We all think that the
food from our childhood was the best
even though it may not have always been
people of a certain age will think back
fondly of all those treats they had and
then grow sad as they struggle to find
them in the grocery store today not all
of those foods are gone forever but most
of them have hit that downward spiral
and may never come back up here are our
top 10 once popular foods that we all
stopped eating I'm gonna take a full
slam on the baby bags and I'm gonna take
that with mashed taters
hush puppies kool-aid oh yeah we all
remember kool-aid and the kool-aid man
those long hot summer days of our youth
could only be quenched by pouring some
sugar into a cup adding a packet of our
favorite kool-aid flavor and then
wetting it with the all-important water
it was an easy and fun way to make a
drink admittedly adding our own sugar
was probably one reason why kool-aid has
declined over the years in today's more
sugar conscious society letting a child
be in charge of their own sugar quantity
is probably not the best idea
unfortunately the sugar content was not
the only reason kool-aid took a downward
turn no that was a much darker path this
was a mistake
you should leave way ahead again during
the late 70s a cult led by Jim Jones
took a mixture that was laced with
cyanide the mixture was very reminiscent
to kool-aid although it wasn't kool-aid
at all it was actually flavor aid
however it did start the ominous phrase
drinking the kool-aid which meant to
blindly follow 900 people were affected
by this tragedy and so was cool aids
reputation pudding pops why does he want
jealous because he's comfortable with
jello speaking of tasty treats we
enjoyed over a long hot summer jell-o's
pudding pops were another juicy favorite
these frosty little ice pops were a
perfect treat for everyone unfortunately
these are one of the few of our favorite
foods that have completely disappeared
entered
just as pudding pops by none other than
Bill Cosby younger people out there may
not be aware that mr. Cosby once stood
for everything that was wholesome and
family related Stewart at the time mr.
Cosby was the perfect voice for these
sweet treats and pudding pops flew off
the shelves and made over 100 million
dollars in their first year alone you
would think that with a great profit
start like that pudding pops would be
here to stay unfortunately this wasn't
the case and no it actually had nothing
to do with the truth about Bill Cosby
due to the fact that jell-o wasn't
overly experienced with the frozen food
market they started to lose money on
unexpected overheads it turns out that
dried Paquette foods have a bigger
markup so jell-o pudding pops were
discontinued completely you can now buy
popsicle brand pudding cups but they
have a completely different recipe and
shape it's not the same which is why
these pudding pops are just not selling
as well Franks and beans fried and beans
now this really is a staple from our
youth and from the youth of so many
people for a while it seemed like every
Saturday night wasn't complete without a
big pot of Franks and beans this
casserole was the very definition of
comfort food as the hearty meal kept us
warm on those cold winter nights which
felt like a mother's hug and filled our
stomachs to the brim there are many ways
to make Franks and beans with
ingredients ranging from mustards and
ketchup to fancier condiments such as
Wurst assure and Tabasco sauce whatever
you put in this dish it had to have the
irreplaceable beans and hot dogs we're
not really sure why Franks and beans
aren't as popular as it used to be maybe
in today's society Franks and beans may
seem a bit crude and simple it is after
all canned beans and hotdogs thrown in a
pot together people nowadays like a bit
more sophistication and refinement in
their home cooking best I've seen man
hardly any rats also there is obviously
the health side of this dish as much as
we love a good helping of Franks and
beans there is no denying the sodium and
sugar levels of this food
which are crazy high the more salt
conscious people of today will no doubt
be avoiding Franks and beans like the
plague
especially for family meals all of those
things are why this classic has seen a
big decline in popularity bubble tape
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there are many varieties of bubble gum
on the market most of which surprisingly
have been around for decades and can
still be bought although some are harder
to find than others out of these many
varieties and variations it's actually
bubble tape we are focusing on while
bubble gum as a whole was popular with
kids many of us will have fond memories
of trading gum like baseball cards
however nothing was quite like bubble
tape after all it was gum that you could
wind up and unravel gum
you can play with what was more fun than
that during the late 1980s and into the
early 1990s bubble tape exploded onto
the scene it probably had something to
do with a genius ad campaign that
targeted preteens with the tagline it's
six feet of bubble gum for you
not them with them meaning adults you're
turning violet over the years bubble
tape and bubble gum in general have
taken a fairly big dive in the markets
one reason being that the original kids
of the early 90's have all grown up now
it doesn't seem to be the cool thing for
adults to play with bubble tape at the
office we really don't know why another
reason is that the youth of today don't
seem to be interested in bubble gum
maybe that has something to do with its
young image that kids don't respond to
today or maybe it's to do with their
high sugar content with plenty of tasty
sugar-free chewing gums on the market
bright and colorful bubble tape gum just
can't compete Salisbury steak firm but
with little give yep these are medium
rare the biggest impact on the foods we
eat in recent years has to be the low
carb diets many people are turning to
these diets is a good way to stay in
shape and lose weight there are so many
high fat low carb diets out there that
we are all inundated with what foods to
eat
and what foods to not eat one of the
early dishes to hit it big and enter
mainstream dining which was specifically
designed for a low carb lifestyle was
the Salisbury steak invented by dr.
