Monday, December 17, 2012

THE ORANGE KIST FOR ME!

What does an Orange Kist mean to you?


Orange Kist isn't a beverage or a pie! 

It is a sugar coated jelly candy (like a gummy bear) with the form of an orange segment or orange carpel!

Actually, the original Orange Kist was packed in about three carpels/segments per pack. If I remember it right, it cost about five or ten centavos in the late 60s and early 70s (that long ago!!!)!

Since my Dad said it taste good, I used to buy a small pack to give to my Dad every time he fetched me from school and I was still Prep or Grade 1 then!

So the Orange Kist jelly was my daily gift to my beloved Dad. In retrospect, I am wondering, "Did he really love the Orange Kist?" ... or ...  "Was he just happy that I gave him a gift everyday?"

I never really asked him. All I know is I love my Dad (Daddy's girl!.. since I am an only girl with 5 brothers!) and I was just so very happy to please him everyday!!!

32 comments:

  1. looks like its yummy, its a shame i haven't tasted an orange kist in my 22 years of my life

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  2. Orange kist pala ang tawag dyan. I love it too. Un lang dati parang masyado na sya matigas ngaun. Mahirap i-chew and dumidikit sa teeth.

    Mommy Maye
    www.momaye.com

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  3. I love this candy. The chewy and sweet and sour taste is really good. Ayaw ko lang ung kapag dumidikit sa ngipin. hehehe

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  4. I love eating this when I am still a true blue sweet tooth person hehehe. My love for sweet things has already mellowed down. I didn't even know what this is called so I learned something today :-)

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  5. I remember that snack. I'm not much into candies or chocolates, being a diabetic and all but when I was young, I loved to collect hubad na candies, my aunt sells them at her sari sari store.

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  6. That looks like a really yummy candy. I'm sure that your dad loves eating it.

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  7. I remember eating this when I was really young! haha.. nostalgic!

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  8. i love those! haha yummmy! i want one

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  9. I bet it has sweet and sour taste. Children nowadays are more familiar with gummy bear.

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  10. I still buy it now; well, my younger sister does, so I get to eat it sometimes. Super sweet. Memories are sweeter, though. :-)

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  11. I remember this! My grandmother used to buy it for me during those times when the love bus was still around and we'd travel from Mandaluyong to Laguna. Gosh, nostalgia lols.

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  12. Yes I remember this! I used to buy this too in our school canteen! :)

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    1. Yes, I bought it at the school canteen too and give it to my Dad everytime he fetches me! Now I can find it at the barter trade but it comes in a bigger pack !

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  13. i love this candy. used to buy this during bus rides when i was still a kid. :-)

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  14. Oh! this brings me back to my childhood. I enjoyed these too. I wonder where I can find these now. :-)

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  15. Like everyone else here, your post takes me back to my childhood days. My sons also like this jelly candy now. You're a by sweet kid btw. From BCB :)

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  16. I loved this as a kid but I cant find any now. Its such a cute story you shared. I am an only girl too so pleasing my father was a joy to me too.

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  17. I love them. I usually buy I jar at the barter trade in ZC. hehe

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  18. Ooooh... This brings back memories from childhood. My sisters and I loved orange "kiss" when we were kids. Kiss talaga tawag namin before. :)

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  19. I loved this too when I was younger. Are they still available in the market?

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  20. Ayy, I love them too! I buy them at a local panciteria here in Baguio (sunshine lunch). They sort of repack it but it is the same taste. Makes me want to go there tomorrow hihi

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  21. Oh, cool! I loved these candies, too, when I was a child. I tried again now that I am older, but they don't taste like they used to. Too bad!

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  22. Just like Reese, I haven't tasted it either!I think my daughter would love it! :)

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  23. One of my favorites when I was little! Now that you mentioned it, meron nang jelly din tayo noon :)

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  24. I just love this candy up to this day! Hehe!

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  25. Awww.... I love that even something mundane as a candy holds wonderful memories of your relationship with your dad.

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  26. orange kist pala ang tawag jan doc???? iv been looking for this for so long!!! inabutan ko rin yung ganito na binibenta sa school canteens!!! i save my baon so i can buy more of this!!! hihihihi :D san meron nito doc!!! want some now!!! hihihi :D

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  27. What a wonderful memory! I also didn't know this was called orange kist :) I wonder where I can still get them. I bet my little nephew would love it.

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  28. yummy, just a while ago I am imagining to buy this kind of candy...

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  29. Oh my this is my favorite. You're right! 3 pieces per pack but I forgot the price. I miss it more now that I've seen this post haha

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  30. nakahanap na ako!!! the inlaws brought pao a pack of this after finding out he's sick... so syempre damay si mommy!!! hihihi im sick din naman... :D

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