tag@ttrda.UUCP (Tom Gloger) (05/02/85)
<Did you know bugs won't drink diet pop?>
OK! I've kept quiet as long as I could! I gotta add my two cents worth.
Penny #1: I beleive Quisp is still being made. Either that, or the
local discount food store has some *very* old stock.
You say it's good? Is it as good as WaffleOs were?
Penny #2: Fizzies and Pop rocks were/are not the same thing. Fizzies
were a beverage in tablet form, similar to Alka-Seltzer, altho I
seem to recall hearing of a few kids swallowing Fizzies whole.
Pop rocks were a candy which (I believe) was cooled while under
pressure, so that the bubbles in it contained pressurized gas.
What are ZotZ?
Speaking of two-cents worth, I noticed 2-cent postage stamps have the
inscription: "Freedom to speak out: the roots of Democracy".
Anybody else remember Salt Tangs?
cc: net.cook.junkfood
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ihnp4!ttrdc!ttrda!tag Skokie, Illinoisjoan@ISM780.UUCP (05/08/85)
/* Written 10:32 am Apr 24, 1985 by kmo@ptsfa in ISM780:net.games.triv */ /* ---------- "Re: Remember When??? (Snack foods)" ---------- */ In article <1565@sunybcs.UUCP> friedman@sunybcs.UUCP (Gary E. Friedman) writes: >> Also what other foods, that used to be sold, can you > people remember, that is no longer sold? >> -- >> John Wersan My memory is really hazy on this but when I was younger, I think I remember seeing commercials for something called "Koogle" (hope that's spelled right). I believe that it was supposed to be flavored peanut butter (banana, chocolate, and vanilla flavors) and the commercials featured a big furry creature singing the praises of the stuff. Does anybody else remember this one? I never saw the stuff in a store or anything, I just saw commercials for it. ****************************************************************************** Joan "the VMS group is moving mountains" Alexander Interactive Systems, Santa Monica, CA cca!ima!ism780!alexander decvax!vortex!ism780!alexander "Opinions expressed herein were not mine originally, but were forced on me at gunpoint by the Interactive Systems Corporation"
spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) (05/08/85)
How about another blast from the past... Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) I remember bugging my Mom to send away for the Quisp suction-cup-dart-board, ...took for-EVER to arrive as I recall. David H M Spector NYU/acf Systems Group Spector@nyu-cmcl1.ARPA ...!allegra!cmcl2!cmcl1!spector
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/09/85)
> Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > Nah, I was a Quake fan myself.
asente@Cascade.ARPA (05/10/85)
> > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > > > Nah, I was a Quake fan myself. > Infidel! Quisp forever!!!
alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) (05/11/85)
In article <29000008@ISM780.UUCP> joan@ISM780.UUCP writes: > > My memory is really hazy on this but when I was younger, I > think I remember seeing commercials for something called > "Koogle" (hope that's spelled right). I believe that it was > supposed to be flavored peanut butter (banana, chocolate, and > vanilla flavors) and the commercials featured a big furry > creature singing the praises of the stuff. > > Does anybody else remember this one? I never saw the stuff > in a store or anything, I just saw commercials for it. > >****************************************************************************** Yes, indeed, I remember Koogle (Koo-Koo-Koogle with the Koo-Koo-Koogly Eyes). I begged my mother once to get the chocolate Koogle. Have you ever spread a Reese's peanut butter cup on bread? How about a 3-week-old Reese's? That's what it tasted like. Wonder why it's not on the shelves anymore? While we're on the subject of food, who recalls some of the old char- acters on some current cereals, e.g. the Postman on Post Alpha-bits? I'm sure there were others before the Dig'em frog from Sugar Smacks. Ah, yes. The days before PacMan and E.T.... -- __ / 0_____ Alan Steinberg | .\ {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan | )----' / | \ \ "The wind doth taste so bittersweet, | | | \ Like Jaspar Wine and sugar. | |__/ | It must've blown through someone's feet, \_____/ Like those of Caspar Weinberger." |____) -- P. Opus, distinguished flightless water fowl
edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) (05/11/85)
In article <660003@acf4.UUCP>, spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) writes: > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > > David H M Spector > ...!allegra!cmcl2!cmcl1!spector Quisp is still available. At least around here. I used to eat Quake, which I haven't seen in years. -- edward {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams! -| {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx! -|--> ukma!edward | {decvax,ihnp4,mhuxt,seismo}! -+-> cbosgd! -| {clyde,osu-eddie,ulysses}! ---| "Well, what's on the television then?" "Looks like a penguin." () | |-- Support barrier free design /|--- | \ _ \___/ \=
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (05/12/85)
How about the Sugar Bear? (Who did his voice??) He was, as I recall,
both a breakfast cereal commercial character and a morning cartoon
character. Am I right?
