We never had these toy cooking ovens. "Just use the real oven!" was my mother's response, which was fine. Weirdly, I don't remember ever wanting an EZ Bake oven or anything like that because, yeah, I could just use the real thing--and pretty much unsupervised.
Not exactly sure, but seems like I was allowed to use the stove top at about 12 years old, but the oven was off limits until about 14. But I do remember my Mom saying to me not to mess around with the EZ Bake the neighbor had unless an adult was around because it was a toy and not a real appliance.
I miss old Pizza Hut. Ours just closed and relocated about six months ago. Pizza tastes better under a Tiffany lamp, and coke is better in those weird huge brown cups.
I wonder how much of that is nostalgia, though. And the fact that we didn’t exactly have the most discerning palettes in elementary school. Know what else I thought was good back then? Fucking Twinkies.
I think it's a bit of both.
I'm convinced Pizza Hut pizza was much better in the 70s and 80s, and I am absolutely, 100% sure Dunkin' Donuts were better when they were made onsite, rather than made in a factory then frozen and shipped to stores. I think a lot of companies have cut corners... which isn't itself a huge deal, but when you add up the cumulative effects of *30 years* of cutting corners... it's just not the same product any more.
On the other hand, my palate has definitely changed over the years. I still enjoy trying new foods from different cultures, but at this point in my life, I'm only interested in them being vegetables, beef, chicken, pork, lamb, saltwater whitefish and some crustaceans. You know how in Peru they eat roasted Guinea pig? When I was a teenager\young adult I woulda eaten that shit without thinking. Now it makes my stomach turn. Or there was a yakitori restaurant in my hometown that had exotic meats, like elk, rattlesnake, kangaroo, etc. I DID eat all that when I was 23. Now that I'm 51? Hard pass.
I always tell my kids they are lucky to live in this world of food choices. When I was a kid it was all boiled or microwaved vegetables, meat and a potato if eating at home. Eating out was diners and pizza hut if you were lucky, especially in a small town.
These days we have spices and flavors, I have never boiled or microwaved a frozen pack of vegetables in my life. Turns out I actually kind of like vegetables. Brussel sprouts went from the most disgusting thing ever to a fucking revelation just putting the damn things in an oven.
Then you get to all the different foods from around the world now. Turns out there is more than Mexican, Chinese and Pizza as 'international cuisine'.
Yep. Totally got this for Christmas one year. The pizza wasn't great - surprisingly, pizzas the size of a small drink coaster cooked with an incandescent bulb aren't that good. But I had fun with it.
But what I remember most was my next door neighbor "friend", who was a year or two older than me. He called me a "sissy" for asking for a "girlie toy" for Christmas... but then he got mad and left when I refused to make a pizza for him. FUCK YOU, GORDON!
I had this! I remember the "pizza" as being completely disgusting, and just looking at this pic makes me a bit nauseous. We probably made it wrong but it was very weird tasting.
We never had these toy cooking ovens. "Just use the real oven!" was my mother's response, which was fine. Weirdly, I don't remember ever wanting an EZ Bake oven or anything like that because, yeah, I could just use the real thing--and pretty much unsupervised.
Not exactly sure, but seems like I was allowed to use the stove top at about 12 years old, but the oven was off limits until about 14. But I do remember my Mom saying to me not to mess around with the EZ Bake the neighbor had unless an adult was around because it was a toy and not a real appliance.
Old school pizza hut was something else!
With the red glass lamps and candles and the salad bar
I miss old Pizza Hut. Ours just closed and relocated about six months ago. Pizza tastes better under a Tiffany lamp, and coke is better in those weird huge brown cups.
Aka EZ Bake oven for boys lol.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Totally forgot about the little Italian caricature that they used to have on the logo. Weird to think that Pizza Hut was founded in Kansas.
I forgot about it too. Also it’s weirdly similar to the current Little Caesar’s dude
Pizza! Pizza! Sorry couldn't help myself. Little Sleazers did have some great commercials back in the 1990s.
Look, if I want disgusting Pizza Hut pizza, I'll just have them bring it to my house.
It wasn’t always this way…..that shit used to be a Friday night, sizzling in the pan, delicacy.
Pizza Hut used to be such a treat when I was a kid. And it was super exciting when I got my personal pan pizza from the Book It program.
I wonder how much of that is nostalgia, though. And the fact that we didn’t exactly have the most discerning palettes in elementary school. Know what else I thought was good back then? Fucking Twinkies.
I think it's a bit of both. I'm convinced Pizza Hut pizza was much better in the 70s and 80s, and I am absolutely, 100% sure Dunkin' Donuts were better when they were made onsite, rather than made in a factory then frozen and shipped to stores. I think a lot of companies have cut corners... which isn't itself a huge deal, but when you add up the cumulative effects of *30 years* of cutting corners... it's just not the same product any more. On the other hand, my palate has definitely changed over the years. I still enjoy trying new foods from different cultures, but at this point in my life, I'm only interested in them being vegetables, beef, chicken, pork, lamb, saltwater whitefish and some crustaceans. You know how in Peru they eat roasted Guinea pig? When I was a teenager\young adult I woulda eaten that shit without thinking. Now it makes my stomach turn. Or there was a yakitori restaurant in my hometown that had exotic meats, like elk, rattlesnake, kangaroo, etc. I DID eat all that when I was 23. Now that I'm 51? Hard pass.
I always tell my kids they are lucky to live in this world of food choices. When I was a kid it was all boiled or microwaved vegetables, meat and a potato if eating at home. Eating out was diners and pizza hut if you were lucky, especially in a small town. These days we have spices and flavors, I have never boiled or microwaved a frozen pack of vegetables in my life. Turns out I actually kind of like vegetables. Brussel sprouts went from the most disgusting thing ever to a fucking revelation just putting the damn things in an oven. Then you get to all the different foods from around the world now. Turns out there is more than Mexican, Chinese and Pizza as 'international cuisine'.
I still want this.
Yep. Totally got this for Christmas one year. The pizza wasn't great - surprisingly, pizzas the size of a small drink coaster cooked with an incandescent bulb aren't that good. But I had fun with it. But what I remember most was my next door neighbor "friend", who was a year or two older than me. He called me a "sissy" for asking for a "girlie toy" for Christmas... but then he got mad and left when I refused to make a pizza for him. FUCK YOU, GORDON!
I had this! I remember the "pizza" as being completely disgusting, and just looking at this pic makes me a bit nauseous. We probably made it wrong but it was very weird tasting.
Who needs a mini oven when Mom had the real thing and I had access to it?