Retro Foods of the 60’s and 70’s: A Trip Down Memory Lane!
A while ago, in Beauty Flashback, I wrote about a few of the beauty products from my teenaged years that I just couldn’t forget, and from the amazing responses that came from Busy Bee readers, apparently they hadn’t forgotten those products (and more) either! After the fun of reminiscing about the beauty products, I started thinking about the foods that were unique to my generation and so here goes!
Drinks – Tang
Breakfast – Carnation Instant Breakfast
Snacks – Onion dip made with French Onion Soup Mix (the oversized can of Charles Chips was optional!); Jiffy Pop Popcorn
Dinner – Libbyland TV Dinners – when a baby sitter was in order, these were the favorite treat!
Dessert - Jello 1-2-3 (who could forget those three “magical” layers!)
Candy – Pop Rocks
I can’t wait to see what all of you remember from both family dinners and parties hosted by our parents! We’d love to hear!
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My favorites…
Choco-Chill
Fruit-Float
Food Sticks
Wacky Packages
And something that was like ice-cream that you mixed with a fork to make a shake. I dont remember the name, but the flavor was really good!
By the way, loved Count Chocula (original, not the current version) and the Libbyland frozen dinners for kids…Pirate Picnic was always a favorite!
i am trying to find who sells Franco American macaroni in a white cheese sauce , in cans. Can anyone help me?
How about Space Sticks from General Mills or Pillsbury? They came in chocolate and caramel….
And as far as toys go – who can forget Liddle Kiddles (especially the ones that smelled like flowers)?
Does anyone remember a special ice cream sold around Halloween? It had 3 flavors arranged just as they are in neopolitan ice cream today. The flavors were: vanilla, orange sherbet, and black licorice. I LOVED it! I would love to know which company made it (Lucerne? Meadow Gold?) so I could ask them to bring it back. Thanks!
Does anyone remember a commercially packaged pastry of rolled cinnamon roll, formed into a rectangular shape about 5″ x 3″ at the cut edge and maybe 6″ long on the rolled side. It was sliced and the slices were stiff and somewhat crunchy. Very sweet and cinnamon flavored. This was sold during the early 60’s, at least in Arizona, I can’t remember what they were named to see if there is an old recipe out there to try.
Any help or jog to the memory would be really appreciated.
Thanks, Roxanne