Long, skinny food
Steve and Cara
Two really strange things to eat from the seventies: One had a really
odd ad campaign: Marathon candy bars. Remember? They were shaped like
three braided strings of chocolate covered caramel, and the ads featured
"Marathon John." You'd have "Quick Claude" come in with a cheesy french
accent and say "Ay em Queek Claude, end I do everysing fest." And then
Marathon John would challenge him to eat a Marathon bar fast. As I
recall, a Marathon bar was about the equivalent of three Rollos, but
they tasted pretty good.
The other was a bubble-gum called something like "Bubbs Daddy," which
came in that horrible flavor that's supposed to be apple, but tastes
more like Palmolive. It was about a foot long, and as big around as your
middle finger, and we used to just keep adding to the wad in our mouths
until you had a wad of rubbery tasteless goo about the size of a golf
ball. Bubble-Tape is nothing compared to Bubbs Daddy. The stuff could
gag a rhino.
Ooh--one more. Pixie-stix. "Hey kids, want to chug a paper tube of
sugar and citric acid? Here you go!!"
Steve
Mark S Metzler
> Two really strange things to eat from the seventies: One had a really
> odd ad campaign: Marathon candy bars. Remember? They were shaped like
> three braided strings of chocolate covered caramel, and the ads featured
> "Marathon John." You'd have "Quick Claude" come in with a cheesy french
> accent and say "Ay em Queek Claude, end I do everysing fest." And then
> Marathon John would challenge him to eat a Marathon bar fast. As I
> recall, a Marathon bar was about the equivalent of three Rollos, but
> they tasted pretty good.
> The other was a bubble-gum called something like "Bubbs Daddy,"
Don't forget Pilsbury Astro Sticks..the food of the astronauts.
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helena
Steve and Cara wrote:
>
> Two really strange things to eat from the seventies: One had a really
> odd ad campaign: Marathon candy bars. Remember? They were shaped like
> three braided strings of chocolate covered caramel, and the ads featured "Marathon John." You'd have "Quick Claude" come in with a cheesy french accent and say "Ay em Queek Claude, end I do everysing fest." And then Marathon John would challenge him to eat a Marathon bar fast. As I recall, a Marathon bar was about the equivalent of three Rollos, but they tasted pretty good.
> Steve
My daughter loves pixie stiks. She gets them all the time. I remember
those wax bottles with colored sugar liquid in them, Horlicks malted
candy, Fizzies (which are back), Willy Wonka Oompas and Scrumdiliousis
Bars. I couldn't wait to go to the little drug store and get these
candies. I still find them in some of the mom n pop shops around here.
Old fashion taffy too. There was another taffy that had the Archie
characters on them too. Astro pops.
Risser
I used to love these things called Chicko-Sticks. They are made by a
company out of Texas called Atkinsons or somthing like that. The
sticks are sort of a golden brown color and they are hard, baked stuff
that crumbles really badly. But they have a coating of coconut ,and
peanut butter inside. Tasted sorta like the candy Lincoln Logs.
I found some at a gas station in Georgia after I had left the airport
and was dancing with joy. I bought like ten sticks. They were still
only 20 cents each. Now I have found them in NC, but they are way
little-er than they used to be and they have the nerve to put a little
star on the wrapper saying "NEW! LARGER SIZE!"
Also used to love to go to Wentz's little grocery store here in town
and get those little paper tubs of ice cream with a wooden paddle to
eat it with!
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Risser (fictio...@mindspring.com) wrote:
: I used to love these things called Chicko-Sticks. They are made by a
: company out of Texas called Atkinsons or somthing like that. The
: sticks are sort of a golden brown color and they are hard, baked stuff
: that crumbles really badly. But they have a coating of coconut ,and
: peanut butter inside. Tasted sorta like the candy Lincoln Logs.
The first birthday present I ever gave someone was a Chicko-stick.
