I think there were so many chemicals & preservatives in food back then, that's what made them taste so good. We still have a ways to go as far as all the packaged meals. Real cheese - in mac & cheese, tastes so much better than powdered cheese!
I used to love cotton candy but hate it now. I LOVED (& still do) theater popcorn with extra butter & grape drink. What they use for 'butter' is a real artery clogger though.
Did you know that in 60's (& I think 50's) we could not buy butter here? We (my parents) had to go to Ill to buy butter. We could only buy margarine (oh yum, all that hydrogenated oil!) because we were the dairy state. I know, it doesn't make sense!
In my late teens, everything tasted better if you smoked a little marijuana LOL. I've been allergic to it since
Oh yeah...Marc's Big Boy hamburgers! (in CA it was "Bob's" Big Boy) a real treat if we could afford it! Was a great teen hangout. They don't exist anymore.