Changes in foods over time....

[Eclair]

Yes, well, the focus of today has been food for me...and meandering thoughts.

1. My first question is. Pizza Hut. In America, in the 70's, did your pizza's from Pizza Hut come on a hard cardboard base, then a put in a big white paper bag, that I think was stapled, kind of up to a point? Looked like a house roof I guess?

See, I think that pizza from Pizza hut has changed it's taste over the years. It doesn't seem to taste like those first ones in the 70's in those paper bags. Or delight of delights, when we got to eat in and play with our activity sheet place mat. Pizza Hut used to be quite expensive to eat in back then and in the early 80's.

2. I confess also (I know it's bad)...I sometimes crave the styrofoam containers, and I'm sure fast food has changed now they make it fresh! Let the burger sit there for 5 minutes! That was the point of fast food in the first place. Last time I went to McDonalds, I seriously had to wait about 10 minutes for a fucking Big Mac and Fries....The point of fast food is that it's FAST!!!!! I want in, and I want out.

3. Yumbo. In Australia, Burger King (we call it Hungry Jacks here) had a burger up until the early 90's called a Yumbo. Then they take it off the menu....never to be seen again, no surprise return....no 4 week special showing....nothing. I found a site where all Yumbo tragics like me lament the disappearance of this most fabulous, slivers of layered shaved ham and melted goey cheese delight...
http://www.inthe70s.com/food/yumboandwhaler0.shtml

Your thoughts on any of the above, or your own personal disappointment when a food is discontinued or seems to have changed in flavour over the years?

[renaeden]

I remember going to Pizza Hut as a special occasion. Like birthdays. They had huge tables to put the pizza on. That was in the early/mid 80s.

I vaguely remember the Yumbo. I do remember the polystyrene containers quite well.

[ZEGH8578]

actually i do have a lament

my very favorite kebab shop here changed its recipe to appease retard norwegians...

they used to use _ACTUAL_ kebab meat.
but norwegians complained, cus kebab is foreign to them, while normal boring beef is nice, homely and familiar,

i didnt go there for years, and went back for nostalgia + a kebab, and it was basically just beef-in-a-pita. i was SO dissapointed

fucking norwegians

[Eclair]

^ See, that sucks. They obviously didn't have the patience to see if the kebab meat caught on. When you say Kebab meat, do you mean that kind that's kind of manufactured, a bit sausage tasting?

[Adam]

I remember when a large fries from mcdonalds was 99p and then went up to 1.09 then 1.19 then 1.29 and now it's 1.39 mothafuckas

[Adam]

I also remember when they did super fries, bigger than large fries, but then they stopped because of all the fat americans

[P7PSP]

1. Pizza Hut did make a much better Pizza in the 1970s and 1980s. Now it is something I only eat when a company supplies it in a safety lunch, and then only to be polite.
2. Now days going to McDonalds on a 1/2 hour lunch will eat up most of the 1/2 hour waiting for food.
3. Yumbo never existed here that I am aware of at Burger King.

[Eclair]

1. Pizza Hut did make a much better Pizza in the 1970s and 1980s. Now it is something I only eat when a company supplies it in a safety lunch, and then only to be polite.
2. Now days going to McDonalds on a 1/2 hour lunch will eat up most of the 1/2 hour waiting for food.
3. Yumbo never existed here that I am aware of at Burger King.

1. Cool, I'm glad it's not just me. Do you recall it ever coming in paper on a cardboard slab?
2. I actually avoid going there because of the waiting. I refuse to wait for unhealthy food, when I could have made myself a sandwich at home. At least when it 'was' fast food, you could justify having it because you could grab it and go. I felt like a dick waiting 10 minutes for it last time. Just because they make it 'fresh', doesn't mean it's any healthier or better for you than it was before.

All that salt, sugar, fat and preservatives is there to preserve it in the heating tray FFS!

3. You haven't lived!

Imagine...like this, but with about 2 more slices of cheese melted through it. (Bun was sweet and round, like a McDonalds cheeseburger roll)

[P7PSP]

Yes the Pizza used to come like that. When I first saw hard cardboard base it got me thinking of the current crust.   

[renaeden]

I remember when cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 75 cents each. I would get two for $1.50. Now I think they are about $2 each.

[Callaway]

I remember when cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 75 cents each. I would get two for $1.50. Now I think they are about $2 each.

Wow, they are having a special on Happy Meals for kids here for $2.99 for any Happy Meal.

[Eclair]

I remember when cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 75 cents each. I would get two for $1.50. Now I think they are about $2 each.

Wow, they are having a special on Happy Meals for kids here for $2.99 for any Happy Meal.

Yeah, and wasn't the 60 cent cone (which really should be the 50 cent cone) like, 20 cents in the 80's then I think it went up to 30 cents.

Cookies were really cheap too, I think 40 cents a packet.

I think Happy Meals used to be $2.99 but are $3.99 here...I think. I have only been to McDonalds a couple of times in the past year.

["couldbecousin"]

I remember when cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 75 cents each. I would get two for $1.50. Now I think they are about $2 each.

I once went shopping in the city and ended my shopping trip with a stop at McDonald's, where I bought two cheeseburgers.
I then took a cab home but didn't have enough money to tip the driver, so I tipped him with one of the cheeseburgers!   

[ZEGH8578]

^ See, that sucks. They obviously didn't have the patience to see if the kebab meat caught on. When you say Kebab meat, do you mean that kind that's kind of manufactured, a bit sausage tasting?

kebab:


first of all, its halal meat, cus theyre muslims, its spun round and round, getting sortof roasted gently, and thinly sliced, as on the pic.

beef is just beef, just big chunky chunks of meat. it both tastes different, and has a different texture.

thing is, these guys "kept it real" for maybe a decade, but finally whored out to a mere trend instead of sticking to what made them authentic

[Parts]

I have noticed the difference also Pizza Hut I believe used t use different oils in cooking the flavor has kinda gone down hill since the 80's.  McDonald's I know has changed the ingredients around to make it more healthful and have succeeded in killing the taste and failed at the healthful bit as well. One of the things they changed was a switch to all vegetable oil away from anything with any animal fats