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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat food or drink do you miss the most because the company discontinued it?
Mine is Entenmanns Cheese filled crumb coffee cake.
Oh I miss it so much.
wryter2000
(47,113 posts)My husband loved the extra-large Kit-Kats. We got them once at Costco, and we could never find them again.
Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)pioche4
(136 posts)I know they change things up a lot, but this was a staple
could use it for salads, marinade
havent found anything close in the market!!
Oh and a close runner up: TJs hickory bbq potato chips!
pat_k
(10,339 posts)One of my regular meals was a bag of baby spinach and some TJ's Just Chicken tossed with TJ's Spicy Peanut Vinaigrette.
sinkingfeeling
(52,652 posts)a thick, creamy Greek yogurt with a little side partition of nuts and honey.
sorcrow
(470 posts)You know, the one that had cocaine in it.
Regards,
Sorghum Crow
ProfessorGAC
(68,460 posts)Coca-Cola took the cocaine out 121 years ago!
I know a lot about their history in this regard. I don't want to put too much information on a public forum, but you can PM me if you're interested.
Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)GreenWave
(8,491 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,737 posts)There's a Dad's root beer flavor drink mix. It's usually in the dollar section. 5 singles per box. It's good.
Shermann
(8,274 posts)I can get a sixpack of a killer craft beer for less. No mixing required.
https://www.amazon.com/Singles-Fashion-Cream-bundle-Drink/dp/B08FZTT9WV
GreenWave
(8,491 posts)Beartracks
(13,213 posts)I was wondering, "How did I miss that one as a kid?"
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marble falls
(60,200 posts)... outdoor concert.
Very entertaining night. Oh for the late 60s and early 70s, when concerts were cheap (Hawkwind was a free concert), and no one was videoing a concert.
Big Time
&
Butternut candy bar
NBachers
(17,808 posts)Shermann
(8,274 posts)This and other brands of clam dip were readily available in supermarkets 20 years ago but have fallen out of favor and are seemingly nonexistent today.
CCExile
(513 posts)But I loved the 1980's Jack in the Box deep fried bean burrito. It was perhaps the most unhealthy thing they had, but jeez, they were good.
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(545 posts)Drop one (or two) in a glass of water and they made a soft drink. Put one on your tongue and you got a real blast.
Different Drummer
(8,236 posts)soldierant
(7,642 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 16, 2024, 02:53 PM - Edit history (1)
King Soopers (which now belongs to Kroger - I'm not sure whether it did then) used to make a powdered coffee creamr in chocolate walnut flavor. Nothing else even comes close.
Beartracks
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soldierant
(7,642 posts)Strawberry filled cookies! DELICIOUS! Can't find them anymore.
hlthe2b
(105,010 posts)They had a skillet lasagna that I've never been able to replicate, a Mexican one, a Stroganoff, and probably some others I don't remember. They were so superior to the "hamburger helper" meals that have been mass-marketed since then.
Seriously, I can almost taste the lasagna one from memory. Why the hell Hunts discontinued them, I'll never know.
Every once in a while I google and there appear to be quite a few out there still who remember them! 'Wish that Hunts would at least provide the recipes.
Here is an old ad:
crud
(756 posts)It was me and my wife's favorite. had to switch to vanilla but we still call it vanilla nut.
eppur_se_muova
(36,957 posts)I liked candies that lasted a good long time. Companies want candies that you eat in a hurry to make room for more.
SWBTATTReg
(23,556 posts)Luciferous
(6,174 posts)pizza. The day they brought them back I got one 😄
SWBTATTReg
(23,556 posts)Luciferous
(6,174 posts)brought them back about a year ago
SWBTATTReg
(23,556 posts)recent few years, we've been just getting a dozen tacos (too hard to make at home) and that's it. I'll have to start expanding my menu order again. Even the lack of green onions won't stop me as one follow-up poster mentioned on our trend, I'll try a couple, and see how they taste. Man, I don't know what's driving them to change their relatively simple menu, perhaps as the one person said, the green onions were bad (but then order them from another location and use those onions?).
Another driver of changes too, to their menus probably is keeping their profit margins up.
