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!

Blancmange

By brown sauce do you mean HP or a generic one? You can get both in supermarkets if you're missing it, also all the others in my Tesco apart from stew, I assume you mean home made. Is that different to a slow cooker dish?

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Those round flat chocolate cornflake cakes-you used to be able to buy milk and dark chocolate versions.

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They have been brought back this year!!! Have been spotted in Iceland

@nocoolnamesleft I don't drink or smoke, so I spent all my money on good food - I still do!

@Comtesse my little ones would love the really long spaghetti!

@ChompandaGrazia thanks! Will add to my order, along with the kedgeree ingredients 😁

I love a Prawn cocktail; often have it.

Waitrose and Tesco Finest do a smoked haddock kedgeree…

You Can get ready made prawn cocktails still, but they aren’t so popular on restaurant menus anymore as considered retro food, but people must still love them

My kids agree

Love kedgeree and use an easy recipe on BBC good food.. also make it with salmon

I make prawn cocktails regularly 😆. And until very recently I always had some angel delight in the cupboard for my daughter. I also make stews very regularly for my husband, and liver and onions. I even bought some faggots last year. 😆

I remember the M&S kedgeree - it was one of my favourites but I’ve not seen it for many many years. The kedgeree I’ve made never tasted the same.

Brown sauce? It's still very much around. We get through quite a lot of it in this house.

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Semolina pudding. We had this all the time when I was a kid, with a bit of raspberry jam in the middle.

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I have never drunk or smoked. Still couldn’t afford M&S as a student.

Gammon with egg or pineapple and chips. It was my staple when going out to eat for a pub lunch (I was pretty fussy and unadventurous when younger). I know that you can still get it, but I can’t remember the last time I saw it on a menu!

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