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NameWithChange · 2024-10-27T12:14:23+00:00

Just that. Not a single supermarket near me has any, Tescos said out for 3 weeks in every branch for 50 miles and no expected in date. Really fancied some for lunch 🤨 Who had eaten it all?

coxesorangepippin · 27/10/2024 14:27

I've been waking up thinking about this too

morinaga · 27/10/2024 14:19

All I see is tarantula salad.

Julen7 · 27/10/2024 14:17

ForPearlViper · 27/10/2024 14:15

Oh gosh, I used to go when I lived in London after graduating at much the same time. Weren't the waiters famous for being, shall we say, brusque?

If you went there, did you also go to Pollo on Old Compton Street - similarly good value, good food but Italian? I still think about their zabaglione.

On topic, I'm sorry but I also find the pinkness of taramasata off putting. It's OK in a sweet product but.....

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It isn’t meant to be pink I don’t think. Waitrose’s never used to be pink it was more pale creamy brown.

ForPearlViper · 27/10/2024 14:15

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/10/2024 13:19

Did anyone else ever go to Jimmy's in Frith Street? Very, very old school Greek/Cypriot restaurant in a basement. We went first as students in the early 80s. Standard starter was a saucer of hummus and a saucer of taramasalata, plus lots of piping hot pitta bread. All very exotic at the time. Main course was moussaka with potatoes in it as well as aubergine and lots of chips on the side. We'd wash this down with retsina and end with baklava and Greek coffee. The waiters were all elderly men in white jackets and it was incredibly cheap. Happy memories!

Oh gosh, I used to go when I lived in London after graduating at much the same time. Weren't the waiters famous for being, shall we say, brusque?

If you went there, did you also go to Pollo on Old Compton Street - similarly good value, good food but Italian? I still think about their zabaglione.

On topic, I'm sorry but I also find the pinkness of taramasata off putting. It's OK in a sweet product but.....

Bigcitykitty · 27/10/2024 14:14

Anyone know which is the supermarket which does the one with smoked salmon in? I love that one.

ImNunTheWiser · 27/10/2024 14:10

Well Cod roe is seasonal, so maybe depends whether those brands only use fresh roe as opposed to frozen/tinned I guess.

Ollehreversed · 27/10/2024 14:07

What's taramasalata? Now tiramisu I can do!! Delicious!

Lookslikemeemaw · 27/10/2024 14:06

NameWithChange · 27/10/2024 12:22

Oh yes maybe.

About 7 varieties of this all over the shelves.

But I really had a taramasalata itch ☹️

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Taramasalata itch … makes me hate it even more! Sounds like a STI…

JC03745 · 27/10/2024 14:05

Funny you say this OP, I had a sainsburys delivery today and tried ordering it, but none on their website at all! Normally they have a sainsburys own brand, plus a more expensive one, if not a 3rd brand too- but none at all! 🙁

TurkeyLurkey4 · 27/10/2024 14:02

Same in my local sainsbury’s! Now I’m concerned too. YANBU

user1467300911 · 27/10/2024 13:59

Traditionally it is made from olive oil. I bought some recently from a supermarket and the olive oil had been replaced with rapeseed oil, presumably to keep it affordable, but it tasted slightly rancid despite being in date. Perhaps people stopped buying it because the new cheaper version is inedible.

Hatty65 · 27/10/2024 13:55

How odd! I've been looking for a couple of weeks in Tesco, and just thought they were sold out - but it's obviously Nationwide!

gingercat02 · 27/10/2024 13:53

In the bin where it belongs 🤮🤢

ChimbarasiKotapaxi · 27/10/2024 13:53

Same thing none to be found in M&S Marble Arch

DirlingWhervish · 27/10/2024 13:52

I was thinking this the other day! Had almost forgotten about it and DH brought some home from a shop we don't often frequent!

Lovely with sliced tomatoes in a pitta.

Never on the shelves in my usual supermarkets

Ariela · 27/10/2024 13:45

Is it out of season, being made with cod roe?

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 27/10/2024 13:39

Mmm, I haven't seen the stuff for years come to think of it.
A related question: why has the quality of supermarket humus gone down so much, except the brand I don't want to buy? It's all watery and sweet now.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 27/10/2024 13:37

M&S always have it.

Julen7 · 27/10/2024 13:36

Asda have it (or they did a week ago) but I don’t like Asda’s Taramasalata

Livinginaclock · 27/10/2024 13:25

I'm going to go to Waitrose later this week, they're few and far between in Scotland but I need some taramasalata, (not tarantulas, thank you auto correct), and also Mrs Elswood Haimisha pickles, which are the best pickles ever.

BunnyLake · 27/10/2024 13:22

dudsville · 27/10/2024 12:30

I have always avoided it under the belief that food should not be pink. As a result of your thread I just googled it. I had no idea it was made from roe, urgh!

Hope you find some soon!

What, not even blancmange lol. Part of my childhood that was 🤢

I love prawns, especially in garlic and herb butter. That’s a pink food heaven to me.

Onlyonekenobe · 27/10/2024 13:21

Well this thread has prompted me to look up a recipe, and seems it’s easier to make than hummus - which is dead easy! Just have to find somewhere that sells roe 🤔

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/10/2024 13:19

Did anyone else ever go to Jimmy's in Frith Street? Very, very old school Greek/Cypriot restaurant in a basement. We went first as students in the early 80s. Standard starter was a saucer of hummus and a saucer of taramasalata, plus lots of piping hot pitta bread. All very exotic at the time. Main course was moussaka with potatoes in it as well as aubergine and lots of chips on the side. We'd wash this down with retsina and end with baklava and Greek coffee. The waiters were all elderly men in white jackets and it was incredibly cheap. Happy memories!

BunnyLake · 27/10/2024 13:19

Year’s ago I used to be addicted to that stuff. Then after trying some about 25 years later I was shocked I ever liked it. My taste buds must have changed massively between my twenties and fifties.

AdaColeman · 27/10/2024 13:16

Oh I love taramasalata, you've sent me off on a search for it now OP!
Re the no pink food, what about salmon or prawns? You're missing out on a lot of delicious foods.
At one time I had a beautiful green and pink dinner service, and I used to do entire three course meals of only green and pink food, taramasalata often featured.