Well, me and my other half have cut out fast food out to the bare minimum. Mainly, because of, prices. You might as well go and have a nice sit-down Mexican Food dinner (and we have lots of choices, some damn good Mexican Food places that give you tons of food and thus, you get 3 meals instead of 1 when you order a meal there). There is something to be said about good sit-down diners, they are still there and going.
Thus, 1 nice sit-down Mexican meal (Mariachi's, on Gravois Road, in the city of St. Louis) equals at least several Taco Bell take outs (and if you've eaten the day after Taco Bell food, especially Tacos, it's not really good). I recommend this place highly for those of you coming to the city, wondering where to eat. We don't get any of the drinks, but they also look good too. The service is literally out of this world, you'll barely are able to sit down, get your order in barely, and viola, it's there! It's that quick.
Shermann
(8,274 posts)Taco Bell removed green onions from their Mexican Pizzas in 2006 due to an E. coli outbreak. They aren't the same without them, they used to be my go-to thing to order there.
CrispyQ
(37,603 posts)I loved them, too. They came in that aluminum tray with the plastic top.
SWBTATTReg
(23,556 posts)remarks? One can only hope...
Luciferous
(6,174 posts)Different Drummer
(8,236 posts)I *loved* those!
Lulu KC
(3,039 posts)I actually wrote a letter asking them to please make them again. No reply.
Sneederbunk
(14,878 posts)Beartracks
(13,213 posts)Freddie
(9,520 posts)Of course I havent seen those in a while either
Cartoonist
(7,437 posts)I put peanut butter on them.
fierywoman
(8,001 posts)CrispyQ
(37,603 posts)I love Brussels too, but the mint was divine! Milano's are a totally different texture, mealy, not crisp like Brussels.
brewens
(15,002 posts)were pretty good back in the day.
I'm a homemade whole foods fanatic now so I don't miss a whole lot of what I used to eat.
Beartracks
(13,213 posts)Spouse loved those, but they cut back their production during COVID and then ended it completely. Now it seems they mainly just make "kid lunch friendly" ones like pepperoni-n-cheese, and ham-n-cheese, and cheese-n-ham, and cheese-n-some-other-cheese...
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vanlassie
(5,840 posts)
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..,,sorry,, pulling myself together
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Also Trader Joes square wheat crackers. I curse them to hell for killing those.
nikatnyte
(304 posts)On their bargain menu. Mostly vegan. Delicious and crunchy. Now they're gone!
yourout
(7,881 posts)pat_k
(10,339 posts)The pandemic put them out of business and I'm still on the lookout for a dark chocolate ice cream that's as good for a decent price
marble falls
(60,200 posts)NBachers
(17,808 posts)marble falls
(60,200 posts)... green tea ice cream.
Dulcinea
(7,208 posts)Check it out!
Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)BComplex
(8,898 posts)I would do all kinds of extra chores so my folks would take me to Baskin Robbins so I could get one of those lemon custard ice cream cones. O man! Was that ever the best!
thucythucy
(8,626 posts)but I find it increasingly more difficult to get a good tequila sunrise when I go out.
I've actually had bartenders ask ME how to make one.
I guess the world now prefers beverages made from pre-fab mixes.
IbogaProject
(3,328 posts)They got blasted by the federal government for claiming 'low gluten', while the bread was actually good for those sensitive to regular bread they company got backed into a corner. She made a deal to sell with a fixed guaranteed time that the specific bread wouldn't be discontinued. Big corp eventually ended it an the original owner turned her bakery in Minneapolis into a Veg Restaurant.
French Meadow Bakery Bread, Organic Healthseed, Spelt
Chipper Chat
(9,924 posts)Powerhouse candy bars.
TlalocW
(15,562 posts)From my childhood - late 70s to early 80s.
Different Drummer
(8,236 posts)TlalocW
(15,562 posts)I taught myself to bake during COVID, and I've made regular blueberry pies. A Hostess version wouldn't be difficult... they would just be missing the yummy, yummy preservatives.
moniss
(5,023 posts)Bitter Orange.
NBachers
(17,808 posts)course before I'd dig into the "dessert."
