In 1948, three years after World War II, Charles Edward Doolin had an idea. Doolin, the inventor of Fritos, had concocted a new cheese flavored snack that was much like a cheese puff but crispier. The problem was, the Frito…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Read our roundup of some of the takeout-style food options at Aldi here. Aldi sells a variety of Asian-inspired dishes, with some being better imitations of takeout-style food than others. My family, for instance, loves Aldi’s General Tso’s…
This post contains affiliate links. Cheerios are, arguably, the most iconic of cereals. They date back to 1941, just months before the United States entered World War II. Since then, General Mills has introduced a number of variations on them,…
My family loves Chinese takeout. There’s a little takeout place near our house that is on our short list of favorite local restaurants. Everything they make is good, but we especially like their fried rice. Because we can’t get takeout…
In the early 1960s, in Disneyland in California, a restaurant decided to experiment with surplus tortillas, creating a unique kind of snack chip that proved a local hit. A corporate executive with Frito-Lay took notice and eventually acquired the rights…
In 1963, Florida-based Doric Foods introduced a tangy citrus drink known as Sunny Delight. In many ways, it was a product of its time, a combination of fruit concentrate, added sugars, and artificial flavors. In an era when Americans bought…
According to the Internet, cheese puffs were invented by two different companies in the 1930s, based on pushing heated corn dough through a machine tool called a die. Today, a number of companies sell products like cheese balls, cheese puffs,…
My family enjoys takeout-style food, but it can get pricey to order out frequently. That’s where Aldi comes in. The discount grocer sells a variety of takeout-inspired frozen entrees such as stir fries and chicken dishes along with sides such…
If you’ve shopped at Aldi for any length of time, you’ve probably seen the selection of take and bake pizzas the discount grocer sells in its refrigerated section. They are reasonably priced, generally between $4.50 and $6 per pizza depending…
This post contains affiliate links. One of my favorite cereals growing up was Life Cereal. Originally introduced by Quaker in 1961, Life has both a distinctive taste and texture. Its checkered squares, made in part from oats, are crispy with a…