerry breakfast cereal. …but there’s GOTTA be some way to produce a palatable dish of chicken a la king, no? As a Dad Who Cooks, I’ve found a method for rendering Tuna Noodle Casserole tasty, which involves aged white cheddar and jalapenos… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/16 "2001-07-15T19:50:27Z")
**Josta!!!** Oh, and PB Max candy bars! ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/17 "2001-07-15T21:51:10Z")
Maybe its just the stores around here, but I’ve been to Winn Dixie, Publix, Food Lion, and Albertson’s and no… “Droxies” - what Keebler renamed Hydrox when they bought Sunshine, perhaps so wimmin wouldn’t schmeer the creme on their faces (‘super skin creme, with alphy-hydrox’) And those Keebler “Classic” sandwich cookies, they came in chocolate cookies with chocolate filling, and vanilla with vanilla. Would buy in pairs, then put both in the cookie jar (ok…rubbermaid thing), then be sure to get the same number of each … did I mention my job involves a lot of analytical work?? To hell with Who Moved My Cheese… Where oh where are my cookies? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/18 "2001-07-15T22:30:00Z")
Do they even make **“New” Coke** anymore? Not that I miss it, I was just wondering. It would be interesting to taste it again just to remember how awful it was. I remember how people hoarded “old” Coke when it was announced they would stop making it. I resorted to drinking Cherry Coke back then only because I knew that it was made using “old” Coke with cherry flavor added. I also miss Snak Pak pudding served in the metal containers. For some strange reason, it’s just not quite the same in the plastic containers. Anyone else remember cutting lips or tongues on the metal lids? Or your mom saying, “Don’t lick the lids!!!” Ahhh, memories!! ---
**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:** [July 15, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/19 "2001-07-15T22:45:58Z")
Or at least some of you. I know at least a few of the items mentioned in this thread can be found here, Booberry for instance: [http://www.hometownfavorites.com/](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/) PARTAY! stoid Finder of obscure foods ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529/20 "2001-07-15T23:00:54Z")
My Mom used to buy the whole wheat pretzels when I was little. I can’t find them anywhere now, but man were those things good. She also used to buy these cookies called “Amaranth cookies” or something like that. They were so yummy. I would pay good money for some of those now…sigh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-have-gone-away/72529.md?page=2)