foods no longer available for which we crave

I loved Terry’s Langue de Chat.

Real milk chocolate would be nice - I remember when Cadburys Dairy Milk chocolate was chocolate and not just chocolate flavour and no longer legally able to refer to itself as "chocolate".

Raw milk being readily available - don't think I've been able to get any for around 50 years! (ie the time I was used to having it was when I was living on a Danish farm for a while all those years back). I could cream the "cream" off for cream purposes and the balance of the milk was still incredibly creamy compared to any bought milk.

“processed” cheese cut from huge blocks wrapped in foil. Melted beautifully on toast.

I remember the golden foiled butterscotch sweets but not the others.
Chocolates were so much nicer many years ago, they all taste the same now, sugar and palm oil, unless you buy Swiss or Belgian.

This may not be on anyone else's list because it's American. Boysenberry Jam from Knott's Berry Farm. It can only be bought in California and I don't think it's the same recipe now as it was taken over by Smuckers.

We've all heard of Tunnocks Tea Cakes I'm sure, but when I were a kid I could buy infinitely superior ones which had a blob of red jam in them I just cannot recall who made them.

Cadbury's Milk Tray were my favourites for years because of the variety of the chocolate fillings. I've had to beg my DH to stop buying them for me at Christmas because since being taken over the fillings have all turned into a flavoured sludge and they're quite revolting...

Apart from those I don't think I really miss anything.

yoyo biscuits, many different flavours...strawberry ,raspberry .blackcurrant and toffee and mint. bars of Cadburys chocolate filled with strawberry cream, and the ice cream van coming round the streets selling real ice cream...

Duncan’s walnut whips. I used to love those when I was young in the uk. I used to like those sherbet things that you sucked up through licorice. I don’t think ai would like them now. Oh - gobstoppers that changed colours when you sucked them. Loved them at primary school.

I used to love Creamola Pudding. It was a sort of custard-flavoured ground rice milk pudding. My mum used to serve it baked, with baked apples or sliced bananas fried in butter.

I googled to check the spelling, and found a recipe for it, if anyone else remembers and misses the branded stuff:

Recipe for Homemade "Creamola" Pudding
To recreate the nostalgic taste, you can use a recipe that combines ground rice and custard powder.
Ingredients:
1 pint (580ml) milk (full-fat works best)
2 heaped tablespoons ground rice
1 rounded tablespoon custard powder
1 dessertspoon sugar (or to taste, brown sugar works well)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Butter or margarine and ground nutmeg for garnish

Method:
Prepare a paste: In a large bowl, mix the ground rice, custard powder, and sugar with a small amount of the milk to form a smooth, thick paste. Add vanilla extract if using.
Heat milk: In a saucepan, heat the remaining milk until it is close to boiling point.
Combine and thicken: Slowly pour the boiling milk into the paste mixture while stirring gently until the sugar dissolves. Then, pour the entire mixture back into the saucepan.
Simmer: Return the pan to a gentle heat and stir continuously for 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture thickens like custard.
Bake (optional): For a traditional "skin" and baked texture, pour the mixture into an ovenproof dish. Dot the surface with small knobs of butter and sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190°C (375°F, Gas Mark 5) for about 45 minutes until a golden skin forms.
Serve: Serve hot or cold, perhaps with a drizzle of golden syrup or a dollop of jam.

The chocolates were Terrys 1767.
As a little girl I used to retrieve the empty boxes and use them for all my “treasures”.

Thanks for the recipe Doodledog, I miss Creamola pudding too. I also wish I could still get Caramac, used to love that.

I used to love New Berry Fruits. You can still get them but they're not at all the same.
They used to have a delicious fruit flavour, and a liquid centre. We used to buy a box for DH's auntie every Christmas.

I would love to find some decent soft goat's cheese- the stuff I bought recently was all rind.

Pink junket.

My mother use to buy a bottle of "the stuff that makes pink junket", just add to warm milk and set. Haven't seen it since 1960.

MaizieD We've all heard of Tunnocks Tea Cakes I'm sure, but when I were a kid I could buy infinitely superior ones which had a blob of red jam in them grin I just cannot recall who made them.
I remember those too, gorgeous, and as much as I love a Tunnock's Tea Cake, it really is 'missing' something. I also cannot remember who made them, but wonder if maybe it was Lyons as they did lots of confections back then?

Cadburys milk tray chocolate bars with each flavour/type integrated into a bar of chocolate. It usually had my favourites in it too.

Fry's 5 boys chocolate, often seen in dispensing machines on railway platforms, and mum would sometimes treat me.

I miss the original Mars bars. I only bought them about three times a year when I really craved one- firm thick chocolate, firm toffee inside. They were a very satisfying treat. Today’s are feeble in comparison and eaten in three bites. Definitely a good example of shrinkflation!

My mum used to make the Cremola pudding - usually served with stewed apples from our garden, and the New Berry Fruits were a favourite of my dad.

Who remembers the tube of round flat chocolate slabs? It was in red and gold paper and my Dad always got me some for Christmas.

My local shop still has the mint version on sale. Yummy. I loved the 5 different flavours though!

Yes I remember those too Maizie.
Mine is quite specific but M & S used to do a raspberry ring pudding that was amazing, they do something similar in individual pots now but it isn't the same.

Cremola Foam. My friend bought me some for Christmas - goodness knows where she found it but I had (apparently) told her that as a kid, I loved it!

Sago

The chocolates were Terrys 1767.
As a little girl I used to retrieve the empty boxes and use them for all my “treasures”.

yes! well remembered, treasure chests we called them too.