s/o Do you remember....foods?

[bbdoll]

Does anyone remember Burger King having fish nuggets in the 80s?  I really, really enjoyed them.  We always went out to fast food, after our early morning kids bowling league.  I was disappointed when they discontinued them.  But, every time I mention them, no one ever remembers them at all.  I know I'm not making it up.

What other foods do you all miss from your childhood?

[lavenderblue]

I don't remember the Fish Nuggets at BK, but I use to love their International Chicken Sandwiches. The French one was my favorite.

I will always miss Jell-o Pudding Pops.

[snowflurry]

Meximelts from Taco Bell. I miss them dearly.

[pinkyp]

Apr 23, 2024 13:44:31 GMT -5 snowflurry said:

Meximelts from Taco Bell. I miss them dearly.

They had a BLT soft taco for awhile that I lived on in college. I still love Taco Bell so so much!

[loira]

I miss McDonald's pizza. It was probably not as great as I'm imagining it was but we'll never know because it's never coming back. 😭

[lavenderblue]

Oh, I feel like I'm good at this game LOL

It was recently cut in the last few years, but RIP the Double Decker Taco Supreme at Taco Bell.

Also, I can't remember what it was called, but it was the McDonalds burger where it was split in to two sides of a Styrofoam package to "keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold". That was a good burger.

[litskispeciality]

I liked the Flintstones ice cream push pops.

My family ordered a LOT of Shwanns or however you spell it. My entire 6th - probably 11th grade is made up of silver mints and the stuffed chickens, lol. We got lucky with the same delivery driver for years too. I think my mom even made him cookies.

Soda if that counts...Surge. One of my best friends (aka mega crush) was obsessed and bought Surge merch.

[mcsangel2]

Apr 23, 2024 13:50:45 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

Also, I can't remember what it was called, but it was the McDonalds burger where it was split in to two sides of a Styrofoam package to "keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold". That was a good burger.

The McDLT!

[Patsy Baloney]

I loved Surge. Like Mountain Dew but MOAR!!

Squeez-its were great as a kid.

I miss the Mickey-shaped popsicles. I think goofy and Donald were the other shapes? The flavors were normal purple, red and orange, but I think the wider/larger molds made them taste better, because more flavor was released at the same time.

[mcsangel2]

McDonald's got rid of their salads during the pandemic and consequently I have a craving for a crispy chicken bacon ranch salad once a week now. ::cries:: I would give a LOT for them to bring them back!


Also, an oldie but goodie, Planter's cheese balls. Ugggggh so good!

[Susie]

This might place me more regionally than temporally, but I used to have these in my lunch all the time.

[Jalapeñomel]

Po Folks. Pretty sure it was terrible but I have fond memories of the hush puppies.

Original recipe fries from Burger King.

[bbdoll]

Apr 23, 2024 14:13:10 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Po Folks. Pretty sure it was terrible but I have fond memories of the hush puppies.

Original recipe fries from Burger King.

Yes, the original recipe fries were amazing!!

[egishere]

I'm still mad that Wendy's got rid of the pita wrap things!

[pumpkincat]

Apr 23, 2024 13:44:31 GMT -5 snowflurry said:

Meximelts from Taco Bell. I miss them dearly.

I still order these!!!  

[marvine]

I miss Wendy's salads with the breadstick.

[shauni27]

my family never did fast food with one exception: baked potatoes at Wendy's lol. I have not been to one in decades, but I have to assume they do not still sell baked potatoes covered in cheeze whiz with broccoli or bacon, haha.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Apr 23, 2024 14:05:06 GMT -5 Susie said:

This might place me more regionally than temporally, but I used to have these in my lunch all the time.

They still make butterscotch Krimpets!

[bbdoll]

Apr 23, 2024 14:23:44 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

my family never did fast food with one exception: baked potatoes at Wendy's lol. I have not been to one in decades, but I have to assume they do not still sell baked potatoes covered in cheeze whiz with broccoli or bacon, haha.

Yes, they do still sell them.  At least the cheese and bacon ones.  Not sure about the broccoli.

[bbdoll]

Apr 23, 2024 14:01:11 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Also, an oldie but goodie, Planter's cheese balls. Ugggggh so good!

Amazon sells Planter's cheeseballs still.  I've seen them in the store, on occasion, too.

[mrsslocombe]

Apr 23, 2024 14:05:06 GMT -5 Susie said:

This might place me more regionally than temporally, but I used to have these in my lunch all the time.

They still make them! But either I'm 800 years old, or the recipe for most Tastykake flavors don't taste the same/as good as when I was a kid. 

There's so many frozen desserts I used to love. Vienetta. This Friendly's watermelon roll. 

At my cousin's wedding 10 years ago they had those chocolate/vanilla ice cream cups with the wooden spoon, they were a huge hit. We all skipped the other desserts to have those. 

[beerlover]

Crystal Pepsi.

Does anyone in PA remember when Sheetz made their own soda? It was called "It!"

[starburst604]

I miss when Wendy's and Pizza Hut had salad bars. In general there just aren't enough salad bars anymore!

[starburst604]

Apr 23, 2024 14:23:44 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

my family never did fast food with one exception: baked potatoes at Wendy's lol. I have not been to one in decades, but I have to assume they do not still sell baked potatoes covered in cheeze whiz with broccoli or bacon, haha.

Ohhhh thank you for reminding me of these! I loved those so hard. 

[meanie]

I really miss the Arch Delux from McDonalds. It was the only thing I liked from there as a kid, I was allowed to get it maybe once a month with a shake.

My parents didn't buy a lot of sweet stuff or fast food, my mom was perpetually on some 90's fad diet. I remember having the Viennetta cake at a friend's house and I thought it was super ~fancy~.

[donutsmakemegonuts]

Apr 23, 2024 14:01:11 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

McDonald's got rid of their salads during the pandemic and consequently I have a craving for a crispy chicken bacon ranch salad once a week now. ::cries:: I would give a LOT for them to bring them back!


Also, an oldie but goodie, Planter's cheese balls. Ugggggh so good!

I also liked the Planter's Cheese Curls.

[karinothing]

Apr 23, 2024 13:50:45 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

Oh, I feel like I'm good at this game LOL

It was recently cut in the last few years, but RIP the Double Decker Taco Supreme at Taco Bell.

Also, I can't remember what it was called, but it was the McDonalds burger where it was split in to two sides of a Styrofoam package to "keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold". That was a good burger.

Gosh i miss the double decker supreme. They have some new double decker thing now. Its not the same. THey have all the parts why can't they just make it! 

[ssmjlm]

Apr 23, 2024 14:13:10 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Po Folks. Pretty sure it was terrible but I have fond memories of the hush puppies.

OMG I passed by a PoFolks building when I was on travel for work! It was closed and kind of worse for wear.

[AdaraMarie]

OK soda. I am almost certain I never drank it but I loved the commercials and me and my sister were obsessed with them as kids but it always seemed like no one else remembers.
I feel vindicated though because there was just a Slate podcast episode about it.

[jamie.1022]

mrsslocombe , I loved the Friendly's watermelon roll!

beerlover , Crystal Pepsi was so nasty!

PB Crisps were one of my favorites.

Damon's was my family's celebration restaurant.