# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/101 "2012-03-28T19:44:12Z")
As a yankee, I sadly miss **Humpty Dumpty Sour Cream n’ Clam** potato chips. Along those lines, **Heluva Good** no longer makes clam dip, not that it was remotely possible to find here in Atlanta. I know I can (and have) made my own, but it’s just not the same. ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/102 "2012-03-28T20:04:34Z")
Hey, [Turkish Taffy](http://www.bonomoturkishtaffy.com/) is back! I’d tried French Chew, and it’s not a bad substitute, but it’s not precisely the same. I’ll have to get my hands on the real stuff again. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/103 "2012-03-28T20:16:00Z")
Eckrich used to make a luncheon meat called Macaroni & Cheese Loaf. It even had (few and far between) little bits of red pepper in it. Good Og, that was some tasty stuff! They discontinued it a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/104 "2012-03-28T20:25:53Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > Sunshine brand Lemon Coolers were the cookies of the gods Yep. > [@Labdad](#): > > Peter Paul’s [Caravelle](http://www.ecrater.com/p/6552834/peter-paul-caravelle-candy-bar) candy bar. Wow, I was just looking up the Caravelle bar today! **SweeTarts**. The original version from the '60s. Yes, there’s something called SweeTarts still on the market, but they are totally different: different flavors, different shape, different packaging, and hard as rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/105 "2012-03-28T21:25:57Z")
[These are the Sunshine Lemon Coolers.](http://www.nichefoodsco.com/products.php) I get them at Dominicks. And yes, they taste the same, and yes, the first time I bought them I ate a whole box in two sittings. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/106 "2012-03-28T21:35:41Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > I miss Jello Pudding Pops. This is the biggest thing I miss. I hardly ever had them growing up when they were around so it was a rare treat when I did. A couple of years ago I tried to make my own and it’s just not the same. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/107 "2012-03-28T21:38:20Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Nabisco [Swiss Cheese crackers](http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/nabisco-crackers-baked-snack-58944.jpg). > > Apple Newtons. [Canada](http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/products/a-c/christiesnackingcrackers.aspx) can help you out with the crackers! ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/108 "2012-03-28T21:56:01Z")
Sav-on Drugstores in SoCal used to have Ice Cream counters in their stores–$0.05 for a single and $0.10 for a double dip. Carnation Ice Cream, when ice cream was real and not full of fillers. During the summer Carnation would make a Root Beer Swirl flavor, best ice cream I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/109 "2012-03-28T22:23:40Z")
> [@phxjcc](#): > > Sav-on Drugstores in SoCal used to have Ice Cream counters in their stores–$0.05 for a single and $0.10 for a double dip. Thrifty Drugs, too. The ice cream was not scooped; it was “plugged” with a utensil that deposited a precisely measured perfect cylinder of ice cream onto the cone. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/110 "2012-03-28T22:26:03Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I’ve mentioned these in a similar thread: Sunshine brand Lemon Coolers were the cookies of the gods, and Nabisco Lemon Thins were nearly as good. Oh yes. They had a indescribable “mouth feel”, then a rush of sweetness, then TART! For me, it is Smokey Links, a type of hot-dog like sausage I think made by Oscar Meyer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/111 "2012-03-28T22:32:15Z")
Oh, and also Entenmanns birthday cake. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/112 "2012-03-29T00:11:42Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Thrifty Drugs, too. The ice cream was not scooped; it was “plugged” with a utensil that deposited a precisely measured perfect cylinder of ice cream onto the cone. Did you ever get the grape sherbert? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/113 "2012-03-29T02:13:47Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Thrifty Drugs, too. The ice cream was not scooped; it was “plugged” with a utensil that deposited a precisely measured perfect cylinder of ice cream onto the cone. You can still get these at some Rite Aid stores (that’s what Thrifty became, at least here in northern California). I can think of at least two Rite Aids within close driving distance of my house where you can get Thrifty ice cream. They still use the plug, but you can get sugar cones now in addition to the traditional cake cone. My favorite Thrifty flavor is Chocolate Malted Krunch. Mmmmm… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/114 "2012-03-29T13:43:23Z")
Here’s another: **Bill Knapp’s birthday cake** They gave you one on your birthday if you ate there, along with your age’s percent off the meal. Great chocolate cake with an amazing icing. ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/115 "2012-03-29T14:33:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Here’s another: > > **Bill Knapp’s birthday cake** > > They gave you one on your birthday if you ate there, along with your age’s percent off the meal. Great chocolate cake with an amazing icing. Damn, I miss Bill Knapp’s. Their cakes were FANTASTIC! You can still apparently get them [here](http://www.awrey.com/product.aspx?pid=6015&catid=19&lid=5&sec=in-store). Their biscuits and honey, their potatoes au gratin, their bean soup, their onion rings! YUM. Tastes of my childhood. Their [menu](http://www.vanishedkalamazoo.com/knapps/knappsmenu.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/116 "2012-03-29T14:37:06Z")
Forget the offerings…look at the prices! “Steakburger Basket…$1.05” ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/117 "2012-03-29T14:41:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Forget the offerings…look at the prices! > > “Steakburger Basket…$1.05” “African rock lobster tail…$4.45” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/118 "2012-03-30T21:55:18Z")
Jello 1-2-3 was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/119 "2012-03-31T23:15:38Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > 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. When I was a kid, whenever I would go to Grandma’s house she would ask " Want a pop? Want a fizzie? As soon as I turned 18 it changed to “Want a beer”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894/120 "2012-03-31T23:25:17Z")
I miss Diet Pepsi Jazz… Specifically the caramel cream and the strawberry and cream flavors. Why, oh why did they have to be discontinued? Typically I do not buy brand colas, but I made the exception for those. I miss them! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-foods/616894.md?page=7)