![]() ![]() Luckily however, the Frisco Burger was still available, and it ranked pretty high on my list back then too. If my Father hadn't been standing there beside me, my fourteen year old self may have let out a string of curse words aimed in the cashier's direction. Like most other food items I've mentioned, I was quite disappointed when I went to order it one time only to be told that it was no longer available. I had never had it before, but this burger moved the bread up my list of favorites in a hurry. But for me, the real star of this taste sensation was the rye bread. Like most kids, I wasn't a big fan of onions, but on this burger, they fit right in. ![]() A layer of melted cheese, along with soft grilled onions finished off this burger. Sliced the same way as the Frisco (round), it too was grilled and paired with a 1/4 lb beef patty. The New York Patty Melt borrowed from it's famous cousin and used a regional favorite bread by using New York Rye. Sales of the Patty Melt didn't come close to those of the Frisco burger, and it was dropped from the menu about 6 months after it's introduction. ![]() Introduced roughly 4 months after the launch of the Frisco burger, the New York Patty Melt was the heir apparent to their first hit. ![]() After strong sales upon release, they were looking to duplicate that success. They combined grilled sourdough bread (in a round slice) with a 1/4 lb burger patty, two slices of Swiss cheese, bacon, mayo, and tomatoes and turned them into a taste masterpiece. Nowadays, you can always run to the store to pick up a 4-pack of pudding in cheap plastic cups, but you'll not find that incredible taste that you could enjoy when you popped a top on a can of Del Monte back in the day.īack in 1992, Hardee's stumbled across a major hit when it introduced it's now legendary Frisco Burger. You pair those cans of pudding with some Tropicana orange juice out of it's glass bottle, and a can of Chicken Noodle soup, you had a remedy for sickness better than anything a doctor could prescribe. One with lunch, and an extra one "just because" later in the afternoon. And on those days, you were treated to not one, but TWO cans of Del Monte Chocolate pudding. When I was sick and out of school, that meant a day at Grandma's to recuperate. More times than I can even start to remember, my cousins and I would sit on her front porch indulging in the magic of those little cans of pudding while talking about important subjects of the day like He-Man, Transformers, and the latest issue of Batman. She always kept a large supply on hand, because she had 16 grand children, and everyone of us were fans of these little cans of chocolate heaven. It could have been the fact that I would get this fantastic little treat when visiting my grandmother. Maybe it wasn't the metal can that made it taste better. Of course fond memories, nostalgia, and many many years of time can mislead the brain when it comes to reality. It just tasted better out of the can! Period. Not a plastic cup, but in the little metal can! Scientists can conduct all the experiments they want to determine what effects tin and plastic packaging have on the taste of packaged food, but I can save them a little time and sum it for them in one sentence. For me, the king of the hill when it came to pre-packaged pudding was Del Monte's Chocolate Pudding in the can. Kids who came along in the early 90's and later can have their Hunt's Snack Packs, or their Swiss Miss from the dairy aisle. I came back again with a sequel to that article, and now I'm back with a third installment of Foods Long Gone.or as I call it when talking to myself in my head.The Pain Chronicles. In one of my earliest articles here on RetroJunk, I detailed several of these foods that are long gone. Bad for me.good for those of you who like to read about foods I miss.īe it because of poor sales, packaging restrictions, costs, or for health reasons, a lot of my favorite foods have gone the way of the dinosaur. And unfortunately, a lot of those great food choices we once had are no longer available. I especially like to rant and rave about foods I loved that are no longer available. ![]()
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