A frozen meal for one, on an oven-ready aluminum tray? What is this, magic? You didn’t even need Mom, you could put one in the oven yourself! They weren’t the best tasting, but I was never very picky, just hungry (and watching TV).
TV Dinners
Category: Nostalgia
Nehi Grape
Nehi soft drink was started in 1924 by Chero-Cola/Union Bottle Works, it was renamed Nehi Corporation in 1928 after the flavored drink were popular. In 1955 Claud A. Hatcher, a Columbus Georgia grocer, added Nehi to his RC Cola company. As of 2008, Nehi became a brand of DR Pepper Snapple Group. According to Wikipedia, in 1947 Nhi offered Dr. Nehi, Nehi Chocolate, Nehi Root Beer, Nehi Lemonade, Nehi Wild Red, Nehi Blue Cream, and its more classic flavors Nehi Orange, Nehi Grape, and Nehi Peach.
I remember riding out to Alpharetta to go to the gas station or barber with my grandfather, Doc Mize, and getting a Nehi Grape. Sometimes we would ride down to Roswell to the Rock Inn and buy fish bait and they had Nehi also in the late 60’s
Candy Cigarettes
Back as far as 1888 ads can be found for Candy Cigarettes. Those were chocolate cylinders wrapped in cigarette type papers and sold in cigarette type boxes.