Old foods that you loved that no longer exist.

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I was remembering back when I was kid, my Nan would pick us up from school, and take us back to her house where we would have a small tea.

One thing we loved was tidgy puds and gravy. I was gutted when they stopped doing tidgy puds

Mars Delight
there was a I think Terrys chocolate bar of small pyramid milk chocolate with caramel goey stuff inside, 1989/1990s?
80s/90s an Italian sort of swirled on top ice cream but more in a mound than a tub I think.
cinnamon strudel frozen bar

Proper Irn bru.

Poundland in Belfast sell them, and I'm pretty sure Poundland is a UK-wide company. They do big bags, never seen small packets.

My Death Row last request would be for a packet of Tudor crisps, though. Either Gammon or Spring Onion, or those funny green speckled Cream Cheese and Chives ones, which really didn't look or sound as if they should be appetising, but were amazing.

McDonald’s sausage and egg bagel

Time Outs! The proper ones, not the shit wafers they sell now

Vesta Beef Curry.

Actually, it was vile, but I would so like to try it one more time, to prove to myself how nasty it was.

It seemed so outre and exotic at the time though.

I agree @Talipesmum and every time one of these threads comes up it's always Ice Magic!

I have started making my own:

www.seriouseats.com/the-best-homemade-chocolate-dip-recipe

The added benefit is that you can use high quality chocolate!

No amazing blobby lid though 😞

Bird's Eye Crispy Cod Balls.

Enough said.

And proper old Bird's Eye Rissoles. Why did they stop making those? I could have lived on them, forever.

@reesewithoutaspoon
Chocolate Lovely was my favourite pudding. Frozen dark chocolate (which was not hard) with blobs of frozen cream on the top which you could mix in with your spoon. I still dream of them.

Was with my mum about 3 months ago and we were both looking in the frozen desserts section when I said 'I want a Chocolate Lovely'. She agreed and said what a shame they were no longer 🙁

Birds Hot Crunch Pudding. The custard that came with a sachet of crunchy topping.

@mrsm43s

I think Entenmann's went out of business and was bought up and now even in the states it's a very limited selection. They used to make a vanilla cake with chocolate chips and a layer of light chocolate frosting in the middle and crumbs on top. Total junk, but so good.

Ready salted chipsticks! It must be less faff to male than salt n vinegar surely.

Secret bars.

Chocolate rich tea biscuits

What was in them, @TheShellBeach do you remember? I tried to recreate them once but it wasn't right. I remember pearly barley, sweet corn, peas, bread crumbs, seasoning - was there even meat in them?

Cremola foam I loved it.

@NewToWoo , I'm getting delicious Coxes in Morrison's at the moment.

Smiths Crisps - Chipsticks, the Ready Salted ones vanished, and nothing else compares.

Ditto... Cheese Moments - they still do the bacon fries and scampi fries but dropped the Cheese Moments a few years ago (I used to buy a box from wholesalers and make them last so didn't realise for ages they were no more!!)

Bernard Matthews Cheese Hamwich, with the slice of super cheesey fakey cheese on top. The new version has the cheese mixed through which I am sure is cheaper, but doesn't actually taste cheesey and in fact is just disgusting.

Ditto, original turkey twizzlers, whatever was in them was like crack. The new 'healthy' recipe is just disgusting.

Little Wafer balls with cheese in them, also a wafer cylinder, like a thick pencil with cheese in the middle. Can't remember who made them.

You can buy that on Amazon.

Lemon Vienetta.

@PepsiMaxAholic look in b&m,home bargains etc I'm sure they sell them in there

Those of you saying Vesta food… it does still exist, to some extent.
On Amazon they have the Chow Mein which I absolutely lived for as a kid (I’m vegetarian for 15 years so sad they won’t make a vegetarian version).
They also have the beef curry.
I miss Beanfeast, which disappeared a couple of years ago.
I get my Rancheros when I go to Ireland and stock up (same with Snax, Hunky Dory’s King crisps, Galtee cheese).

"Weekend" box of mixed chocolates and fruit flavoured candies, so much variety, not like today's mushy samey blobs!
Potato puffs of course, any flavour.

Old Cadbury chocolate, ìt was so nice, it just has a weird taste/texture now, I won't buy it. Mars delight, I used to love them.

Zero gravity ... I used to live on the stuff as a kid... I'd love to find it again so my kids know what I'm on about