On 8/11/2014 12:47 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 11-Aug-2014, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 8/11/2014 4:00 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:29:08 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/10/2014 7:35 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> On 8/10/2014 5:34 PM, Mayo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.tastykake.com/products/krimpets
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Butterscotch Krimpets®
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pancake Krimpets®
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doublicious: Butterscotch Krimpets®
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I used to eat them frequently years ago. They are now just another
>>>>> big
>>>>> corporation and the recipes have been cheapened. While better than
>>>>> some
>>>>> other brands, not as good as the old days.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.tastykake.com/history
>>>>> In 2011 Tasty Baking merged with Flowers Foods, one of the largest
>>>>> baking companies in the U.S., and it now operates as a wholly owned
>>>>> subsidiary of Flowers Foods. Joining with Flowers has allowed
>>>>> Tastykake
>>>>> to bring Philadelphia's favorite snack cakes to retail stores around
>>>>> the
>>>>> country, introducing millions of Americans to one of Philadelphia's
>>>>> best
>>>>> loved treats
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think Flowers maybe snagged Wonder Bread too.
>>>>
>>>> There are a lot of things that don't taste as good as they did when I
>>>> was a kid.
>>>
>>> They did, along with many others, most of witch I never heard of,
>>> probably regional brands.
>>>
>>> Nature's Own
>>> Whitewheat
>>> Wonder
>>> Cobblestone Bread Co.
>>> Merita
>>> HomePride
>>> Butternut
>>> Country Kitchen
>>> Barowsky's Organics
>>> Sunbeam Bread
>>> Bunny Bread
>>> ButterKrust
>>> Captain John Derst's
>>> European Bakers
>>> Tastykake
>>> Mrs. Freshley's
>>> Blue Bird
>>> Mi Casa
>>> Frestillas
>>>
>>
>>
>> Ah Sunbeam, the little Coppertone girl's other advertising gig ;-)
>
> Ah, Blue Bird Pies, circa 1955 - the very best. Wish I had one now; just
> the thought brings a flood of saliva and fond memories 8-).
>
> True story; my grandfather's general/country store sold Blue Bird pies. In
> that time, they were round; basically a miniature of a full-size pie. They
> came in a pressed-cardboard pie pan, inside an "waxed-paper" type overwrap.
> My grandfather liked to tell the story of a man who came in, bought a Blue
> Bird pie and a carton of milk and consumed them on the spot. When asked if
> he enjoyed the pie, the customer said it was very tasty but the crust a bit
> tough. The pressed-cardboard pie pan was about a sixteenth-inch thick and
> tan, about the color of the pie crust; the customer had eaten pie and pan.
>
Now that was a tasty pie!

And one I've never had.