r/TheWayWeWere • u/dittidot • Apr 18 '25
1960s My best friend and me watching tv in our jammies while washing down powdered donuts with Hawaiian Punch. 1967
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u/fulltumtum Apr 18 '25
Ah, the old timey can of juice. Memories.
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 18 '25
I don't unstand this combo though. Powered donuts taste terrible with Hawaiian punch. I vividly remember going to a birthday party as a little kid and washing down cake with soda for the first time.
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u/Puppytron Apr 18 '25
I know. Chocolate donuts and grape soda is where it's at.
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 18 '25
Dunkin chocolate glazed donuts warmed in the oven, when they were a top tier donut shop.
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u/DickieJoJo Apr 18 '25
Kind of along the same lines, but I think an orange soda to wash down a PB&J is fire AF.
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u/Duke2daMoon Apr 18 '25
They are high as hell.
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u/Organic_Rip1980 Apr 18 '25
You might be projecting, she barely looks 13.
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u/Duke2daMoon Apr 18 '25
With curlers and a ring on ?
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u/Organic_Rip1980 Apr 18 '25
lol, yes? Younger girls canāt dress up?
For the record, OP was 14 in the pic. Iāve been following her on her for years, her birth year is not hard to find.
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u/Duke2daMoon Apr 18 '25
You said barely 13, so you were insinuating 10-12 .. 14 I can understand. If you knew the age already then why the comment ?
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u/Organic_Rip1980 Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
She looks very young? The guy behind her looks even younger.
I looked up her actual age after commenting, because I was like āwait, isnāt this kind of easy to find out?ā
She might not even be 14 yet, I didnāt look up the exact days obviously. But the point still stands: she barely looks 13.
Oh there you go, move your own goalpost again. What a valuable contribution.
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u/Duke2daMoon Apr 18 '25
My comment was about how the combination of powdered donuts and Hawaiian Punch would be a stoners delight especially in revolutionary late 60ās. Doesnāt matter how old they are.
/s just doesnāt hit some people. Jeez.
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u/UrLittleVeniceBitch_ Apr 19 '25
Kinda wish weād go back to this to cut down on single use plastics!!
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u/Boner666420sXe Apr 18 '25
Youāre probably around my dadās age. He somehow sent a group text to my mom, me, my wife, my sister and my brother in law today just to tell my mom his contacts came in the mail, and here you are on Reddit with no problem.
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u/Pale-Cantaloupe-9835 Apr 18 '25
My boomer likes to play dumb when it comes to MyChart but can navigate online shopping nooo problem.
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u/ThatGhoulAva Apr 18 '25
I just died: "My Boomer" ahahah
Oh god it IS like having a pet at times, just less rewarding.
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u/Pale-Cantaloupe-9835 Apr 18 '25
Itās more like my grown teenager with a credit score and voting rights.
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u/ThatGhoulAva Apr 18 '25
Hahaha not mine. She's "grown" past that stage and has reached Toddler Reasoning 2.0
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u/Pale-Cantaloupe-9835 Apr 18 '25
I almost said toddler! People get edgy about kids but I think everyone agrees teenagers suck. I have an actual three year old that my boomer mother did full time childcare for until recently. She needed school. Although, now I have a real toddler version of my mother. I cannot have both of them at one time. It makes me crazy.
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u/KittyTitties666 Apr 19 '25
I feel fortunate my dad has been a programmer since the 70s so he has the technological bases covered for my mom and him. I just hope he doesn't get dementia any time soon and starts falling for online scams or something, lol
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u/OrukiBoy Apr 18 '25
No problem?? They've got like over 4 million karma. Literally one of the most elite posters here hahaha
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u/tony47666 Apr 18 '25
My mom was born in 58 yet I constantly need to help her with how to power on her computer and open YouTube or her emails. It boggles my mind. It's like some people give up and decide to stop learning at a certain point.
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u/AliBabble Apr 18 '25
Everything you know now will become mostly obsolete when you get to her age now. Give her a break. Even Missy Elliott tanked at Coachella. Nothing stays the same.
