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Remember the good old days? You'd lounge out on the porch in the summer, licking away at your Slo-Poke Sucker, Jr.? Sadly, I'm too young (my summers days were spent at sleep-away camp, divided into organized activities like volleyball and instructional swim) -- but if you do have nostalgia for foods or sweets that are no longer easily available, check out Hometown Favorites, a site dedicated to selling food items that are currently difficult to find.
The site features a grocer, a gift center, and a candy store that lets you search by decade (though admittedly, there's a lot of overlap). Some of the items are pretty recent and others I don't think really qualify as hard to find, but it was still fun to scroll through and see what the store has to offer.
My favorite "oh yeahhhh..." moment was when I spotted Maypo oatmeal -- my dad loves the stuff and used to make it all the time when I was little. What do you think, any old favorites? Other sites offering similar products?
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2-27-2008 @12:58PM Joe said... I didn't see any old favorites of mine but I like the idea of being able to buy regional brands.
It's getting to be so that no matter where you go supermarkets are mostly the same now.
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3-11-2008 @7:10PM Rachel said... I was sad when I couldn't find crispy M&M's on the shelves anymore...and I've scoured the internet too - no luck.
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2-27-2008 @2:52PM Sarah said... I'd watch out for that place:
http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/have_you_ever_ordered_from_hometown_candy_or_jordan_almonds/
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2-27-2008 @2:43PM zanken said... ive used that site to supply my mom with kosher puddings . There very effecient but alot of there stuff is on back order.Anybody know where i can find Team Flakes cereal from the sixties?
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2-27-2008 @3:56PM Julie said... I love all the nostalgic treats, there are quite a few places these days that carry the foods from our childhood. I included a couple of the links in a post I did awhile back, enjoy.
http://noshtalgia.blogspot.com/2007/05/sweet-memories.html
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2-27-2008 @4:05PM cybele said... Sarah - HometownFavorites.com and HometownCandy.com are two DIFFERENT companies. Favorites is cool. The latter, as you linked, is not.
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2-27-2008 @8:12PM STH said... The Vermont Country Store (vermontcountrystore.com) also has hard-to-find food products and toiletries (remember Tangee lipstick and April in Paris perfume?) I like their cotton tights and slips and their service is good, though their prices aren't exactly cheap.
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