--Evan Marcus
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kinds, and those who don't.evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (05/12/85)
> In article <660003@acf4.UUCP>, spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) writes: > > > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > > > > David H M Spector > > ...!allegra!cmcl2!cmcl1!spector > > Quisp is still available. At least around here. > > I used to eat Quake, which I haven't seen in years. > The reason you haven't seen Quake is because they had a nationwide much- publicized vote, as to which one you preferred. Quisp won, and Quake was discontinued. (Please correct me if I'm wrong--as if you need prompting!) --Evan Marcus -- {ucbvax|decvax}!vax135!petsd!pedsgd!pedsga!evan ...!petfe!evan There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide people into two kinds, and those who don't.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/13/85)
> Yes, indeed, I remember Koogle (Koo-Koo-Koogle with the Koo-Koo-Koogly > Eyes). The song was stolen: Barney Googles, with the goo, goo, googly eyes. Barney Googles, had a wife three times his size.
brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) (05/13/85)
[}{]
> > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?)
> > >
> > Nah, I was a Quake fan myself.
> >
> Infidel! Quisp forever!!!
As I recall, there was a contest to see which was the prefered ceral,
Quisp or Quake. Quake lost!
-- Brad Brahms
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arpa: Brahms@usc-eclcjkw@lanl.ARPA (05/14/85)
> How about the Sugar Bear? (Who did his voice??) He was, as I recall, > both a breakfast cereal commercial character and a morning cartoon > character. Am I right? > I always liked Sugar Bear's voice -- it was supposed to be a take off on the old smoothie -- Bing Crosby. He was definitely in TV commercials. I also seem to recall him in cartoons but I think he was a secondary character -- never had his own show (?).
sct@lanl.ARPA (05/14/85)
> > How about the Sugar Bear? (Who did his voice??) He was, as I recall, > > both a breakfast cereal commercial character and a morning cartoon > > character. Am I right? > > > > I always liked Sugar Bear's voice -- it was supposed to be a take off on > the old smoothie -- Bing Crosby. He was definitely in TV commercials. I > also seem to recall him in cartoons but I think he was a secondary > character -- never had his own show (?). I always thought Sugar Bear's voice was one of Bing's sons, but I don't know which one. Does anyone know?
edward@ukma.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) (05/15/85)
In article <848@cae780.UUCP>, alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) writes: > In article <29000008@ISM780.UUCP> joan@ISM780.UUCP writes: > > > While we're on the subject of food, who recalls some of the old char- > acters on some current cereals, e.g. the Postman on Post Alpha-bits? > I'm sure there were others before the Dig'em frog from Sugar Smacks. > Ah, yes. The days before PacMan and E.T.... > __ > / 0_____ Alan Steinberg > | .\ {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan Remember Sugar Bear? The cowboy on Corn Pops? The big rooster on Kellogs'(sp?) Corn Flakes? What was on Cocoa Puffs before that silly elephant? At least we still have the Trix rabbit! -- edward {ucbvax,unmvax,boulder,research}!anlams! -| {mcvax!qtlon,vax135,mddc}!qusavx! -|--> ukma!edward | {decvax,ihnp4,mhuxt,seismo}! -+-> cbosgd! -| {clyde,osu-eddie,ulysses}! ---| "Well, what's on the television then?" "Looks like a penguin." () | |-- Support barrier free design /|--- | \ _ \___/ \=
ma187sds@sdcc3.UUCP (Bruce Binder) (05/16/85)
In article <145@spp3.UUCP>, brahms@spp3.UUCP (Bradley S. Brahms) writes: > [}{] > > > > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > > > > > As I recall, there was a contest to see which was the prefered ceral, > Quisp or Quake. Quake lost! As I recall, after Quake lost, they changed Quake to a new cereal that was orange flavored and they put a kangaroo on the box with Quake. It lasted only a short time.
jpg@sdchema.UUCP (Jerry Greenberg) (05/17/85)
I remember when apple jacks came out.(I was about 7) Their jingle went somthing like this: "New Kellogs Apple Jacks Apple good for breakfast or snacks Cinnamin(sp?) toasted,apple tasty A bowl a day keeps the bullies away." Jerry Greenberg
lhl@lanl.ARPA (05/17/85)
> > Remember Sugar Bear? The cowboy on Corn Pops? The big > rooster on Kellogs'(sp?) Corn Flakes? What was on Cocoa Puffs before > that silly elephant? > *** Picture your favorite joke here *** So, does anybody else remember Otter Pops? I think you have to buy Kool-pops these days. Their jingle, in part, was Come along with us in our ottermobile, There's an ottermatic shift on the steering wheel. (Sure, it's dreadful poetry, but as advertising it wasn't bad.)
allynh@ucbvax.ARPA (Allyn Hardyck) (05/20/85)
Danish-Go-Rounds, Super ORANGE Crisp (apparently 63% sugar), Squoze (powdered
drink mix, 1/2 sugar, 1/2 saccharin), Bon Vivant Vichysoisse (actually I
don't remember this personally, and thank God - the company went bankrupt
in 1971 after an executive died of botulism after having some.)
