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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsName a product you can no longer find in your food stores. And you miss it. Mine is cream of rice cereal
unblock
(55,950 posts)Best ice cream ever!
Haagen daz took them over and for their operations and to eliminate competition and threw away their recipes.
debm55
(56,118 posts)DBoon
(24,761 posts)Valencia oranges just vanished a few years ago. None of the markets here carry them.
debm55
(56,118 posts)DBoon
(24,761 posts)But it is both major chains - Ralphs and Vons
I cn get Valencia oranges at farmers' markets when in season.
debm55
(56,118 posts)quaint
(4,672 posts)
CrispyQ
(40,698 posts)The frozen juice concentrate section of my grocery store went from three shelves to one. No more cherry/raspberry blends or grape juice, just orange, grapefruit, apple, & pineapple, & they're frequently out of orange.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,324 posts)I like to buy lemonade concentrate to make Arnold Palmer at home and its often out of stock
bought a good hand juicer and poof! no more valencias.
thinkingagain
(1,311 posts)Youre right I could never find it that or the white grapefruit juice.
Although the other day I was intype either big lots or grocery outlet and one of them had white grapefruit juice it was so good.
DFW
(59,755 posts)It helps to be a two hour flight from Valencia!
quaint
(4,672 posts)I love Southern California!
(Yes, I am a brat, ask my son.)
debm55
(56,118 posts)quaint
(4,672 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,462 posts)The one on Scalp Level, right?
quaint
(4,672 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,902 posts)quaint
(4,672 posts)With rice cereal being such an important first food, I couldn't believe it had been discontinued.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)in all five grocery stores, Walmart, etc and Amazon had it. They absolutely deliver food. Cream of rice just may be available. Good luck!
debm55
(56,118 posts)nebby70
(491 posts)...as it's considered by some folk as 'a least likely to irritate tender tummy' for young'uns....
debm55
(56,118 posts)jmowreader
(52,910 posts)I just looked...they sell it in 14-ounce boxes that you have to cook, six-packs of these boxes and instant cream of rice in pouches.
FalloutShelter
(14,199 posts)can order from Amazon or find it in specialty shops, but can't find it locally in Supermarkets anymore. Also Holland Rusk Toast.
debm55
(56,118 posts)niyad
(129,759 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)niyad
(129,759 posts)brat, whatever, is cradled. Much less messy.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2024, 08:40 PM - Edit history (1)
Lifeafter70
(773 posts)Have some sitting on my counter.
niyad
(129,759 posts)Lifeafter70
(773 posts)We pair them with tj's new pork and beef hotdogs
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Youre in luck. I saw one for 7 dollars. I didnt go through the entire availability. Id pay 7 dollars if I wanted it badly.
debm55
(56,118 posts)looking that up for me.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Unwind Your Mind
(2,324 posts)I dont drink soda often but they had several good flavors I miss. Sugar, not corn syrup too
debm55
(56,118 posts)vanlassie
(6,221 posts)Gone gone gone. Bought by Coca Cola.
hlthe2b
(112,899 posts)and while I am the first to say freshly prepared fish is always far better, until sometime in the late 90s (I think) they had a decent frozen dinner with a crab cake (not bad), a fish filet, maybe some shrimp or scallops (memory fades) and some side offering (french fries? veggie?)
At any rate, it wasn't bad and no one markets anything like it now. In fact, frozen dinners are largely pretty grim now, compared to years past in my opinion (and no, I'm not talking Swanson's)...
debm55
(56,118 posts)CanonRay
(15,962 posts)Costco used to carry it. Delicious.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,778 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)jmowreader
(52,910 posts)They're also available at Amazon but at twelve bucks a can it might be cheaper to fly to Oregon and pick them yourself.
Thunderbeast
(3,778 posts)Kali
(56,656 posts)can find sometimes, but never when I actually want to make...zebra cake

sinkingfeeling
(57,279 posts)Kali
(56,656 posts)I am not surprised there is a sub but I have never seen them. will have to take a look. last time I ordered several packages from Amazon, but they do not store well. the oil seemed to go rancid or if freezing they get too crumbly (never mind damage from shipping)
debm55
(56,118 posts)vanlassie
(6,221 posts)But theres a copy cat recipe:
https://www.southernliving.com/discontinued-nabisco-famous-wafers-7564765#toc-our-homemade-chocolate-wafers
Dear_Prudence
(1,054 posts)My late grandmother always had a bag of gingersnaps in the cupboard. I couldn't find them in the store, so I asked. The grocer told me there was a problem with the local maker so they weren't available. I burst into tears. Gingersnaps are back, and still remind me of Grammie's love and larder.
debm55
(56,118 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,279 posts)garnishes mid-century. Check out photos from old cookbooks and you'll see them.
debm55
(56,118 posts)then they tasted. IMO
gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)Jrose
(1,518 posts)and huckleberries at the site, actually $22.00/lb.!
