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..

Bovril flavoured crisps!

Burtons potato puffs

Heinz tinned vegetable salad... make my own but it's not the same.

My mum used to make ( 1970s) a flan consisting of a pre-made spongey flan base which would get drained , tinned mandarin slices put in then the juice used to be mixed with a sachet of 'QuickSet.' ( as I recall.)

Sara Lee chocolate gateaux 😭

As a toddler in the 70's I ate so much angel delight I vomited and could never touch it after that.
I also vomited after eating a fairly large section of a littlewoods/freemans catalogue because I liked the smell of the pages.

Does anyone remember Piglets?

@CornishPorsche Snowballs are available everywhere! Tesco, Asda, Home & Bargains..

That flan was one of the first recipes I did in a home economics lesson 1989. Was it called quick gel?

Possibly one for gen x but does anyone remember Rock n Roller crisps? Like hollowed out half-spheres?

@lecreusetpeppermill The smell of a brand new catalogue was amazing! And the excitement was almost too much when it popped through the letterbox

Primula cheese in a tube!

Plain boiled (peeled) potatoes. We used to have these with everything but I'd never make them now! It's either boiled new potatoes, or mash. I used to love them so no idea why I don't make them, but you never see them anywhere either. Definitely out of fashion!

As a kid in the 80s we used to get a large flat round chocolate covered Rice Krispie cake separated out into slices (like a pizza) which had raisins in it. And randomly had Flintstones on the wrapper! I think it came from Tesco.

Soft herring roes were a childhood staple, haven't seen them for decades. Mum would fry them and we'd have them on toast. Lovely.

Birds eye potato fritters.
Noodle doodles (pasta shapes in tomato sauce).

Oooh love this retro thread!
Thanks for reminding me of Hazlet (how we pronounced it), Angel Delight, 1970's mandarin flans, Butterscotch sweets, consommé, and salt & vinegar French Fries.
Less thanks for the awful memories of boiled cow's tongue 😫

I can add Tip Top drinks in small cartons, orange and strawberry flavours I think?

Boiled canned baby potatoes- waxy, salty, weird!

Trays of sugared fruit jelly sweets, can't recall the brand, but in the late 70's.

"Salads" for tea that were half an egg, half a serrated tomato, 1 lettuce leaf, a slice or two of ham, plus lots of white bread and marg, and cups of sweet brown tea.

Prawn cocktail in restaurants.

Tipsy cake- weird flavour but it definitely wasn't rum!

Spangles
Royal Scot biscuits
Butterscotch Instant Whip
Gypsy tart
Lemon sherbert crytals ( mixed with water to make a drink but as kids we used to just dip our fingers in the bag)
Milo malted milk drink

A stable lunch back in my day, and a staple for every thread of this kind - TOAST TOPPERS.

Hardly see them nowadays because they look/taste like bland baby sick (shudder).

Just read the thread and realised I'm late to the potato party!

Oh forgot to add Rosehip syrup from the baby clinic( tooth rot in a bottle)

vesta beef or chicken curry; Probably tasted like crap but fond memories, make everything with water from dried powder packets, I suppose it was overtaken by microwave meals.

That cadburys bar with like a crackly spiral shell - secret (I googled) - very sweet but it was nice.

and 'set yoghurts' whatever happened them. Think they were yoplait. All flavours - vanilla, raspberry, strawberry, lemon etc. they obviously had gelatin in them but no lumps. There is nothing like them on the market anymore. I wonder why. Greek yoghurt is the nearest but way too heavy.

@FabulousKilljoys Piglets ? YES INDEEDY !

@L0stinCyberspace i think we might have lived in the same house as children

I love stuffed marrow, and I still eat fish in a bag!

Kwenchy Cups. The juice tasted of the plastic from the cup but delicious!

Ice Magic was indeed amazing. I’ve taken to making my own recently, which has the added benefit of allowing you to use high quality chocolate. No funky bottles though 😞

Anybody remember the sweets that looked like small cigarettes? I think there were chocolate ones too.