Also, I was thinking of having a button made up that said,
"Where Have You Gone, Cookie Jarvis?" ("Cookies for breakfast?" "Oh, heavens
no. Unless they're my cereal, you know.")
Amd how about that selection of ice cream flavored gum available for a
time? Strawberry maybe, but chocolate and vanilla?
A good reference in this area is _The People's Chronology_ by Lewis Trager.
I like a book that gives equal weight to the sack of Rome in 1512, the
introduction of the Oreo, the Free Speech Movement, and the first Black
Sabbath album.sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (05/21/85)
In article <660003@acf4.UUCP>, spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) writes: > > How about another blast from the past... > > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > Is Quisp the flying saucer cereal? If not, what is the name of this cereal. I remember getting toy spaceships that came with about four little disk that could be fired across a table and a little alian figure who stood on top of the stack of disk. Another great snack I remember and see very little of today was Squirt. This should not be confused with Quirst. Squirt was a grapefruit soda pop. (Or do I have the names mixed up). Anyway, I loved this soda and was refreshed when a new grapefruit soda by Orilia (sp?) began selling in my local grocer. Oh, and by the way. Those little dots of candies on a sheat of paper can still be found at some Farrell's ice Cream Parlours.
sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (05/21/85)
In article <25994@lanl.ARPA>, lhl@lanl.ARPA writes: > > So, does anybody else remember Otter Pops? I think you have to buy > Kool-pops these days. Their jingle, in part, was > Come along with us in our ottermobile, > There's an ottermatic shift on the steering wheel. > > (Sure, it's dreadful poetry, but as advertising it wasn't bad.) Otter Pops can still be bought with such immortal characters as: Strawberry Shortkook Sir Isaac Lime Little Orphan Orange Loiue Bloo Rasberry Alexander the Grape Poncho Punch
alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) (05/21/85)
In article <449@leadsv.UUCP> sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) writes: >Is Quisp the flying saucer cereal? If not, what is the name of this >cereal. I remember getting toy spaceships that came with about four >little disk that could be fired across a table and a little alian figure >who stood on top of the stack of disk. > Okay, time to open up a related "remember when?" Not only do I remember the little alien figures to fire at from Quisp, I still have one in my desk drawer. I also remember an rubber-band-loaded aircraft carrier which shot little planes. I believe it was from Rice Cheqs. Also, a Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang from Honeycomb. What do I get out of cereal today? A tiny pack of M&Ms or a He-Man iron-on. Boring... No wonder kids have no imagin- ation these days. Who's next? -- __ / 0_____ Alan Steinberg | .\ {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan | )----' / | \ \ "The wind doth taste so bittersweet, | | | \ Like Jaspar Wine and sugar. | |__/ | It must've blown through someone's feet, \_____/ Like those of Caspar Weinberger." |____) -- P. Opus, distinguished flightless water fowl
stoner@qumix.UUCP (David Stone) (05/24/85)
> So, does anybody else remember Otter Pops? I think you have to buy > Kool-pops these days. Their jingle, in part, was > Come along with us in our ottermobile, > There's an ottermatic shift on the steering wheel. > > (Sure, it's dreadful poetry, but as advertising it wasn't bad.) I had 2 Otter Pops last night - Strawberry Shortkook and Louie Blue Berry.
gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis) (05/24/85)
> In article <660003@acf4.UUCP>, spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) writes: > > > > Who remembers QUISP? (Jeez, did I ever REALLY eat that stuff??!?) > How about Alpen? The "breakfast cereal" with nuts and other stuff built in? OR how about Chills N' Thrills! The frosty soft drink that you freeze. - That stuff was great, you'd open the can and it would slowly creep out the top and spill all of the table-top! Gary
joan@ISM780.UUCP (05/25/85)
>>Another great snack I remember and see very little of today was Squirt. >>Squirt was a grapefruit soda pop. I still see Squirt all the time out here (Los Angeles). You're right, it's good stuff. ****************************************************************************** Joan "the VMS group is moving mountains" Alexander Interactive Systems, Santa Monica, CA cca!ima!ism780!alexander decvax!vortex!ism780!alexander "Opinions expressed herein were not mine originally, but were forced on me at gunpoint by the Interactive Systems Corporation"
bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer) (05/28/85)
> >>>Another great snack I remember and see very little of today was Squirt. >>>Squirt was a grapefruit soda pop. > > I still see Squirt all the time out here (Los Angeles). > You're right, it's good stuff. > I drink it a lot. Sure hope they have the class to continue to refrain from "saturation bombing" advertising of it. Some place along the way they lost their unique bottles, though - remember the green bottle with the "twist" shape to it? I've seen the stuff in most supermarkets for the last several years in Montana, Colorado and California. I got it when I was a kid back in Pa. You mean there's some deprived part of the USA where I couldn't get it? Actually, Safeway Cragmont grapefruit soda isn't bad as a substitute, though Squirt's better. Bob McQueer amdahl!rtech!bobm
yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) (05/31/85)
In the late 60's Quaker Foods, riding on the popularity of "Captain
Crunch", marketed a cookie called "Sea Dog Biscuits". These came in
two flavors, chocolate and 'brown', which were the exact shape and
size and near the same color as "Milk-Bone" dog biscuits for medium
size dogs. I bought two cases at a grocery wholesaler's and friends
and I would take them to school in brown paper lunch sacks. This was
high school in the era of dress codes; they looked at you suspiciously
if you "Always wore long-sleeved shirts; what is he hiding?"
