Products that you thought had long gone but you have found.

Doodledog

Cherry curd is divine. It tends to be sold in gift shops (eg NT ones) rather than supermarkets, or is available online with prohibitive postage costs, so I buy at least two jars when I see it.

What I would like to see again is Surprise peas. They were very small bright green dried peas (not the split kind you use for pea soup, but whole and the colour of frozen garden peas). They came in foil packets I think, and our local Co-op (long since gone) used to sell them. I liked them in casseroles, as you could put them in with the rest of the ingredients and they didn't spoil by being overcooked.

Cherry curd sounds wonderful! I found passion fruit curd in my local greengrocers and sandwiched it in a cake. It was lovely.

It was indeed Surprise peas. They were freeze dried and the forerunners to frozen peas. I haven't seen or heard of them since the late 60's though.

Oh brilliant Moonwatcher! Don't know why I always associate these with railway travel- perhaps they were sold in platform vending machines??

I miss the Brown and Polson Blancmange packets. They did a mixed pack with vanilla, strawberry, raspberry and chocolate flavours, or packs of 2 of the individual flavours. My mum gave us bowls of hot raspberry blancmange as a quick dessert in winter. She called it pink pudding! Tesco sell individual sachets of strawberry blancmange but I never see the Brown and Polson ones anywhere. I liked the raspberry flavour best.

Interesting, because the last time I wanted pudding rice, I could only get it from a health food shop and it was wholegrain, which didn't make a very good pudding.

Tunnocks Tea Cakes seem to be enjoying a bit of a revival. They don't put the jam inside any more, apparently, but they're so calorific even without it that I don't buy them anyway. Nice to know they're still giving pleasure to another generation of kids (yeah yeah, in moderation, I know....).

Katek

Think the green section in Five Centres was lime. Does anyone remember Fry's Five Boys with the pictures of the boys with different descriptions below them? I remember 'desperation' 'expectation' but not the others.

Katek here you are.

Think the green section in Five Centres was lime. Does anyone remember Fry's Five Boys with the pictures of the boys with different descriptions below them? I remember 'desperation' 'expectation' but not the others.

I would like to find dark Bounty but it seems they are definitely long gone!

I think that different flavours one was called "Five Centre "

When I was in my teens I used a moisturiser called Moisturer Moisturiser by Cyclax. It suddenly disappeared so I used Oil of Ulay now called Olay. I missed the one by Cyclax until I found it on Amazon. It's just as it was years ago and now I have been using it for several years. It's a lovely lotion and not greasy. I am now 72 and no wrinkles (yet)...lol

Definitely Surprise peas, I loved them

And pudding rice is also hard to find, my Tesco doesn’t have it.

My problem when I come to the uk is what to eat first. My mouth is watering with some of the PP . I like the savory items as well, that I can’t get here now M&S closed and Brexit. However, it doesn’t matter in which order I do because I still put on the kilos.

I know what I’d love to rediscover but so far have been unsuccessful…….Potato Puffs and Spangles ☹️

HeavenLeigh Are these the ones you remember?

HeavenLeigh

So pleased I found lemon curd and orange curd this morning. Thought it was long gone. So pleased only wish I could find Milo drink

Tesco do milo, it's with the international foods, not the drinking chocolate, if that helps. I have some in the kitchen cupboard. 😋

Wasn’t Milo malted milk and not hot chocolate?

I'd forgotten about cleansing milk not heard about that inyears and not seen it

I got some Uncle Joe's in Tesco yesterday. They are individually wrapped and although the taste is there, they aren't quite the same as when they stuck together in a paper bag! Greens lemon meringue pie filling is also available in Tesco.

If you Google most of the products mentioned you'll get a result from some supplier or other. Tiptree do an amazing Passion Fruit Curd and a Toffee Apple one (and Lime and Blackcurrant). I think Milo was an Australian 'invention' and Ovaltine was the UK rival.

Anne French cleansing milk was the best! But think it’s long gone

I’ve only ever had Milo in our local maternity hospital - in the days when new mothers spent two weeks in hospital after the baby was born!

Yes, I remember those ice cream wafers. I thought the green bit was marzipan but might be wrong. In those days I wouldn't know a pistachio if it bit me.

Milo....hot chocolate?? If so, Tesco sells it 😊

Booths ( Lancashire areas supermarket)
always have various curd flavours . Bit expensive but a lovely treat , happily my local store in Burscough has a B&M close by so I get my old fashioned sweets there on the same trip ! Win win 👏