toaster strudels (so much better than pop tarts- they came with a separate pack of glaze that you’d spread on the hot toasted strudel)
baked beans with hot dogs tuna noodle casserole with crushed ritz on top
bagel pizza
tuna fish on an egg bagel
rice krispies with a spoonful of sugar and milk
bologna on rye with yellow mustard
good humor toasted almond bars from the ice cream truck
so many candies, that we’d buy at the roller rink or the local drugstore- candy necklaces, jolly rancher sticks, chuckles, good n plenty
and, i still remember when we got a microwave and the only thing we knew to make in it was melted cheese on triscuits- seemed delicious!

Those peanut butter crackers that came in a 6 pack
The crackers with orange spreadable cheese that came with a stick to spread the cheese
Tastykakes
Lunchables
Stouffer's macaroni and cheese
McDonald's chicken nuggets
Elio's pizza
Tang
O'Boisies potato chips
Tato Skins snacks
Jello
Cool Ranch Doritos
popsicles
Keebler Magic Middles
Hi-C Ecto Cooler
Cinderella cheesecake that you would order for school fundraisers and keep in the freezer
Capri Sun
Fruit roll ups

Picking strawberries when we lived in Bowie.
Koolaid
Tang
Hawaiian Punch
Nutty Buddy ice cream cones at the pool
Picking crabs
Homemade crab cakes
Maryland corn on the cob

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hawaiian Punch in a big can you had to punch triangles into with a bottle opener. Also V8 in a big can.
“Western” salad dressing that had bull horns on the label and it was basically French.
Salad with blue cheese in it on holidays.
Hickory Farms gift boxes of summer sausage, cheese, and sweet hot mustard on Christmas.
Hostess pies in blackberry, lemon, peach and chocolate (I think you can only get them an apple and cherry now).

Wow, what a good reference. I had totally forgotten about that, but now I can see those triangles in the lid like it was yesterday!

Somehow reminds me of drinking Tab and stringing all the pop tabs together in a long chain to drape around your room, and then being disappointed when they came out with the opening tabs that stayed on the can!

Hawaiian Pinch in the big can = childhood classroom and backyard birthday parties and Brownie Meetings after school on Monday. Weekly, a Brownie was assigned Hawaiian Punch, another paper napkins and best ever was if you were given the empty tin - you needed to bring it back filled with homemade cookies.

First time I’d ever had Rice Krispy treats was in 1977 at Brownies.

In 1980, a classmate brought in Jello Jigglers for his class birthday party and I thought these were amazing!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carnation breakfast bars
Crunchy Granola bars
Rice Krispie treats

And Carnation instant breakfast. The stuff that you would stir into milk. I think it came in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

PP and singing the jingle right now:

Carnationnnn Instant Breakkkfassst! You’re gonna love it in an instant!

One summer, my sweet grandparents thought I could use a few extra pounds (I was a scrawny, frail 10 year old) and make me milkshakes in a blender with ice, whole milk and chocolate Instant Breakfast.

I miss the breakfast bars and their crunchy, dry and powdery goodness.

Another memory: corn on the cob with the then-new squeeze butter! Was that Parkay?

Anonymous wrote:Hawaiian Punch in a big can you had to punch triangles into with a bottle opener. Also V8 in a big can.
“Western” salad dressing that had bull horns on the label and it was basically French.
Salad with blue cheese in it on holidays.
Hickory Farms gift boxes of summer sausage, cheese, and sweet hot mustard on Christmas.
Hostess pies in blackberry, lemon, peach and chocolate (I think you can only get them an apple and cherry now).

Wow, what a good reference. I had totally forgotten about that, but now I can see those triangles in the lid like it was yesterday!

Somehow reminds me of drinking Tab and stringing all the pop tabs together in a long chain to drape around your room, and then being disappointed when they came out with the opening tabs that stayed on the can!

Virgin piña colada

Hawaiian Punch in a big can you had to punch triangles into with a bottle opener. Also V8 in a big can.
“Western” salad dressing that had bull horns on the label and it was basically French.
Salad with blue cheese in it on holidays.
Hickory Farms gift boxes of summer sausage, cheese, and sweet hot mustard on Christmas.
Hostess pies in blackberry, lemon, peach and chocolate (I think you can only get them an apple and cherry now).

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone else's school feed them those orange crackers with peanut butter on exam days? My school did this during exams, including SATs, and I feel like I get still get slightly stressed when I see them.

I went to a school full of poor kids with a 50% dropout rate, lol. They didn’t give us any snacks at all.

Anonymous wrote:Carnation breakfast bars
Crunchy Granola bars
Rice Krispie treats

And Carnation instant breakfast. The stuff that you would stir into milk. I think it came in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

Did anyone else's school feed them those orange crackers with peanut butter on exam days? My school did this during exams, including SATs, and I feel like I get still get slightly stressed when I see them.

Chicken a la King at Aunt Hattie's in St Pete

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

Carnation breakfast bars
Crunchy Granola bars
Rice Krispie treats

^ and Tahian Treat