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!

You can still get them @Comtesse and they still taste amazing Farmfoods do them

I used to love a biscuit called Royal Scot, they were quite plain, round and a bit shortbready.

Little treacle tarts, I think they came from Sainsburys

Heinz golden syrup sponge in a tin

A powder that came in a sachet, you missed it up with water and it 'tasted just like freshly squeezed orange juice!' (It didn't)

My mum used to make semolina for pudding, also a chocolate blancmange which she used to put in a mould shaped like a rabbit.

She also made a pudding made by melting a packet of jelly cubes and whisking it up with tin of condensed milk, I think.

I still love the offal I ate as a child - oxtail, liver kidneys and sweetbreads. I have a friend who is a farmer, and usually buy a lamb from her, but gives me the organs from all of them as no one else wants them!

@WithoutACherryOnTheTop That’s a great idea, thank you. I will definitely give that a go!
Love your username tying in with the subject matter too 🍒 😉

Avocado prawns
prawn cocktail
vesta ready meals
heinz tinned veg/potato salad
angel delight
school cheese pie
school chocolate sponge with pink custard

Heron foods do the faggots . Pretty sure they’re still called that . A weird food that sounds horrible but is bloody lovely !

The powdered orange juice was called Tang I think. I remember semolina - it was a powder made up with milk and sweetened. My mum used to serve it up with a blob of jam !!

I remember my gran making a pud with standard jelly made up with half the liquid content. She would whisk up a tin of evaporated milk until it thickened, whisk the jelly in and let it set. It made a kind of mousse.

I love steak and kidney pie but beef kidney is almost impossible to buy now, as are oxtails. My nan’s oxtail stew was the best !!

I still make smoked haddock kedgeree, but a curried version. Very easy!

Findus crispy pancakes. I loved the minced beef ones.

Proper Hazelet.
I haven’t had it in years.

The powdered orange juice that I can remember was Rise & Shine.

I used to love a lasagne from M&S that was a boil-in-a-tin thing. Also their tuna and cheese toastie sandwich.

Corned beef… didn’t like it then and definitely wouldn’t want it now! Cheap nasty crap! Tinned potatoes too.. eurgh! Such a caravan holiday dinner!

Whoever said blancmange, it’s dead easy to make. Now and then I make a chocolate one for dh.

And whoever said brawn, it’s everywhere in France, either at the deli counter, or in jars at the supermarket. They call it fromage de tete.

Me: Mummy, please may I have a Super Mousse after tea?

(Mum gets one out of freezer. I grab spoon and tear off lid)

Mum: You're supposed to let them defrost, otherwise you'll have a tummy ache!

Me: No I won't! (Digs in gleefully)

(I never did have a tummy ache) 😊

I had an awesome one last year but I WAS in the Black Forest to be fair.
I am not brave enough to attempt one but I do make a trifle version

We used to love those sponges puddings in a tin - and the golden syrup one was definitely the best!

Has junket been mentioned yet?

Sorry don’t have time to RTFT.

My Grandma used to make it with nutmeg

Yes, that's the one I remember!

Rise and shine! Bloody loved that.
McVitie’s Golden Crunch. They only do cream ones now and dh is sad.
Pork Chops with kidney in (I I know, regulations. But if I sweet talk our butchers he’ll cut a couple)
All of Thornton’s continentals and boxes of special toffee.

Marks sold this about 25 years ago.

You can still get it on Ocado, in the blue packet.

Pineapple fritters.

I remember a chocolate bar that you used to be able to get in M&S that was like a fry’s crème but long fingers in three pieces. I seem to remember it came in a box rather than a wrapper.

Ethel chocolate desserts called ‘Lovely’. Had a tiny swirl of cream on the top. They were frozen like the super mouse mentioned up tread. I loved them and could never wait for them to defrost!

also the crispy yellow noodles that you deep fried and they curled up!

I loved those.
I remember trying to microwave one to speed up the defrosting process.
It didn't end well