As a little-bittie kid I got my big teen-aged brother a Chicko-stick
and a baby book called "Noah's Bark", about a dog that saves his
family from a fire. He ate the Chicko-stick as he sat reading that
book. I was thrilled that my presents had gone over so well.
My one and only Chicko-stick story so don't worry,
d.
Doran
helena wrote:
> My daughter loves pixie stiks. She gets them all the time. I remember
> those wax bottles with colored sugar liquid in them, Horlicks malted
> candy, Fizzies (which are back), Willy Wonka Oompas and Scrumdiliousis
> Bars. I couldn't wait to go to the little drug store and get these
> candies. I still find them in some of the mom n pop shops around here.
> Old fashion taffy too. There was another taffy that had the Archie
> characters on them too. Astro pops.
Remember Lick 'em Sticks? You dip this chalk-like stick into flavored
sugar--one side was cherry and the other was blueberry. Around the same
time, I remember buying gum cigarettes, Zotz, Freshen-Up gum, and candy
buttons (on wax paper).
I just remembered Otter Pops. My favorite flavor was "Alexander the
Grape." I think they still sell those.
Doran.
Steve and Cara
Risser wrote:
>
> I used to love these things called Chicko-Sticks. They are made by a
> company out of Texas called Atkinsons or somthing like that. The
> sticks are sort of a golden brown color and they are hard, baked stuff
> that crumbles really badly. But they have a coating of coconut ,and
> peanut butter inside. Tasted sorta like the candy Lincoln Logs.
> and was dancing with joy. I bought like ten sticks. They were still
> only 20 cents each. Now I have found them in NC, but they are way
> little-er than they used to be and they have the nerve to put a little
> star on the wrapper saying "NEW! LARGER SIZE!"
> Also used to love to go to Wentz's little grocery store here in town
> and get those little paper tubs of ice cream with a wooden paddle to
> eat it with!
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> "Lonely and dreaming of the West coast..." Everclear
> Risser
> fictio...@mindspring.com
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God!! Chick 'o Sticks. It was like the filling from a butterfinger, only
flakier. They cost a nickel, so they were about all I ever bought. They
were entertaining too. You'd spend about twenty minutes picking the
stuff out of your teeth. The other long skinny candy for a nickel?
Necco Wafers.
Steve
Marie
Yes....Marathon candybars were one of my favorite treats , seems I
had one maybe about 4 years ago, they must still be around somewhere.
Pixi Stixs yummy.....
Marie
djd
In <54dctc$c...@camel2.mindspring.com> fictio...@mindspring.com
(Risser) writes:
>
>I used to love these things called Chicko-Sticks. They are made by a
>company out of Texas called Atkinsons or somthing like that. The
>sticks are sort of a golden brown color and they are hard, baked stuff
>that crumbles really badly. But they have a coating of coconut ,and
>peanut butter inside. Tasted sorta like the candy Lincoln Logs.
>I found some at a gas station in Georgia after I had left the airport
>and was dancing with joy. I bought like ten sticks. They were still
>only 20 cents each. Now I have found them in NC, but they are way
>little-er than they used to be and they have the nerve to put a little
>star on the wrapper saying "NEW! LARGER SIZE!"
>Also used to love to go to Wentz's little grocery store here in town
>and get those little paper tubs of ice cream with a wooden paddle to
>eat it with!
Chick-o-Stix. Used to get those at Ronn's Liquor Store in Fullerton
along with one banana flavored and one root beer flavored popsicle.
Sometimes a Bomb-Pop but they always froze my lips. Throw in a couple
of Abba-Zabbas and a few pieces of Bazooka and I'd be set for the
afternoon. Head over to Valencia Park on my Stingray to play some
carroms and chow. Heaven.
Duane
djd...@ix.netcom.com
Oh, and a package of Red Vines.
Erin O'Brien & Kathy Wolfe
Hi Steve!
A friend of mine is going to be throwing a '70s-themed Halloween
party and we need some popular/pop culture food fads of the '70s.
Considering that we were barely old enough to walk when the '70s were
around, about the only thing we remember is Gerber.
