I only remember a fraction of those, and only remember eating Space Dust, Fluff, Yellow Zonkers, and of course metal tray TV dinners. I was also only 7 when we rang in the 80s.
2
Space sticks and a glass of Tang and you were living the life of astronauts in a kids mind.
8
I remember tid bits and ding dongs. Odd. I guess my college herbology class sent me in other directions.
1
Space Sticks, Breakfast Squares and Merita Mickey Cakes were my favorites.
1
I never did figure out how the astronaut was able to eat a space food stick through a hole in his visor without his blood vaporizing.
1
Geoff C. and I along with some engineering friends decided to put the claim that a frosted strawberry Pop Tart caused a house fire to the test. We wanted to measure how long it would take for the thing to catch well and truly on fire. We bought a cheap toaster, put a long extension cord on it (so’s we could park it out in the yard) and jammed the release handle on the toaster. I don’t remember how long it took the breakfast pastry and toaster to go up in smoke, but it seemed like forever. Our conclusion was that you’d have to really work at starting a house on fire with a Pop Tart, strawberry or any other flavor.
I sort of missed out on the fad foods of the 70’s. I once read the contents of a can of soda when I was about 10, and it ruined junk food for me. Our mom was a health food nut before it was fashionable and she made us concoctions like orange juice mixed with brewer’s yeast. There wasn’t a meal that didn’t include a dollop of plain yogurt or a sprinkling of bran.
3
Pop Tarts started about the same time as Toastettes. I had memorized the jingle. Today I only remember the beginning of it: “P-o-p-t-a-r-t-s Pop Tarts!”
I remember Pizza Spins. I think they were from the same company that did Buttons and Bows. My snack of choice when I had friends over in the late ‘70’s was mini (and I mean mini) pizzas on a tray. I think there were fifteen: five each of cheese, sausage, and pepperoni in three rows. We usually added a little more cheese. Each one was maybe an inch and a half in diameter.
I remember the commercials for Borden’s Frosted Shakes. I would love to find the commercial on YouTube: it had a cute girl in a bikini.
2
@AA
“orange juice mixed with brewer’s yeast”
I should think that, given enough time, that would turn itself into a Mimosa. Still have any around?
2
This is not a promotion for them today, but 1980’s Totinos 39, 59 and 79 cent pizzas fed this hungry man, a lot.
I can only afford the generic pizzas today.
What were those frozen chicken breasts stuffed with butter crab (krab?) in the 80s?
They were this hungry mans $1.59 fancy living frozen feasts.
The Cheese ones were not good.
1
Tid Bits and Pizza Spins are all I remember except for 2 disgusting TV dinners
2
OK, how many remember ding dongs were originally called King Dons?
3
Hostess Fruit Pies and Sno Balls.
1
Marathon Bars were well known for pulling loose teeth.
Sturge — haha! I hadn’t thought of that!
I do remember, while in high school, my thermos of O.J. and brewer’s yeast fell and broke in my (shared) locker. It really is foul smelling stuff. “It’s good for you!” said my mom. I’m the only junior high school kid who bought a grapefruit or a pomegranate instead of candy at the little store on the way to school.
2
Sno Balls are still available at Family Dollar today, only by the twin ball package, like 1.19. My favorite snack cakes were the Mickey brand Banana Flip, then Devils Delight and my least fav Jim Jam. They were the only snack cakes available at our local privately owned gas station/convenience store at our country crossroads. Banana Flips were very good. I did have a Pop Tart fire once when my kids were young and I just happened to have a “fire pail” made from an oatmeal box filled with baking soda, with a special Arm and Hammer label to attach that the kids and I put together. It was meant for that and it worked great! Not a big Pop Tart fan and our son I recall in HS said those were always served for people getting breakfast at school but also he claimed they were airlifted and dropped on Afghanistan and he doesn’t touch the stuff now and is a health food nut! I sort of am too now.
1
My Mom had an old jar of Tang in the cupboard for a few years tasted once and finally thrown out!
I remember my first pizza, a Chef Boy-ar-dee and my first taco, homemade by a neighbor. Neither was too impressive at the time, though in HS us girls would make Chef B-a-dee pizzas at out sleepovers as it was often the only pizza we could find or afford.
We had our own beef and I grew up on steak and my parents would cut out the soft portion of porterhouse and t-bones–the fillet, for me regularly. HOmegrown strawberries, salad fixins, cabbage, peppers, sweet corn you name it. Mom canned and froze and I have taken it up in my old age, too. She and I now also make jam.
2
A neighbor guy would bring us blue gill, pheasant, rabbit, etc. that was always good. My best memories are of food I guess some of them.
1
I found the Great Shakes commercials, I was a big fan! Used to have the shaker but it’s lost now
1
Musical Evening Thread Request PLEASE
Ozzy Osbourne
War Pigs and Lectric Funerals
…have to admit I never really knew the health benefits of brewer’s yeast. Now that I’ve looked them up, I’ll probably start using it again. Funny!
I never had Koogle, but my mom kept her spare change in a Koogle jar.
Space Sticks!
