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From the horse country of Virginia I would like to add that Pimms makes the scene at many a race and polo match, as it should, of course. I love to take a couple of bottles along for a full afternoon of races, and believe me everyone who stops by leaves smiling. My recipe involves making my own sour mix of simple syrup, lemon AND lime juices, then pouring in a bit of that for each drink, add the Pimms, top with soda water, stir with the cuke. YUM.
Will be trying out adding mint and strawberries soon, sounds wonderful.

tanaya...the state liquor store at U-Village has Pimms.

When I studied abroad in England, I used to drink this all the time! Anytime I see it in a liquor store in the US, I buy it! It taskes great with ginger ale and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Here in the UK we now get Winter Pimms which is slightly spicy and you drink it with warm apple juice - all year round Pimms fun for all!

I tried introducing some Alaskans to Pimm's here two weeks ago - no dice. But it's amazing.

I also happen to love the Pimm's Royale - swap champagne in for the lemonade.

they'll serve you a pitcher of pimm's cup with mint and strawberries at the Darlo Bar in Sydney. a perfect way to spend an afternoon.

Napolen House in New Orleans the Pimm's Cup is awesome.

I miss everything on the top ten list with the exception of the C3PO's-never had those. I also miss Planters Cheeseballs and Cheesecurls, and O' Boises (those were by far my favorite potato chip growing up-especially the sour cream and onion).
But I'm super surprised that one of the most amazing foods of the 80's was left off of this list and wasn't named by anyone. I want to know what happened to Red Devil Cheese Puffs. My mom would buy them every year for New Years Eve and we were so excited to take them out of the freezer and bake them-and even if they were burnt they were still good. I really miss those and can't find them anywhere.
As far as fast food restaurants, I was very happy to find a Roy Rogers a couple of years ago (to only have it taken away from me) but all of their food from my childhood all tasted the same right down to the french fries and the pickles in the fixin bar.
Also, I don't know if any one has noticed but the good old "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun" (of course I'm referring to the Big Mac), the special sauce is different from when I was a kid-which I kept telling my mom about and she thought I was crazy, but I saw something on food network recently that said McD's lost the special sauce recipe in the 90's and the sauce is different now-so that being said I also miss the original big mac.

I totally remember Doo Dads. I grew up in Michigan and my father loved that snack. Since moving to Florida 15 years ago I've never seen it again.

I'm also glad to see others that remember Cinnamon Chachos. I loved those and when I explain them to people (to see if they remember them) they look at me like I'm insane.

I didn't realize that Planter's discontinued Cheez Balls. That's a bummer.

sable42, I'm happy to report that here in Florida Little Caesar's has had a huge resurgence thanks to cheap $5 take-away pizzas. Years ago Caesar's started closing up, but in the last year or so they've exploded all over my area, even opening a Drive Thru location! Now all the pizza places in the area are trying to copy them (usually with a bigger $6 pizza) but L.C. is doing business like gangbusters.

Also, if you never had GatorGum don't worry, it was terrible.

Does anyone remember "Aspen" soda? It was apple flavored.

I'm not sure which company made them but I love lemon cookies. There was a cookie called Lemon Coolers that I simply adored, and I have not seen them around for years. I have developed my own recipe for them powdered sugar and all, if any one is interested you can request a copy from me rlwycoff@yahoo.com.

The Mothers company has also went out of business recently, I will sorely miss Aminal Cookies and Animal Parade big bags of goodness!

What I really want to have back in the stores in the Pac. N.W. is Campbells chicken and dumpling soup. They got rid of it in the mid seventies and now when I want to order it I have to buy it via Fed Ex at a place that carries hard to find food items.