# Foods that just don't taste like you remember them **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898 "2014-01-27T22:43:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/61 "2014-01-29T00:15:55Z")
It’s probably not much different from chicken in a smaller can, except that I’m pretty sure this still has all the bones in it, and it’s in a bigger can too. ---
**Author:** ![ads95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@ads95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ads95)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/62 "2014-01-29T01:01:43Z")
Quaker Maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal. Are it frequently my whole life. A year or two ago they changed it drastically. Now I find it vile. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/63 "2014-01-29T01:10:33Z")
> [@ads95](#): > > Quaker Maple and brown sugar instant oatmeal. Are it frequently my whole life. A year or two ago they changed it drastically. Now I find it vile. I still eat it periodically at work, but I mix it with some plain quick oats. It cuts the sugar and makes it a lot more manageable. But for my money cinnamon roll’s the most delicious flavor. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/64 "2014-01-29T02:44:49Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > McDonalds fries are still pretty good, but it was never quite the same after they switched from being fried in beef tallow. How in hell could I have forgotten this one?!? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/65 "2014-01-29T03:04:45Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I used to like Tasty Wheat, but now it just seems like eating a bowl of snot. Not sure why that is. The file is corrupted. You have to wait for the system to reset. Watch for a black cat. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/66 "2014-01-29T15:58:41Z")
Kool-Ade or Freshie. Remember those powder crystals that you mixed with a cup (!!) of sugar and water? We lived on that stuff as kids. Always had the “Kool-Ade mustache.” I was offered a glass many years ago and nearly puked from the sweetness. ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/67 "2014-01-29T16:33:01Z")
I’ll mention another one which people look at me like I’m crazy for and that’s Mcdonald’s McNuggets. I actually preffered the nuggets they had before they switched to all white meat. They just had a better flavor to me. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/68 "2014-01-29T17:10:42Z")
> [@jrsone](#): > > I’ll mention another one which people look at me like I’m crazy for and that’s Mcdonald’s McNuggets. I actually preffered the nuggets they had before they switched to all white meat. They just had a better flavor to me. I dunno. Oh, that’s a good one. I totally agree with you. The McDonald’s fries/beef tallow is one that I expected to show up, but I don’t remember the beef tallow fries. I just know that I always liked McDonald’s fries and still do (for one particularly style of fries. Overall, I prefer the Five Guys skin-on style.) ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/69 "2014-01-29T17:13:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, that’s a good one. I totally agree with you. The McDonald’s fries/beef tallow is one that I expected to show up, but I don’t remember the beef tallow fries. I just know that I always liked McDonald’s fries and still do (for one particularly style of fries. Overall, I prefer the Five Guys skin-on style.) Five Guys is wonderful. There is one about 30-45 minutes from here and that’s close enough. Any closer and that would be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@No\_umlaut\_for\_U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_umlaut_for_U)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/70 "2014-01-29T21:59:58Z")
> [@Essured](#): > > Apples. Crisp & juicy red apples. > I can only find non-crisp, too-sweet, floury red apples ☹ > > I miss the combo of crisp & juicy so much I’m contemplating hunting down heirloom seeds and growing my own Same here. Granny Smith apples tasted a little like the apples of my youth, but they wrecked those around 2003. A couple of years ago I found some orchard apples sold by the man who grew them in northern Wisconsin, and they were delicious. I just can’t remember the cultivar. IIRC, they had pinkish red skin with a little striping, and were rounder than most common apples. They were also quite small. Delicious! ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/71 "2014-01-30T06:11:32Z")
Good luck with apple seeds. Seedling apples are never the same as the parent tree. Getting a good apple tree from seed is a genetic longshot. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/72 "2014-01-30T06:53:28Z")
I agree about growing apple trees from seed - you don’t know what you’ll get. You’d be better off buying a seedling from a nursery. There are many companies that sell seedlings by mail order. If you do this, be sure to get one that will do well in your area. Study the cultural requirements of the varieties you’re interested in. Most varieties are not self-pollinating, which means you’d have to get two types of trees that bloom at the same time. Different varieties have different chill requirements (the amount of cold weather they need in winter to bear fruit). If you decide to do this, do your research or you will probably be disappointed in your results. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/73 "2014-01-30T16:29:55Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Cream of Wheat. When I was a kid my grandma would make it and put some extra butter and milk on the finished product. I couldn’t get enough of it! Recently I bought a box for my daughter, got all excited cooking it up, and watched her face droop as she tasted it. It was horrible. **Now, it was the instant kind, but instant can’t be THAT far off.** Very disappointed. Oh yes, yes it can. Instant CoW and Instant Grits don’t even come close to the taste/texture of the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/74 "2014-01-30T17:09:33Z")
Most of the candy I liked as a child now consist mainly of corn syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/75 "2014-01-31T08:45:46Z")
Thanks for that info **Jeff**! I’ve been on a bit of a planting frenzy lately (three orange, a second lemon, a tangelo, a nashi and two mandarin saplings have recently been planted in my yard) and I was tossing up whether to plant some red or some green apples first. So your timing couldn’t be better! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/76 "2014-01-31T15:33:03Z")
Then there’s the opposite: Foods that you hated as a kid but like now. Mine: Orange juice. HATED it as a child. One day in high school I had a bottle and loved it. Tomato soup. Wouldn’t go near it as a kid. It’s okay now. But as for green peas - they’re still a big NOPE. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/77 "2014-02-06T02:05:07Z")
Forgive me for sounding like an old fuddy-duddy, but Hershey’s chocolate (almost anything) is the worst. If you put a morsel in your mouth and let it dissolve–IT BURNS! And like Woody Allen says, **And such small portions, too**. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/78 "2014-02-06T02:19:04Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > I’ve recently been recommended to try Pink Lady. Any opinions here? Go, get them now. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/79 "2014-02-06T02:24:50Z")
Beluga caviar. There WAS a 24-year gap between tastings. And this time it was with DP champagne and not just beer. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898/80 "2014-02-06T14:49:37Z")
The thread title immediately reminded me of an old Rush Limbaugh fake commercial. (Yes, even though it is Rush, it _is_ funny): > [@](#): > > Whiny Little Bobby: \*Mom, the tuna doesn’t taste as good as it used to. \* > > Narrator: \*Millions of Americans feel the same way little Bobby does, ever since companies came out with dolphin-free tuna. \* > > Bobby: \*The tuna doesn’t taste as good as it used to. \* > > Narrator: \*Luckily, not every company shamelessly bends over and drops their pants for each whiny special interest group that comes along and complains about something. When animal rights activists pressured Weemsco into eliminating the dolphin in our tuna, we politely said ‘pfft. Get a life!’ Weemsco Tuna has the great dolphin flavor you grew up with. In fact, it’s chock full of dolphin because now there’s more for us to use. Weemsco Tuna tastes great because it’s a secret blend of tuna, dolphin, shark, medical waste, and dead sea turtles who choked on deflated helium balloons. \* > > Bobby: \*The tuna doesn’t taste as good as it used to. \* > > Mother: \*But this is Weemsco Tuna, honey. Try it! \* > > Bobby: _Mmmmmm!_ “a secret blend of tuna, dolphin, shark, medical waste, and dead sea turtles who choked on deflated helium balloons” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-just-dont-taste-like-you-remember-them/679898.md?page=5)