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chefantwon
chefantwon
Jun 13, 2011
11:45am
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As it's getting to summer and the temps are getting hot (they were the last 2 weeks), I get the hankering for ice cream. I remember as a kid we used to get those chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick, those things seemed to take forever to eat they were so big. Well, fast forward 40 years or so. I went and bought some, boy was I in for a shock. Those damn things shrunk!!! They are about 1/2 the size they used to be. Hell, I had to eat 2 of them just to take care of my ice cream fix.

They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.
JM2300
JM2300
Jun 13, 2011
1:06pm
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Originally posted by: chefantwon
... They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.

Chef, to have one gallon of ice cream you're going to need more than two half gallons. Go figure.
Roulette Man
Roulette Man
Jun 13, 2011
1:19pm
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Originally posted by: chefantwon
As it's getting to summer and the temps are getting hot (they were the last 2 weeks), I get the hankering for ice cream. I remember as a kid we used to get those chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick, those things seemed to take forever to eat they were so big. Well, fast forward 40 years or so. I went and bought some, boy was I in for a shock. Those damn things shrunk!!! They are about 1/2 the size they used to be. Hell, I had to eat 2 of them just to take care of my ice cream fix.

They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.


There used to be an extra long ice cream bar called "sidewalk sundae". I don't think they are made any more.
BAGIANT
BAGIANT
Jun 13, 2011
1:46pm
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Gallons are not "Gallons" any longer. They've shrunk also.

frugalfan
frugalfan
Jun 13, 2011
9:16pm
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64 oz containers became 56 oz containers and now those are 48 oz containers, go figure.
dclinton
dclinton
Jun 13, 2011
11:38pm
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Originally posted by: chefantwon
As it's getting to summer and the temps are getting hot (they were the last 2 weeks), I get the hankering for ice cream. I remember as a kid we used to get those chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick, those things seemed to take forever to eat they were so big. Well, fast forward 40 years or so. I went and bought some, boy was I in for a shock. Those damn things shrunk!!! They are about 1/2 the size they used to be. Hell, I had to eat 2 of them just to take care of my ice cream fix.

They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.


chefantwon, are you sure your not twice the size you were as a kid so they look half size now!!!! No, I understand. I bought a Payday candy bar the other day. 3 bites and it was gone. Not large like it used to be. A summer memory for me as a kid growing up on the farm hauling hay was for 5 Cents getting a nice size glass bottle of Coke from the gas station down the road that was iced down. That was refreshing and it sort of burned the throat on the way down. Ice cold coke in an aluminum can isn't the same and it cost 75 cents to a dollar.
69MACH1428
69MACH1428
Jun 14, 2011
4:26am
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Thats the NEW MATH for you...
billryan
billryan
Jun 14, 2011
5:25am
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Good Humor bars have shrunk more than 25% over the last two decades. The one product that hasn't shrunk is their Chipwich, as that is licensed and they can't screw with the size. I leased a GH truck one summer in the 80s and became good friends with the owners son, who was a few years younger than me. His father retired a few years ago and left him the business- some 100 trucks and several hundred retail stops.
Some serious money in the ivce cream industry.
chefantwon
chefantwon
Jun 14, 2011
7:36am
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Originally posted by: dclinton
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Originally posted by: chefantwon
As it's getting to summer and the temps are getting hot (they were the last 2 weeks), I get the hankering for ice cream. I remember as a kid we used to get those chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick, those things seemed to take forever to eat they were so big. Well, fast forward 40 years or so. I went and bought some, boy was I in for a shock. Those damn things shrunk!!! They are about 1/2 the size they used to be. Hell, I had to eat 2 of them just to take care of my ice cream fix.

They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.


chefantwon, are you sure your not twice the size you were as a kid so they look half size now!!!! No, I understand. I bought a Payday candy bar the other day. 3 bites and it was gone. Not large like it used to be. A summer memory for me as a kid growing up on the farm hauling hay was for 5 Cents getting a nice size glass bottle of Coke from the gas station down the road that was iced down. That was refreshing and it sort of burned the throat on the way down. Ice cold coke in an aluminum can isn't the same and it cost 75 cents to a dollar.


Not when the bars measure no more than 3 fingers wide. (somewhere between 2 1/2" and 3").

Well, the Pepsi's I drank could be bought for $0.17 for a 16 oz bottle. This was back when you returned the glass bottles and got money for them.
chefantwon
chefantwon
Jun 14, 2011
7:40am
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Originally posted by: Roulette Man
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Originally posted by: chefantwon
As it's getting to summer and the temps are getting hot (they were the last 2 weeks), I get the hankering for ice cream. I remember as a kid we used to get those chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick, those things seemed to take forever to eat they were so big. Well, fast forward 40 years or so. I went and bought some, boy was I in for a shock. Those damn things shrunk!!! They are about 1/2 the size they used to be. Hell, I had to eat 2 of them just to take care of my ice cream fix.

They keep this up and I'm only buying gallons of ice cream to eat at night.


There used to be an extra long ice cream bar called "sidewalk sundae". I don't think they are made any more.


There's alot of stuff they don't make anymore, however one thing they DO make is those orange push up pops.
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