Hanging out in the lunch area, munching on dog biscuits was a great
ice-breaker until the school nurse hove into view, accompanied by a
vice-principal. I had to produce the damn BOX to convince them that
I was not eating dog-food (they declined when I offered to let them
taste one as evidence. "Young man, I didn't just fall off the turnip
truck." I doubt if she would have known what a real dog-biscuit
tasted like anyway.) I remember that my parents were not overly amused,
either ...
"...And remember: Chips Ahoy Cookies are better than anything, and
Cookie Man.....well, he's better than nothing!"
'brd
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When I was discussing this stuff with my mother one day to see
if she remembers all this stuff (she did), she challenged all you
'youngsters' (mom is 50) to remember `Cheerioats'. It seems Cheerios
weren't always named as they are today...
--
edward
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"Looks like a penguin."bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer) (06/04/85)
> > two flavors, chocolate and 'brown', which were the exact shape and > size and near the same color as "Milk-Bone" dog biscuits for medium > size dogs. > > .... > > Hanging out in the lunch area, munching on dog biscuits was a great > ice-breaker until the school nurse hove into view, accompanied by a > vice-principal. > Hmmmm, reminds me of a freshman dorm where I knew a guy who claimed Purina Puppy Chow made a marvelous snack food. Kept a bag of the stuff in his room, and would gleefully offer it to anybody who happened in. He DID eat it, too, whether because he actually liked it, or because he could sometimes get a rise out of somebody with the routine I will never know. In fact, dog biscuits and the like are kind of bland - if they have bone meal in them they're awfully gritty, too. I wonder, had you REALLY been eating dog biscuits - could the school nurse have come up with any rational reason why they should do you any more harm than eating, say, .... twinkies? Arf, Arf!! Bob McQueer ihnp4!amdahl!rtech!bobm
sbt@cbosgd.UUCP (Shirley B. Tobias) (06/08/85)
> > Remember Sugar Bear? The cowboy on Corn Pops? The big > > rooster on Kellogs'(sp?) Corn Flakes? What was on Cocoa Puffs before > > that silly elephant? this is my first time reading this group and it's nearly a month since the above posting, but. . .i remember a big bird of some sort on cocoa puffs boxes-- when the kids in the house poured a bowl, he's burst out of wherever he was and bounce around the room shrieking "I'M KOO-KOO FOR COCOA PUFFS! KOO-KOO FOR COCOA PUFFS!"--mildly irritating. my family was quite the suckers for whoever made quisp and quake--yup, each week, a box of quisp for me and a box of quake for my sister. of course no amount of reason would convince us that they tasted exactly the same. hmmmmmmm. > < > shirley < > ihnp4!cbosgd!sbt < > bell labs, columbus oh < > < > "what of the people that don't < > have what i got? < > are they victims of my leisure?" < > --minutemen < > < ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (06/12/85)
In article <1228@cbosgd.UUCP>, sbt@cbosgd.UUCP (Shirley B. Tobias) writes: > > > Remember Sugar Bear? The cowboy on Corn Pops? The big > > > rooster on Kellogs'(sp?) Corn Flakes? What was on Cocoa Puffs before > > > that silly elephant? > > this is my first time reading this group and it's nearly a month since the > above posting, but. . .i remember a big bird of some sort on cocoa puffs > boxes-- when the kids in the house poured a bowl, he's burst out of wherever > he was and bounce around the room shrieking "I'M KOO-KOO FOR COCOA PUFFS! > KOO-KOO FOR COCOA PUFFS!"--mildly irritating. > I thought the elephant was on Cocoa Krispies, before Snap, Crackle, and Pop took over that cereal along with Tony Junior's Frosted Rice (Now Frosted Rice Krispies). Scott A. Stewart LMSC ********************************************************************* * A-B-C-D-E-F-G * * HE'S ERIC THE HALF A BEE * *********************************************************************