When I ordered two slices with my mom at a diner back in 1959, they must have cost about $5.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Jrose
(1,518 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)Jrose
(1,518 posts)LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Aren't blueberries and huckleberries the same thing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckleberry
Or is that other kind in the eastern US?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylussacia
Squaredeal
(709 posts)I found a suitable replacement in Stewarts Wishniak that sometimes is on the shelf, but for more money.
debm55
(56,118 posts)nebby70
(491 posts)....not a clue if it is the same as you remember but it's wonderful....
subterranean
(3,747 posts)Apparently, the company still makes it, but I haven't seen it in any stores in years. (It's available online at ridiculous prices.) I used to like adding it to ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, etc.
debm55
(56,118 posts)subterranean
(3,747 posts)The cheapest I found was over $11 a jar from a seller on Amazon. I like it, but not that much!
catbyte
(38,675 posts)It tastes like chicken boullion but it's plant-based. I used to find it all the time but now I can only get it on Amazon. I don't need to buy 6 boxes of it at a time but at least I can get it.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Freddie
(10,065 posts)Came in various flavors. Ham was best, caraway good too. Thought it was called oma or omma, Google search brings up nothing like it. Mom bought it at the A&P when we were kids (60s, early 70s). Delicious on saltines. Anyone remember this?
debm55
(56,118 posts)different spreads in them I don't think they are around either. Sorry.
Still makes a Pimento Cheese spread in the jar. Also, an Old Style Cheddar spread in a jar.only sold a Kroger here. Sadly, about 6 oz. jar runs about $4.29.
debm55
(56,118 posts)BigMin28
(1,823 posts)Waste not, want not my grandmother used to say.
jmowreader
(52,910 posts)When the Army went from C-rations to MREs the cheese changed to this weird white crap that looks a little like latex caulk and probably tastes the same. I've never eaten caulk but I have eaten this cheese, and it's not good.
rzemanfl
(31,153 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)TBH..I used to eat an entire box of puffed rice in one sitting. (When I was a kid!) They're mostly air..LOL
debm55
(56,118 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,604 posts)They are still out there, but next to impossible to find.
Chopped sour pickles knocks it out of the park in tuna fish sandwiches!
debm55
(56,118 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,604 posts)I can still get them, but I have to drive to the next town.
Used to be, EVERY market carried them, but Americans are settling for mediocrity by using dill pickles in tuna sandwiches.
ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2024, 07:39 PM - Edit history (1)
debm55
(56,118 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(13,829 posts)Just buzz oatmeal in the blender until fine, then cook as usual. I did that for my kiddos when they were babies and just starting cereals. Better than the bought ones and cheaper too.
debm55
(56,118 posts)nebby70
(491 posts)...sort of a PopTart kind of thing with a thin layer of ground, vaguely sweet raisins in the middle...
... my grandmother and I had them when we were having our 'sophisticated ladies' coffee after dinner on the porch ...
of course my cup was a tablespoon of coffee in milk but I felt ever so grown-up
debm55
(56,118 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,744 posts)I remember looking for them a few years ago, to see if they still existed.
It didn't help that we always called them "raisinette cookies", which was not what was ever on the wrapper.
Beatlelvr
(782 posts)My mom loved those. I found something similar on Amazon, but not near as good.
debm55
(56,118 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,341 posts)Louis Sherry Ice Cream
Milk Duds
Brown Cow
Coco Marsh chocolate syrup
Wagon Wheels pasta
Progresso White Clam Sauce
Mars Almond Candy Bar when it had *six* whole almonds in each one
Quaker Oat Squares
debm55
(56,118 posts)LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)I just don't wanna pay big bucks for candy.
samnsara
(18,721 posts)...so i ordered a case of it from amazon
debm55
(56,118 posts)spices?
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,191 posts)Alcohol is food, right?
Can't make a proper Vesper martini without it. Lillet Blanc just isn't right somehow.
debm55
(56,118 posts)DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,191 posts)You could still find it for a good while afterwards, but it's really rare now.
SWBTATTReg
(26,070 posts)lo and behold, they were all gone! I couldn't find them for years and years, so we reluctantly went w/o them. No substitute would even come close, and I even looked at planting some, but couldn't find the seeds. Then, amazingly enough, earlier this year, they reappeared!
Holy Mother of Moses!! Joy of joy!! Needless to say, I've stocked up on them, even going out of my way to go to other stores and get the Bushes Butter Beans too.
