Pining for discontinued foods! (lighthearted) rant!

[summerchild82]

About 20 years ago when I was at Uni, I lived opposite a LIDL (back when you had to find a carboard box to carry your stuff around!). They used to do a Ristorante Frutti Di Mare frozen pizza (I think it was 2 in a box) and it still pisses me off that it was discontinued. It wasn't just prawns, it had mussels and other stuff (possibly olives) on it. I still think about the bastard things today and I just thought there must be others who have their long lost foods.

Others for me are Brannigans crisps and more recently, Fries To Go! Oh how I could demolish some Fries To Go right now!

What are yours? Join in my rant :)

Haven't RTFT but Texan bars and the OG butterscotch Angel Delight

Grew up on StIvel gold in this house! Explains why i loved lurpak at my aunts at christmas but now think that's bland haha

I haven't read all the posts past page 6 but I don't think anyone up to there has mentioned Fry's 5 Centre. Dark chocolate bar with (I think) strawberry, lime, pineapple and another fruit creme filling. but then they put COFFEE! on the end. Yuk! But the 4 fruit flavours were yummy. They did a Fry's bar with mint creme too. I think you can still get the Fry's cream with the white filling. 😋😋😋

These were my absolute favourite ever. Mignons Morceaux I think they were! Phileas Fogg also did a delicious tortilla chip. Both a mainstay of a birthday party in my childhood!

I had forgotten about C Vit, but loved that too!

They’re called ice cups

Not many people seem to remember them but Cadbury tasters! They were like little balls of solid cadbury chocolate (back when cadburys chocolate was good!) I was an office junior in the late 90s and had to go to the post office every afternoon so Id get a bag of these near enough every day!

Just been discontinued

I loved those.

Yes, as an adult I often think I'd like a Sara Lee as my no frills birthday cake, but can't find a suitable replacement. Vienetta was always the alternative childhood sweet choice for special occasions, so hopefully they don't get axed any time soon. I miss marble bars and also dreams bars!

Cucumber syrup exists?? Please tell me where to get it.

Pizza cheese strings are back, have been for a while :)

Iceland prawn curry in the purple box for a quid.
Oh and Drifters 😋

Spira
Drifter
Mingles
Pyramint
Puff crisps
Dolly Tots and Tiger Tots (long lost siblings of Jelly Tots)
Crisps I was sometimes allowed to have as a very young child, where the crisps were shaped as farm animals. I have no idea what they were called, but I loved them, they were a real treat!

Also just remembered Chococino, instant hot chocolate from the early/mid 90s, although I think my memories of it paint it as a better product than it actually was. As a teenager, I liked that it was lighter than regular hot chocolate.

Cafinesse too; not sure I want that one brought back, other than to taste it and find out if the taste is as I remember.

I am convinced Seabrook had a ham and mustard crisps but I can find literally no evidence of its existence!!! Just the Canadian ham. Can anyone confirm if I am right or just remembered it completely wrong?!

Superwhip 😭

TIME OUTS! When they weren't just some wafer shite and had the flake-style bit of chocolate through the middle, the good ol' days 🥲

I’ve just remembered Thornton’s cappuccino truffles. Everything coffee gets scrapped because not everyone likes it, but for some of us, it’s the best one!

Bensons pickled onion crisps - a staple of my 90s diet
Tesco frozen onion Bhaji burgers- flavoured potato patties with loads of tasty spiced veg
Dairy milk in foil
Cadbury tasters - little balls of Cadbury chocolate!

I haven’t RTWT but from a quick skim through, I can’t see anyone mentioning Findus Crispy Pancakes. I have been craving them for years! I sometimes feel like starting a petition 😂

You can still get them!!

Awww that's fantastic! 😍 X

Oh, the power of advertising! So far I’ve had jingles for ‘gimme Mint Cracknell & I don’t care’ and ‘suck a Spangle get happy’ in my head, even though these days I can’t remember what I’ve gone into the fridge for.

To coin a NE Scottish phrase'Gads Min'
The cheese ones smelt of sick🤮.
70s kid and my mum bought every flavour going.

M&S Swiss Pies
Delrosa Rose Hip Syrup (probably a good job it disappeared, as I'd have no teeth otherwise)