Food of the Seventies, Big Buddy
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Big Buddy Bubble gum, Oh boy was this a treat. It was about a foot long and came in flavors like green apple and grape.
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The favorite gum of all the kids in my neighborhood. I think it came in Cherry, Grape and Green Apple. The grape was my favorite and no matter what, it was shared among the gang with enough for everyone to tear off a nice sized piece. It had an intense flavor that lasted a long time..I can almost taste it right now : ) Just the thing when riding my lavendar chick bike with the white banana seat and chrome "sissy" bar. Saturdays in the 70's rocked!
I would have given a dozen Big Buddies for a lavender bike, mine was icky yellow with the white banana seat and ape hager handle bars. I remember the Big Buddys, green apple was my fav.. used to scrounge the sofa cushions for the .27 it cost for a foot of gum! Your right Saturdays sure did rock in those days!
I remember riding to the store on my sting ray bike with the chrome sissy bar and a purple sparkly banana seat to get a Big Buddy, always grape to match my seat, YUM! I used to scrounge around in my Dad's car around the seat to find money, I only needed 5 cents for my Big Buddy (late '60s early '70s), sometimes I'd score a quarter! I could chew the entire thing while watching Speed Racer, Gilligan's Island, I Dream of Jeanie, the Mod Squad, etc.. I'd chew that wad until my jaws ached...
I held a record of 9 big buddys in my mouth a once
i'm 40 now but i remember the 70's well. i had a yellow bike with floral banana seat. seems like we all road our bikes to get our big buddys. cherry was my favorite, and man did they blow some big bubbles, and of course you really haven't experienced it until you fell asleep with it and it got in your hair. my mom spent hours once trying to get that out of my hair lol.
Green apple was my fave...we would bite off a bit and keep the rest in our knee sock!!!
I LOVED the green apple flavor, and every time I chewed it near my mom, she said it smelled like dirty feet. The long sticks made it easier to share with your friends
I loved the green apple...I remember giving and getting them for birthday treats in elementary school.
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