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I wonder if today's kids, 15 years from now, will be getting nostalgic about the same nasty kids foods. Definitely not Bourdain's kid unless she swears off game birds!

If I get a craving for a childhood food I have to cuccumb to it no questions asked. The only thing that I will not eat now (thank God for no craving) is lamb and liverwurst that THEN i liked, now I won't touch it.

Am I the only person who cannot eat Captain Crunch cereal as an adult? OMG the stuff shreds the roof of your mouth and put you into insulin shock. What was I not thinking?

Gad! You execute Peeps -- for fun! (Gulp!) I adore Peeps, and I'm probably old enough to be your grandmother. I also still like Moon Pies, but I nuke them so they become s'mores-like. I also have learned to love exceedingly dark rich chocolate, assorted organ meats and all the other frou-frou foods favored by self-proclaimed gourmands. The difference, I believe, is that in childhood we only THOUGHT we could have eaten Peeps for breakfast, lunch and dinner; we couldn't have then anymore than we could now. All things in moderation -- even Peeps.

sloppy joe from the lunch truck that provided lunch to my school (you know, the kind that goes to construction sites?) with strawberry milk. i might eat the sloppy joe now if i wasn't vegetarian, but the combination of the two. ew.

Ugghhh... bologna sandwiches with mayo on white bread (crusts trimmed off). Even the thought of it now makes me shudder. And I'd have it with a glass of Hawaiian Punch - even worse!

Oh, and my mom used to make this disgusting casserole with hot dog chunks, elbow macaroni, and canned tomato soup that for some unknown reason, I loved as a child. (By the way, my mom really is a great cook - don't know what was going on with this recipe...)

Apple Jacks. With the best milk afterwards. I used to live on the stuff. I can maybe do it once a year now but only one bowl (used to do at least three each morning) and then I have to chuck the rest of the box. But the milk is still awesome.

I'm surprised by the Doritors haters. Was never a nacho cheese fan, but the cool ranch???? Can eat a bag of those in one sitting to this day. And the habanero ones they had recently were really good. Though I think I lost a layer of stomach lining because of them.

Growing up in Nebraska, one of the most popular dips for potato chips was bacon horseradish, I used to love it as a kid. I tried some a few years ago and it was nothing like I remembered, I couldn't even eat it! Also, my grandparents always have Braunschweiger, I used to love it as a kid, but I tried it a few years ago and nearly gagged. Maybe I was a weird kid.
I love fig newtons, when I want a quick store bought snack.
Like most of the above, all those tooth-achingly sweet things that are marketed to kids (pop-tarts, sugar cereals, twinkies) are impossible to swallow now, though I do occassionally like a Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll or Peanut Butter bar (the layered one). I tried both twinkies and ding-dongs again in grad school and couldn't finish them.
I never cared for any of those Chef Boyardee products, canned meats, and I only like hot dogs cooked over a fire when camping.

OMG! I love the comment about slim jims tasting like ass and tires. LOL! Okay, and to all the fig newton haters out there...what are you thinking?? Newtons are the best! I can eat a whole sleeve with a pot of tea. Comfort!!!
However, I'm 100% on board with the Chef Boyardee Meat Raviolis...BLECH. I used to LOVE LOVE LOVE when my mom would serve me them...and now the mere smell sends me lurching from the room gagging.
I also used to eat a Hostess apple pie in high school every day for lunch, with a bag of Doritos and a nutty bar. And I weighed 98 pounds soaking wet! Now of course, I cannot imagine how I have any teeth left in my head at all.

- Tongs
- Microplane
- Small silicone rubber spatulas
- Crate and barrel Cheese plane ( I bought it about 15 years ago -- I use it all the time. I prefer the thin slices from the plane.)
- Wooden spoon(s)

um, Warheads--anyone remember those things?
looking back on them i have to ask, just what was their appeal?
"this candy will kick your ass!"
has the "painful candy" fad passed? i don't really see any of that kind of crap in gas stations and grocery stores anymore, so i guess so?

I live in new orleans, and we have Hubig's Pies, which are so good! I tried the hostess variety once-cherry- it was cough syrup goop inside surrounded by a thin greasy pie crust. but I can't say I don's love the fried pie things, Hubigs are the bomb!