Something "kids" today wouldnt know about....

[Vagabond]

From what they say, I must have played with white ones but I absolutely don't remember it.

The adults these days! SMH.

 

[floridaice]

Glass bottles in vending machines. My parents insisted Coca Cola was better in an icy cold bottle. (And you could get a deposit back if you returned it)

Looking on the bottom of those Coke bottles to see where it was bottled. And playing a game where the bottle that had traveled the farthest won.

 

[gkelly]

And checking dollar bills to see if they said "Silver Certificate"

 

[Jenny]

I asked a friend recently why bakers use a sieve for flour instead of a sifter. Mine has a handle you turn and works so much better. I forgot mine is probably from the early 50's, it was my mums'. I guess they don't make them like that anymore.

I never sift or sieve flour. Thought that step was a relic from a time when flour could have clumps, or possibly be contaminated with insects. I only see that step in vintage recipes now.

If I'm mixing in other dry ingredients that I want to be sure are well distributed (like say baking powder or salt), then I use a wire whisk to combine.

 

[skategal]

Pulling the rubber disk from the cap of Coke/Pepsi bottles to see if you won a prize.

Good times.

 

[Jenny]

I remember the rubber caps! Do they still put little plastic toys in cereal boxes? Marketers were such manipulators back then lol.

There was a brand (Fanta I think?) of soft drink that had riddles or jokes at the bottom of the can so you'd gulp it down and then peer in to be able to read it aloud to your friends. 1 cent gum like Bazooka and Double Bubble (always preferred the latter ) would have a cartoon or joke wrapped around them too. I think there was a promotion where popsicle sticks had something written on them that you could only see when you'd finished it.

Oh! Along with gas stations trying to get your loyalty by offering glassware or dishes so you'd go back to build the set, one of our supermarkets gave away stickers of hockey players and you could buy the book to put them in, so once again poor mom was faced with children begging to go to the supermarket and get more so you could complete your book (and of course a handful of them were rare enough that you never could quite finish it - does McDonald's still do their Monopoly promotion?) and kids would trade them during recess.

And then there was the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Box. All the moms on my street got one, and when one of the moms was upset to have received a colour she had not ordered, my mom generously agreed to trade her ours, resulting in me, 50+ years later, being the proud owner of a version in, wait for it, avocado green!

Funny to think that the world is so obsessed with avocado toast these days. Kids today may not know that there was a time when appliances came in "decorator" colours, and that nowadays an avocado green or harvest gold or burnt orange stove or fridge is considered the very height of retro tacky.

 

[Cachoo]

I remember the rubber caps! Do they still put little plastic toys in cereal boxes? Marketers were such manipulators back then lol.

There was a brand (Fanta I think?) of soft drink that had riddles or jokes at the bottom of the can so you'd gulp it down and then peer in to be able to read it aloud to your friends. 1 cent gum like Bazooka and Double Bubble (always preferred the latter ) would have a cartoon or joke wrapped around them too. I think there was a promotion where popsicle sticks had something written on them that you could only see when you'd finished it.

Oh! Along with gas stations trying to get your loyalty by offering glassware or dishes so you'd go back to build the set, one of our supermarkets gave away stickers of hockey players and you could buy the book to put them in, so once again poor mom was faced with children begging to go to the supermarket and get more so you could complete your book (and of course a handful of them were rare enough that you never could quite finish it - does McDonald's still do their Monopoly promotion?) and kids would trade them during recess.

And then there was the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Box. All the moms on my street got one, and when one of the moms was upset to have received a colour she had not ordered, my mom generously agreed to trade her ours, resulting in me, 50+ years later, being the proud owner of a version in, wait for it, avocado green!

Funny to think that the world is so obsessed with avocado toast these days. Kids today may not know that there was a time when appliances came in "decorator" colours, and that nowadays an avocado green or harvest gold or burnt orange stove or fridge is considered the very height of retro tacky.

I still have my Nescafe World Glass Coffee Cups....remember when there were actual toys in your Cracker Jacks box and not some silly sticker? I remember our glass jelly jars being recycled for glasses for whatever we kids were drinking....

 

[taf2002]

I never sift or sieve flour. Thought that step was a relic from a time when flour could have clumps, or possibly be contaminated with insects. I only see that step in vintage recipes now.

If I'm mixing in other dry ingredients that I want to be sure are well distributed (like say baking powder or salt), then I use a wire whisk to combine.

When you make cakes from scratch many recipes require you to sift the flour. If you don't the texture is not as light as it should be

And then there was the Betty Crocker Recipe Card Box. All the moms on my street got one, and when one of the moms was upset to have received a colour she had not ordered, my mom generously agreed to trade her ours, resulting in me, 50+ years later, being the proud owner of a version in, wait for it, avocado green!

I still have my avocado green one!

 

[attyfan]

Am I the only one who remembers defrosting a freezer? And when I was very small, before there were dryers, my mom's main "work out" was hanging stuff on a clothesline to dry.

 

[made_in_canada]

Am I the only one who remembers defrosting a freezer? And when I was very small, before there were dryers, my mom's main "work out" was hanging stuff on a clothesline to dry.