James Salisbury toward the end of the
18th century
dr. Salsbury was an advocate of meat
centered diets as he believed it was
better for your health and well-being I
also think that you meant to put the
damned onions on mistake the Salisbury
steak isn't actually steak at all it is
made from ground beef which was a
popular and cheap option of meat at the
time traditionally Salisbury steak is
topped off with mushrooms and gravy and
served with a side of mashed potatoes
and green veg during the mid 20th
century the Salisbury steak was one of
the more popular TV dinners that filled
many living rooms on a nightly basis
however as cuisine and dieting became a
lot more refined and with better
alternatives and more choices for people
the Salsbury steak started looking a bit
dated and out of touch with society
although this dish is a nice reminder of
a simpler time
much like the once loved TV dinner
neither could find a place with today's
generation so the Salisbury steak has
been entered into the nostalgic myths
and legends Hall of Fame Baked Alaska
many of today's generation may have
heard of the fabled Baked Alaska but not
many will have tried it for those out
there that don't know what a baked
Alaska is then you are in for a treat
this dish consists of ice cream and
slices of cake sponge which is then
wrapped in meringue and baked in a very
hot oven the trick obviously is to cook
the meringue perfectly without melting
the ice cream not an easy task during
the 1960's and 1970's the Baked Alaska
was the pinnacle of gourmet desserts not
only was it sweet tasty and consisting
of the two best ingredients cake and ice
cream but it was also difficult to make
any kind of presenting one of these
delights at a dinner party showed off
your culinary skills and became the show
stop
of the age as the desert grew popular
many other versions came out bomb Alaska
was the same desert but with a good
helping of rum then there was the frozen
Florida which was a Baked Alaska but in
Reverse
the meringue was frozen and the dairy
was hot liquid inside after being so
popular and people having some real fun
with it we are not really sure why this
dessert has seen such a big downward
decline maybe because of the time and
effort it takes to create it or maybe
it's for health reasons it is a lot of
sugar after all
cottage cheese there seemed to be a time
not too long ago when cottage cheese was
everywhere and in everything every
recipe diet and new food fad seemed to
include this lumpy cream product cottage
cheese itself has been around for
centuries it even appears in a popular
Nursery Rhyme yes that Nursery Rhyme
eating their curds and whey this cheese
dates back to a period in time when
people didn't waste anything
everything was used in some way even the
gone off milk and cream was used this is
how cottage cheese came about
fast-forward to the 20th century and
cottage cheese found itself a very
trendy food item oh he's Dutch
particularly from the 1950s to the 1980s
not only was it used for cooking but
people used to eat it by itself as a
healthier food option however these days
cottage cheese doesn't really get
recognition not only are there much
healthier foods on the market but
cottage cheese isn't the easiest to make
especially compared to things like
yogurt which has replaced cottage cheese
in our lives
plus it's lumpy consistency and bland
tastes have kept cottage cheese firmly
in the past as an old-fashioned style of
food because of this cottage cheese has
almost dropped off the face of the earth
whole milk and milk to count ones you
want to hear story got milk pretty much
from birth every child knows that milk
is important and good for you it makes
us grow up big and strong with healthy
teeth and bones for many years this
how milk targeted us and we lapped it up
we couldn't help ourselves with that pun
we were all encouraged to drink full fat
whole milk every day especially with
cookies to Dunkin even schools provided
milk for us to drink
however as society became more
health-conscious milk was one of the
first things to get changed slowly
taking down the percentage of full fat
milk today most people wouldn't know
what whole milk tastes like I have
nipples Greg could you milk me not only
that but as lactose intolerance and
other dairy related health issues became
more commonplace milk was replaced
pretty much altogether soy almond and
coconut milk are more common than ever
and are most people's go-to milk because
of all these issues it's no wonder that
whole milk has taken a dramatic plunge
into decline maybe it's nostalgia
talking deviled eggs with our list of 10
foods that were once popular but we've
all stopped eating we head back into the
1970s with another retro classic the
deviled egg once graced every table and
picnic all over the country the basic
deviled egg was boiled egg mayo and then
a mix of heat such as mustard and pepper
usually eaten cold and often before the
main meal the deviled egg enjoyed a few
decades as king of the appetizers the
term deviled or Devil in relation to
food actually means anything spicy or
zesty and started to be used in relation
to eggs as early as the 1800s in which
people would cover their eggs in mustard
close the lid it smells like a box of a
hash deviled eggs have come a long way
since then and people really like to
experiment with flavors and ingredients
however given the fact that deviled eggs
are quite a simple dish in relation to
others on this list
they aren't nearly as popular as they
once were and are slowly fading from our
cooking culture altogether many things
from the 60s and 70s do come back into
fashion so who knows maybe the deviled
egg will one day enjoy success once
again all things awful leukemia Davy
Crockett this one has to go
a bit of a no-brainer as to why it has
fallen out of fashion with people awful
was at one stage in history a staple of
the dining world it is in fact only
until very recently that awful has
fallen out of favor with the home cooks
anyone's grandparents will no doubt have
a dozen recipes that use awful steak and
kidney pie liver and onions black or
blood pudding a lot of stews and
casseroles the list is long and pretty
gross much of this is because of the war
during the Second World War times were
extremely tough and the US government
didn't want any food going to waste so
they tried to make awful the insides and
organs from animals into an American
staple food not only because of things
like rationing but because awful was a
great source of protein and zinc so
people came up with recipes and dishes
to incorporate the organs many of them
lasted for decades we can't be the only
ones to have childhood nightmares about
liver these days awful isn't seen as a
great thing to eat in fact it's usually
the things that are discarded and thrown
in the garbage oh I forgot you don't eat
pork there are much better foods and
recipes that people can get their
protein and minerals from so we stopped
eating awful respecting the entire
animal for its sacrifice is certainly a
noble cause but not when it tastes bad
and so awful has taken a big drop in the
world of home cooking however in fine
dining awful is actually starting to
make a comeback as top chefs trying to
make this unappealing ingredient more
appetizing take another bite out of one
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