# Your favorite retro/forgotten/by-gone foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 4, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611 "2024-01-04T21:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/161 "2025-10-01T21:29:17Z")
Fifteen cents for Postum? Outrageous! If anyone has new additions to this thread I would be interested. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/162 "2025-10-01T21:41:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Now places often put coleslaw on a reuben. NO! It _ **has** _ to be sauerkraut!! And _ **every** _ deli now seems to put Thousand Island dressing on the Reuben. I saw one a few days ago with Thousand Island, Dijon mustard, and pepperjack cheese. At least they used sauerkraut and corned beef. Oops, didn’t realize this was an old thread. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/163 "2025-10-01T22:14:15Z")
I only discovered earlier today that Bosco chocolate syrup is still available. I thought it had vanished back in the 1960’s. This is now my quest, to obtain some. It was my chocolate syrup of choice starting around age 5 thru 9 when it seemed to vanish. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/164 "2025-10-01T22:37:03Z")
Amazon has it. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/165 "2025-10-02T02:00:47Z")
Yeah, but supposedly 3 grocery chains near me that we actually shop at are supposed to have Bosco, so I’ll hit Meijer, Schnuck’s and Pick ‘n Pay before going online. Gives me the chance for other impulse buys/immediate caloric gratification. 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/166 "2025-10-02T03:03:00Z")
I still miss the Chun King Egg Foo Yung kit from the early 80s. Tasted good and easy for even a novice cook to get right. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/167 "2025-10-02T03:50:43Z")
wasn’t it Kraft that had the meals in a box Spaghetti and Chow Mein dinners ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/168 "2025-10-02T04:50:34Z")
If you want split-pea soup, with or without ham, you’re probably going to have to go to the gluten-free section. That’s where I’ve purchased it in recent years, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/169 "2025-10-02T04:55:54Z")
They’re still open, just in a different location. > **[Pea Soup Andersen's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_Soup_Andersen's)** > > Pea Soup Andersen's is a restaurant in Santa Nella, California that primarily serves travelers. It was formerly a chain, with previous locations along other major travel highways in California. The original Pea Soup Andersen's opened in Buellton in 1924. The Santa Nella restaurant then opened in 1976 as its second location. Other locations that operated in the 1980s included Carlsbad, Mammoth Lakes, and Selma. The Buellton location closed in January 2024 for redevelopment, leaving the Santa Nel... ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/170 "2025-10-02T05:00:45Z")
Per the old picture, Bosco is a “milk amplifier.” > **[Bosco Chocolate Syrup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco_Chocolate_Syrup)** > > Bosco Chocolate Syrup is a brand of chocolate syrup first produced in 1928. The company, Bosco Products, Inc., is based in Towaco, New Jersey, and products are sold throughout the United States and Europe. > Bosco Chocolate syrup was purportedly invented in 1928 in Camden, New Jersey, by an unknown physician. The William S. Scull Company, founded in 1931 in Camden, acquired the manufacturing license. The Scull Company's most famous product was Boscul Coffee, which gave the product its brand na... ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/171 "2025-10-02T08:08:09Z")
It was wonderful on a dish of vanilla ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/172 "2025-10-02T12:19:35Z")
Kraft Noodle Classics Chicken. There are plenty of chicken flavor noodle mixes - but none match how I remember KNCC. It is very possible that: 1. The KNCC wasn’t as good as I remember and and/or 2. My palate has changed since I last ate these Brian ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/173 "2025-10-02T12:23:01Z")
Jell-o 123 ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/174 "2025-10-02T21:02:26Z")
🎵 _Mama puts it in my milk to try and poison me…_🎶 ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/175 "2025-10-02T22:08:50Z")
Shake-a-Puddin’ ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/176 "2025-10-03T02:42:37Z")
I was addicted to Root Beer Kool Aid. I discovered that it was best if it were allowed to age for a day or two. Drunk fresh-made it wasn’t that great, which probably doomed it. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/177 "2025-10-03T02:54:24Z")
Space food sticks. I’d get a couple in my lunchbag when I was a child. No idea what they were exactly, or how nutritious, but they were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/178 "2025-10-03T04:17:15Z")
Something I haven’t seen in a long time: Liverwurst. When I was a kid it was a staple. My dad made sandwiches from it for lunch all the time. But I recently went looking for it, and none of the major supermarkets around here carry it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/179 "2025-10-03T04:23:19Z")
Nabisco Heyday Caramel Peanut Bars. Always my first choice as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611/180 "2025-10-03T04:52:48Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Something I haven’t seen in a long time: Liverwurst. When I was a kid it was a staple. My dad made sandwiches from it for lunch all the time. But I recently went looking for it, and none of the major supermarkets around here carry it That’s strange. Liverwurst/Braunschweiger is almost all of the supermarkets here in the Seattle area. John Morrell brand is the one I see most often, more so than Oscar Meyer. This area isn’t exactly known for delis like the Midwest or East coast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611.md?page=10)