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Re: Two Matters
We dropped the Fizzies in water, white milk, chocolate milk, orange juice
- whatever (I'm assuming our tastebuds were "immature" along with our
brains.) My siblings and I remember Bosco and Maypo too (and candy
cigarettes and eating candy canes from our stockings on Christmas morning
before we even got out of bed). Ugh.
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Leslie Field wrote:
> Those fizzy tablets were called, appropriately enough, Fizzies. I
> remember them as being dropped into water, not milk. I can still
> remember the ghastly flavour of the lime ones. I was about in Grade 5 at
> the time (mid-'50's) and we quickly discovered you'd get a heck of a
> rush if you put the tablet directly into your mouth. It's a wonder I
> survived to adulthood.
>
> And does anyone remember Bosco? Or Maypo?
>
> Cheers,
> Leslie
>
> Ellen Chapman wrote:
> >
> > I can't recall the name or brand, but oh boy do I remember those straws!
> > At about the same time there was another product - flavored tablets (like
> > large Alka-Seltzer) that you dropped into milk. They fizzed and were
> > appropriately ghastly for kids' tastes. All this from the 1950s.
> >
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