Tastes/Foods of the 70's i'm trying to recapture

[Duncan]

For that institutional cheeseburger taste, I find that reheating the burger makes a big difference. Cook the burger, stick it in the fridge for a few days, then reheat it & add American cheese...and maybe toast & butter the bun.

I miss Gino's, and would love another Gino Giant. I guess they've reopened some places near Philly, so maybe one day.

[neogelion]

The best MEATLOAF I ever had was at the cafeteria at WOOLWORTH's on State Street here in Chicago, back in the late 70's and early 80's. It was so tomatoey and red, and even the mash & Gravy was heavenly!!!

Plus they had dinner rolls so fluffly and delicious!


and they had the most delicious taco's too! They were unlike any i ever had then and since then.


Sadly Woolworth's went out of business eons ago and I do miss it for the novelty of the place and of course the food!

Good times.

I just read an article about an old Woolworth's in Chicago that is now an antique store but they opened the lunch counter again. Maybe it is the same one?

[Makernaut]

I'd like to walk again into a mid-late 70's KFC. *** have they done with the Colenel's secret recipe, 'cause it hasn't been around for decades?

Yes! Back when it was "Kentucky Fried Chicken" instead of "KFC" and they served rolls instead of the chalky biscuits they serve now. I haven't ordered chicken at a KFC in years. I always get some fashion of chicken strips or a Famous Bowl if I stop at a KFC.

I miss the food at Sonic before they went national. It was a better menu and better quality when they were local and then regional. I came back to the States in the mid-90's and the food had lost whatever magic it once had. Sonic, in the 70s and 80s, was a lot closer to being as good as Whataburger is now. Luckily, I have several Whataburger joints close by.

[palitoy]

I don't eat there often but i find Harvey's still tastes exactly like it did when I was a kid.

[jwyblejr]

^I'm with you on KFC. I miss their BBQ chicken. And I don't mean the itty bitty stuff either. I'm talking about how they use to get the full size pieces and you'd get wet naps to clean up all of that messy goodness.

[Confessional]

I'd like to walk again into a mid-late 70's KFC. *** have they done with the Colenel's secret recipe, 'cause it hasn't been around for decades?

One in a long while I find a retro candy store out in the world that comes close, that's always fun and gets the taste buds cravin'.

… the double post, one of the great MM mysteries! Maybe we need our own retro meme for that?

[CrimsonGhost]

Ah, doncha just hate when you double post?

[CrimsonGhost]

We used to get banana flavored peanut butter. I think it was called Google, of all things. You cannot replicate the flavor with a real banana and some PB, they had some magic amount of sugar added to that stuff. I think they same company made fudge peanut butter as well, but we usually got the banana kind.

I was going to write about this. It was called Koogle and I found a decent modern version of both the chocolate and cinnamon raisin. The brand is Peanut Butter & Co. They don’t have banana, but there’s a white chocolate that I like quite a bit.

[rche]

We used to get banana flavored peanut butter. I think it was called Google, of all things. You cannot replicate the flavor with a real banana and some PB, they had some magic amount of sugar added to that stuff. I think they same company made fudge peanut butter as well, but we usually got the banana kind.

[greensavage2000]

I'm referring to the previously mentioned location at 2127 E Livingston Ave Columbus,

That's been closed for awhile now. You can Google the property it's for sale. I use to love Arthur Treachers. I'm pretty sure there are none open here anymore. I think they may have a few up in northern Ohio, but I'm not sure.

[Treadwell]

I remember Mom making Chef Boy-ar-dee pizza. Eventually, though, she would just get the sauce (or, eventually, other brands of sauce) and put it on hoagie rolls and toast them.

[Treadwell]

Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes, before they removed sugar from the name (and to a great extent the cereal). The flakes were not golden as they are now, they were WHITE from all the frosting. Heaven.

[RonnyG]

One food I ate a lot that screams the seventies was Chef Boyardee Pizza. All the ingredients came in a box, and I remember the cheese was actually dry grated Parmesan cheese. My aunt would go one step further and add sliced hot dog pieces to it! LOL But it tasted delicious. However, I haven't ate it in years--- make that DECADES! I think the reason why I stopped eating them was because a lot of affordable pizza chain restaurants popped up in my neighborhood in the 80s. Apparently, they're still making them to this day, so it would be easy to recreate the "experience."

[Hector]

Another one is Little Caesar pizza. I rarely go for cheap pizza. But it approximates the cheap pizza sold at the drive-ins back in the day. It does take me back to my childhood, lol.

[Hector]

I always get a nostalgic kick when I get a simple McDonald’s cheeseburger. That’s why when I’m in the mood for a quick fast food bite, Micky Dees does it for me, my childhood favorite. Actually I usually go for a McDouble (which is basically a double cheeseburger with only one slice of cheese instead of two).