futurebird,
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I have this memory of drinking frozen OJ growing up. It came in a little paper cylinder, and you put it in a pitcher and added water then stirred and it was orange juice. There was apple juice too...

Is that a thing anymore? What the heck was the frozen juice thing about. I can't even find it anymore.

jonny,
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@futurebird
I remember ruining those as a kid when I wanted something sweet... theyre basically delicious fruity popsicles that your mom really doesnt appreciate being left open and with teeth marks in the freezer

gordotango,
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@futurebird they have it here, but you have to go “down market”. The fancy stores don’t have it.

futurebird,
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@gordotango

Another downside of life in "the glovebox" ... I bet they have it at bogopa, though I haven't been over there for a bit since I got obsessed with creamtop milk.

llewelly,
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@futurebird
it definitely existed; as a kid I'd often eat it frozen with a spoon, and as recently as 2018 I bought some to try that again (Unfortunately it seems the insides of my cheeks can no longer tolerate the much higher levels of acidity in frozen concentrated juices). Now I'm tempted to add it to my grocery list and look for it next time I go.

ramsey,
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@futurebird @lisamelton I remember this, too!

cohomologyisFUN,
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@futurebird I still buy this regularly. Some brands switched to plastic cylinders, but it's basically the same.

lauren,
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@futurebird Absolutely still around and still very significant since it's very compact to ship and store, and obviously has a very long shelf life when frozen. Lots of versions now, including various of the originals.

enantiomer,
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@futurebird

I vividly remember the sound it made when I stirred it with water in a plastic pitcher using a wooden spoon.

trochee,
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@enantiomer

Flashbacks to 1983 of that particular perceptual gestalt

@futurebird

enantiomer,
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@trochee @futurebird

(there were burn marks on the spoon handle from where it had rested on the edge of a cast iron pan)

trochee,
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@enantiomer

Are you me

Was the plastic pitcher powder blue

@futurebird

Burn_this_,
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@trochee @enantiomer @futurebird
I still use my powder-blue plastic pitcher for orange juice!

enantiomer,
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@Burn_this_ @trochee @futurebird

are you Jeremy?

trochee,
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@enantiomer @Burn_this_

They're not me, to the best of my own self knowledge, but this has the flavor of encountering a childhood neighbor after you've both moved, independently, to an entirely different country

@futurebird

flexghost,
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@futurebird Move over frozen juice...that quart of Kerns Guava nectar has taken over

...taken over my heart and this bottle of bourbon.

susiemagoo,
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@flexghost @futurebird wait what, guava and bourbon??

flexghost,
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@susiemagoo @futurebird

[Guava and bourbon] is real and they're spectacular.

michaelgemar,

@flexghost @susiemagoo @futurebird You have my attention.

flexghost,
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DaveMWilburn,

@futurebird yep, we had Minute Maid or Donald Duck brand OJ from concentrate when I was growing up. I think you can still find Minute Maid in the frozen aisles of some grocery stores, but I think you have to hunt around for it.

cavyherd,
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@futurebird

I just had some with my dinner? Lunch also.

It's...weird that you can't find it? I think it's a fairly straightforward thing?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Minute-Maid-Original-Orange-Fruit-Juice-Frozen-Concentrate-12-fl-oz-Can/13908196

moira, (edited )
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@futurebird yes! it's used in a bunch of mixed drinks and also in fruit punch.

(It's also the FCOJ on the commodities board in the movie Trading Places, which is a pretty silly joke but testifies to how ubiquitous it was for a while there I guess xD )

EDIT: Or apparently it actually IS a commodity (as another commenter informed me) and somehow that's even more hilarious xD

ShiitakeToast,
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@futurebird I was telling my daughter about this the other day! It was best straight from the freezer mixed in the blender. Then it would get foamy.
It's also still traded on the commodities exchanges!

moira,
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@ShiitakeToast @futurebird Wait is it actually? I thought the commodities exchange part was a gag?

ShiitakeToast,
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moira,
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@ShiitakeToast @futurebird

...

dang! okay!

I learned something today xD

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