# Help me remember this product from the 60s and 70s... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-product-from-the-60s-and-70s/642855 "2012-12-03T15:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-product-from-the-60s-and-70s/642855/21 "2012-12-04T21:13:55Z")
> [@OtisCampbellWasRight](#): > > OK, so what the hell was Metrocal? I remember my mother and aunt drinking this stuff. Weight loss product? Too many unreplaced brain cells ago. [Metrecal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrecal) (note spelling) was originally a diet product “containing powdered skim milk, soybean flour and corn oil and fortified with vitamins and minerals”. Later, the product line expanded to include an undoubtedly tasty tuna-noodle concoction. Metrecal was launched in 1959, the month after I was born, and vanished from the shelves during my freshman year in college. ETA: Your screen name’s inspiration undoubtedly would, had he bought Metrecal, been among the users who added liquor to make the product more palatable. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-product-from-the-60s-and-70s/642855/22 "2012-12-04T21:52:41Z")
Then there were [Carter’s Little Liver Pills…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2WRcfu5Yg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-product-from-the-60s-and-70s/642855.md?page=1)