Games & Recreation Childhood toys that take your nostalgia to 11

[Plugger35]

There used to be a shop called the Candy Cabin at our local shopping centre which would be packed with kids after school. It had one of the best selections of lollies I've seen, we were literally like kids in a candy store. You could get a decent bag of lollies for 50 cents and for a dollar you could get enough to make yourself sick.

 

[Shell]

Oh yeah Sugar Stations at Flinders and Spencer are pretty good.

Over priced but good to grab some lollies after an MCG match..

 

[FRUMPY]

I do like stumbling across a US candy shop - such a different array of lollies to be tried - ad to that the UK shops are good to

 

[Plugger35]

I do like stumbling across a US candy shop - such a different array of lollies to be tried

I worked in a cinema in the US and they had a candy section there with things like Reece's Pieces and Hershey bars, a lot of their chocolate doesn't taste as nice as the chocolate here though, it's too sweet. Their flavoured chocolate milk is terrible too, it tasted like they had mixed half a tin of Quik into it.

 

[Shell]

I worked in a cinema in the US and they had a candy section there with things like Reece's Pieces and Hershey bars, a lot of their chocolate doesn't taste as nice as the chocolate here though, it's too sweet. Their flavoured chocolate milk is terrible too, it tasted like they had mixed half a tin of Quik into it.

US candy in moderation. Hershey's kisses = good. Big slab of Hershey's = bad.

Not a fan of peanut butter so cant comment on Reeces.
dales.girl38 can tho.

US has better potato chips than us. Easily. And better cinema popcorn. Hands down better popcorn than ours, ours is s**t.

 

[FRUMPY]

Im not really into chocolate (i would rarely buy a bar of chocolate), im more a candy/confectionary kid of person

Do eat the s**t out of a bag of choc melts the missus uses in baking (both white and brown).

 

[FRUMPY]

Jolly Ranchers were big mid 90's i reckon

 

[Plugger35]

US candy in moderation. Hershey's kisses = good. Big slab of Hershey's = bad.

Not a fan of peanut butter so cant comment on Reeces.
dales.girl38 can tho.

US has better potato chips than us. Easily. And better cinema popcorn. Hands down better popcorn than ours, ours is sh*t.

Yeah they have some great potato chips there. I'm not a big fan of popcorn though, we were allowed to eat as much free popcorn as we wanted at the cinema I worked at but I hardly ever ate it and neither did anyone else that worked there. it's OK every now and then but it's not the sort of stuff you could eat every day.

 

[PT Bar None]

US candy in moderation. Hershey's kisses = good. Big slab of Hershey's = bad.

Not a fan of peanut butter so cant comment on Reeces.
dales.girl38 can tho.

US has better potato chips than us. Easily. And better cinema popcorn. Hands down better popcorn than ours, ours is sh*t.

I got right into "Ranch" Doritos over there. Like every time I went to the market into. Loved them sooooo much.

I don't even know what flavour a ranch is supposed to be. I thought that was where Americans kept their cows? But ground up into a fine powder and sprinkled on corn chips was loooooverly!

 

[FRUMPY]

I got right into "Ranch" Doritos over there. Like every time I went to the market into. Loved them sooooo much.

I don't even know what flavour a ranch is supposed to be. I thought that was where Americans kept their cows? But ground up into a fine powder and sprinkled on corn chips was loooooverly!

same as ranch dressing i would presume?

 

[PT Bar None]

same as ranch dressing i would presume?

Yeah, seems like a pretty good assumption.

Same question

 

[FRUMPY]

Yeah, seems like a pretty good assumption.

Same question

Probably a dressing someone created who lived on a ranch - like as a kid i always wondered why it was called buffalo wings......they dont have wings

 

[Over The Post]

Tried Hersheys and Reeses when in the States. Hersheys they can shove up their arse (is that how they got the name Hershey Squirts?) and just about threw up after a couple of Reeses. Absolutely cannot explain their fascination and love for them. Maybe its American vegemite.

Oh, and Twinkies: * me they were atrocious. Bought a 12-pack and threw 10 away.

 

[PT Bar None]

Probably a dressing someone created who lived on a ranch - like as a kid i always wondered why it was called buffalo wings......they dont have wings

And like, what happened to the first 999 islands?

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yeah, seems like a pretty good assumption.

Same question

Ranch is basically mayo, garlic and spices.

 

[FRUMPY]

Ranch is basically mayo, garlic and spices.

and delicious - do remember going to a Big Walmart or something like that and it basically had a whole fridge isle of ranch dressing.....

 

[Catfish Alley]

and delicious - do remember going to a Big Walmart or something like that and it basically had a whole fridge isle of ranch dressing.....

Great on wings. Some use it on pizza.

On a similar note, what the hell are chicken flavoured chips/twisties?? At least Ranch flavour is based off a dressing. Chicken flavour is just herbs as far as I can tell.

 

[Plugger35]

I got right into "Ranch" Doritos over there. Like every time I went to the market into. Loved them sooooo much.

I don't even know what flavour a ranch is supposed to be. I thought that was where Americans kept their cows? But ground up into a fine powder and sprinkled on corn chips was loooooverly!

Yeah I loved the Ranch favoured Doritos there and Doritos in general, that was before they had arrived in Australia and we just had shitty CCs which didn't have as much favour, although they have improved their flavour now to compete with Doritos.

Tried Hersheys and Reeses when in the States. Hersheys they can shove up their arse (is that how they got the name Hershey Squirts?) and just about threw up after a couple of Reeses. Absolutely cannot explain their fascination and love for them. Maybe its American vegemite.

Oh, and Twinkies: fu** me they were atrocious. Bought a 12-pack and threw 10 away.

Never tried Twinkies, they looked sickly sweet so I had a feeling I wouldn't like them.

 

[Over The Post]

And grits (chook food). And country gravy (blurgh). Get a perfectly good steak and chips and they serve it up as bukkake on a plate.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Maybe in a Vegas buffet or something. Good American steakhouses are awesome!

 

[Billy ray]

I miss the original milo bar

 

[Over The Post]

Maybe in a Vegas buffet or something. Good American steakhouses are awesome!

This was in two different small town diners in Texas. Buffet I'd have just got them plain and put some pepper or mushroom sauce on the side of my plate.

 

[Catfish Alley]

This was in two different small town diners in Texas. Buffet I'd have just got them plain and put some pepper or mushroom sauce on the side of my plate.

Ah yeah. Diners tend to slap things together pretty quick.

 

[PT Bar None]

Maybe in a Vegas buffet or something. Good American steakhouses are awesome!

I think I went to a Crackerbarrel? In Virginia. 'Pon recommendation from a local I was working with to get a real genuine American breakfast!

Had the usual 15 minute argument with the waitress about how I wanted my eggs done, and I knew the bacon was going to be problematic. But I was genuinely looking forward to trying "grits". Had no idea what they were, or what they looked like. But I'd been aware of them since a kid watching reruns of Alice during school holidays.

So I'm very much in Over the Post's corner here. The grits were bloody horrible. Lukewarm half dissolved tapioca style gunge in a bowl. But at least they were better than the Country Gravy!

Did I get a dud deal? Did old mate stitch me up?

"Kiss mah grits" indeed Flo! Now I understand why she always shouted it at Mel

 

[Catfish Alley]

Nah, that’s what they are. Prison food.