# Your favorite old food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496 "2007-06-10T20:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/41 "2007-06-11T14:45:28Z")
[QUOTE=MissMossie] Kickin’ Kiwi Lime Kool-Aid…sooo good and sooo green. [/QUOTE] I remember that flavor. For some reason, it smelled like dirty dishwater, but it tasted pretty good. I miss baked ramen and Carnation Breakfast Bars. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/42 "2007-06-11T15:04:18Z")
Can’t think of anything offhand, but several have mentioned candy bars which I recently read about in a book called [Candyfreak](http://www.amazon.com/Candyfreak-Journey-through-Chocolate-Underbelly/dp/0156032937/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-1337801-6468703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181574153&sr=8-1) by Steve Almond. Interesting nostalgia and factory tour descriptions. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/43 "2007-06-11T15:17:20Z")
**Common Tater** : thanks for the link; I’ve ordered some Quisp to see if it’s as good as I remember. Cap’n Crunch cuts my mouth, too. Another cereal I miss is Fortified Oat Flakes. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/44 "2007-06-11T15:17:45Z")
I haven’t seen Grape Nuts O’s for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/45 "2007-06-11T15:18:53Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] Laffy Taffy - the grapiest stuff ever made. Candy Cigarettes Space Food Sticks Marathon Bars - chocolate covered caramel. Whacky Packs - like baseball cards, but had jokes on real products. Land 'O Quakes butter. I can’t remember any others… EDIT: and Quisp! Roof-of-your-mouth shreddin’est cereal ever. [/QUOTE] Marathon are alive and well, known now as “Snickers” I miss “Spangles” hard as hell boiled sweets of various flavours ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/46 "2007-06-11T15:20:48Z")
Laffy Taffy is still around. My kids love it. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/47 "2007-06-11T15:27:31Z")
[ul] [li]Raisin bars - thin pastry crust at the top and bottom, sandwiching a pureed raisin filling. I miss those.[/li][li]Bonomo Turkish Taffy - they made it in three flavors, vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. The ad slogan was “Bonomo Turkish Taffy tastes like ice cream”[/li][li]Coca-Cola made a citrusy cola-like soda called **O.K.** I loved it when it was available, but it didn’t last long.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/48 "2007-06-11T15:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Marathon are alive and well, known now as “Snickers” I miss “Spangles” hard as hell boiled sweets of various flavours [/QUOTE] Marathon and Snickers are not the same at all (or are you just kidding?)They were similar in flavor to Milky Ways I guess, but their unique shape made them more, I dunno, “fun” to eat. I miss American Fries. They were vaguely french fry shaped potato crisps and they were yummy, especially with a peanut butter sandwich. I remember they came in a blue box with a picture of George Washington on the front, though I can’t for the life of me remember what the tie in was between a snack food and the American Revolution. Perhaps they were part of the whole bicentennial celebration, though it seems like they were on the market before '76. Oh, and thank \* you\* , \*\* Johnny L.A. \*\* for infecting my brain with the Freakies’ song " . . we never miss a meal 'cause we lover our cereeeeeeal" :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/49 "2007-06-11T17:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] Marathon and Snickers are not the same at all (or are you just kidding?) [/QUOTE] I think the UK version of Snickers is very different than the US version. Probably the same for Marathon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/50 "2007-06-11T17:52:33Z")
Forever Yours Bars are marketed around here under the name Milky Way Midnite. I miss Nestle’s Triple Decker Bar–a layer of dark choloate, a layer of white chocolate and a layer of milk chocolate all in one candy bar. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/51 "2007-06-11T17:54:03Z")
I had these chocolate bars back in Stratford, Ontario, when I was a kid, and I can’t remember what they were called (and it’s driving me crazy!), but you could _not put them down_. I’m dead serious. Made of pure crack, I’m telling you. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/52 "2007-06-11T18:13:44Z")
Space Food Sticks Campbell’s Golden Cream of Mushroom Soup (not regular, it was golden). That stuff made the best gravy for pork chops… ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/53 "2007-06-11T21:52:46Z")
[QUOTE=Terrorcotta] \*_Thanks for the Squirrel Nut Zippers reference, **Projammer**!_😃 [/QUOTE] DING DING DING!!! We have a winner! Proceed to the bonus round where you will be playing for.. Rice a Roni! The San Fransicso treat! (I know they still make it, but which game show had it for the consolation prize?) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/54 "2007-06-11T22:04:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mirror Image egamI rorriM] Chef Boyardee Mini Cheese Ravioli in Tomato and Cheese Sauce. They have similar things now, but they all have meat in them somewhere. [/QUOTE] Check your local health food type stores. Annie’s Naturals has a cheese version. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/55 "2007-06-11T23:19:01Z")
Campbell’s Meatball Alphabet Soup. I ate gallons of the stuff as a kid, but I haven’t seen it in years. They make Jell-O Pudding Pops again? I must have some immediately! ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/56 "2007-06-11T23:56:53Z")
**Foldup Rabbit and El Perro Fumando** , To satisfy your Orbitz jonesing, try [Capsela!](http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/capsela/nf/index.html) Same futuristic Jetson look but only one flavor, lemon. Yes, it tastes like real lemon, too, not that chemically-bleah flavor Orbitz used. PS-Sorry about the Japanese-only website. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/57 "2007-06-12T00:04:42Z")
Powerhouse Candy bars were advertised as a quarter pound. Thats why I chose them over 3 Musketeers. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/58 "2007-06-12T00:53:44Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] Zots? Hard candy filled with something that fizzed when you reached it. [/QUOTE] I bought some Harry Potter Exploding bon-bons a few weeks ago (at Super Target, I think) to put in my son’s birthday party goody bags. It turns out that they are Zotz, under the merchandizing name du jour. I tried to find an online reference for them, but haven’t managed to find a link. I imagine that they’ll be becoming easier to find in the next month or so when the book and the movie come out. As for the Marathon/Snickers confusion ---- In the US, the Marathon bar was around probably in the 70’s or so, in a red wrapper with yellow writing. It was a braided choclate covered caramel bar, very similar to the [Curly wurly](http://www.amazon.com/Cadbury-Curly-Wurly-Pack-Bars/dp/B000HNF8ZW/ref=sr_1_1/002-1072689-3170407?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food&qid=1181609284&sr=1-1). When I was in the UK in the mid-80’s, they had a candy bar called a Marathon that was, essentially a Snickers — even down to the color scheme on the wrapper. At some point, they renamed it to become a Snickers. And now Snickers is marketing a pseudo-energy bar and calling it a Marathon, just to increase the name confusion. **Auntie Pam** : I’m a big Mallo cup fan, too. Occasionally I still find them around here ---- mainly in convenience stores. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/59 "2007-06-12T01:46:24Z")
I miss [Jello 1-2-3](http://www.yarayara.com/myop/op3.html). We had it for dessert on Sunday afternoons, in wine goblets so it was real fancy! Seeing how much I like plain old Jello now (not!), maybe it’s just as well relegated to the nostalgia bin in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/60 "2007-06-12T02:58:11Z")
fruit burple! the kool-aid like drink in a collapsable accordion bottle (think like the bendy part of a straw) and i’ll always miss classic mcdonalds fries… with the tallow in the grease and tons of salt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496.md?page=4)