# Lost foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894 "2012-03-26T23:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/81 "2012-03-28T02:29:26Z")
Yep, Tuna Twist makes tuna taste…fresh from the garden! I haven’t been able to find WheatNuts for ages. Forever Yours candy bars! Crane Potato Chips. Raisins Rice 'n Rye Cereal. Corn Nuts. Corkers (corkscrews? Corn chips shaped like corkscrews.) Boo Berry and Fruit Brute Cereals. Freakies! Toffifay! Rollo’s…you can roll a Rollo to your friend! ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/82 "2012-03-28T02:32:43Z")
Quisp: I see it regularly at The Fresh Market. If you have one of those nearby, you may want to give it a shot. Moon pies are ubiquitous around here. Mallo cups are fairly easy to find — they’re in a lot of convenience stores. If you’re jonesing for the chocolate/marshmallow combination, apparently North Carolina is the place to be. I really liked the apple newtons, but for a brief time, they also had cherry newtons. Those were incredible. I used to love a cereal called NutriGrain. Its ingredient list was pretty much 100% whole wheat. It tasted great, and was a very healthy cereal. Of course, they dropped it. I complained to Kelloggs, to no avail. When they reintroduced “new, improved” NutriGrain a few years later, they notified me, but they had ruined the cereal. It had a long list of ingredients, didn’t taste as good, and wasn’t as healthy. And I don’t remember the brand name (Morton’s?), but when I was a kid (late 60’s), there were frozen cinnamon sugar mini-donuts to reheat in the oven. They were heavenly. If they were still around, however, I would probably weigh about 600 pounds. ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/83 "2012-03-28T02:40:28Z")
Russell Stover’s Honeysuckle Straws. Crunchy candy sticks in lemon, lime, and cinnamon…similar to ‘reception sticks’ but bigger and thicker and not dipped in chocolate. I miss these like crazy. Also, Russell Stover Rosebud mints. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/84 "2012-03-28T02:50:21Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > As we discuss this thread, my dad is remembering a place on the waterfront in Santa Barbara, CA, ca. 1963 that served broiled abalone steaks. They were dark meat, sort of like tuna steaks, sort of like a poor man’s filet mignon. > > Anyway, he thinks abalone isn’t served anymore because it’s a} endangered or b} food for something endangered. What’s the deal? Abalone is still available in some restaurants but most in the U.S. seem to be located on the West Coast. According to [the Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abalone) it is endangered in the wild and is generally farmed for commercial use. It is also pretty pricey these days on a menu. At [this restaurant](http://www.villanovarestaurant.com/menu/default.asp) in Newport Beach an entree of abalone is $76. Kinda high for a giant sea snail but it is supposed to be delicious. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/85 "2012-03-28T02:51:17Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > They’ll go on my wish list for father’s day, for sure! 😃 Sweeet! I hope ya get them!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hamwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hamwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamwater)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/86 "2012-03-28T02:56:48Z")
When I was a kid I loved Good n Fruity. They had a hard candy shell and a fruit flavored licorice center. They went away for a long time and I couldn’t find them, even online. One day a few years ago I was shopping and saw them and I was beside myself, I was so excited! I bought every box they had in case I wasn’t able to find them ever again. They were awful!! Not as in, now I am an adult and my tastes have changed awful, just awful. The coating was mushy and grainy and soooo sweet, and the licorice center is now sort-of…jellyish? Just heartbreaking. They sell them everywhere now, and every time I see them for a split second I’m like :eek: then :mad: ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/87 "2012-03-28T03:03:06Z")
This [link](http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/25-foods-youll-never-eat-again) hits a few for me, but Oreo O’s for sure. Cereal just isn’t the same anymore. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/88 "2012-03-28T04:12:49Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > Are you sure it wasn’t [Heinz Chili Sauce](http://www.amazon.com/Heinz-Chili-Sauce-12-oz/dp/B0004N0H24) > > Mixed with horseradish it makes the best cocktail sauce. I definitely remember the hot ketchup, and no, it wasn’t chili sauce. Good stuff. My submissions are: Count Chocula. You can sometimes find it around halloween but that’s it. I try to stock up if I see it, but I really wish it was available year round again. McDonalds “ranchero” quarter-pounder. Anyone else remember this? It came out in the late 80’s IIRC, and had a small flat crispy tortilla on it (not replacing the bun) and a spicy sauce that I remember as being similar to taco bell’s hot sauce. I’d probably think it was shite now, but back in the day that ranchero QP was my favorite McDonalds item. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/89 "2012-03-28T04:42:33Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > You can call me all the hateful names you want, but I liked Zima and wish it was still around. I actually liked Zima too! OMG… Wheatnuts are still around?? Sure wish they were available locally! Another I thought of… bacl in the late 70’s or early 80’s, McDonalds dabbled in…pizza. They had a bacon cheesburger pizza for about $5 that was EXCELLENT! Wish they still made it. Hardees also made really good fried chicken for a while in the 80’s… ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/90 "2012-03-28T05:06:35Z")
