Space sticks food?(Old farts please help)

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited April 2013 in The Clubhouse
Cfrizz, steve, and anybody else in our age bracket might remember these things. They were touted as astronaut breakfast food, they came out in the late 60's/ early 70's, and were individually wrapped. Some of the flavors were chocolate, peanut butter, vanilla...
I can't remember the name?:sad:
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited April 2013
    Is this what you're thinking of?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ8HHRR1A0

    They're available again...
    http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/index.html
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  • jon1redleg
    jon1redleg Posts: 242
    edited April 2013
    obieone wrote: »
    Cfrizz, steve, and anybody else in our age bracket might remember these things. They were touted as astronaut breakfast food, they came out in the late 60's/ early 70's, and were individually wrapped. Some of the flavors were chocolate, peanut butter, vanilla...
    I can't remember the name?:sad:


    I think they were called SPACE FOOD STICKS, "The final candy frontier" looked like tootsie rolls?
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2013
    I remember the drink of astronauts, Tang. Also, what do get when you mix prune juice and Tang? Prune tang.


    Sorry, it's nostalgia night. :redface:
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,755
    edited April 2013
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I remember the drink of astronauts, Tang. Also, what do get when you mix prune juice and Tang? Prune tang.


    Sorry, it's nostalgia night. :redface:

    That's funny right there. One more to 4500!
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2013
    ken brydson wrote: »
    That's funny right there. One more to 4500!

    I didn't realize that. I will raise a toast to 4500!
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited April 2013
    As a kid, I loved those sticks. Wonder what they really tasted like. Precursor to energy bars of today.
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,047
    edited April 2013
    They were grose. Tasted like chalky tootsie rolls. Not as chewy as tootsie rolls though.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited April 2013
    bmbguy wrote: »
    Is this what you're thinking of?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ8HHRR1A0

    They're available again...
    http://www.spacefoodsticks.com/index.html


    THANK YOU! I didn't think they were actually called that though:redface:.
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  • bmbguy
    bmbguy Posts: 416
    edited April 2013
    I'm with BlueFox -- I remember the Tang more than I remember the food sticks. But I do think it's a little amusing that you can get them again, if you want them for some reason...

    Along the same lines, I remember mail-ordering a Fisher 'Space Pen' when I was a kid, supposedly the same pen used on the space flights. It had a pressurized refill to work in zero gravity, so it would write upside-down here on Earth as well.

    Oh geez, I just checked: http://www.spacepen.com/
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,755
    edited April 2013
    bmbguy wrote: »
    I'm with BlueFox -- I remember the Tang more than I remember the food sticks. But I do think it's a little amusing that you can get them again, if you want them for some reason...

    Along the same lines, I remember mail-ordering a Fisher 'Space Pen' when I was a kid, supposedly the same pen used on the space flights. It had a pressurized refill to work in zero gravity, so it would write upside-down here on Earth as well.

    Oh geez, I just checked: http://www.spacepen.com/

    Yeah but did you remember the "Prune Tang"?
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited April 2013
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Yeah but did you remember the "Prune Tang"?

    Prune tang....that begs for a response but as of late I am scared to say what really comes to mind.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,755
    edited April 2013
    SDA1C wrote: »
    Prune tang....that begs for a response but as of late I am scared to say what really comes to mind.

    Came from post #4 of this thread. Love to claim it myself, lol....
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  • hosedagain
    hosedagain Posts: 116
    edited April 2013
    being an old **** now and a young adult back in the 60s and 70s I do remember Tang, but not the food sticks, being from Canada we could get and watch American channels so wonder why I don't remember,......where am I??
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited April 2013
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Yeah but did you remember the "Prune Tang"?

    Is that the same as poon tang? :cheesygrin: Tastes good!

    I do remember the spacefood sticks though - had them in my lunches...peanut butter was the best - and that wasn't saying much.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2013
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I remember the drink of astronauts, Tang. Also, what do get when you mix prune juice and Tang? Prune tang.


    Sorry, it's nostalgia night. :redface:
    bmbguy wrote: »
    I'm with BlueFox -- I remember the Tang more than I remember the food sticks. But I do think it's a little amusing that you can get them again, if you want them for some reason...

    Along the same lines, I remember mail-ordering a Fisher 'Space Pen' when I was a kid, supposedly the same pen used on the space flights. It had a pressurized refill to work in zero gravity, so it would write upside-down here on Earth as well.

    Oh geez, I just checked: http://www.spacepen.com/

    Stop that, BlueFox, you're killing me! I'm going to bust a gut here!

    As for spacepens, I have one that I use to write notes in bed with. I've always found it quite useful!

    I don't remember the food sticks, bars or whatever they were? But if you look at my "location" you can see my spoofing the Chinese space program and remembering the L.E.M. We had a guy in High School named Lem and we got hours or amusement messing with him (he was a friend, though).

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2013
    Space Food Sticks, made by Pillsbury---yes I remember them well

    Story: when I was around 10'ish or so (1972) I had a friend whose Dad worked for Pillsbury in STL. He had a HUGE space food sticks display in the basement, filled with....you guessed it, Space Food Sticks. I ate myself sick of those things, not to mention the ensuing constipation that can only be equalled by Army MRE cheese spread...LOL
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