Oh I grew up with it but I stopped drinking it probably around high school or so, mostly due to parents not wanting us to drink it anymore. I was just so… surprised when I tried it again as an adult and found it unpalatable. I threw it away. It was only 99 cents at the time, but it was probably one of my earliest lessons that yes, taste buds do mature.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they made it sweeter since you last had it.
You have a good point. There have been several products that changed their recipes from when I was a kid. I thought many of them have been headed for the natural sphere these days, but a number also just went flat out cheaper.
What about Tang?
Tang is great. I figured sunny d was basically pre-mixed tang.
I loved both orange and grape Tang as a kid, and even as a teenager. I’m going to guess that it would be too sweet for me now.
I knew a kid that would eat tang powder straight up like fun dip. I never drank the tang at his house.
The first gf and I would use Tang during, ah, happy fun time. The sensation of licking it off of various fleshy surfaces was… interesting.
May be TMI. You were warned.
The beauty of tang is you can just make it weaker and then it’s less sweet.
I got two words for ya, Rich. “Pop Rocks”
Where were you when I was 16? :)
I’m not sure it helps how silly it sounds, but “Fierce Cinnamon” is a different flavor of Hot Tamales. No surprise, they are spicier than normal Hot Tamales. So the Peeps are really ramping it up this time, stand clear!
My mom likes Peeps, but only if they are stale, so I usually buy her a couple of boxes well before Easter and unwrap them so they will be hard & crunchy by the holiday. I like the bunny-shaped ones, but not for eating, but because they make great reactive air gun targets.
I did love Tang, yes. I drank a lot as a kid. Just put the powder in the glass and add water. Presto, instant sweet drink.
Nothing like Sunny D.
Yeah, Tang has like 100% less vegetable oil.
Holy shit, it has canola oil? What the …?
According to its website, the brand’s Tangy Original flavor is made with water, high fructose corn syrup and then 2% or less of a whole of bunch of ingredients, including concentrated orange, tangerine, apple, lime, grapefruit and pear juices, modified cornstarch, canola oil (yes, oil), artificial yellow coloring, added vitamins C and B1, plus some other lengthy ingredients that seem well suited to a science lab, like sodium hexametaphosphate and potassium sorbate. The latter is actually used in a lot of processed foods to protect and preserve flavor.
I’m kind of surprised there is any juice at all in it.
We used to do that with fruit jello mixes. I remember distinctly doing it when I was around 10 at a swim meet (we did it all summer at meets for energy). The starter thought my hand was bleeding because it was so red from dipping my fingers into the powder and licking it.
(Glad I’m not the only one)
You guys are cute. There are stories I could tell you. And no. I respect this forum, Tom and the women that post here. You sick fucks. :)
Remind me not to have tang at your house either.