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What discontinued food do you miss?

(181 Posts)
Nansypansy Tue 27-Feb-18 08:20:41

I was really disappointed when Force wheatflakes was discontinued and there’s nothing new that’s comparable.

nahsma Tue 27-Feb-18 12:48:05

sue01 Try a Farmers' Market, or even ask in a 'proper' butcher's. My DD made roast leg of mutton for Sunday lunch a couple of weeks ago. Wonderful!

Willow500 Tue 27-Feb-18 13:02:00

Ah Kunzel cakes - favourite Sunday treat. I'd forgotten about Heinz tinned salad - probably discontinued as everyone buys coleslaw these days. There once was a chocolate bar with 3 layers of white, milk and dark - can't remember who made them but loved lying on my bed reading a book and eating those! I used to enjoy liver and onions but haven't cooked it for years as my husband hates it although Morrisons cafe did a very nice meal with mash and gravy at one time.

Chicklette Tue 27-Feb-18 13:04:20

Cremola foam. It was a powder you stirred into water to make a sweet foamy drink. Delicious! Also, in the 90s there used to be an ice cream dessert my children loved. It was called something like Romantica I think. It had little biscuit balls, caramel sauce etc and was gorgeous for a treat. Haven't seen it for years.

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 27-Feb-18 13:11:30

Magicmaggie - my mum still buys cafe noir biscuits from one of the big supermarkets (not sure which)

I miss the Elizabeth Shaw chocolate bars that were green - used to save up for those regularly - not had one in decades

oldgaijin Tue 27-Feb-18 13:14:03

Creamola custard powder...it was the best and Creamola made a sort of yellow semolina. Yummo! Sunray tips tea, Tiffin/Five Boys chocolate bars and Fullers cakes.
Hollycat, a "proper" butcher will cut you those chops.

Daisynance123 Tue 27-Feb-18 13:15:59

PANYAN pickle. Anyone remember that?

ReadyMeals Tue 27-Feb-18 13:18:41

I remember panyan pickle - but I didn't like it sad

KatyK Tue 27-Feb-18 13:42:59

So many memories. I particularly remember Kunzel cakes and potato puffs as mentioned above. I used to love Oxo crisps and when I could afford them, Lucky Numbers chocolates.

blueberry1 Tue 27-Feb-18 13:52:59

Going back to my schooldays,we used to buy Spree in sachets.It was a concentrated fruit drink to be mixed with water but we drank it straight from the sachet and it was divine!
Also miss Kunzle showboat cakes,which my gran used to treat us to.And Sweetheart dessert,which came in a tin and you mixed it with milk.It had fruit pieces in and was yummy.Oh,and Bluebird Toffee and Co-op Raisin Cordial and Woolworths luncheon meat!

gran5up Tue 27-Feb-18 13:59:44

GabriellaG, in London we could get bricks of Lyons ice cream in stripes, the green one was, "Neapolitan", the choc,"Chocopolitan". Oh that green one-tasted almondy, pistachio perhaps??
Also Peek Freans Araby Sandwich biscuits, date puree between layers of Garibaldi-biscuit type dough, they had a pic of a man riding a camel stamped onto them. Lovely!
Most missed of all, Cremola's caramel dessert, like custard or blancmange powder but caramel flavoured, so good. Mum would use the powder in a cake to replace part of the flour-gorgeous!

quizqueen Tue 27-Feb-18 14:05:50

rice cakes with a forest fruits flavour-don't like any of the other choices

Legs55 Tue 27-Feb-18 14:09:17

DM used to make table cream, can't remember manufacturer. My little local shop sells blancmange powder,

I love liver & onions, Don't miss the kidney on a pork chop as I don't like kidney except in steak & kidney pudding, DH always had mine when we had chops.

sodapop Tue 27-Feb-18 14:15:30

I mentioned this on another thread, M &S used to do tins of minced pork with Apple delicious. I remember Kunzle cakes as well, a real treat.
Aniseed balls and Cadbury's misshapes ..

jollyg Tue 27-Feb-18 14:16:45

Cremola foam

KatyK Tue 27-Feb-18 14:17:13

The thrill of buying a Lucky Bag and discovering what was inside smile A shop near us sold loose biscuits from a big tub, also loose crisps and butter that was patted into shape on a slab.

hulahoop Tue 27-Feb-18 14:21:11

Tom piper tinned casserole
Proper ham burgers
Hapenny Spanish the ones you could suck to a sharp point
Cadbury special recipe chocolate bars
Bar milk tray with different shapes on top

Cheesey Tue 27-Feb-18 14:21:15

Kraft Cheddar spread. Already mentioned by hildajennij I think. A really intense cheese flavour. Other cheese spreads do not compare.

Midge Tue 27-Feb-18 14:23:28

Fry's chocolate spread in a waxed cardboard tub. Yum

Frannytoo Tue 27-Feb-18 14:26:52

Nairn's small oat biscuits. So good for aperitif nibbles.

Scribbles Tue 27-Feb-18 14:32:20

I loved Potato Puffs, especially the tomato flavoured ones.
ReadyMeals, was the other product you mentioned Nibbits? I haven't seen those since the 1960s; much, much nicer than Quavers and all the other crunchy, California things.

Rapunzel100 Tue 27-Feb-18 14:32:30

ReadyMeal - I think you're referring to Nibbitts. And yes, they were gorgeous!

NewgranGill Tue 27-Feb-18 14:33:27

We still have liver and kidney - liver done the Venitian way without flour but with lemon and we have devilled kidney, but I miss Van Smirren crab spread(?), used to love that and I also liked cremola drink, mum used to buy them from the same shop when she was in that part of town

Scribbles Tue 27-Feb-18 14:33:47

California. GRRRR!! That was supposed to be calorific.

Rapunzel100 Tue 27-Feb-18 14:35:40

Scribbles - you beat me to it! I must have been posting at exactly the same time. I used to love Cabana bars (with cherry and coconut) and those three-tiered bars of chocolate - dark, milk and white.

Greengage Tue 27-Feb-18 14:43:39

Hattiehelga I absolutely loved Symington's Maple and Walnut Table Cream. I can even taste it, just thinking of it!! I was devastated when they stopped making it.