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!

That’s true @MissMarplesNiece . The card wrapped ice cream was perfect to slice and put on wafers to make sliders.

I liked Neapolitan.

We sometimes had Neapolitan - that was for special occasions. I remember my dad came across a shop that sold Tutti Fruitti ice-cream and we went out on a special car trip to get some. This was back in the 1960s, things were a lot simpler then.

And you could get square cones for ice cream sold in blocks.

We still buy the blocks in card

@MargaretThursday Oh yes, I'd forgotten about those.

@NotSafeInTaxis Where do you buy them from?

I remember those! Also Oyster or clam shell shaped wafer filled with ice cream.

Starburst Joosters. Very juicy jellybeans. Mid 00s

Thanks for all the recipe recommendations - I finally made it on Sunday , it was lovely! Will definitely be a regular around here now.
Still wish M&S would bring it back though 😅

That was a pay day treat when I was little. We didn't have a fridge and he would bring home the small block (1 pint?) and slice it so we all got the three flavours.

The lady who helped my Mum look after me when I was small went to work in a bakery when I started school. She used to bring me Hovis rolls home! 💕

Oh my God! I still butter digestives and sometimes have cheddar on them to.
Bloody yummy.

My husband recently stayed in a hotel and they had complimentary bags of scampi fries and the bacon ones.
He brought them home and honestly they tasted foul..chemically and stale (checked and they were in date)
I used to always get a few packs with my pint of cider back in the day!(cheesy moments where my fave)
Also the beef and mustard and ham and ?branningans crisps

Ham and mustard I think. Yes, yes yes again to cheesy moments. I could eat a few packs of them now.

Brannigan’s were beef and mustard and ham and pickle.

Ooh yes, gooseberry pie!!

Whoever mentioned jam tarts, I made some the other day to use up some leftover pastry that wasn’t enough for anything else. It’s literally decades since I had one, but with blackcurrant jam in (rather than over sweet e.g. strawberry) they were v nice.
Dh very nobly helped me scoff 9 of them. 😋

I'm inspired! Haven't made any for years. My preference is raspberry jam. Agree strawberry is too sweet.

I do!

Not long ago I saw ‘giant’ prawn cocktail as a main. The chef had often made it for a regular, but then decided to put it on the menu. It proved very popular!

Pig’s head done like that is called brawn - used to be widely available. You can get the same thing in France, either fresh or in a jar from the supermarket - they call it Fromage de tete.

Ready salted chipsticks-gone!?!
They will explain why I've only ever found salt and vingear ones when raiding the kids crisps selections.
The plain ones where the best!
I remember puffs now you have said it. Liked those too

My mum if making a pie and had any pastry left would always make some jam tarts.
Always say I will do..but never do
Usually because I use ready roll stuff and there isn't always enough left 🙃

Boiling fowls were very cheap, & good if cooked correctly.
Rabbit off the bone, think it might have come from China.

Me too.