Classic Food Products

Paul · Status: Offline

RE: Classic Food Products

Paul · Status: Offline

The Livonia Special
I knew a family that moved out here from Livonia , MI.
Their main food was a sandwich consisting of : Velveeta processed simulated
cheese food product , Miracle Whip simulated mayonaise product , Bologna
( the same as a giant wiener sliced ) on Wonder bread , washed down with
a diet Pepsi. In the morning they would drink canned Maxwell House coffee
made with 1 teaspoon of coffee per cup , boiled for an hour.

rob miller · Status: Offline

The "Sausage King's" premier product was linguica. I love linguica. I'd eat it everyday if my wife didn't stay on my case about my diet. The company is still in biz, still pumpin' out the big wienies.
I'v got some in my fridge right now. Yum!

Paul · Status: Offline

The Sausage King - Stuart Alexander.
Stuart owned a sausage factory that like most , was
dirty. The state meat inspectors were on him for years.
Finally he said in his murder trial that " nobody tells me
how to run my business '" So he shot and killed 3 meat
inspectors one day at his plant.
Rumor has it that he was planning on dumping the inspectors
into the Italian Pizza Sausage grinders , but he was caught on video
tape by his own security cameras doing the killings.
No doubt that Stuart figured he could throw anything into his
sausage and nobody can tell the difference between cow's ass
and human ass. Stuart was found dead in his cell at San Quentin's
death row on Dec. 27 , 2005.
Kinda makes me think twice about eating ground meat products.

-- Edited by Paul at 17:20, 2007-05-22

Paul · Status: Offline

Food Product News Flash
The Candyman of Lafayette who ran the THC candy factory in
Emeryville just got sentenced to 5 years in prison and is also
being sued by the Hershey Corp. for trademark infringement.
He made many different candy products , among them , Keif Kat ,
Rasta Reeses and Stoney Rancher. Willie Wonka watch out !!

Paul Penna · Status: Offline

Meadowsweet Rich wrote:

I remember some candy bars they sold at the Corte Madera Pharmacy in the 1960's that I never see nowadays...

Marketing old-name candies is quite a going business these days, though you have to go to specialty shoppes or order online. Do a Google search for "retro candies" or "classic candies." Most of the familiar brand names can be found. One proviso, however: the outfits making these usually claim that they use the "original" recipies, but if you look at the ingredients they often substitute high fructose corn syrup for cane sugar, which most people feel changes the essential flavor. That was the problem with "Coke Classic," you might remember. Interestingly, these's such a thing as "Passover Coke" marketed during the season in areas with a large Jewish population. To be Kosher, it's made with sugar rather than HFCS, and fans of the original Coke are known to seek it out during that brief period of availability.

Meadowsweet Rich · Status: Offline

I remember some candy bars they sold at the Corte Madera Pharmacy in the 1960's that I never see nowadays, The Mountain Bar, Idaho Spud, Rocky Road, were the ones that I remember, they also had a hot nut case on the counter where you could buy warm cashews, peanuts, etc.

Paul · Status: Offline

Head Cheese
From the looks of it , they must chop the head off the animal and chuck it
straight in to the grinder. Brains , eyes , teeth and all.
Ever since I was a baby I knew never to try to swallow anything
that I couldn't chew. That's why people choke on meat products
because they are told that fat is good , it has all the flavor , and
sinew and bones can break your teeth , so don't attempt to
chew everything , just swallow it .

Paul Penna · Status: Offline

Ranch Hand Chip Steaks. My favorite Mom-made lunchtime food of all time, bar none.

They were chipped beef steak patties - a bunch of finely shaved slices of beefsteak compressed into flat discs about 6 inches in diameter and 1/8 to 1/4 inches thick. Sort of like steak baclava. Right out of the freezer you could probably use them as Frisbees. Came four to the box, separated by pieces of waxed paper.

She'd fry them in butter with some garlic salt, and for sandwiches stick one between two slices of butter-slathered white bread. The usual order was for "a steak sandwich and a steak," that is, one in a sandwich and one a cappella. No particularly healthy, but man alive, were those things good.

They disappeared from the shelves around 15 years ago. Steak-Ums were a similar kind of thing, but not as good.

