Nostalgia

Tonight at our family dinner my daughter was sensing a stomach flu recurrence and had a Popsicle. Not just any Popsicle, but a Rocket. I am thinking that may not be the official name. Hold on. Okay, I just searched it out at popsicle.com and low and behold they are Firecrackers. These are my favourite Popsicles. I never can commit to which flavour I like best - not the red, but white or blue. Red, white and blue are not flavours, but I cannot decipher them. The website tells me that the flavours are cherry, white lemon and blue raspberry. Go figure.

On my visit to the Popsicle site I also discovered that my beloved Firecrackers actually contain fruit juice. Pear, lemon, cherry and raspberry juices. Wow! They match the flavours with real juice. Where exactly does the pear juice fit in? All that juice, the sugar and colouring add up to a mere 35 calories per serving - and only 6 grams of sugar in Canada - check out popsicle.ca - while it's 7 in the U.S. (do I put another period here?). Oh it is so good. I am having one right now.

My husband recounts how he used to go to the convenience store and practically dive head first into the freezer to search out the banana and chocolate Popsicles that were so hard to find. Oh yes. I loved those too, they were so good. They were hard to find, that must be why I almost forgot about them. Now they are Torpedo Pops. Gone are the double-sticked treasures of my youth.

The kids were killing themselves with laughter. I confessed that although not technically a Popsicle, I loved Creamsicles next best - original orange, thank you very much.

It's nice to see that although somethings change or improve, the original is still there and nothing compares.