We just defrosted our freezer! But only because the door didn’t get shut properly.

 

[just tuned in]

Remember when the names of some breakfast cereals contained the actual word ”sugar?”

Frosted Flakes used to be called Sugar Frosted Flakes.

 

[Buzz]

Anyone else remember the Nestle Quik’s bunny? I and my sister each got one and I was obsessed with mine! I kept it until my 20s!!! It was something like the one below but better and I got mine in the mid seventies.

Vintage Collectible Nestle Quik 1990s Mini Plush Stuffed Animal Nestle Quik Mascot - Etsy Canada

Vintage collectible Nestle Quik min stuffed animal - Nestle Quik mascot rabbit measuring 4.75” tall, 5” wide and 1.5” deep. Quik is more commonly known as Nesquik now. This mascot Nesquik Bunny (aka Quicky) is adorned with his signature Q With the original tag attached and in excellent condition.

www.etsy.com

 

[marbri]

Hostess chips and candy cigarettes.

 

[Judy]

Looking on the bottom of those Coke bottles to see where it was bottled. And playing a game where the bottle that had traveled the farthest won.

I legitimately miss the bottles.

 

[Judy]

Yes.

There was a tennis club across the street from the soda fountain. I used to see stray white balls on the sidewalk.

BTW, I am pretty sure that you are older than I am.

It was a real thing! I don’t remember them but https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-fe...low-tennis-balls-thanks-to-david-attenborough

 

[just tuned in]

sun-tan lotion (predecessor to sunscreen)

 

[once_upon]

When we were in Shetland Islands I found Hostess Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes - I had to take pictures

I had a freezer (full size) that required defrosting about 3 times a year. Out son has it now - I don't think either one has thought about or knows when or how to do it.

 

[Judy]

We just defrosted our freezer! But only because the door didn’t get shut properly.

I def remember defrosting. My dad when he passed had an old freezer which we took and then I sold. Only 10 years ago lol.

Some improvements are good . I’ll throw in self cleaning oven (not really self cleaning it’s a procesS but no longer buried in fumes cleaning out ).

 

[skategal]

When we were in Shetland Islands I found Hostess Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes - I had to take pictures

We have those in Canada too.

My son loves the cupcakes and I buy them occasionally as a treat for him.

 

[my little pony]

do people still use mercurochrome?

 

[skategal]

Remember when the names of some breakfast cereals contained the actual word ”sugar?”

Frosted Flakes used to be called Sugar Frosted Flakes.

I remember Sugar Smacks cereal before it was Honey Smacks.

 

[skategal]

do people still use mercurochrome?

My friends family renamed it “Run around the house” as it hurt so much after using that it made you run around your house in pain.

The name stuck and they (and I) still call it that after all these years.

 

[just tuned in]

do people still use mercurochrome?

My mother's go-to. That, and calamine lotion.

 

[Cachoo]

A friendly, little voice: "Youve Got Mail!" and a very annoying paper clip

Also...Thank God for the Food Network, the Cooking Channel and every other foodie thing that came along. Look at this commercial from 1973 and tell me you'd want to return to THAT: https://youtu.be/uP1ixDAXVV8

 

[once_upon]

do people still use mercurochrome?

I found some in my dad's apartment 2 years ago, after he died and we were cleaning it out.

 

[Jenny]

A friendly, little voice: "Youve Got Mail!" and a very annoying paper clip

Also...Thank God for the Food Network, the Cooking Channel and every other foodie thing that came along. Look at this commercial from 1973 and tell me you'd want to return to THAT: https://youtu.be/uP1ixDAXVV8

That video sure brings back memories of Sunday night tv and every recipe beginning with "melt a bag of Kraft caramels."

Funny thing is, for the purposes of this thread, the Food Network etc might be relatively new, but cooking shows have been around almost as long as television I think. Aside from the great Julia Child in the early 1960s, who remembers The Galloping Gourmet? Plenty of regional cooking shows too - I recall several Canadian ones, including Yan Can Cook, which according to Wiki had 3500+ shows! PBS had a bunch too. Many of the daytime talk shows also had cooking segments - among my collection of vintage cookbooks is one by Dinah Shore, a fixture of daytime tv in the 70s.

 

[Sparks]

Aside from the great Julia Child in the early 1960s, who remembers The Galloping Gourmet

My mother loved the Galloping Gourmet. She was a fantastic cook

Adding: Wide World of Sports on the weekend. That's how I got into FS in the 70s

 

[ballettmaus]

I never sift or sieve flour. Thought that step was a relic from a time when flour could have clumps, or possibly be contaminated with insects. I only see that step in vintage recipes now.

That's what I read, too. And that aerating the flour by loosening it up/stirring it with a spoon is enough.

 

[once_upon]

The Heidi Super Bowl broadcast incident. My dad was working that night (for Long Lines which became A T& T - the long distance division of Ma Bell). He said the lines lit up almost immediately (not anything to do with long lines I don't think, but irate people all over the US).

I do know we had the TV at home

Heidi Game - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Sparks]

I remember that. I was happy b/c I wanted to watch Heidi