The only thing so far we've been able to come up with is fondue.
ANYBODY! PLEASE HELP =)
Erin O. & Kathy Wolfe
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I am looking for VANILLA popsicles!!!!!
Garrison Hack
Erin O'Brien & Kathy Wolfe <eri...@iac.net> wrote:
: Hi Steve!
: A friend of mine is going to be throwing a '70s-themed Halloween
: party and we need some popular/pop culture food fads of the '70s.
: Considering that we were barely old enough to walk when the '70s were
: around, about the only thing we remember is Gerber.
: The only thing so far we've been able to come up with is fondue.
: ANYBODY! PLEASE HELP =)
: Erin O. & Kathy Wolfe
Dear Erin O. and Kathy,
Two excellent ways of figuring out what 70s food was popular is to
actually pick up some cookbooks that were popular then. Another way of
doing it is to look at what sort of wedding presents (i.e. kitchen
gadgets) were popular back then. I'm sadly reminded of foundue (cheese
with stale bread, oil with meatballs, or chocolate with ANYTHING!). It
was also a time of instant Chinese food ("EAST MEETS WEST... LA CHOY MAKES
CHINESE FOOD. SWING, AMERICA!").
I was in college at the time and did lots tuna brocolli casserole.
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Michele Scheel
> <snip>
> The other was a bubble-gum called something like "Bubbs Daddy," which
> came in that horrible flavor that's supposed to be apple, but tastes
> more like Palmolive. It was about a foot long, and as big around as your
> middle finger, and we used to just keep adding to the wad in our mouths
> until you had a wad of rubbery tasteless goo about the size of a golf
> ball. Bubble-Tape is nothing compared to Bubbs Daddy. The stuff could
> gag a rhino.
> Ooh--one more. Pixie-stix. "Hey kids, want to chug a paper tube of
> sugar and citric acid? Here you go!!"
Good one Steve! My first really great laugh of the day....thanks! :)
Yes, I remember the very same stuff....and your description of Bubbs Daddy
was perfect! Palmolive....yes!! "...just keep adding to the
wad..."....yes!! And good ol' Pixie Stix!! We used to get the small
straw-sized packs, and then they came out with the giant sized one...seems
like it might have been a couple feet long, and as big around as your
finger....sugar-high to last ya all day long!!! <g>
Novelty candy....a joy reserved for the very young...
Michele
Michele Scheel
In article <54gpv2$6...@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>,
djd...@ix.netcom.com(djd) wrote:
> Chick-o-Stix. Used to get those at Ronn's Liquor Store in Fullerton
> along with one banana flavored and one root beer flavored popsicle.
> Sometimes a Bomb-Pop but they always froze my lips. Throw in a couple
> of Abba-Zabbas and a few pieces of Bazooka and I'd be set for the
> afternoon. Head over to Valencia Park on my Stingray to play some
> carroms and chow. Heaven.
>
> Duane
> djd...@ix.netcom.com
>
> Oh, and a package of Red Vines.
You know....reading all these posts about the great novelty candies we all
ate and loved as kids got me to thinking. I've just recently been trying
to convince my 11-year-old that the money he earns could be better spent
on things other than junk candy. Hmmm....now I remember that I did the
same thing, and how much joy one can get (if one is a child) at buying a
whole ton of the stuff. Duane's post (above) really brought the memory
(and hence the ridiculous lecture I've been giving my son) home....thanks
guys...I do believe I'll change my tune just a bit with my kid.....
Michele
Michele Scheel
> Remember Lick 'em Sticks? You dip this chalk-like stick into flavored
> sugar--one side was cherry and the other was blueberry. Around the same
> time, I remember buying gum cigarettes, Zotz, Freshen-Up gum, and candy
> buttons (on wax paper).
Oh I used to LOVE Zotz!! The excitement when the hard candy gave way to
the foaming, oozing inner "stuff"!! Zowee! And the gum cigarettes were
the best, weren't they?? Wrapped in paper so that they actually looked
like the real thing. Did any of you ever have the candy cigarettes?
