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..

luncheon meat in a tin. with smash potatoes. every single evening when doing DofE expeditions.

Angel delight is regularly in our menu still!

Ice magic was the best!

Pizzarollers - tennis ball shaped pizza which microwaved in about a minute but would stay like molten lava for 15 minutes after!

Those mousse that were frozen and were in a bag of 6, raspberry ripple!

Creamola foam, we always had a rusty tin of this in the cupboard.

Boil water in the bag fish with butter sauce, used have it with rice at Uni, loved it.

Choc lick - the smarties factory floor scrapings sold as chocolate dust in sweet shops

Bonfire toffee in Yorkshire pudding tins

This is more recent but Mignon Morceaux by Philius Fogg or even better the Waitrose own brand version called garlic croutons. They were DELICIOUS crispy, oily, pungent bread snacks and I still miss them.

I'm the opposite! I miss the lovely sliced old boiled potatoes. Boiled new potatoes are meh. I refuse to have a roast about the house in case they serve the new potato abominations!

I miss... Onken strawberry mousse. It was half my daily weight watchers points but so worth it. I could just fill up on old potatoes.

Boiled floury potatoes just taste of hot water.

We were only allowed that in our packed lunches at middle school🙂

Consommé in restaurants? Used to love this and would drink hot oxo as a substitute as an 80s child

I loved those frozen mousses in pack! My favorite were the mint ones. My nan used to get them for us

I loved the Hot Apple Crunch! No one else ever remembers them.

You can still get them! Picked up some brandy snaps in Aldi around Christmas time. Delicious. And very quickly scoffed.

Yes to Mignon Morceaux and the waitrose ones! My tongue would tingle like mad but it was so worth it.

I was actually lamenting the lack of cornflake cakes in bakeries the other day. Its all heavy iced buns now!

Steak Canadian sandwiches
Rag puddings
Beef puffs
Fruitopia drinks
Twist N squeeze drinks
10p mixes
Blackpool Milk roll bread (with chocolate spread)
SunnyD

M&S used to do circular, flat cornflake cakes and they were sort of formed into about six segments so that you could break a piece off. They did really nice peach frozen yoghurt about thirty years ago that I ate loads of because I thought it was healthy.

Saucy sponge! I used to love that.

I had trouble finding pease pudding recently. I had a baked gammon and suddenly had a craving for it. Had to visit 3 supermarkets before I found it.

@Izzy24 I've got some in my cupboard. Sainsbury's is your friend

Sliced tongue 👅
As a treat (for himself mainly) my dad used to buy a cows tongue from the butchers at Christmas. Boil it. Peel off the skin and taste buds and slice it up!! It actually tastes ok but omg 😱 horrific to watch it boiling on the stove!! 🫢

Not so long ago but salsa with mesquite kettle chips were the best, I wish they would bring them back.

Yes to supermousse (mint and choc, swirled, frozen) and mignon morceaux.

And ice magic - you can still get stuff a bit like it (crackin?) but (1) it’s def not as good and (2) you can’t get choc mint flavour. It’s all “caramel” and “strawberry” etc.

I hadn’t noticed choc cornflake crispy cakes aren’t around much - we make them at birthdays and Easter all the time!

I miss those Knorr Touch of Taste bottles of stock concentrate. They disappeared a few years ago from the shelves and i really liked them - you’d just add a bit of what you needed without having to use a whole stock pot or cube etc.

marks have cornflake nests at easter. Spam is still around. My mum used to love a stuffed marrow, I liked the stuffing but not the marrow

Marrow should never be boiled. Peel, remove seedy core and finely chop the flesh. Throw into a pan sizzling with garlic butter. Waite a few minutes then add a teaspoon of cumin seeds and half a teaspoon of coriander. Stir, cook in a gentle heat until marrow is cooked and glossy. Throw in a handful of grated cheese. Stir and serve.

Proper orginal cremola foam. We used to sneak in the kitchen and eat the power out of the little tin and run about like zombies foaming at the mouth 🤣 and high as kites because it was just sugar haha. I saw some in an American style 'candy' shop but it really wasn't the same

Crispy pancakes!