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

[thunderbolt]

All the fish chains disappeared around here, Long John Silvers and Capt D's.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like the country style fish at Captain D's, but my wife got food poisoning there once, so we never go. I can't really blame her!

Chris

[PNGwynne]

I've never heard of Druther's, what about Captain D's?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I miss Druther's Fish and Chips. It was essentially the same as Long John Silver's as I recall, but we had a Druther's in town, and had to drive to get to LJS. Plus they had those Andy Dandy Meals or whatever, the first kid meals I had access to before we got a McDonald's in 1984.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

All the NE Ohio Whitecastle closed in 2014, I miss them a bit sometimes--which is how often I ate at one.

[thunderbolt]

Anybody else a glutton for punishment regarding White Castle?

Personally, I really do like them, but I don't love them.

But I can't resist every once in a while.

patiently awaiting the new one in ORlando

[PNGwynne]

I liked jellied salads and aspics, just not the one you posted.

Kind of neat that Jello once marketed those, I wonder if the flavor was decent.

[GlobalObserver]

^^ Am I nuts for thinking that actually looks pretty good?

[B-Lister]

[GlobalObserver]

In the early to mid 70's, I can remember being so jealous of my friend Lee's mom making him a Libbyland TV dinner every night when all I had to eat was a veritable feast of down home southern cooking.

I also want to chime in on how KFC tastes absolutely nothing like it did in the 70's.

Heck, it doesn't even taste like it did ten years ago.

I recently ate a 2-piece meal with that terrible little chalky biscuit. First time I'd eaten any in at least a decade, maybe longer.

The chicken was extra greasy with none of that secret recipe taste of 11 herbs and spices.

If I was to make a list of all of the stuff I miss about the 70's, it would take a very very long time.

[Mikey]

When I go I have to get at least 4 boxes of their clam strips !!!

Anybody else a glutton for punishment regarding White Castle?

Personally, I really do like them, but I don't love them.

But I can't resist every once in a while.

[Jorge Galvan]

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?

funny enough, there was a Woolworth's in Blue Island, that is now a antique shop for years,

http://www.threesistersantique.com/

But, they do not have a lunch counter, I would like to see if you have the article handy. Thanks!

[B-Lister]

Anybody else a glutton for punishment regarding White Castle?

Personally, I really do like them, but I don't love them.

But I can't resist every once in a while.

[B-Lister]

I miss Showbiz pizza.

It was by now means good, but I'll never forget the smell or taste.

[PNGwynne]

It's funny that you mention that, because for decades, my mother would stretch ground beef for patties by adding an egg yolk, bread or saltine crumbs (maybe 1/4 cup per pound?) and minced onion. These were fantastic reheated.