Foods you remember that seem to have dropped out of existence.

[lecreusetpeppermill]

Or no one ever talks about them anymore.

I will offer chocolate covered cornflakes, which used to be in high street baker's windows every eater with confectionary eggs atop. A staple home economics recipe, I recall running home from school with a large tin, convinced that I was going to blow everyone's mind with my culinary genius.

And Spam. Like 'corned beef', but the pork version, also in a tin. That curious shape, reminded me of feeding the cat. My DH watches a lot of wild camping/van man stuff in Japan on youtube and it seems to be having a resurgence..

Quick Gel-my Mum did exactly the same thong!

I liked the Plain Jane almond toffee.

Even though a lot of these still exist, they are just not the same with reduced fat, salt and sugar. They have the nasty additives instead... and are half the size!

Not strictly a food, but a drink but a 'Snowball' drunk only at Christmas - Avocat and lemonade mixed in a long glass.

Drunk only by the children in my extended family in the late seventies and 1980's.

I can remember sitting at my nans, knocking these back with my cousins when I was still in primary school and none of the adults seemed to think it was an issue!!!

We aren't even a family of boozers, it was just the way it was back then 😂

I remember being rather disappointed by Lemon Crunch, I wanted it to taste like lemon meringue pie but it tasted like washing up liquid. Shame.

@Dillidilly Oof yes Death By Chocolate! My mum used to get one of those at Christmas or if we had family over.

Also Romantica, the ice cream gateaux. Loved that.

btw it's probably a good thing a snowball has dropped out of existence as a childs drink!!

Cremola foam! Flavoured powder which you added to water to make a fizzy drink. Probably mostly sodium bicarb.

Does anyone remember when, if you used to get a pack of four yoghurts with all different flavours, they always included Peach Melba and Fruits of the Forest? Both these flavours seem to have disappeared at some point in the 90s, but they were standard issue when I was young!

@Bloodybridget

I was thinking of Callard & Bowser Butterscotch the other day!!

@Coachwork

Don't you talk about Sara Lee! Mum used to make the most beautiful Lemon Meringue - not too sweet. Then she decided not to bother anymore so we had the sickly sweet Sara Lee instead. Diabolical!

Jacques cider. A big bottle, came in purple or white, delicious. Do you remember Dooley's toffee liqueur? In a red & blue bottle. Haven't seen that in years. Oooh and those tiny tins of Heinz toast toppers!! The ham and cheese ones were ace

Lemon meringue is something you don’t see much now either.

@AuntTwacky

My family loved Cremola. It was always hard to find.

I thought Sara Lee gateau was still sold as MIL brings out a dead ringer half defrosted one every Christmas. I'll have to ask where it's from!

Processed cheese. Big blocks at deli counter, wrapped in foil, very yellow. Grilled beautifully.

I used to take a munch bunch yoghurt for my school packed lunch and every single time I opened the foil lid a blob of it would pop out onto my school tie. Every. Single. Time.

Aldi do a version of these chocolate puddings (sometimes with a ‘cream’ topping, others have a caramel layer) or try dairy free ones from Alpro which also taste very good.

Tesco advertise haslet on their app - 4 slices in a deli pack
www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/304412572

Or you can buy it from various retailers online
www.bostonsausage.co.uk/products/haslet-400g-approx
www.grasmere-farm.co.uk/shop/deli/cooked-meats/grasmere-lincolnshire-haslet/

Quosh squash - I particularly liked the strawberry one.
Corona bottles of fizzy drinks.
Tab Clear - in the mid-nineties, not the older one in a pink can.
Pretzels in small blue bags covered in yoghurt or milk chocolate, although I have seen another brand of chocolate ones recently.
Snaps crisps - you can still get the tomato flavour in a couple of places but not the cheese.
Nestle chocolate in square bars from vending machines.
Cheese and Tomato or bolognaise Pot Noodles.
Beanfeast - a student staple that I’ve not seen for years but maybe I’ve just not looked!

Not a specific food but Benjis sandwich shops, they used to be all over London in the nineties, were much cheaper than the other ones and would sell really simple sandwiches, including a jam one.okay.

No idea where the random “okay” came from…

Mint Cadbury's cream egg

I've read all through and have found no mention of:
Eiffel Tower lemonade crystals sold in a tall glass jar. Mixed with boiling water and left to cool. Wonderful!

Kunzle cakes - chocolate shells filled with indescribable loveliness that was like orange buttercream. Sara Kennedy (of R2 fame) started a campaign to bring them back. Waitrose did them for a while following that but tastes had changed and they didn't last long.

Breakfast biscuits - like a square with slightly rounded sides. Sort of crispbready. I thought I had imagined that one until I saw the image on (of all places) a jigsaw design.

Proper Black Magic with almond clusters, butterscotch covered in dark chocolate, montelimart, turkish delight and coffee creams.

Orange jubbly - frozen orange juice in the original tetrapack. You cut a hole in the bottom and drank the juice as it thawed. Original (allegedly) of the Lovely Jubbly phrase used by Del Boy in OFAH

Lucky Numbers chocolate selection. Like Roses but with numbers.

Cafe Noir biscuits - plain biscuits with a layer of the most delicious coffee flavour icing on top.

Orange juice from the milkman - quite a unique flavour

Rose hip syrup - good for flavouring milk

Blackcurrant sundaes - absolutely delicious and very moreish despite the tartness of the fruit

Any one remember the Corona man?

My mum used to make this flan as well. She still does with strawberries especially when it's strawberry picking season - lovely with cream. I've made it and it really transports me back.

Nutty bars and barley sugar that came in a twist from jars in the shop.
I still think fondly of Texan bars too. The chocolate was all pre palm oil days so it tasted lovely.
I loved a vesta risotto ! I felt very continental eating that.

yes, pp’s have said a lot of things are available that have been mentioned in the cheap shops and some supermarkets but they are really not the same, like not at all. All the (tasty) chemicals and additives have been removed. Pot noodles aren’t a patch in comparison with their original incarnation sadly.