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Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Frozen Sodas



Ooooooh....What's this?

Chills & Thills was a cherry and orange flavoured (artificially of course) frozen soda concentrate made from 1967-68 that was apparently targeted to those hip young people that were probably influenced by Timothy Leary. Or wanted to be.

You mixed it with tap water, which made it fizz into a thick foamy (and judging from the film degradation on these commercials, possibly psychedelically bright coloured) goo you ate with a spoon.....


....and once you hit brainfreeze, you begin acting like this lady.

But Chills & Thrills wasn't the first frozen soda concentrate. That distinction belongs to an earlier Bird's Eye product called Sodaburst.


Sodaburst was a frozen instant ice cream soda fountain drink made from 1963-64. It came in four flavours. All chocolate, "Black & White" (chocolate syrup and vanilla), Strawberry and Pineapple. Plus a scoop of vanilla ice cream in each one. Just add tap water.

The problem here likely, as mentioned in the TV ad, was the price. If it was too pricey, mom was not buying it. And chances are, it probably didn't taste very good.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Dance The Slurp (1967)



Side B



This was a promo 45 that was given away with the purchase of a Slurpee at 7-Eleven stores in 1967.


Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Canfield's Diet Peanut Fudge Soda, 1989

Special thanks goes out to reader/contributor Peter Laurence of Camarillo, CA for this shocking find - PEANUT fudge flavoured soda?

"Here are some pictures...First, there's the can. The rest is for Geeks of different types.  You've got the ingredients, the NutraSweet label (The patent on aspartame expired, but it still exists.) and the bar code.  I tried the code on my QR reader, and it comes up unknown.

The can is unopened, but the contents have evaporated over time.  It is about 1/3 full."
All photos courtesy of Peter Laurence.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Tab Flavors of the 1970s


It wasn't ONLY just cola. In the 1970s, Tab had a line of diet soda flavors. (Photos: USA Soda)






Monday, February 02, 2015

Vintage Seattle Restaurant Menus

The Doghouse (1942)





Ivar's Acres of Clams



1940s Postcard
Skipper's (1950s)




Stuart's at Shilshole (early 1970s)



Gene's Red Carpet (1960s)



Saturday, August 02, 2014