Shaking pudding in a plastic cup kept us kids busy while Mom did her thing and jello 1-2-3 kept us completely occupied amazed at how the colors separated and stayed that way; fun food. Mom was a big fan of fun foods, heck with healthy…bring on the fun was her motto. Loved her, changed my eating habits pretty soon after her passing though…and completely overhauled as an adult.
I also remember creme brûlée in a box, flan in a box, jarred mincemeat {fruit) filling, Carnation instant breakfast packets which we turned into smoothies before that was even a word.