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[bnorth]

I have this box of Wade Boggs .352 bars. I am not near brave enough to try one.

[Leon]

I collected Topps in the mid to late 60s, and early 70s, and I will never forget the smell of that gum with the powdered sugar and all.

And I would take a bite (a small one)

Ironically this card, a few years before my time. is sitting on my desk right now. I have no idea when I got it....certainly in the past 15 yrs?....always liked this card...
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[SteveS]

bnorth, I don't remember those. Maybe it was a regional thing, as I definitely would have eaten some and stored some away as you did. But yes, I would recommend strongly against trying one.

smellthegum and Leon, I have been saying for many years that Topps should put out just the gum, and they'd make a killing. I'd buy a year's supply and chew it all in a week. But they really need to do it soon, before those of us in that market start dying off and/or getting dentures.

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I have this box of Wade Boggs .352 bars. I am not near brave enough to try one.

I have one of these somewhere in the baseball room.
Did they also make a Ken Griffey one? I seem to remember at least a couple of different players.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

I have one of these somewhere in the baseball room.
Did they also make a Ken Griffey one? I seem to remember at least a couple of different players.

I have no idea. Just have the Boggs box but I also seem to remember other players. Believe it or not I only have one Boggs box.

[FourStrikes]

saving my next "man vs *old* food" adventure for the possibility of finding an unopened can of an as-issued w/card- can of Red Heart dog food to sample...

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[ksfarmboy]

Tried a 1963 Fleer cookie and 1968 Topps gum in the early 80’s. Don’t remember what the cookie tasted like now. The gum was brown and horrendous as one would imagine.

[ocjack]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Tried a 1963 Fleer cookie and 1968 Topps gum in the early 80’s. Don’t remember what the cookie tasted like now. The gum was brown and horrendous as one would imagine.

The 1963 Fleer cookie was cherry flavored as I recall. Also, Fleer had the foresight to place a blank card (brown on one side and white on the other) between the cookie and the actual cards. I actually had saved a bunch of the blank cards but sold them years ago.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by ocjack

The 1963 Fleer cookie was cherry flavored as I recall. Also, Fleer had the foresight to place a blank card (brown on one side and white on the other) between the cookie and the actual cards. I actually had saved a bunch of the blank cards but sold them years ago.

Ugh, can't imagine trying a cookie that old. Couldn't be a good idea to try eating it.

[commishbob]

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I picked up a handful of these in Baltimore back in the 80s on one of the trips I'd make every summer to catch an Orioles homestand and visit family.

I remember the nasty taste of cheap chocolate and stale rice krispies. The Seth Brauer Company made these for the Indians and Brewers (at least) in addition to the Orioles.

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[71buc]

Fernando unopened gum box

[SteveS]

OK, now we're going to have to find a network to bring back our version of "Fear Factor" in which instead of making contestants devour worms or whatever, they have to sample 20th-century baseball food products.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I have this box of Wade Boggs .352 bars. I am not near brave enough to try one.

Tastes like chicken?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Tastes like chicken?

Was at a Chinese restaurant for dinner long ago and one of the fortune cookies we got said just that! LOL