I know there's been a bunch of queries on the DC area but am curious to know where the "Must Not Miss" places intersect with the "Won't Break the Bank" places? We are headed there at the end of Feb to celebrate my 30th birthday so we might also be up for one (minor) slurge meal...
(has been since Thanksgiving, but that's a longer story) and won't be fixed until the 24th at the earliest and we have 6 guests coming in for an early Christmas celebration this weekend (12/22 & 12/23). We need suggestions for no-cook or stove-top or toaster oven friendly holiday treats and side-dishes and a fail-safe recipe for beef roast (we're up for anything) in the nesco...
and i've never been to either place. we are looking for some "serious eats" in both cities as well as along the way that are not to be missed but also won't break the bank. any/all suggestions welcome. thanks!
ahhh crystal pepsi. summer of 1992, my family took a cross-country road trip and i found crystal pepsi in colorado. i made my poor parents buy 2 cases of it to haul home to my friends in crystal pepsi-less wisconsin. man was i cool that summer.
wow. this looks incredible and i'd love to make it for easter except for the fact that i'm cooking for 4 vegetarians... hmmmm...
this is cruel & unusual punishment. why oh why don't north carolina mcdonalds have shamrock shakes?
ahhh the everything bagel. the downfall of my low-carb diet. and i just imagine think that a whole grain whole wheat version would be as tasty! too bad (or maybe it's a good thing) there are no bagel places close to my work - or that's what i'd be having for lunch!
any advice to make these sans-espresso powder? just leave it out all together or replace it with ??? my signficant other hates the flavor of all things coffee...
If you're headed to WI, make sure to hit New Glarus (for Spotted Cow) and Middleton (just outside of Madison), for a Capital Amber. Huber is not far away, and at that point, you're just a short jaunt away from MIlwaukee, where there are a bunch of options--with Tyranena on the route there. Robin Shepard wrote a book on the microbreweries in Wisconsin and gives route maps and food options too. I think he has also written some for IL and MN too. Needless to say, we used to live there and miss it all terribly - especially the Spotted Cow.
Ruth Reichel... Love her... Can't wait for her next book....
oh yum. black bottom cupcakes remind me of a great bakery next door to the place i used to work in madison, wi. love 'em.
Anybody remember Sprinkle Spangles? Anybody? It was a cereal made of star shapes, sprinkles and lots of sugar. Beautiful rocket fuel.
I just found some cookies that are a lot like Magic Middles at a truck stop in Italy. They're called Grisbi. Google them online.
Nabisco chipsters and a glass of chocolate milk made with PDQ.........yummm.....and then for dessert, maybe a Milkshake candy bar.
Does anyone remember the little potato chips that came in a box? They looked like little uninflated balloons. They were really crispy, and it seems like there was a hot air balloon on the box. They were always near the Bugles. They kind of tasted like Munchos. I have been thinking about these for years.
Had to join up just to add this comment: I totally miss Fizzies, the fruity tablets that you dropped in cold water to make instant carbonated beverages. The chemists couldn't get it to work or taste quite the same after cyclamates were banned in 1969. Although is supposedly reformulated good as new in 2006. http://www.oldtimecandy.com/fizzies.htm
Does anyone remember the Golden Grahams cereal that had the little marshmallows and chocolate pieces in it -- smore-ie goodness!!
Smore's Crunch!!
Also:
tan m&ms
Fruitstripes gum - but only for a minute
Dunkaroos
Heinz(?) purple and green ketchup -- eww
Jolt
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese popcorn cheese topping (powder)
Garbage Pail Kids bubble gum / cards
McD's salad shakers
Little Ceaser's Pizza - Crazy Bread!!
Purplesaurus Rex Kool Aid
Domino's Bubble Gum Pizza
Otto Pops
Koala Yummies
Undercover Bears
God I miss these!!!
Pop Quiz Popcorn!!
Sunshine Hydroxy Cookies! They were much better than Oreos for me. Well, OK ... maybe my palate has changed, and but now I will never know. I would still love to get my hands on some of those cookies. I haven't been able to find them in eons. Probably too many dreaded trans-fats. Such a bummer ...
I must admit that i remeber almost all of these foods, but honestly don't miss any of them! Charlie Chips in the can delivered to your front door was THE BEST. Thye may be available some places, but they are definitely not the same chip. they are not any good anymore. That is my reminiscence.
Hiya,
You can get Pudding Pops at Meijers here in the midwest.! Now if only they could bring back Magic Middles....my hubby has been hearing about my cravings for them for years now!
The elimination of MacDonald's fried apple pies can be added to the list of insane "politically correct" changes in the fast food industry over the last 20 years. Gone, is the great taste of their french fries, hamburgers, KFC's chicken, etc.
As far as soda, such as Coke and Pepsi, corporate greed has eliminated their once-great tastes because the corn syrup they now use in the product is cheaper than the pure sugar cane that was formally used.
As far as nostalgic foods, back in the 70's I used to love the little mini-pizzas that were fully encased in pizza crust that you pop into the toaster.....Delicious!! Forgot who put them out.
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