I only remember a fraction of those, and only remember eating Space Dust, Fluff, Yellow Zonkers, and of course metal tray TV dinners. I was also only 7 when we rang in the 80s.
Space sticks and a glass of Tang and you were living the life of astronauts in a kids mind.
I remember tid bits and ding dongs. Odd. I guess my college herbology class sent me in other directions.
Space Sticks, Breakfast Squares and Merita Mickey Cakes were my favorites.
I never did figure out how the astronaut was able to eat a space food stick through a hole in his visor without his blood vaporizing.
Geoff C. and I along with some engineering friends decided to put the claim that a frosted strawberry Pop Tart caused a house fire to the test. We wanted to measure how long it would take for the thing to catch well and truly on fire. We bought a cheap toaster, put a long extension cord on it (so’s we could park it out in the yard) and jammed the release handle on the toaster. I don’t remember how long it took the breakfast pastry and toaster to go up in smoke, but it seemed like forever. Our conclusion was that you’d have to really work at starting a house on fire with a Pop Tart, strawberry or any other flavor.
I sort of missed out on the fad foods of the 70’s. I once read the contents of a can of soda when I was about 10, and it ruined junk food for me. Our mom was a health food nut before it was fashionable and she made us concoctions like orange juice mixed with brewer’s yeast. There wasn’t a meal that didn’t include a dollop of plain yogurt or a sprinkling of bran.
Pop Tarts started about the same time as Toastettes. I had memorized the jingle. Today I only remember the beginning of it: “P-o-p-t-a-r-t-s Pop Tarts!”
I remember Pizza Spins. I think they were from the same company that did Buttons and Bows. My snack of choice when I had friends over in the late ‘70’s was mini (and I mean mini) pizzas on a tray. I think there were fifteen: five each of cheese, sausage, and pepperoni in three rows. We usually added a little more cheese. Each one was maybe an inch and a half in diameter.
I remember the commercials for Borden’s Frosted Shakes. I would love to find the commercial on YouTube: it had a cute girl in a bikini.
@AA
“orange juice mixed with brewer’s yeast”
I should think that, given enough time, that would turn itself into a Mimosa. Still have any around?
This is not a promotion for them today, but 1980’s Totinos 39, 59 and 79 cent pizzas fed this hungry man, a lot.
I can only afford the generic pizzas today.
What were those frozen chicken breasts stuffed with butter crab (krab?) in the 80s?
They were this hungry mans $1.59 fancy living frozen feasts.
The Cheese ones were not good.
Tid Bits and Pizza Spins are all I remember except for 2 disgusting TV dinners
OK, how many remember ding dongs were originally called King Dons?
Hostess Fruit Pies and Sno Balls.
Marathon Bars were well known for pulling loose teeth.
Sturge — haha! I hadn’t thought of that!
I do remember, while in high school, my thermos of O.J. and brewer’s yeast fell and broke in my (shared) locker. It really is foul smelling stuff. “It’s good for you!” said my mom. I’m the only junior high school kid who bought a grapefruit or a pomegranate instead of candy at the little store on the way to school.
Sno Balls are still available at Family Dollar today, only by the twin ball package, like 1.19. My favorite snack cakes were the Mickey brand Banana Flip, then Devils Delight and my least fav Jim Jam. They were the only snack cakes available at our local privately owned gas station/convenience store at our country crossroads. Banana Flips were very good. I did have a Pop Tart fire once when my kids were young and I just happened to have a “fire pail” made from an oatmeal box filled with baking soda, with a special Arm and Hammer label to attach that the kids and I put together. It was meant for that and it worked great! Not a big Pop Tart fan and our son I recall in HS said those were always served for people getting breakfast at school but also he claimed they were airlifted and dropped on Afghanistan and he doesn’t touch the stuff now and is a health food nut! I sort of am too now.
My Mom had an old jar of Tang in the cupboard for a few years tasted once and finally thrown out!
I remember my first pizza, a Chef Boy-ar-dee and my first taco, homemade by a neighbor. Neither was too impressive at the time, though in HS us girls would make Chef B-a-dee pizzas at out sleepovers as it was often the only pizza we could find or afford.
We had our own beef and I grew up on steak and my parents would cut out the soft portion of porterhouse and t-bones–the fillet, for me regularly. HOmegrown strawberries, salad fixins, cabbage, peppers, sweet corn you name it. Mom canned and froze and I have taken it up in my old age, too. She and I now also make jam.
A neighbor guy would bring us blue gill, pheasant, rabbit, etc. that was always good. My best memories are of food I guess some of them.
I found the Great Shakes commercials, I was a big fan! Used to have the shaker but it’s lost now
Musical Evening Thread Request PLEASE
Ozzy Osbourne
War Pigs and Lectric Funerals
…have to admit I never really knew the health benefits of brewer’s yeast. Now that I’ve looked them up, I’ll probably start using it again. Funny!
I never had Koogle, but my mom kept her spare change in a Koogle jar.
Remember those delicious carob bars? Mmmm, mmm…
Space food sticks tasted like shit.