By the way, these are excellent w/ ham or bacon, and that it. And I'm sure that they would make a fine bean soup, but I don't want to waste my precious butter beans (or too many of them) on a soup, but would rather eat them slowly, savor the taste. Ha ha heh. Can you tell that I love my butter beans?!
debm55
(56,118 posts)SWBTATTReg
(26,070 posts)pretty quickly so we don't get near the end of their shelf life. Take care!!
vanlassie
(6,221 posts)Im a California girl. I only recently became aware of butter beans (not to taste) and something called purple hull peas. Never seen em.
SWBTATTReg
(26,070 posts)sometime, they are simple and easy to heat up, and add a little bacon, or ham, and viola!
vanlassie
(6,221 posts)I guess at age 72 I could give them another chance but not canned peas! Not a chance! Love frozen though!
JT45242
(3,843 posts)It was made by Quaker Oats in the 1970s...it was yummy.
This is the only time of year that you can get Count Chocula so for all but September to just after Halloween that is on my list. (My kids make fun of me for buying it like 5 boxes at a time when it is in stock)
One of my best friends growing up would say Boo Berry
debm55
(56,118 posts)you with the 5 boxes.
Great post.
Eugene
(66,830 posts)IIRC Quisp and Quake were rival packaging of the same cereal.
There was even a poll in the early 70s whether to keep or drop Quake.
Quake survived but Quangaroos was introduced immediately.
JT45242
(3,843 posts)lynintenn
(806 posts)Easterncedar
(5,569 posts)Not baby limas
debm55
(56,118 posts)Easterncedar
(5,569 posts)They had the best flavors!
debm55
(56,118 posts)a long time.
MFM008
(20,042 posts)Still carries cream of rice, what they don't carry anymore that I miss is Postum. I'm too sensitive to caffeine I don't even drink tea but I like that stuff and you have to special order it.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Lunabell
(7,309 posts)It is really delicious. You have to special order it now.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Lunabell
(7,309 posts)Yeah, it does not smell great, but if you like a strong cheese spread on fresh french bread, it's delightful!!
debm55
(56,118 posts)megahertz
(182 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)I liked the maple flavor. The only store that sold them around here went out of business. And so my Bun Bars are gone.
megahertz
(182 posts)Bummed when they were discontinued. However supposedly Cadbury makes something similar now called Curly Wurly.
surrealAmerican
(11,744 posts)... a mess to eat (I always wound up with chocolate all over my hands and face), but worth it.
beemerphill
(599 posts)I believe that they are still being made, just not sold in my part of the country. When I still lived in the Great White Nord it was one of life's little pleasures to sit down with a bowl of Onion and Garlic Potato Chips, a slab of young Colby Cheese, and a couple of Cold Beers. It was like a little piece of Heaven. My cat loved helping me with the chips, cheese, and beer. He too had good taste and appreciated the finer things in life. Great Memories.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Ritabert
(2,020 posts)I assume it's a supply chain problem but haven't seen them in months. Just enough for one serving with no leftovers.
debm55
(56,118 posts)small cans are handy for maybe one or two sammies. Mine has Charlie the Tuna on it---Starkist? They are in water, not oil. Let me know if you want me to pick up a box. or two.
riverbendviewgal
(4,389 posts)I loved with milk. There are graham crackers sold in stores but not with cinnamon.
debm55
(56,118 posts)wishstar
(5,804 posts)Just bought some recently. They are sold alongside the regular ones.
riverbendviewgal
(4,389 posts)Thanks for your info
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)Let me know if you want me to mail you a few boxes. Seriously I would.
debm55
(56,118 posts)breakfast in the winter. You are very kind.
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)that they dont carry anymore is Fruitopia. It was a bottled fruit-flavored drink. Pure sugar but it was tasty!
happybird
(5,377 posts)Pudding Pops
Minute Maid Juice Bars
Banana YooHoo
Ben & Jerry's Brownie Batter Ice Cream
Craigmont Sodas (old Safeway brand. Black Cherry, Cream Soda, Strawberry, Root Beer, and other flavors)
Edit to Add:
Tobasco Cheez-Its.
The partnership with Tobasco must have ended because they have Hot & Spicy Cheez-Its now, but they are nowhere near as good as the old Tobasco ones were. And I'm not even a big Tobasco fan.
debm55
(56,118 posts)happybird
(5,377 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)AmBlue
(3,458 posts)Borden bought out Nonesuch and promptly discontinued it. It was the main ingredient for the Christmas cookies made in our family for at least 3 generations.
debm55
(56,118 posts)buy somewhere else. Bummer,
AmBlue
(3,458 posts)But it seems mincemeat is not much in demand these days. Best I've found so far is Blake Hill Preserves, but no one is making it dried-- only wet. You might check if Blake Hill has prune butter! They have a lot of unusual jams and preserves, sweet, spicy and savory.