Faygo Brau ginger beer has never been equaled in my experience. Quaker 100% Natural With Raisins and Dates cereal was the best cereal I’ve ever tasted, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/91 "2012-03-28T05:06:59Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Yep, Tuna Twist makes tuna taste…fresh from the garden! I haven’t been able to find WheatNuts for ages. Forever Yours candy bars! Crane Potato Chips. Raisins Rice 'n Rye Cereal. Corn Nuts. Corkers (corkscrews? Corn chips shaped like corkscrews.) Boo Berry and Fruit Brute Cereals. Freakies! Toffifay! Rollo’s…you can roll a Rollo to your friend! CornNuts and Rolo are still available. [http://www.planters.com/cornnuts/flavor.aspx](http://www.planters.com/cornnuts/flavor.aspx) [http://www.thehersheycompany.com/brands/rolo/caramels-in-milk-chocolate.aspx](http://www.thehersheycompany.com/brands/rolo/caramels-in-milk-chocolate.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/92 "2012-03-28T05:24:02Z")
Also, the corkscrew shaped corn chips are still around. Frito makes Flavor Twist in Honey BBQ. I remember there were other flavors but apparently they don’t make them anymore. I think there was also another brand called Spirals. [http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/fritos-flavor-twists-honey-bbq.html](http://www.fritolay.com/our-snacks/fritos-flavor-twists-honey-bbq.html) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/93 "2012-03-28T05:32:54Z")
Aha! Korkers: > **[From the Snack Aisle: Korkers Corn Twists](http://gbnfgroceries.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-snack-aisle-korkers-corn-twists.html?m=1)** > > Korkers Company: Nabisco Years: 1968-Mid 70's As I add Nabisco's Korkers to my list of extinct groceries, I realize that I am eat... ---
**Author:** ![joew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@joew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/94 "2012-03-28T16:09:49Z")
toll house chocolate chip candy bars. man i would take a box of those right now. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/95 "2012-03-28T18:09:52Z")
Kellogg’s _Concentrate_ cereal. I think a single serving was only 1/4 cup of the cereal, but I used to fill up my bowl with a “regular” size portion, pour on the milk, and wait for it to get soggy. I loved that stuff. Hubster misses the Mountain Bar candy bars. Same shape as Cherry Time but with a vanilla cream filling. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/96 "2012-03-28T18:38:52Z")
Peter Paul’s [Caravelle](http://www.ecrater.com/p/6552834/peter-paul-caravelle-candy-bar) candy bar. Best candy bar ever! Apparently, when Peter Paul was acquired by Cadbury it was discontinued. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/97 "2012-03-28T19:05:22Z")
[Injun Orange](http://theimaginaryworld.com/ffpaxx04.jpg) and [Chinese Cherry](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac04.jpg) drink mixes. I vividly remember these things from my childhood. Rather impolite these days… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/98 "2012-03-28T19:09:20Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > [Quisp Cereal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quisp). Used to love it as a kid. Supposedly it’s still made, but Quaker Oats seems to have employed some sort of bizarre guerrilla, hit-and-run marketing strategy, and I can’t find the dang stuff. They have boxes of Quisp for sale at the Fresh Market here in Little Rock. I was shocked that they still made them. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/99 "2012-03-28T19:09:24Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > [Injun Orange](http://theimaginaryworld.com/ffpaxx04.jpg) and [Chinese Cherry](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac04.jpg) drink mixes. > > I vividly remember these things from my childhood. > > Rather impolite these days… That’s why (as I’m sure you recall) they changed them to **Jolly Olly Orange** and **Choo Choo Cherry**. [![](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac13.jpg) ](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac13.jpg) [![](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac14.jpg) ](http://theimaginaryworld.com/pac14.jpg) I never drank Funny Face – they were artificially sweetened (except for a very brief period, apparently) and tasted weird. The Politically Correct switch also gave us Fritos spokesman **W.C. Fritos** in place of the **Frito Bandito**. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/100 "2012-03-28T19:14:27Z")
I was going to mention[Fizzies](http://www.fizzies.com/thenandnow.html), but apparently they are back. Since they are now sweetened with Splenda, instead of the original cyclamates, they won’t taste authentically vile and I’m not interested. The fun of Fizzies was watching them fizz, not drinking them, but mom/dad made you drink them anyway because\_dammit!\_they had paid good money for them. Dear god,[Fizzies cocktails!](http://www.fizzies.com/fizziesfun.html) We are truly in the end times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894.md?page=6)