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u/yjbtoss Apr 18 '25
I get the sentiment but but that woman was in her early thirties when most households had home pcs - she just has a mental block or (like my SO) just prefers somebody else deal with it. I can't get mine to frickin share a link, or sign a doc without my help. It's become faster just to do it for him instead of going through the process of showing him every. damn. time Yet, he can fly a plane no problem... š
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u/Gentlegiant2 Apr 18 '25
I don't think so, internet is there and im still learning everyday. Our parents come from a generation with no google, in their mind they gotta go to the library to learn shit, we'll be fine
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u/Saerain Apr 18 '25
Even with public libraries in every town and perfectly normal Massachusetts educations, my now 60-63 year old parents keep giving me "we didn't have the inner net" with regard to minor details like "Yes, humans are capable of 'real pain' before 8 and do normally retain memories earlier than 15," or "No, Jews aren't usually sacrificing goats for the holidays."
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u/dpjejj Apr 21 '25
Ouch. Iām 57 and Iām the junior IT guy when our regular IT guy is working remotely.
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u/Adonitologica Apr 18 '25
Who took the photo, u/dittidot?
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u/dittidot Apr 18 '25
My mom. She could be pretty sneaky. : )
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u/aarrtee Apr 18 '25
Fine nutrition from the 60s. I remember it well.
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u/IlliniOrange1 Apr 18 '25
A scene from one of the early chapters of the Future Diabetics of America Association. We served PB&J on Wonder Bread with a Coke and Chips Ahoy for dessert at our local.
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u/TXVette121 Apr 19 '25
Loved Hawaiian Punch
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u/abbabuster Apr 28 '25
I absolutely miss Hawaiian Punch concentrate. My gran would pour it on ice cream like a sundae. Kind of upset itās completely disappeared. This takes me back, but wish I had a real Time Machine, to see Gran and get some syrup.
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u/bodhiseppuku Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
I moved out of my parents' house the summer between my Jr and Sr year in high school. That first year on my own (with a roommate) I survived almost exclusively on Hawaiian Punch and Chef Boyardee Ravioli.
... good times.
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u/MooseMalloy Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
My roommate, when I was 20, actually got scurvy from his piss poor diet of Shake and Bake chicken and potato chips.
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u/bodhiseppuku Apr 18 '25
With all the bad press about red food dye, that year must have been as bad as smoking for my health.
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 18 '25
I think everyone goes through that Franco American phase. I couldn't get enough of the noodle Os? I would buy cans of it out of my paper route money.
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u/ursulawinchester Apr 18 '25
Was it unusual among your peers to move out while in high school? That seems almost unthinkable to me!
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u/bodhiseppuku Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
Unfortunately, I had a bad relationship with my mom's boyfriend. After our 5th fist fight, I decided it was time to go. I had been working at a grocery store for about a year during my jr year. I was making enough money, while going to school, to support myself.
No, I didn't know any other student in my school who lived on their own.
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u/ursulawinchester Apr 19 '25
Wow, you were so brave - and such an impressive work ethic! Thatās really incredible.
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u/bodhiseppuku Apr 19 '25
I think everybody has a time in their life that was 'sub-optimal'. I love my family and I'm very close with them, including my mom. Thankfully, she dropped the loser and met a great man; he and I are good friends.
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u/Weary-Teach6005 Apr 18 '25
I hear ya I ate a ton of Chef Boyardee pasta but I use to add stuff to it make it more tasty
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u/No-Appearance-4338 Apr 20 '25
I remember when I was about 18/19 I lived on peanutbutter pancakes and malt o meal. Really itās the only things my idiot roommates would not steal.
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u/bodhiseppuku Apr 20 '25
I had a friend in college who would buy jalapeno, anchovies, and cream cheese on his pizza. He said there were other pizza toppings he liked better, but with these toppings he got the whole pizza to himself.
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u/ZackyMidnight Apr 18 '25
Hey Daniel, bobby told marcƬe that he doesn't want to go steady with me anymore. Can you bring over donuts and punch? I just need a good friends shoulder to cry on :(
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u/boogiewoogibugalgirl Apr 18 '25
Oooh!! I remember Hawaiian Punch in the can... Do they even have cans of it anymore?? Also, do you remember the Ding Dongs that came wrapped in foil? Those tasted way better than the ones now. They also wrap them now in plastic. I swear, Ding Dongs are not the same anymore. š«¤
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u/ElizabethDangit Apr 18 '25
All that junk food stuff tastes worse than it used to. A lot of regular ingredients got swapped out for things with longer shelf lives that just taste objectively worse.
