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Inflatable Fruit Cake
Inflatable fruitcakes sound like fun. I just love teasing my family and friends by eating a whole fruitcake in front of them. I used to keep one in my car during the winter months in case I got stranded. The store-bought things have a lot of calories (mainly sugar) and taste great when you're hungry. My granny used to leave one out when we went to visit because she was always at work when we got there. Good times!
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
Interesting concept, shale. I'll have to try pb on both sides sometime. I usually go pb side down, just because it's harder to spread the pb than the jelly. I don't really worry about the bread getting soggy since it goes straight into my mouth once the top piece of bread goes on.
Then, there's the fourth option: mix it all together. You won't have to choose then!
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Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
@sable42: They still make Jolt Cola. I don't think it's available in the plastic bottles anymore. They're in big ol' cans now. There are 3 flavors now: Original, a lemon-lime flavor, and a blue-colored one. I don't remember their names, but they're still available. You can even get them mail order from thinkgeek.com
@krutch16: I didn't know they got rid of Hydrox cookies. I remember eating some the other day. Maybe they're making a big deal out of the "original" packaging? My mom used to get Hydrox because they were cheaper than Oreos.
I, too, sometimes get a hankerin' for those cheese balls. I think I saw some the other day, but I'm not sure if it was the Planters brand, though.
There are a lot of these kinds of foods still out there, but as companies get bought, sold, and changed, so do the brand names.
Inflatable Fruit Cake
Inflatable fruitcakes sound like fun. I just love teasing my family and friends by eating a whole fruitcake in front of them. I used to keep one in my car during the winter months in case I got stranded. The store-bought things have a lot of calories (mainly sugar) and taste great when you're hungry. My granny used to leave one out when we went to visit because she was always at work when we got there. Good times!
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
Interesting concept, shale. I'll have to try pb on both sides sometime. I usually go pb side down, just because it's harder to spread the pb than the jelly. I don't really worry about the bread getting soggy since it goes straight into my mouth once the top piece of bread goes on.
Then, there's the fourth option: mix it all together. You won't have to choose then!
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
This is hysterical - I have been trying to enlighten my fiance on the yumminess of Magic Middle cookies (apparently he was sheltered and never tried them) and he just doesn't get it. I guess if you never tried one, you wouldn't know what you were missing, but still. Also, LOVED Crystal Pepsi!!! Was it really only out for one year? That's surprising - I thought it was fairly popular in my little neck of the woods.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
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.
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
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definitely jelly on top BECAUSE that way the PB doesn't stick to the roof of my mouth. This is from an anti-PBJ/peanutbutter in general person though.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Gizmosma , totally LOVED Boppers! Would love to see those again. I also remember Fruit Wrinkles and Fruit Bars.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
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.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss Jello gelatin pops. They had a really nice consistency and never froze so hard that you couldn't bite 'em.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Does anyone remember "Aspen" soda? It was apple flavored.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Good call on Planter's Cheese Balls...also something called "Hooplas" which were ring shaped cheesy corn snacks with a vaguely nacho cheese flavor. Mmm.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
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!
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Oh myyyyy how I miss Jell-O Pudding Pops! So glad I'm not the only one! I used to looove the vanilla one with chocolate chips. What I would give to have one again!! :)
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
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.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
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.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
@heathercore--I loved the Burger King fried tacos too! Here they were 50 cents each--what a great cheap snack! Tasted like the tacos my mom made when I was at home.
Regarding the omission of real cane sugar in sodas now . . . you can still buy Dr. Pepper with it in TX since it is made in Waco. We toured the historic original plant once--really a cool place! They had a gift shop where they sold the cane sugar variety, but I have also seen it in a lot of the stores elsewhere.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
@esmeralda, would you be referring to space food sticks? i used to love those.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
they really need to bring back royal crown draft cola
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
The Crystal Clear Pepsi story is famous in my family. Im the youngest of three and my siblings loved to paly pranks on me. As children of hippies, soda was a huge no-no in our house. One day my brother approached me with a glass of "Crystal Pepsi" and i eagerly downed it. It was weeks before he admitted it was sugar water.
Inflatable Fruit Cake
teehee! seems like a fun prank. as long as someone offers me some real fruitcake too...nobody likes a tease ;)
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
Jelly on top! It just feels right.
And besides, the whole double PB layer thing makes the jelly squish out of the middle. It's got to adhere to the bread enough to stay inside.
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
I always toast my bread, put a layer of PB (usually extra crunchy) on one slice of toast, a layer of jelly on the other (being toasted prevents soggy bread...and gives it extra crunch) and then slap them together....I eat it whichever way the sandwich should land in my hand!
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
It's always been pb on the bottom (or slice of bread on the left of the plate, to be exact) and jelly on top of that for me. Then the naked slice of bread (or the one on the right side of the plate) gets smooshed on top.
That goes double for when I toast the bread - that way the heat from the toast makes the pb all yummily melted. Mmmmmm.
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
It's psychological :D It is peanut butter. All classical sandwiches have butter first and then on top of that anything else. Nobody thinks about the "density of peanut butter compared to jelly" unconsciously, except probably a few super-sophisticated food fanatics.
Do you spread your usual sandwich butter, mayo or mustard on top of your salad and tomatoes? I mean, unconsciously and automatically? I have sometimes mustard on the cheese, but the butter is always the base at the bottom... (it is fun to see how many people get moved by such a simple subject :D)
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
I also put a layer of PB on both slices and then the jelly on one slice. I do have an unusual way of cutting the sandwich though:
I like to cut the sandwich slightly off center, so one half is bigger than the other. When I eat the sammy, I eat the small half first - and then when I get to the big half I feel like I'm getting a bonus! My husband used to tease me about this, but I know he thinks I'm a sandwich genius.
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
Thin layer of peanut butter on each slice and then a layer of jelly on each slice. I'm weirdly into sandwich symmetry, though. I like having all of the condiments on both pieces of bread. I hate to get a sandwich and find one of the pieces of bread completely dry, or insufficiently condimented. (Is that a word? I guess it is now.)
PBJ Debate: Jelly-Side Up or Down?
Peanut butter spread on one slice. Jelly spread on second slice of bread. Invert peanut butter slice on top of jelly slice. Invert whole sandwich and enjoy.
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@sable42: They still make Jolt Cola. I don't think it's available in the plastic bottles anymore. They're in big ol' cans now. There are 3 flavors now: Original, a lemon-lime flavor, and a blue-colored one. I don't remember their names, but they're still available. You can even get them mail order from thinkgeek.com
@krutch16: I didn't know they got rid of Hydrox cookies. I remember eating some the other day. Maybe they're making a big deal out of the "original" packaging? My mom used to get Hydrox because they were cheaper than Oreos.
I, too, sometimes get a hankerin' for those cheese balls. I think I saw some the other day, but I'm not sure if it was the Planters brand, though.
There are a lot of these kinds of foods still out there, but as companies get bought, sold, and changed, so do the brand names.