This picture's inaccurate because it doesn't have a rime of frost around the walls of the freezer. "I'm defrosting the freezer."
Frank D. Lincoln
(382 posts)Fudge Town cookies. Oh, man, did those things taste scrumptious, especially if you were a chocolate lover. I so miss them. Burry's, the company that made them, went out of business many years ago. They also once produced great-tasting Girl Scout cookies.
Freddie
(9,520 posts)Uniquely delicious and healthy too. Youd think theyd have resurrected the brand with the oat bran craze of a few years back, but no.
That's what I came here to write. I never imagined anyone else would remember them!
sinkingfeeling
(52,652 posts)Freddie
(9,520 posts)Tid-Bits cheese crackers
Doo-Dads, a Chex mix clone (but better)
Mister Salty Tiny Thin pretzels
Bacon Thins
Cheese Ritz (not the little cheese sandwiches but actual cheese-flavored crackers)
surrealAmerican
(11,455 posts)... I still remember seeing them shelved upside-down in the convenience store: "spap oop"!
They were a decent snack, though.
vanlassie
(5,840 posts)Thats what we called them in our house!
pansypoo53219
(21,491 posts)Elessar Zappa
(15,142 posts)It was a fruit-flavored drink that Id get out of vending machines when I was in high school. It was really good, Im not sure why they discontinued it.
PJMcK
(22,543 posts)They got discontinued because they used animal fat in their cooking oil. The flavor and consistency changed immediately for the worse.
In general, I dont care for fast food. Its expensive and unhealthy. But every now and then, a Big Mac is required!
Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)want to know...
vanlassie
(5,840 posts)HoosierDebbie
(355 posts)Walnettos chewy wrapped candy. Basically a caramel with chopped walnuts. Used to be referenced on
Laugh In. I could find them for a while online, but they disappeared nearly 10 years ago.
Packages with three varieties of lunchmeat like bologna, old fashioned loaf and one other. I can find all
three types separately sometimes, but three packages of lunchmeat for just me guarantees that a lot
will spoil before I can eat it.
Prime Selection Peppercorn BBQ sauce. Not long ago. I bought one bottle and never found it again.
Recent.
Simple type of Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt. It is a daunting task to try to choose from the giant
array display of yogurt, and I can't seem to find my favorite any more from any brand.
Frusen Gladje brand ice cream. Specifically Chocolate Ice Cream with chocolate covered almonds.
Late 80's.
Sun Chips - Black Bean flavor. Found once in a grocery store but never again. I could get snack size
from Amazon. Recent.
Wendy's in the late 70's had a delicious apple dumpling. Served with a small amount of milk.
Taco Bell Salads and bean tostados. There is a rumor that tostados might return for a short amount
of time.
My grandmother's epic meals. My mother's meatloaf, chili and of course her family-famous cookies,
especially around Christmas.
That is a long list. The sad thing is that I will probably think of more throughout the day.
Boomerproud
(8,258 posts)nt
vanamonde
(184 posts)and Carnation Breakfast Bars.
Different Drummer
(8,236 posts)1) Crispy Critters Cereal: I'm not sure it was around after "Linus the Lionhearted" was canceled, in part for being little more than an advertisement for Post cereals.
2) Sealtest Ice Cream: Still technically around, but rebranded as Breyers.
3) PB Max:
BWdem4life
(2,156 posts)Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar crunch. And I don't know what they did to Reese's peanut butter cups, but they ain't the same.
blm
(113,741 posts)Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)tblue37
(66,016 posts)Evolve Dammit
(18,001 posts)ProfessorGAC
(68,460 posts)I was unaware they had stopped making it.
No wonder we can't ever find it at the supermarket!
Permanut
(6,332 posts)Not gone but have turned into molehill bars.
riverbendviewgal
(4,300 posts)I miss them so much. My husband did get close to their receipe. Sadly he is gone too.
brush
(56,338 posts)Can't find them anymore.
malthaussen
(17,521 posts)... which I loved, being of lowbrow tastes. Then a couple of years ago they stopped making them, then later replaced them with an inferior product masquerading under the same name. They're so terrible (and expensive!) I won't buy them, but I ate the originals frequently.
-- Mal