Comments on: Inviting Writing: Lost Foods

By: 7-Up Cake and Other Bubbly Baking | Food & Think

7-Up Cake and Other Bubbly Baking | Food & Think — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:18:35 +0000

[...] the distinctive flavor of the soda from my youth. Although 7-Up is still around (unlike the “lost foods” of our latest Inviting Writing series), it now seems less widely available than other lemon-lime [...]

By: Inviting Writing: Aunt Molly's Mysterious Greens | Food & Think

Inviting Writing: Aunt Molly's Mysterious Greens | Food & Think — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:21:58 +0000

[...] this month’s Inviting Writing, we asked you for stories of lost foods—cereals, soft drinks, cookies or foreign foods that you savored once but can no longer easily find. [...]

By: Inviting Writing: Red and White Cookies and Bean Tostadas | Food & Think

Mon, 09 May 2011 14:32:56 +0000

[...] this month’s Inviting Writing, we asked you to share stories of lost foods—cereal no longer on the market, hard-to-find diet sodas, dishes you remember from another place or time [...]

By: Inviting Writing: Addicted to Tab | Food & Think

Inviting Writing: Addicted to Tab | Food & Think — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:41:20 +0000

[...] this month’s Inviting Writing, we asked for memories of forgotten or lost foods—things that are no longer available, hard to find, or that just don’t taste as good as they [...]

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:26:47 +0000

One cereal I remember having as a child was “Hidden Treasures”; I think we only purchased it once. If my memory serves me correctly, the cereal consisted of (essentially) fruity-flavored frosting, which was slightly tart, encased in corn/rice/wheat-based rectangles.
It was quite a treat, since my mother NEVER purchased ‘unhealthy’ cereals like Cocoa Puffs, Fruit Loops, or Lucky Charms! In fact, the only time I had Fruity Pebbles was when I slept over at a friend’s house (the same friend who would bring a baggie of her own cereal if she was sleeping over at mine)!
My experience with Hidden Treasures was so long ago -and so fleeting- that cereal has become enshrined in my memory as a mysterious culinary episode of my past.