foods no longer available for which we crave

Koo Apricot Jam, made with whole fruit from South Africa. Mum used to make me a sandwich of it when I got home from primary school. It was so tangy and delicious I preferred it even to strawberry jam. You can no longer get it. I have tried countless different apricot jams from cheap to expensive trying to find one as good. The best is Sainsbury’s- it’s one of my go to comfort foods.

Astitchintime

yogitree

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!

I remember Cremola Foam too……even recall the advertising slogan “Cremola Foam fizzes and foams……etc”.

Anyone remember Gray Dunn Caramel Wafers? They weren’t covered in chocolate though but they were so yummy!

And the Gray Dunn Caramel Wafers…….”made a cuppa go down a treat” 😂

yogitree

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!

I remember Cremola Foam too……even recall the advertising slogan “Cremola Foam fizzes and foams……etc”.

Anyone remember Gray Dunn Caramel Wafers? They weren’t covered in chocolate though but they were so yummy!

I get Picard frozen pearl onions from Ocado - but sadly no sauce. I buy them mainly to make coq au vin more authentic but they're good in any slow cooked recipe,

You have to grit your teeth when you see the price, but they last me a long time.

Fallingstar

Also potato cakes. The ones they sell now are awful.

I agree. I’ve had to resort to making my own.

Also potato cakes. The ones they sell now are awful.

I remember freshly baked oven bottoms, large flat bread cakes also sometimes called barm cakes, they tasted like heaven when warm from the bakers, sliced with a bit of butter spread that would melt. Was in Lancashire, near the Pennines, but haven’t found the same delicious bread either there are down here in London.

usedto eblonde Lees still make raspberry ruffles and I,m sure I saw them in M and S

Shows. How bad my memory is! My daughter tells me it’s Samso (e).I just ordered some online

Usedtobeblonde

Another one now.
Birds Eye did tiny pearl onions frozen and the packet contained small squares of frozen cream sauce which melted and thickened as it cooked.
They were delicious and we always had them with gammon instead of parsley sauce.
It would be easy to replicate I suppose but the onions were really small and would take hours and lots of patience to peel.

OMG I have hunted everywhere for those with no success. I love them.

Jamie Oliver gets them, different brand but the same tiny frozen onions. He must have a secret supply.

Greenfinch

Oh yes, cottage loaves. They would be a price if baked now.

They are baked now. My boss gave me one of his cottage loaves just before Christmas.
He's a great baker (and terribly good looking) so I rewarded him with a jar of my plum chutney.
Just a little encouragement keeps them keen.

Marks and Spencers baked cheesecake slices , which I think is like Russian Pashka . I have made it .
Duncan Walnut whips .
Fuller's walnut cake-4here is a recipe for this though I haven't tried to make it .
From the bakery -
an apple turnover filled with cream and a cake described as a cookie ,which had cream piped on the top .

BlueSapphire

Cafe Noir biscuits, love anything coffee flavoured, and these lovely biscuits with coffee icing hit the spot!

I remember these as they were my Mum’s delight, we would lick the coffee icing topping, savages that we were

I remember Barmouth biscuits and Lincoln, now heady.with palmoil which taints so much

keepingquiet

My son grows and sells watercress here in the UK. Would you like some?

yes! thank you, we are in south Oxforshire xx

Oreo

SORES

teeny tiny Hovis loaves! real English watercress in a great bunch, cut from flowing streams, Cottage loaves,

That’s almost like a poem 😃

blush

Oh yes, cottage loaves. They would be a price if baked now.

Ooh ,it may have been that but I can’t remember, I only know we really liked it.

Nannytopsy

Raspberry Ruffle bars - Nan used to buy them for me! DH craves Panyam pickle - might that have been the curried one mentioned earlier?

Wasn’t it Panyan pickle?

SORES

teeny tiny Hovis loaves! real English watercress in a great bunch, cut from flowing streams, Cottage loaves,

That’s almost like a poem 😃

Raspberry Ruffle bars - Nan used to buy them for me! DH craves Panyam pickle - might that have been the curried one mentioned earlier?

Cafe Noir biscuits, love anything coffee flavoured, and these lovely biscuits with coffee icing hit the spot!

My son grows and sells watercress here in the UK. Would you like some?

teeny tiny Hovis loaves! real English watercress in a great bunch, cut from flowing streams, Cottage loaves,

Just popping in to say (for those craving Turkish delight) that I bought my son a box of Hotel Chocolat Turkish delight for Christmas and he said it was lovely. Not cheap, mind you, but it might be worth a try.

New berry Fruits but not exactly a food. They have started remaking them in the Netherlands but very expensive on Amazon. I did find them in stock at a reasonable price at a farm shop so I bought a box for Christmas. Gleefully anticipated eating them but disappointed. Yes they had a bit of juice in the middle but not contained in that hard surgery shell where you nibbled the outside jelly away and bit into it for the release of the juice.