# Time Machine Grocery List **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215 "2017-01-26T11:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PAjoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pajoe/32/58_2.png) [@PAjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PAjoe)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/61 "2017-01-27T20:28:11Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck;" Ebinger’s Chocolate Blackout Cake Best. Cake. Ever. This was my birthday cake every year. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/62 "2017-01-28T02:36:09Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Hydrox cookies - I’ve always thought they were better than Oreos They pre-dated Oreos, too. Oreos were the copycats. Anyone else remember [Rondo](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xtsJBFSfd-I/S8jQzVD5aRI/AAAAAAAAAuE/q0YE95zm4_c/s1600/Rondo1.jpg)? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/63 "2017-01-28T16:11:17Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > McDonald’s apple pies. The deep-fried kind. I’d try to get them raw so that I could freeze them and cook them upon demand, though. I had one of these about two weeks ago. And I don’t have a time machine. If I did, I’d grab a couple of cases of Betty Crocker Noodles Romanoff. (When they announced they were being discontinued (I was in my mid-20s at the time, I think), my mom bought me a case. I made it last as best I could.) ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/64 "2017-01-28T20:30:04Z")
[Team Flakes](http://www.mrbreakfast.com/ucp/763_5629_ucp.jpg) [BucWheats](http://www.mrbreakfast.com/ucp/47_5035_ucp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/65 "2017-01-28T21:02:56Z")
Nabisco Ideal Bars. I had to go through withdrawal when those babies were discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/66 "2017-01-28T21:04:21Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And there were these chocalate-covered peanut butter cookies that were like a candy bar, but I don’t remember the name. See my previous post. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/67 "2017-01-28T21:16:57Z")
I remember that as a kid I used to like [Slender Bars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSawD1Z8FY8), which I assume are long off the market–at least, it has been many years since I remember seeing them. (While I’m at that particular shelf, I’d pick up some [AYDS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBkVuT5pw1g) for fun.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/68 "2017-01-28T23:47:13Z")
The little box of spaghetti and/or pizza mix - probably Chef Boy R Dee - with a little can of grated parmesan. (comes in plastic packets now)… Or was it sauce? Never mind, I’m old, I can’t remember, but I do remember 50 years ago we made an awful cardboard-y pizza from a box in preparation for the midnight Creature Feature on Saturday night. You had to put extra toppings on the pizza if you had them. What fun! I miss that time of life. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Spayed\_PI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sam\_Spayed\_PI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Spayed_PI)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/69 "2017-01-29T00:41:31Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > McDonald’s apple pies. The deep-fried kind. I’d try to get them raw so that I could freeze them and cook them upon demand, though. I have permanent scars on my tongue from burning it on the hot pie _every single time_ I ate one. It didn’t matter how long one waited after one bought it; the molten apple filling remained at 500ºF until the fried crust was breached. Today’s society, sadly, is too litigious for McDonalds to retain the pie in its original gestalt. (Actually, they brought them back last year “for a limited time” (test market, I hope?) in Southern California.) ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/70 "2017-01-29T14:10:07Z")
McDonalds Ranchero Quarter Pounder. I believe it came out in the mid 1980’s. It had a flat corn tortilla (under the bun, not replacing the bun), and some taco sauce, and was really good. I might possibly be remembering this as better than it was, since it didn’t last too long, but I loved it at the time and always regretted McDonalds dropping it after a while. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/71 "2017-01-29T15:06:52Z")
McDonald’s chicken quesadillas. Practically nothing to them, a flour tortilla with a few shreds of marinated chicken, a bit of lettuce and cheese, packet of hot sauce on the side. (Two were a little much, one not quite enough.) They were light, delicate, and SO delicious! I’ve never had any as good as those. Different, yes, but much as I’ve tried to duplicate them, I never could get it right. It was a bleak day when they disappeared. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/72 "2017-01-29T16:00:19Z")
Big John’s, as several have mentioned above. There also used to be a cheap frozen grinder called Tony’s, I think. They came 2 to a box and were in a metallized paper wrapper that you tossed in the oven - pre-microwave. I would bake one half-way, then pull it out and add more stuff to the inside for the rest of the baking time. Those things were perfect when you were a poor college student. Haven’t seen them in decades. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/73 "2017-01-29T19:24:35Z")
Just out of curiosity I’d try the [Vegetable Sandwich, and Chicken Dinner](http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/14/10-candy-bars-youll-never-eat/)candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/74 "2017-01-29T19:43:35Z")
Root Beer Kool Aid. I’m still addicted after all these years. And saltine crackers where the crackers consisted of 4 squares joined into a super square. That’s the way God intended. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/75 "2017-01-29T21:06:43Z")
Not exactly food but I’d buy Sweet Caporal cigarettes until I had a full set of [T206 cards](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206). ---
**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:** [January 29, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/76 "2017-01-29T21:43:11Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > [Shake-A-Pudd’n](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9aF54Jc7bI). Instant pudding that you shook in a cup to make it instead of using a mixer. “Rich with real milk solids.” Mmmm. Damn, I opened this thread just to post this. 🆒 Parson’s Seven Up bars are also on my list. Danish Go Rounds. Just because, that’s why. Space Food Sticks. Altoids Ginger. YUMMMM! Milkshake candy bars. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/77 "2017-01-29T23:33:32Z")
Rath’s Black Hawk honey glazed ham. They were expensive, but so much better than those chemical-infused things they sell today. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/78 "2017-01-29T23:47:11Z")
Passenger pigeon pie. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/79 "2017-01-30T00:01:59Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Passenger pigeon pie. I think I mentioned it in a different thread, that IMHO just a bit of selective breeding was needed to domesticate that, I do think that a huge future industry was just literally killed in the 20th century. Getting back to subject: [Altoid Sours.](https://www.bustle.com/articles/95869-why-were-altoids-sours-discontinued-heres-the-sad-truth-about-the-puckery-candys-mysterious-disappearance) On online sales each unopened sealed thin fetches close to $20.00 each. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215/80 "2017-01-30T00:58:22Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Anyone remember Space Sticks?!! Space Food Sticks (as corrected by **Dr. QtM** above). FWIW, I always thought they tasted like the original chocolate flavored Power Bars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-grocery-list/778215.md?page=5)