I Used To Like That!?! (a spin-off of "Hey, that's actually pretty good")

[whiterose]

Pizza Hut Pizza. OK, any kind of pizza that is not thin crust. Or whole grain.

[delabela]

Pizza Hut Pizza. OK, any kind of pizza that is not thin crust. Or whole grain.

Oh yeah - I don't have to eat whole grain, but the bready, heavy tomato flavor of Pizza Hut/Dominoes - scarfed it down as a kid, hate it now.

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Forgot about pancakes. I ate so many as a kid that I'm still not nuts about them. I'm slightly hypoglycemic too, so protein is a better breakfast choice for me than carbs. I'll make an exception for DHs sourdough pancakes- wowza, those things are tasty!

[Piratelvr1121]

Ramen noodles.

I haven't been able to eat those since I was pregnant with my first child.  Oddly though I don't mind cup o' soup.  It's just the packages with the noodles and flavoring. Blech.

A college friend used to douse them in Old Bay...come to think of it he doused everything in Old Bay.  I don't think even that could save it for me.

[siamesecat2965]

I also bought some canned ravioli, etc. last fall during superstorm Sandy. I figured, since everything in my apt is electric, if i were starving, i could eat them cold. BLECH. DISGUSTING. I now have a bunch I need to donate to the food bank as it was just gross.

Twinkies. never really loved tham as a kid, but had a craving one day and bought some. also disgusting.

and pretty much any tv show that was popular during the 70's or 80's. My favorite was Emergency! - which last fall showed up on METV. I religiously watched every episode, but oh how cheesy it was, between the dialogue, the interaction and squeaky clean personalities, and how NOT attractive either John or Roy really was. I got to the point I couldn't even finish watching out all I had DVRd as they were just so bad. Then again, I was say 6-8 in its heyday, and it was the only tv show I was allowed to watch (since it was on Sat and no tv was allowed during the weeek)

[Kimberami]

ABCs & 123s with Meatballs (no other pasta shape would do & it had to have meatballs) & grits with ketchup were my favorite comfort foods as a kid.   Never again.  Yuck.

[lilfox]

Ramen noodles.

I haven't been able to eat those since I was pregnant with my first child.  Oddly though I don't mind cup o' soup.  It's just the packages with the noodles and flavoring. Blech.

I'm the opposite - I used to love Cup o Noodles when I was a kid, but never had packaged ramen until college.  Now I can't stand the Cup o Noodles, don't care for actual ramen (restaurant-prepared), but just bought myself another multi-pack of ramen for when I have a salty noodle craving.

Also, I'm the one who still likes canned ravioli    though Spaghetti-o's (the mystery-meatball kind!) are too sweet for me now.  I also used to reward myself with Twinkies in grad school (getting through a 30+ page technical journal article deserves a treat!) until I realized what a bad idea that was.

I also submit any family-based sitcom from the mid-'80s such as Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Cosby Show, the one with Kirk Cameron.  Cannot watch now, too painful, obvious, saccharine-sweet, and slow-paced.

[rose red]

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Also, I'm the one who still likes canned ravioli    though Spaghetti-o's (the mystery-meatball kind!) are too sweet for me now.  I also used to reward myself with Twinkies in grad school (getting through a 30+ page technical journal article deserves a treat!) until I realized what a bad idea that was.

I still eat canned ravioli too once in a while.  I first have to drain most of the sauce before cooking though.

[Shalamar]

I also submit any family-based sitcom from the mid-'80s such as Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Cosby Show, the one with Kirk Cameron.  Cannot watch now, too painful, obvious, saccharine-sweet, and slow-paced.

On the flip side of that, it's a delight to find an old sitcom that still holds up.  I've been watching Cheers on DVD and was very pleased to find that I still thought it was hilarious.  Same with All in the Family and Maude.

Topic:  I used to love potato chips dipped in Miracle Whip - the more Miracle Whip, the better.  Now, the very idea makes me go 

[Thipu1]

Sauce Arturo. 

I think it was meant to be a cooking sauce but when I stayed overnight with my aunt, we would use it as a pasta sauce.  The stuff was more brown rather than red and somewhat spicy.  As a child, I thought it one of the most sophisticated things on the planet to eat.   A few years ago, probably not in my right mind from a bout of flu, I bought a can.  It was ghastly!

Also, I remember that, back in the 1950s, Ragu marketed big jars of Pre-cooked  wagon wheels or shell pasta in the sauce.  I remember them as wonderful.  They aren't sold now but I wonder what I'd think about them if they did.     

[TeamBhakta]

I also submit any family-based sitcom from the mid-'80s such as Family Ties, Who's the Boss, Cosby Show, the one with Kirk Cameron.  Cannot watch now, too painful, obvious, saccharine-sweet, and slow-paced.

On the flip side of that, it's a delight to find an old sitcom that still holds up.  I've been watching Cheers on DVD and was very pleased to find that I still thought it was hilarious.  Same with All in the Family and Maude.

Topic:  I used to love potato chips dipped in Miracle Whip - the more Miracle Whip, the better.  Now, the very idea makes me go 

I had the opposite reaction to Cheers. I used to love staying up late to watch it with my dad when I was little. But now that I've started watching it again lately, I really dislike much of it. I hate how Carla randomly tells Cliff "You should kill yourself." I hate that Rebecca won't shut up about Robin. I'm icked out by Sam wanting to play scrabble with a mom and daughter, and all the guys high fiving him about "You'll be living our dream." I can't stand how dopey Woody is supposed to be. 

[robobecky]

I've watched some Cosby reruns as an adult-I was a kid when it was on-and I saw an episode from right after Denise had gotten married.  I was highly disturbed that cliff and the husband had a conversation about how Denise was a vir-gin on her wedding night.  It was a slightly veiled conversation but obvious to an adult.  I was disturbed cliff asked and that the husband answered the question.  I can't imagine my father asking an SO that about me!

[Piratelvr1121]

Am watching "Annie" now, the version with Aileen Quinn and Carol Burnett.  I loved this movie dearly when I was a kid.  Now I watch it and much of it gets on my nerves, like the voices of the girls to the point where I can sympathize when Miss Hannigan sings "Little Girls".   

Actually there was a point when I went from saying Annie was my favorite character to wishing I could have a chance to play Miss Hannigan.  But then I'm a huge Carol Burnett fan so that's probably a factor.  I love her as Miss Hannigan.

[mandycorn]

I used to eat Oscar Mayer bologna on white bread with Cheetos (puffs, not the crunchy ones) for lunch. I remember how much I loved it, but I can't imagine doing it now, it just sounds awful, even if they hadn't reworked the Cheetos puffs and ruined them!

[Waterlight]

I can't stand ketchup since drastically reducing the amount of sugar I eat. It's so sweet!

That must be why I don't like ketchup anymore either, since I've cut down on sugar too in the past five years.  I don't even keep a bottle in my refrigerator.  A couple different kinds of mayo, yes (wasabi from Trader Joe's and homemade chipotle), but absolutely no ketchup.

I used to love hot dogs.  And those "beef sticks" and pepperoni sticks.  Now I don't eat meat at all.

I do have some Kraft mac & cheese stashed in my pantry for emergencies though