White chalk-like stuff, with the end painted red (guess that would
indicate the "burning end"...heavens, don't put that end in your mouth!!!
<g>)...good stuff!
Michele
Michele Scheel
> God!! Chick 'o Sticks. It was like the filling from a butterfinger, only
> flakier. They cost a nickel, so they were about all I ever bought. They
> were entertaining too. You'd spend about twenty minutes picking the
> stuff out of your teeth.
Hahaha!! Yes....picking the stuff out of your teeth! Har!
"Entertaining"....hahahaha!!!
Still chuckling,
Michele
phr...@walrus.com
Garrison Hack <pig...@primenet.com> wrote:
You.ve got to include Mallowmars.
But you won't find any Billy Beer.
Pop rocks
ratatoille. (
cheez whiz.
I can't believe its not butter.
tab and fresca
Jiffy pop
fluffer nutter
quiche.
soul food.
LaCHoy
lots of things with saccharine.
chinese food WITH msg.
Marie
I ran into the local grocery store tonight and what did I see???
A hugh bag of Pixie Stix.......but no Marathons...yet...the search
continues!
Marie
PauSto
Pez
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The most adamantly enforced rules
are the rules that cover the butts of
and benefit the promotion of
"The people who enforce the rules"! -PS-
Steve and Cara
Don't remember who said it, but one of my favorite quotes regarding Pez
went as follows: "Of course Pez is good for you. Any food that comes out
of a guy's neck *has* to be good for you. Especially if it comes out of
Popeye's neck. . .There's only two ingredients in Pez--sugar and
purple."
Steve
Paul Goldschmidt
phr...@walrus.com wrote:
Remember the word "natural" and you're half way there! Anything with
yogurt is also very 70's (especially yogurt that's as loaded with
nuts, fruits, honey, etc. as well as the kitchen sink and which is as
agressively overpackaged as possible (remember New Country yogurt?
Elaborately-decorated plastic tub with an oversized lid with
advertising blurb printed on it and the foil innerseal with an
explanation of "Why you're not looking at your yogurt yet" printed on
it?)
Recommended reading:
The Tassajara Cookbook
Ten Talents Cookbook
NY Times Natural Foods Cookbook (okay, so there are meat recipes in
it)
Basil Fawlty
Anyone remember Chico Stix?
Steve and Cara <scl...@mailhost.efn.org> wrote in article
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helena
I have bite size chico stiks in my candy dish right now. Hmmmm I may
just have to get on over to the dish and have one....mmmmmmm
They are still as good as back when. Clark bars too.
helen
Kent Parks
Garrison Hack (pig...@primenet.com) wrote:
: : A friend of mine is going to be throwing a '70s-themed Halloween
: : party and we need some popular/pop culture food fads of the '70s.
: : Considering that we were barely old enough to walk when the '70s were
: : around, about the only thing we remember is Gerber.
: : The only thing so far we've been able to come up with is fondue.
: : ANYBODY! PLEASE HELP =)
Yes, fondue is good...also, you can now get TAB again, a real '70s
throwback. Popcorn made in the old 'oil poppers' (or even in a FRYING
PAN!), as opposed to microwaved, would be '70s style...
Of course, most of the real 'fad foods' of that era won't be around at
all. Remember "Dip in a Chip' crackers? They were great and I still
remember the commercials, but they've been gone for at least 10 years.
Ditto with pop top cans.
If you serve soft drinks, they should be in glass bottles, not plastic
(which didn't exist then). Milk, not that you would have it at a Halloween
party, would be in cartons (or even BOTTLES), but not plastic jugs.
I'll try to think of some more..
Kent
Charles P. Hobbs
Garrison Hack wrote:
> Two excellent ways of figuring out what 70s food was popular is to
> actually pick up some cookbooks that were popular then. Another way of
> doing it is to look at what sort of wedding presents (i.e. kitchen
> gadgets) were popular back then. I'm sadly reminded of foundue (cheese
> with stale bread, oil with meatballs, or chocolate with ANYTHING!).
