What are your food "remember whens"?

Question

Here are a few of mine:

Remeber when graham crackers came wrapped in waxed paper?
Remember when Oreo Big Stuff came out? (Oh, I wish they'd come back)
Remember when you'd drink a Coke out of the squatty glass bottle and then peel off the kinda styrofoamy label in strips and put them in the bottle?
Remember when Fruit Loops were only red, orange and yellow?
Remember when the Charles Chips guy used to come to your house?

Now, what are yours? I can't wait to hear from all the different generations!!

COOL! I remember the A&W kid's mugs... I had forgotten about those totally!!! Oh, dear, now I have to go to ebay... :))

Hey, wow, you eat bell bottoms and clad coins? Come on people, it's a question about food, not about everything you remember from your whole life!

Answer 1

I remember all those things - and a few more - probably “before your time” “in the olden days”.

I JUST saw your additional remarks or details: When you mention food, you mention life. I think almost eveything is "fair game". Don't you?

I remember when Coke - and A LOT of other soft drinks - came in GLASS bottles & we drank right out of the bottle. AND when I took the bottle back to the store, I got 2 cents for each bottle!

I remember when shredded wheat came in a box with Niagara Falls on the box. AND there were pieces of cardboard between the layers of shredded wheat.

I remember BOSCO chocolate syrup.

I remember when Log Cabin Syrup was packed in glass bottles.

I remember when Tootsie Roll Pops FIRST came on the market. They were A LOT bigger than they are now.

I remember when bread cost 15 cents a loaf and about every other day “the bread man” came to the door.

I remember when mail was delivered 2 times a day - every day - except Sunday.

I remember when milk packed in 1 quart glass bottles and was delivered to the house AND the cap was made of cardboard AND THE MOST DELICIOUS sweet cream was on the top!

I remember when we went to the market, to get our food order. EACH ITEM was individually priced. To bring our order closer to the cash register, the cashier pulled on a U-shaped piece of wood with a handle. THEN he/she would ring up EACH ITEM on the register.

I remember when, in the summer, Jack & Jill, the Good Humor Man and Mr. Softee would come around my neighborhood with their frozen treats.

I remember when "penny candy" WAS REALLY "penny candy."

I remember when pizza from a pizza shop cost $1.00 for a large plain pie AND 75 cents for a small, plain pie.

Thank you for asking your question. I enjoyed taking the time to answer your question. You did a great job - not only for your information, but for every other person interested in reading my answer.

I wish you well!

VTY,
Ron B.

Answer 2

Pop came in glass bottles at my school 35 cents, it was our friday treat to have that.
Two liter pop bottles had an added bottom of black or green which you could cut off and make a little planter out if it with flowers for mothers day.
That all I can think of now but I'm sure more will come to me.


My mom wants me to add her remember whens, crackers and pickles in a barrel at the store and when you purchased them they were wraped up in waxed paper and ties with store string, a loaf of bread was the same way.She remembers when you purchased eggs at the store you had to bring your own container and put them in, they were in a big stack of about 2 dozen and people brought them in from their own farms for others to buy. She was born in 1939 so she has a few. She also remembers ice boxes with the ice block to cool it (thats kinda food related)

Answer 3

Remember when pop ("soda") came in a glass bottle and how much better it tasted out of glass (vs. aluminum cans)?

Remember when animal crackers came in the little boxes with a string strap (I used to pretend it was my purse)?

Remember when pop ("soda") cans had pull tabs?

Remember when candy bars were only .25 cents?

Remember when individually wrapped bubble gum was .2 cents each?

Remember the Marathon candy bar - it lasted a "long, long time"?

Remember when some drug stores still sold milkshakes, etc. (they were a dying breed in my day)?

Remember when A&W restaurants had the little, bitty glass mugs for kids' drinks?

Remember when you could get character glasses (like Tweety, Bugs Bunny, etc.) at Hardee's?

Remeber when pop rocks were the "cool" new candy?

Answer 4

In the UK the first "fast food" was good old fish n chips (fries). It cost 2 shillings but a portion of fries on their own cost sixpence. We often went and got a bag with our bus money and walked home from school. Not sure what the exchange rate on the dollar was in the late 1950s Beulah

Answer 5

remember when tv dinners came out and were in tin foil trays?
remember when the prize in cracker jacks was actually a prize?
remember when milk was delivered to your door in glass bottles with cardboard tops?
remember when your mom wore an apron when she cooked?
remember when sliced cheese didnt come individually wrapped?
remember when mcdonalds didnt have drive thru windows or breakfast?
remember when a slice of home made bread fresh and hot from the oven with butter or jam was the best treat in the world?
remember when your mom used to make a cake and would yell if you were loud for fear it would fall?
remember when coffee was not instant?
remember when people ate fried chicken and gravy and mashed potatoes and didnt worry that it wasn't good for you?
remember when there was a dessert called whip n chill, i miss that dessert? like a step back in time, our families memories revolve a lot around the foods we ate growing up............

Answer 6

I'm Australian so mine are a bit different although soda is definitely better in a glass bottle *grin*
I remember when Vegemite and Arnotts biscuits were truly Australian...I remember when Choc Wedge's were 70 cents, McDonald's was "new and scary" (now it's just old and scary...lol) I'm sure there's more

Answer 7

Remember when Pepsi Kona and Citra soda were out?

Remember when McDonalds had the Arch Deluxe (good lord that was good)

Remember when TWIX cam out with teh cookies and cream version?

How about when Snackwells had there own yogurt?

Answer 8

I remember the candy that we bought as a necklace and they were edible. They came on a string and you could eat them off one by one . Can't remember the name of them but maybe someone will. Also there were little parafin coke bottle shape candies that contained different juices. These were good. Thanks for the memories.

Answer 9

Remember penny candy? It really was 1 penny per piece.
Candy Lipstick, candy cigarettes w/the pink tip, and wax lips.
Quisp cereal. He was a little martian w/his flying saucer.
Taking the soda bottles back for the deposit money.

Answer 10

Remember when mom used to make pancakes early in the morning, only on rainy days?

Remember when dad fell asleep on his chair while waiting for the cake to rise, and almost burned down the kitchen?

Remember when gran used to cut the fat off the meat to make those crispy snacks with in the pan?

Remember when my boyfriend still liked to cook romantically for me, before it started feeling like duty and too much effort?