Food you don’t often see anymore

[BigJanette]

What dishes did you used to eat, but don’t really see around anymore?

I’ve just remembered a M&S ready meal I ate quite regularly in my student days (this would’ve been in the mid 90s) but haven’t seen since.
Smoked haddock kedgeree.
Anyone else remember it?
I used to make it every so often, but haven’t done in years.
I think it’s time to remedy that and get it back on the menu.

Any easy recipes welcome!

I was at York uni in the 90s! And yes, I did that too!

Also, my housemates and I would make a point of popping in each time we were walking past in case they had any seconds!

How can anything home made not be available any more , don't you just make it? 😂

Surprisingly this thread has shown that actually most of the foods mentioned are still available although fallen out of gashion

Tesco sell them

Is boil in the bag cod in parsley sauce still a thing? Ate that at least once a week my entire childhood. Mmm - boiled plastic.

Not a dinner but Sainsbury’s used to sell something called corn crisp I think? Like a disc of chocolate coated cornflakes.

Memories of my DM making blancmange and burning it - oh the smell!

Corn beef hash? Oh yes! Delia has a great recipe for it with a fried egg on top.

Hes Road by the launderette?

Findus used to make a pizza that was on one half of a baguette. It was as hard as rocks, rather like trying to eat a chandelier and used to leave you with a sore mouth.

My mother recently gave me a tin of chicken supreme, which I had on toast. I was immediately catapulted back to the 1970s!

We had that spaghetti throughout my childhood
where has is gone!!

Pizza Sub, you can get them in Aldi

Jam Tart, French Fancies, Golden Wonders, Pork and Beans

Did anyone use to make coke and Ice cream?

I saw gooseberry yogurts in Sainsburys today -99p each I think

Greggs used to do a fantastic very light sponge square covered in jam and coconut that I think was called a Madeline. I really miss those.

Yes! I also really miss school dinners desert.

I miss veggie burgers you made just by adding an egg to a mixture. H&B stocked them but dont anymore, just like they now dont stock vegetable pate...

My mum used to pour the fat off a roast beef joint into a small bowl. The "juices" from the beef set into a jelly at the bottom of the bowl and the fat solidified on top of the jelly.

Delicious spread on toast - needed to get some of the jelly & the fat on the toast - with a good shake of white pepper.

We get these in Aldi. We just don't call them by their name even though it still says it on the packet! They're not as good as I remember but my kids will eat them and they're cheap!

Dream Topping?

Wherr do you shop, you can get jam tarts and french fancies at any large supermarket and probably small shops as well

This post reminds me of the book The Prawn Cocktail Years.

Plus it makes me want to eat a Baked Alaska.

Yes! I loved coke floats. I used to get one at a cafe when out with my Gran. Either Diet coke, Diet Irn Bru, cream soda or ginger beer.

tapioca pudding and rum babas

Oh yes! Spam fritters.

The yucky thing was cheese pie. It was a sort of quiche but not very nice and made me feel sick so I was excused it. Unfortunately, the substitution was rubbery scrambled eggs.

Spam makes a great pie when sliced and mixed with beaten egg.

You can get Bonne Maman rum babas

Well, Aldi can keep them! When I think of them, the roof of my mouth starts to hurt.