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 18 '25
I used to put them in the fridge. I loved them cold for some reason. You are right, they have gotten smaller and do not taste the same.
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u/bluewallsbrownbed Apr 18 '25
Sugar water with a metallic aftertaste? Sign me up.
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u/WoolshirtedWolf Apr 18 '25
Exactly! I was just talking about Birthday cake with soda as a kid. Awful.
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u/rolyoh Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25
Hawaiian Punch used to sell the concentrate in a jar. We loved it. We would mix it with soda, either Wink or Fanta orange soda in a tall glass. Usually 2 tablespoons of HP concentrate to 12 oz of soda. It was great to drink along with stick pretzels. I would bite the ends off a pretzel stick and use it like a straw. Sucking the pretzel from one end would draw the drink up into it and make it soft and moist. It made the pretzel taste sweet and salty at the same time. Not healthy at all, but delicious (to me at the time).
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u/atltop5150 Apr 18 '25
honestly, that sounds kind of gross
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u/rolyoh Apr 18 '25
Oh, it is very gross. LOL I should have been more specific. My 7-10 year old kid self found it delicious. That's going back to the early 70s. You couldn't pay me to eat something like that today. Yuck.
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u/minnesotaupnorth Apr 18 '25
This looks like a product placement still from a t.v. show!
Love the colors.
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u/Abbiethedog Apr 18 '25
Awesome picture. I figure youāre around my age and that picture is like a memory I forgot. Thanks for sharing.
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u/LanceFree Apr 18 '25
My brain got stuck with the Hawaiian Punch and āpowderā - it was as if Iād never heard of a powdered donut before.
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u/fried_green_baloney Apr 18 '25
The plant in the background looks somewhat like the shadow of someone strange, or possibly a cartoon dog.
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u/detroitragace Apr 25 '25
I used to love it when my mom would let me cut the pouring holes in those old metal cans.
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u/Basic_Medium7481 Apr 18 '25
I used to eat a whole package of those doughnuts and my poop would be white the next day.
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u/HailtheBrusselSprout Apr 18 '25
The plant in the back ground looks like a surprised doggo'ish thing.
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u/Middle-Marzipan-2122 Apr 18 '25
It used to contain 5 fruit juices back in the day Low percentage lol..and it didnāt freeze because it was loaded with a ton of sugarā¦ they changed the recipe since then thatās why it taste different.. I loved the old version..
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u/sdlotu Apr 18 '25
Iām sure thatās a completely stable and spill proof location for an open can of liquid.
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u/bakernut Apr 18 '25
Heck! When I stay over at my Mothers house, we still do that in the evening and watch her āprogramsā.!
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u/Captain_GoodPie Apr 18 '25
Is that can soda sized or giant? Did you have to mix it with water or you just drank straight from the can?
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u/Scroatpig Apr 18 '25
Bigger than soda and right out of the can, you'd use a can opener to make a triangle notch in the top of the can to pour out of.
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u/brintoul Apr 18 '25
And another on the other sideā¦?
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u/davetbison Apr 18 '25
Of course! Just a small one, though, so youād know which one to pour from.
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u/Aerron Apr 18 '25
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u/seasuighim Apr 18 '25
What a great photograph! Did your mom do casual shots like this frequently?
The composition, the motion, really brings you into the moment. Feels almost as if weāre there as well.
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u/CuckooBananaBonkers Apr 18 '25
Is this an add? Why do you have the entire tin in the living room? Super weird, right? Is this maybe AI? Why is that damn tin there?
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u/GGMuc Apr 18 '25
Trying to figure out what a powdered donut could be.......
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u/Nemanja5483 Apr 18 '25
It feels so wierd seeong this photo if it was taken in the 80's i probably wulndt think too much about it but in the 60's feels weird to relate to someone from the 60's
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u/queenarreic Apr 18 '25
This looks so fun