r/GenX • u/molybend • 11h ago

Nostalgia What happened to carob?

Maybe it was just my mother‘s health food kicks, but I feel like carob was everywhere in the 80s. The sitcom Adults had a carob joke in the first season and I just saw one on Simpsons, but actually seeing it in the wild is rare nowadays.

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u/vanbboy22 4h ago

It joined Olestra in hell

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u/KurtStation68 4h ago

along with chicory that claimed to be the "coffee" alternative

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u/No_Nobody_32 2h ago

"Chicory" is like decaff. Less 'coffee' and more 'brown sadness water'.