Recipes/dishes no longer in fashion.

Potato croquettes
Cod roe
Homemade fish cakes
Corned beef fritters
Homemade pressed tongue
Egg mayonnaise
Banana split
Stewed/bottled Victoria plums/gooseberries/rhubarb.
Pate made with chicken or duck livers

My mum used to make steamed bacon roly poly pudding. Not sure if that's the right name, but I've not seen it since my childhood and it was lovely

We have egg mayonnaise quite often - although here it is called 'egg amaze' after DS1 got confused.

My husband used to make a beautiful Charlotte Russe years ago. He had many cooking skills which I so miss now he is no longer here.

Soft cods roes, dusted with flour, fried and served on toast.

Monica soft cod roes used to be one of my favourite lunches. I wonder can you still buy them?

Yes Morrison's sell them, definitely on my shopping list!They are very good for you, full of vit D.

M0nica

Soft cods roes, dusted with flour, fried and served on toast.

My dad used to do those for Saturday lunch. Ooooooh lovely.

Growing up in Devon, Hog's Pudding for breakfast, yum

I have alos seen them in Waitrose. When DH was travelling a lot, this and other food he doesn't like, were regulalry on my menu. But codroes are so smelly and it permeates the house,which is a bit much when you do not like them.

I get soft cod’s roe from Waitrose. I love a good Corned Beef Hash served with beetroot and parsley, even a fried egg. WOW! The only thing I couldn’t stand my Mum cooked was tripe!

Marydoll

Grandmabatty

Potted Hough was a favourite of my Irish granny. We still have a butcher who sells it here(central Scotland)

My mother's was delicious, I loved it on toast.
We called it pottie heid.

Was that brawn? I.e. pig’s head?
In France you can still buy what they call fromage de tete, either in jars from just about any supermarket, or from the butcher/deli counter.
Used to bring the jars back for a very carnivorous dd who loves it.

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Just to add that the irony of OP’s username has not escaped me! (Apologies if it’s been said already) but those wonderful, rib-sticking “nursery puddings” , tapioca, semolina and sago - not to mention my very favourite baked rice pudding with skin - are now only a distant memory!
I think semolina was the only one I didn’t like all that much.

You can still make a baked rice pud - I make one now and then, especially if we have too much milk. Def. a favourite of dh, who will relish the skin. I’ve never fancied the skin - a bit on the 🤮 side to me!

I’ve read this whole thread with much interest. I disliked most of the foods mentioned here when they were frequently seen. We only eat desserts when we entertain or sometimes on Sundays. I cut all fat off meat and make gravy with vegetable water. Wouldn’t touch dripping and I roast my potatoes in oil. It’s years since I’ve cooked or eaten offal, or chops. I’m much happier with the foods commonly eaten now and really enjoy pasta dishes, Asian foods and just plain fish or meat with vegetables. It seems that I’m in the minority! I have very few happy memories of meals from years ago and couldn’t wait to have my own home so that I could eat differently.

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I'm absolutely ravenous after reading through this thread. Almost everything mentioned (except cods roe, tongue and tripe) we still eat at home, even if it's not available in restaurants.

I could really, really, really eat a corned beef hash and fried egg right now. Craster kippers for breakfast tomorrow😋😋 I think I'll go to bed early so breakfast gets here sooner

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If I ever see Coquille St Jacques on a restaurant menu, my eyes will light up, but alas I haven’t seen it for ages. Things do seem to go in fashions - hence goat’s cheese this or that everywhere.

And ‘cultured’ butter, which I was once given, presumably newly fashionable at the time - it honestly just tasted rancid! I had to ask for normal butter instead.

Witzend

I haven’t seen a Coquille St Jacques on a restaurant menu* for ages - did see a frozen version in a French supermarket recently though.
*Invariably my choice for a starter when I did see it.

We had it in St Ives a couple of years ago at a beach restaurant: very good.

Witzend

If I ever see Coquille St Jacques on a restaurant menu, my eyes will light up, but alas I haven’t seen it for ages. Things do seem to go in fashions - hence goat’s cheese this or that everywhere.

And ‘cultured’ butter, which I was once given, presumably newly fashionable at the time - it honestly just tasted rancid! I had to ask for normal butter instead.

I’ve just seen in an online M&S ad, that they’re doing mini Coquilles St Jacques in their Christmas food range! In scallop shells, too.
No prizes for guessing what I’ll be treating myself to…