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I always clamored for Great Shakes (I still have the cup and lid), Shake A Puddin, Fizzies (you can still get them, but they're nowhere near as good) and was absolutely hooked on Milk Shake Bars!
Until I graduated from college, my grandmother would send me Clark bars and Clark peanut butter kisses every Halloween. I never told her that I lost a filling on the peanut butter kisses one year ...
Another addiction was Pizza Spins, a corn snack covered in orange pizza spices and shaped like a wagon wheel. They were introduced by General Mills at the same time as some other snacks: Bugles, Whistles, and Daisy*s. Only Bugles survived. I don't remember Whistles; I remember the Daisy*s used to cut the roof of my mouth!
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".... Cracker Jacks ..... "
Oh yeah, I used to mostly empty out the Cracker Jacks to find the toy, which wasn't anything special but it was still a surprise .... even if a lame surprise. Also I anticipated lots of peanuts in the box, and felt gypped if there were only one or two.
We got TV dinners when our parents were going out too. I also loved the apple dessert! And pot pies! LOVED THOSE! I'd forgotten about those! It was always sooooo hard to wait until it cooled off enough to eat! I always burned my mouth. i didn't eat much candy as a kid I guess, i don't remember much of any of those you guys are talking about. Also never heard of Doo Dads, although I did love Bugles! And for some reason, my favorite cereal from back then, Quisp, just popped into my head. It had a blue-clad martian or some such character on the box. And I was happy if I didn't get many peanuts in my Cracker Jack, I preferred the caramel corn anyway!
Remember when Cracker Jacks contained an actual toy prize inside? Now it is just a dumb fake tattoo.
and they cost 10 cents. We still would buy them when we went to the Sat matinee because we wanted that little toy. Of course we bought all our candy at the little store next to the movie because everything was cheapre.
We got TV dinners when our parents were going out too. I also loved the apple dessert! And pot pies! LOVED THOSE! I'd forgotten about those! It was always sooooo hard to wait until it cooled off enough to eat! I always burned my mouth. i didn't eat much candy as a kid I guess, i don't remember much of any of those you guys are talking about. Also never heard of Doo Dads, although I did love Bugles! And for some reason, my favorite cereal from back then, Quisp, just popped into my head. It had a blue-clad martian or some such character on the box. And I was happy if I didn't get many peanuts in my Cracker Jack, I preferred the caramel corn anyway!
I remember the cereal Quisp, it was introduced long with one called Quake. Both cereals had an alien or martian theme.
TV dinners? Yes, those were cool. Peas and carrots, fudge brownie, mashed potatoes, meat loaf, all in a tin, with foil on top, and you cut out the foil for the brownie. I loved the ham ones...and they took 30 minutes, in the oven...no "instant" food back then. I also used to make those "boil in bag" meals, Creamed Chipped Beef, Turkey and Gravy, Barbeque Beef...
I always clamored for Great Shakes (I still have the cup and lid), Shake A Puddin, Fizzies (you can still get them, but they're nowhere near as good) and was absolutely hooked on Milk Shake Bars!
Until I graduated from college, my grandmother would send me Clark bars and Clark peanut butter kisses every Halloween. I never told her that I lost a filling on the peanut butter kisses one year ...
Another addiction was Pizza Spins, a corn snack covered in orange pizza spices and shaped like a wagon wheel. They were introduced by General Mills at the same time as some other snacks: Bugles, Whistles, and Daisy*s. Only Bugles survived. I don't remember Whistles; I remember the Daisy*s used to cut the roof of my mouth!
Teem was awesome- used to get that fountain at the little league snack stand. it was sweet
The advertisement for bugles i remember those corn snacks used to stick them on the tips of my fingers like every other kid on the block
When I was a teen I loved mashed potatoes and gravy. I used to buy some kind of instant gravy that came in a bar, about the same size, shape and texture as butter. It had markings on the wrapper so you could slice off however many servings that you desired. Then you just melted it and served it on top of mashed potatoes. I can't remember what it was called, but I used it for a year or two until I learned to make real gravy.
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TV dinners? Yes, those were cool. Peas and carrots, fudge brownie, mashed potatoes, meat loaf, all in a tin, with foil on top, and you cut out the foil for the brownie. I loved the ham ones...and they took 30 minutes, in the oven...no "instant" food back then. I also used to make those "boil in bag" meals, Creamed Chipped Beef, Turkey and Gravy, Barbeque Beef...
Believe it or not, the modern plastic microwave tv dinners aren't that much faster to cook, and you still have to cut an opening over the dessert.
How about when cheese was real cheese and not a cheese product. I was floored the other day to learn Valveta in now a cheese product.
As far as I know Velveeta has always been a cheese product...
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