They're so forgotten that when I did a Google search on every possible variation of the brand name (Ranch Hand, RanchHand, RancHand) and product description, all I came up with were two hits that mentioned them, and one of those was a post I made on another forum.

-- Edited by Paul Penna at 01:27, 2007-05-08

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rob miller wrote:

Also, was it just me, or did anyone else eat Jello straight from the box???

Only a couple times. I thought Kool-Aid was better for that.

Thanks for the reminder about what Flav'r Straws were called.

When he was in high school (1951-5), my brother went on a strawberry-flavored milk kick. Came in a regular bottle at the store, just like chocolate milk. I thought it was awful.

rob miller · Status: Offline

Ah yes..."Flav'r Straws". I remember them being an "impulse item" near the check-out stand at Miller's Market, and begging Mom to buy some.
Also, was it just me, or did anyone else eat Jello straight from the box???

Paul Penna · Status: Offline

How about those drinking straws that supposedly made regular milk into chocolate milk? Had a chocolate-impregnated length of (I guess) cardboard running through them. They sort of gave you a mild chocolatish taste, but nothing like the real thing. They were around in the mid-50s.

Paul · Status: Offline

I suggest that you don't let your Jello mold. Try some crushed garlic added
to the mix , it contains sulphur which inhibits mold and powdery mildue too !

cat · Status: Offline

Hey man! What's wrong with cow hooves and a little red dye # 2? How else will my mother make her classic jello mold for our Christmas festivities?

Paul · Status: Offline

More exotic food type products.
Rasta Pasta Pesto , a Jamacian style pasta dish that contains THC.
Gimme Clean , 100% pure soy whole bean sausage.
Jello , ground cows hooves , red dye #2 , sugar and artificial
flavor.
Budda Finger candy bars , had the same familar yellow wrapper
as the classic Butter Finger candy , only it also contained oil
of Tetra Hydra Cannibinol (THC). The FEDS shut down the
candy factory in Emeryville last year.
Menudo , a spicy tripe stew that is said to help cure a
Tequila hangover.
Pruno , an alchoholic beverage made by , in and for people in
the pen.
Chitlins , soul food made out of tripe.
Goats eyes , a delecacy in Mecca.
Homer Hygrade ballpark franks , contains , lips , ears and snouts.
Creamed Chipped Beef on toast ( S*** on a shingle ) fed to the
military and prisoners.

Paul · Status: Offline

Cat , I'm glad you thought it was funny , I've been laughing about it
ever since I posted the first thought , waking up in the middle of the
night and laughing . Thanks for the positive feedback , I didn't know
if anyone would like it.

cat · Status: Offline

omigod! That link!
My husband and I were howling with laughter so hard we were crying!
The silkworms were the best.

For me, from my childhood, I have fond memories of 3 types of junkfood.

1. Sippity Do Da - - sort of a precurser to the modern day juice pack. It came in a clear plastic pouch, and you jabbed a straw into the middle seam. I think they leaked to much and only were on the market a year or two.

2. Space Sticks - - astronaut tootsie rolls, or dog poo, your call. my lunch box treat for a year.

3. Freakies cereal - - I made my mom buy them, because everyone in my class was collecting the little plastic Freakies figure. After eating my first bowl, I threw up.

oh yeah, my very favorite cereal was Pink Panther Flakes. Turned your milk pink, and the box contained cool Pink Panther spy toys.

Kt · Status: Offline

italian ice bars

Paul Penna · Status: Offline

Paul wrote:

The one that I remember the best was " Libby's Potted Meat Food Product " I only saw a can of it once , I don't know if anyone ever bought any of it in this state , and I have never seen anyone eat it.

Well, you'll certainly enjoy this page then.
Warning: not for those sensitive to strong language or to animal parts previously thought to be inedible.

Paul · Status: Offline

There are many food product inventions that have come and gone over the
years , some are still with us. Some smart inventors made a fortune on
brilliant ideas.
The one that I remember the best was " Libby's Potted Meat Food Product "
I only saw a can of it once , I don't know if anyone ever bought any of it
in this state , and I have never seen anyone eat it.
The first and main ingredent was " partially de-fatted beef fatty tissue "
Spam was invented because the slaughter house owners hated to throw
away the floor sweepings from making hams. I guess they fed a lot of
soldiers the sweepings , and later sold it to the public.
Does anyone remember any other exotic food products ?