I remember an electric pot filled with hot grease, in which we
cooked bits of beef on skewers. (Weren't the skewers color-coded, too?)
For dessert, it was bits of fruit dipped into chocolate sauce.
It
> was also a time of instant Chinese food ("EAST MEETS WEST... LA CHOY MAKES
> CHINESE FOOD. SWING, AMERICA!").
>
I remember eating Chung King Chinese food (remember those cans that
were stacked on top of each other?) the night Nixon went to China. . .
Charles P. Hobbs
Doran wrote:
> Remember Lick 'em Sticks? You dip this chalk-like stick into flavored
> sugar--one side was cherry and the other was blueberry. Around the same
> time, I remember buying gum cigarettes,
Can you believe it? Someone out in So. Cal was up in arms about the
gum cigarettes? They thought that they might make kids wanna smoke
the real thing!
Lemme tell ya, I played around with candy and gum cigs (remember the
gum cigs that sent out a cloud of powdered sugar when you blew through
them--looked like you're SMOKIN!) and I *never* had the desire to
smoke the real thing!
Charles P. Hobbs
Michele Scheel wrote:
> Good one Steve! My first really great laugh of the day....thanks! :)
> Yes, I remember the very same stuff....and your description of Bubbs Daddy
> was perfect! Palmolive....yes!!
Remember a candy called "Good and Plenty" (A box of long, skinny
jellybeans). We used to say that it "tasted like soap".
"...just keep adding to the
> wad..."....yes!! And good ol' Pixie Stix!! We used to get the small
> straw-sized packs, and then they came out with the giant sized one...seems
> like it might have been a couple feet long, and as big around as your
> finger....sugar-high to last ya all day long!!! <g>
I never saw the point of Pixy Stix. Just pour sugar in your mouth?
Yuck! I guess you *could* make a weak version of Kool-Aid with it. . .
>
> Novelty candy....a joy reserved for the very young...
Indeed.
Laurelei
While we're on the topic of food: what were those "space sticks" called,
you know the ones that the astonauts supposedly took to the moon, that
tasted like tootsie rolls with ground-up vitamins mixed in? thank you
for your help-- laura
Eric Young
In article <327AB4...@mail.csrlink.net>, Laurelei
<lau...@mail.csrlink.net> wrote:
Pillsbury Space Food Sticks. I loved those things.
SJC
> Two really strange things to eat from the seventies: One had a really
> odd ad campaign: Marathon candy bars. Remember? They were shaped like
> "Marathon John." You'd have "Quick Claude" come in with a cheesy french
> accent and say "Ay em Queek Claude, end I do everysing fest." And then
> Marathon John would challenge him to eat a Marathon bar fast. As I
> recall, a Marathon bar was about the equivalent of three Rollos, but
> they tasted pretty good.
> came in that horrible flavor that's supposed to be apple, but tastes
> until you had a wad of rubbery tasteless goo about the size of a golf
> ball. Bubble-Tape is nothing compared to Bubbs Daddy. The stuff could
> gag a rhino.
> sugar and citric acid? Here you go!!"
>
> Steve
I just enjoy Neccos, and bought a 99c roll here in Whittier,California, and saved part of the wrapper....
Black was Licorice, Yellow was Lemon, Orange was Orange (duh!) Brown was Chocolate, White was Cinnamon, Purple was Clove, Pink was Wintergreen (thus making the famous connection to medication complete) and Green was Lime.
Some had questions about which was which,. Glad to post some follow ups and to share my own experiences (few days ago, I had done this as well). I live in town with a fair # of Catholic churches and "intern" in one as custodian, and just might save some for communion..Hey! I just might egg them to get some NEccco rolls for CHristmas Communion! :D They have all Chocolate and Tropical (starbwerry, coconut, pineapple,etc.)