In every 70s US home ever

living in a cold weather place, ice skating was a part of growing up for me. my older brother was into skiing but I wasn't that brave and my father and little sister and I went ice skating a lot

I do remember Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates, which had some kind of intense moment with a sawbones.

Think I preferred The Three Lives of Thomasina myself.

j/k I was a fan of both

Hans Brinker impressed me as a kid

The was also Bang the Drum Slowly in the One’s Dying, the Other Isn’t category.

There was

Some discussion over here: School Daze! What Did Your Teachers Ruin For You And/Or More Positive Reflections On Required Reading

crappy skateboards have come back with a vengeance. though the peak was probably three years ago or so? way “cooler” than normal skateboards

Really? With metals wheels?

Metal

i dunno about all that chief

https://www.skatedeluxe.com/blog/en/wiki/skateboarding/history-of-skateboarding/

HE 1970S
The only consistent thing is change and so it came to a point where everything changed for skateboarding. Frank Nasworthy’s invention of urethane wheels in 1972 made it possible for skateboarding to come back. Nasworthy started the company Cadillac Wheels and with the new material it was possible to ride smoother, faster and more comfortable. A variety of disciplines such as freestyle, downhill and slalom experienced a real high point. New magazines like the “Skateboarder Magazine” from 1975 were published and new events were launched. In 1976, the first artificially created skate park was inaugurated and new parks emerged with new elements such as vertical ramps and kickers.

https://skateboardingmagazine.com/the-evolution-of-skateboard-wheels/

yeah i’m not talking about metal wheels i’m talking about “penny boards”, long boards etc

also this trend of people riding with their front foot sticking lengthwise along the board and barely bending their knees, like they’re posing for a photo or something

Oh shit my first skateboard was TOTALLY a penny board!! I didn't know that was what they were called. It was a dirty jade green? I think my dad got it out of the community "take" pile at the transfer station, ie someone had thrown it away in about 1988 or so.

In every 70s US restaurant ever

Pardon the digression but that’s the woman who made an awesome documentary about Boyce and Hart a few years ago which I don’t think has had an official release, due to music clearance issues I assume.

She is some kind of genius so digression welcomed.

Yes. She’d be a celebrity in a just world.

https://www.shorpy.com/files/no-pest-strip.jpg

Food Sticks

Koogle!

Koogle was my next answer. We had jars of that stuff forever.

I'm pretty sure that Koogle was some industrial plastic byproduct created by accident that they added flavors to.

Space Food Sticks too, come to think of it.

Shell’s No-Pest Strip.

didn't know the official brand but yes

I tried to find a picture of those hanging wooden-colored boxes, with holes on each side.. that were supposed to kill bugs.. but no luck

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/62/b6/0d62b606d8f3db955e8945d75e35919c.jpg

there we go

Oh god yes, memories

Always thought the design was supposed to evoke one of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. Maybe they couldn't come out and say so lest they offend the good people of Rice-A-Roni.

I feel like they were browner in real life but it was probably just my grandparent smoking constantly that made them look that way

'Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat!'

Supposed to be Chinatown-meets-North Beach, but the family that started the brand were Armenian, who actually rule California.. it's based on some Armenian pilaf dish

xpost yeah, I remember them sort of danish modern brown

Hamburger Helper

As if hamburger needs any 'help'

My mom used to broil the shit out of hamburgers, so the Helper was a welcome respite.

Reminds me now of “Shake n’ Bake…and we helped!”

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F4Cq7lJFeQ0/UsGdUjblvpI/AAAAAAAAJMs/nE89ZRU5NGI/s1600/DSC_6399.JPG

Okay my parents would never allow this kind of kitsch in the house, but the semi-trashy family across the road had one

They also had a weed box with a Pablo Cruise sticker on it, and Fleetwood Mac albums

Oh hell yeah

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/WEBP_402378-T2/images/I/610fZxe-MAL._AC_SX522_.jpg

Wasn't Hamburger Helper making an inflation-era "stretch the family budget" sales pitch? I don't think anyone involved really thought it truly improved upon eating a hamburger.

The oldest ad I could find was This one from 1974, which focused on the culinary aspects.

By 1979, the pitch had changed to stretching the family budget.

Fascinating!

Why have steak when you can have Hamburger Helper lol

OMG

I always thought the Hidden Valley packets kinda weird.. like, why make your own salad dressing when you can just buy a bottle of it?

But maybe it was a part of that family budget thing

A kids bed frame with assorted Wacky Packages stickers pasted to the headboard.

^this! Not me, but lots of my friends

Definitely me