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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.

ReadyMeals Tue 27-Feb-18 17:24:52

Eskay10 yes to Lyons cupcakes - those Bakers Boy brand ones have toppings like plastic.

Lindylou51 Tue 27-Feb-18 17:37:51

I really miss Abbey Crunch biscuits. There doesn't seem to be the choice of biscuits around nowadays as there used to be a few years ago. I guess everyone has become more weight conscious.

linjon Tue 27-Feb-18 17:47:09

Vesta curries!!

GabriellaG Tue 27-Feb-18 17:55:24

Magicmaggie

I have bought cafe iced biscuits (coffee icing on one side of a plain rectangular biscuit) in M&S in 2017.
Green packaging and sold as two packs taped together.

Daisyboots Tue 27-Feb-18 18:54:47

ReadyMeals I am so pleased you mentioned Coffee Crisp because whenever I mention it to others they cant remember it. Even my chocoholic DH doesn't remember it. They were Mum and I's treat when we went shopping.
Heinz vegetable salad used to be called Russian salad. Indeed it is a Russian dish and delicious there. One local buffet restaurant makes a delicious 'Russian' salad too.

elleks Tue 27-Feb-18 19:11:31

Vesta meals-all you can get now is Paella, Chow Mein and beef Curry. They used to do Chicken Supreme, and a lovely beef Italiano.
Chocolate Garibaldi biscuits.

TwiceAsNice Tue 27-Feb-18 19:25:13

I loved Royal Scot biscuits too I had forgotten all about them. Caramac bars - like butterscotch flavoured chocolate and I liked Frys cream bars with different flavours for each piece. And old oak ham in a tin with jelly -yum!

Menopaws Tue 27-Feb-18 19:27:39

Chocolate lovelys, do they still exist? Had a little cream swirl on top.

Lilyflower Tue 27-Feb-18 19:28:26

There used to be a brand of meusli called 'Country Store' full of nuts, fruit and, probably, sweetener or sugar. It was lovely.

oldgaijin Tue 27-Feb-18 19:45:43

...and who re members honeycomb mould?

clareken Tue 27-Feb-18 19:51:35

Hammonds tomato sauce. Found a bottle a few years ago and it was so sweet.

GabriellaG Tue 27-Feb-18 19:58:06

gran5up
That's it, Neapolitan. I had no idea the chic one was called Chocopolitan. You learn something every day.
I e-mailed Walls to ask if they were bringing them back instead of only having 'soft' ice-cream in tubs. Months later...still waiting for a reply. sad

GabriellaG Tue 27-Feb-18 19:58:40

Choc not chic. blush

GabriellaG Tue 27-Feb-18 20:06:14

Abernethy/Abernathy biscuits, crisp and crumbly. I too, like another poster, remember the very thick tea biscuits and why has bkancmange gone out of favour?
It used to be a staple of Sunday teatime with jelly and evaporated milk. My favourite was raspberry blancmange with blackberry jelly and evap and thinly sliced white bread n butter. Mmm.

GabriellaG Tue 27-Feb-18 20:07:19

blancmange blush

Granash Tue 27-Feb-18 20:17:02

PanYan pickle and acid drop Spangles please!

FlorenceN Tue 27-Feb-18 20:56:46

You can get caramac chocolate in the poundshop. I used to love it when I was a child but find it really sickly now! But I liked the biscuits!

Maggieanne Tue 27-Feb-18 21:11:02

Ooh, Griselda, just yesterday I was trying to remember the name of the tomato sauce my mum used to buy years ago and today...there it was. We always had Haza sauce, loved it, what a coincidence! What a shame all of these small, I'm guessing that's what they were, companies have gone. Now it seems big conglomerates own nearly all the small companies and any products they used to make have been "improved" out of all recognition. Duncans Coffee Walnut Whips, anybody!

charjoy Tue 27-Feb-18 21:25:41

My Mum's home made faggots - the best!

Sheilasue Tue 27-Feb-18 21:54:28

Breakfast cereal called grape nuts. Loved it with hot milk.

Magicmaggie Tue 27-Feb-18 22:01:59

Gabriella
Thanks for letting me know about the cafe iced biscuits.
I’ll pop into M&S tomorrow and get a pack.

Saralou18 Tue 27-Feb-18 22:03:42

We still have Grape nuts for breakfast. Sainsbury’s and Waitrose both sell them

Magicmaggie Tue 27-Feb-18 22:20:12

Just want to say a big thank-you to all the lovely ladies who have bought such wonderful memories of magical foods from the past?
May I recommend a visit to a museum called “Bygones”
in Marychurch, South Devon.
They have a collection of old-fashioned shops including a
sweet shop (if I remember correctly.) there.

Bathsheba Tue 27-Feb-18 22:47:09

I miss shredded coconut - not the desiccated stuff, or the coconut flakes - you used to be able to buy packets of shredded coconut which was perfect for the top of iced London Cheesecakes. Desiccated just isn't the same.
Surprise Peas. Remember them? Little bright green packs of fast freeze dried peas. They were surprisingly (!) tasty and very handy to keep in as a standby.
Foster Clarks soups. They were little solid cubes of powdered soup that you crumbled and dissolved in boiling water - very useful for thickening a stew. They only came in oxtail, tomato and something else - chicken was it?
Oh and I really miss Cadbury's Dream bars - meltingly delicious white chocolate bars. Especially the Cadbury's Dream Eggs at Easter. OMG they were a little piece of heaven wrapped up in foil - a white chocolate outer, with a soft, creamy white chocolate centre.

Overthehills Tue 27-Feb-18 22:47:34

Granash - acid drop Spangles! My favourite!
Also ginger flavoured biscuits, two sandwiched together with a sweet white filling. The biscuits were quite soft, not like ginger nuts. Wish I could remember the name.