What Obsolete Food Item Do You Truly Miss?
@KuznVinny (768)
United States
May 9, 2016 9:04pm CST
I'm afraid there are several food items I miss. If I had a year to think about it, I could probably name 20 or more. But on the spur of the moment, I can still think of a few. Can you? Will you tell us what they were?
Sunshine Golden Raisin Wafers (originally both flat and glazed)
Gaucho peanut butter cookies (an elephant on the bag)
Danish Vegetables (I forget the company. They came frozen in a box.)
Callard & Bowser's confections (licorice, butterscotch, treacle brittle, etc.)
Forever Yours (candy bar now imitated by dark chocolate Milky Way)
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
11 May 16
Some things I used to buy are still around but you have to look in specialty stores to find them. I used to adore Mountain Bars. They are no longer carried by supermarkets, but can be found in specialty large candy stores. I also liked the original versions of Hostess Boston Cream Pies, Snowballs, and Twinkies.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
11 May 16
@KuznVinny Yes, it would, but I'm not supposed to eat the sweets anymore anyway, so there would be added temptation.
@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
11 May 16
It'd be nice if some company bought up old favorite recipes and re-released some of our favorite items.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
17 May 16
orbitz soda. I miss those small chemical balls inside. I also miss brand of icecream here that dont exist anymore. i also miss Oreo O's do you remember that cereal
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
10 May 16
Was it milk chocolate, caramel, and crisped rice? If so, there is something much like it - possibly still in existence.
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@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
10 May 16
What is in the photo? Those look exactly like Garibaldi biscuits, which we still buy.
I can only think of a couple of things - sweets that used to be sold in chemist's shops, especially barley sugar (which they used to think was good to give extra energy to invalids), and stoned raisins, which were really big sticky raisins with a distinctive flavour. I don't really know how they differed from ordinary raisins but I haven't been able to find anything else quite like them!
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
10 May 16
The image may be Garibaldi biscuits, but the Sunshine raisin wafers are gone. They were produced for ages and ages. This image was picked for its look alike appearance. The earlier ones were glazed, possibly with a light egg wash, which was eliminated (to be honest, this negatively affected the wafers). My grandmother used to eat them, and I am almost 68.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
10 May 16
It's good to reflect. Why not take the time?
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
10 May 16
@KuznVinny +
Will try and think maybe something will come to mind but l dont remember liking something so much
@irishidid (8688)
• United States
10 May 16
Never heard of any of those! I miss Reception Sticks but I think those are making a return. They originated in Kansas City with Bogdon's Reception Sticks and was sold to another company. Hope to see them in stores soon.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
10 May 16
I had never heard of these before, but I checked them out. They remind me of the thin, hollow (and delicate) mint sticks we had that were filled with chocolate. Kind of inside-out reception sticks, if you will.
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
11 May 16
I remember the Golden Raisin Wafers, they were kind of a staple for us when I was a kid. There's is one store here where occasionally they still turn up along with a few other old classics.
