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Discontinued foods you still think about

422 replies

bmrising · 22/10/2023 23:44

Mine is McDonald's Breakfast Wrap & the Chicken Legend 🥲 still think about those a lot!

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MamaBobo · 23/10/2023 21:35

DahliaMacNamara · 23/10/2023 21:30

I don't think Jelly Tots ever contained gelatine. Fruit Pastilles and many others did, but not Jelly Tots.

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I have no idea tbh….they had changed completely and had lost their distinctive texture and taste. I could see that being because the setting agent had changed. What is odd is that I would say that they are now just like mini fruit pastilles.

loseridiot · 23/10/2023 21:36

Yes to M&S roasted vegetable sandwich. Tesco roast vegetable plait. Terry's Neapolitan chocolates. Boots hummus and carrot sandwich.

MrsDrudge · 23/10/2023 21:39

Reconstituted dried meals from 1970s to take me back to my student days and height of sophisticated cuisine - Vesta Beef Italian and Chinese Chicken with the expandable noodles. Goodness only knows what they were made of, certainly not food.

Whattheduck · 23/10/2023 21:46

M&S Cheese and Coleslaw sandwich
M&S cheese and celery sandwich
Gino Ginelli Tutti Frutti ice cream
Cabana
Sainsburys dark chocolate with mint crisp
Walkers cheese crisps
Puff crisps
Lush biscuit bars
United biscuit bars
Pacers

Gwendimarco · 23/10/2023 21:55

McDonalds Chicken Legend

Red Liquorice Allsorts

Thorntons Vienese Truffles (the old light and fluffy recipe)

LyricalGangsta · 23/10/2023 21:58

Vesta chicken supreme

muchalover · 23/10/2023 22:00

Heinz cucumber spread. Like Sandwich spread but cucumber.

APurpleSquirrel · 23/10/2023 22:02

@DahliaMacNamara according to this site Jelly Tots did use to contain gelatine, but not for 10+ years.

www.veganoo.net/2012/05/did-you-knowthat-jelly-tots-are-vegan.html?m=1#:~:text=Once%20upon%20a%20time%2C%20Jelly,was%20replaced%20with%20modified%20starch.

blahblahx · 23/10/2023 22:11

Mars Delight

GettingStuffed · 23/10/2023 22:18

Sour cherry drops. Think they might have been Trebor, individually wrapped.
That and spangles.

Loubelle70 · 23/10/2023 22:20

Aqua libra (a herbal fizzy drink)

tintinandhisdogsnowy · 23/10/2023 22:22

Little Chef cherry pancakes. Drooling just thinking about them.

MamaBobo · 23/10/2023 22:33

DahliaMacNamara · 23/10/2023 21:30

I don't think Jelly Tots ever contained gelatine. Fruit Pastilles and many others did, but not Jelly Tots.

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This made me think actually so I went and looked online to see what had changed and Rowntrees say that they haven’t changed the recipe at all but they have changed the shape. I’m really surprised that just changing the shape of something like that would change the eating experience so much. You learn something new every day!

Snugglemonkey · 23/10/2023 22:50

TomatoSandwiches · 22/10/2023 23:55

Start cereal.
Prawn and egg mayo sub rolls M&S.

I loved both of these!

Snugglemonkey · 23/10/2023 22:56

TheSilentSister · 23/10/2023 00:38

Brannigans - Roast Beef & Mustard crisps - I dream about them. They were the ultimate crisp and I used to buy a box at a time.

I loved these. Also, the pickled onion.

Isanyonereallyanonymous · 23/10/2023 23:05

Oooh, the cheese melt, cheese moment? Crisps that you got down the pub alongside the bacon fries and scampi fries.

QueenBitch666 · 23/10/2023 23:06

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 23/10/2023 01:19

Another vote for both Phileas Fogg's Mignon Morceaux and the Tesco rum baba.

Back in the 80, when French set yogurts were the fancy new thing, there used to be a 4-pack of different flower flavours. Can't remember what they all were, I think one was elderflower and my favourite one was geranium.

And around 15 years ago there was a vegetarian pie - hot water crust pastry, looked like a pork pie but was filled with vegetables - the name of which now escapes me.

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Holland and Barrett used to do those. Huge ones and mini ones

QueenBitch666 · 23/10/2023 23:13

Knorr packets of Thick Lincoln Pea Soup Mix 😭

Firecarrier · 23/10/2023 23:30

Yes!!!

QueenBitch666 · 24/10/2023 00:17

slavetothekittens · 23/10/2023 21:13

M&S used to do a delicious pack of rice and veg cutlets, sorely missed. And their roast vegetable sandwich.

I'd forgotten those cutlets until you mentioned them! They were so good

SheriffofRottingham · 24/10/2023 00:53

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lollipoprainbow · 24/10/2023 00:55

GettingStuffed · 23/10/2023 22:18

Sour cherry drops. Think they might have been Trebor, individually wrapped.
That and spangles.

I got some of these the other day in local newsagents !

SheriffofRottingham · 24/10/2023 00:55

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lollipoprainbow · 24/10/2023 00:59

Tesco used to do a ready meal of two chicken breasts in tarragon sauce. It was delicious !

Also marks and Spencer prawn makhani.

NewtonPulsifer · 24/10/2023 01:07

Hazel Whirls. When you could buy a whole box of them instead of just getting one in a box of Roses.