Jeebo
(2,553 posts)There were several different kinds of frozen vegetables in that line, but the two I REALLY loved were New Orleans Creole Style and New England Style. They were easy to fix and delicious to eat. Then one day for some reason they stopped showing up in the grocery stores. That was 35 or 40 years ago. I wish they would resurrect that line of frozen vegetables. It would make it a lot easier for me to go vegetarian. I go vegetarian one or two days a week now, anyway. Usually don't eat a lot of meat the other days, either.
-- Ron
debm55
(56,118 posts)haven't seen in a while.
Mike Nelson
(10,925 posts)... low-sugar cinnamon Pop Tarts... have not seen them in years. I asked and someone said get the ones with no glaze, but it was not the low-sugar one. I also miss Van De Kamp cheese enchiladas.
debm55
(56,118 posts)BigMin28
(1,823 posts)Then it was El Charrito frozen enchilada dinner. They were reasonably price, and so good.
debm55
(56,118 posts)GroundhogDemocrat
(17 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2024, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)
debm55
(56,118 posts)onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)consider_this
(2,847 posts)was a breakfast cereal manufactured by Post Cereals starting in 1963. The sweetened cereal, made of oats, consisted of animal-shaped pieces similar to animal crackers.
Television commercials featured a cartoon lion, Linus the Lionhearted, voiced by Sheldon Leonard, with the slogan "The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals," sung to the tune of "Trepak" from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker ballet.
debm55
(56,118 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,902 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)not mine in my area.
pansypoo53219
(22,902 posts)riversedge
(79,563 posts)mainly for cold mornings--it is summer now so not eaten it since last spring. yummy yummy.
I do not recall having a problem buying it at local food store.
pansypoo53219
(22,902 posts)i like cooking it low for about 1/2 or so til extra mushy. sadly easyiest off amazon. tried 5 grain. ok, but sosking th pan created issues.
indypendent
(11 posts)I miss them
OldBaldy1701E
(10,256 posts)I don't want a bunch of sugar and icing on my pop tart. Unfortunately, I am in the minority on this, so they are all but impossible to find. Which sucks, as sometimes they are the only thing I can stomach. Thanks, failing digestive system!
debm55
(56,118 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)tornado34jh
(1,521 posts)There used to be these Gardein Crispy Chicken Patties. I used to get them all the time. But none of the stores have them anymore, which is a shame because they always were really good. I haven't seen it in years.
debm55
(56,118 posts)tornado34jh
(1,521 posts)Ore-Ida Golden Crispers, I always like crispy fries, but I haven't seen them recently, at least not when I used to live in Lakeland. Smart Ones had these sliders I liked, but I haven't seen them in years. Alexia had these sea-salt crinkle cut fries, but I haven't not seen them in a while. Unfortunately, a lot of the good stuff I like isn't there.
debm55
(56,118 posts)the products you like. Do you think it's the store or the companies?
tornado34jh
(1,521 posts)I know stores do change their inventory every now and then, but at least when I was in Lakeland (I am in Orlando now), I checked Target, Walmart, Publix, none of them have it.
murielm99
(32,709 posts)pink lemonade.
hydrolastic
(542 posts)it was always around when I was a kid.
debm55
(56,118 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)lemonade.Thank you murielm99 and good luck.
JoeColo
(10 posts)It's my favorite flavor.
debm55
(56,118 posts)dameatball
(7,653 posts)debm55
(56,118 posts)another brand I bought and it is not the same.
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)dameatball
(7,653 posts)BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)used to see them everywhere
debm55
(56,118 posts)List left
(654 posts)They seem to have discontinued all soy products but this was my favorite.

debm55
(56,118 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(13,829 posts)They made other flavors, and I liked the orange and strawberry, but the grape was great. Also lemon-grape Kool-Aid.
Ralston hot cereal, which was a fixture of my childhood.
White Lily corn muffin mix.
debm55
(56,118 posts)Jeebo
(2,553 posts)I often drink a bottle of it with my meal at Cracker Barrel.
-- Ron
PennRalphie
(448 posts)They were so good. We would eat it for dessert. Discontinued and no others taste as good as theirs.
Mosby
(19,242 posts)When I was a kid in Phoenix we used to go to a produce store called farm-2-you. It was on Van Buren. Nothing exists today like that store.
AllaN01Bear
(28,631 posts)AKwannabe
(6,877 posts)Dark chocolate please!!
Wicked Blue
(8,479 posts)Trader Joe's Nourish shampoo. Their little oatmeal-raising cookies that came in a tub. They keep discontinuing products I like and replacing them with weird items that I wouldn't dream of eating or using.
BlueKota
(5,057 posts)and Geandma Browns baked beans.
JoseBalow
(9,196 posts)