Let us bow our heads in remembrance of foods lost or irrevocably altered

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

My husband and I have always loved Cadbury Fruit and Nut bars. I think that Cadbury was sold a few years ago to someone I can't recall - Hershey? not sure. Anyway, it is different. Similar, but not as good and different. The chocolate is grayer, waxier, less creamy. Buy them occasionally and then remember why I stopped.

I also used to buy Oregon Farms carrot cake (frozen). Loved it! Then the company was bought by Sara Lee (as I recall), new boxes, but seemed the same, and then, now, GONE! Nowhere to be found. Why buy a great product in order to kill it off? My only theory is that now I am wondering if Sara Lee owns Claim Jumper which is now the only frozen carrot cake.

We also enjoyed an inhouse brand of Kroger Salsa - black corn and bean salsa. Bought it all the time. One day it was different. Different taste, different texture, even a slightly different bottle with a wider lip - just not as good. Went from tasting very fresh to tasting very processsed. Stopped buying. Do they think we don't notice? Do they think we don't care?

[Stinky The Clown]

1. The thing that we lament is the 'lost' food items sold by Costco and then no longer carried

They carried a frozen pizza that was made in British Columbia someplace. It was INCREDIBLE. The best frozen I have evr tasted and among the tops of **any** origin.

Now .......... they no longer carry it.

[Warpy]

3. I have that problem with them, too

I get hooked on something really, really good and find out they only ordered a truckload of the stuff as a fluke.

I'll be weeping for the vegetarian spring rolls. They really are quite good and I know they won't stick around.

They eliminate the dried mango, though, and they'll get one of my nasty letters.

[trotsky]

4. Costco had these dried strawberries once

They were da bomb. They carried them for a few weeks, I was buying a couple of bags every time I went in. Then they disappeared, and have never been back. Probably for the best, since they were from China, but dayum they were good. Better than candy.

[wildeyed]

12. I *hate* that.

I will continue to add the lost item to my shopping list for months hoping that they will start stocking the item again.

[housewolf]

2. Switzer's black licorice

Fresh & soft, it was SO good but it's gone now, think it was bought out by Hershey(?) who I guess didn't like the competition with their Twizler line. Twizler :thumbsdown: Switzer :thumbsup:

Alas, I guesss it's gone for good.

[trotsky]

5. Speaking of Cadbury...

Are the Cream Eggs the same as they've always been? I remember devouring them when I was younger, but the last few years my wife will get me a few for Easter and they just aren't anything special anymore.

[Warpy]

15. I had much more of a sweet tooth when I was a kid

and now the stuff I used to dream of eating 3 meals a day is nauseatingly sweet.

Now when I crave something sweet, it's bitter chocolate or yogurt. Dried fruit will also do.

[trotsky]

16. I see this phenomenon most often when sheet cake is served.

When I was a kid? Gimme the damn corner piece with the BIG OL HONKIN' flower on it, dammit!

Now when I'm an adult? Um, middle piece, please no extra frosting, and sometimes I end up even scraping a bit off.

What happened? Part of it, I'll admit, is wanting to eat healthier but I don't think I could physically consume frosting like I used to without getting sick.

[housewolf]

19. Oh yeah... Cake!

It's been totally ruined with the the pre-made mixes and the pre-made frostings they put on it and artificial flavors of the commercial bakeries, especially supermarket bakeries.

[lizerdbits]

28. That's why everyone thinks I'm an amazing cook

I'm one of the bakers for our monthly birthday celebrations at work and the only one who doesn't use a boxed mix and pre made frosting. That's why it's good people, I used a recipe and no box! I also usually make something from Cook's Illustrated which isn't super sweet to cover for lack of other flavor and texture.

[hippywife]

39. Ditto, lizerdbits.

I make homemade muffins and quick breads to take into work all the time and everyone loves it. I ate a muffin in our work dining room the other day (retirement center) and it was hideous! It was made from a mix and it couldn't have been more obvious. Just nasty.

People are amazed how wonderful things taste when they're homemade and it's not like it's THAT much more work. Sometimes it is but the results speak volumes!

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

31. I can't stand storebougth sheet cake.

Icky sugary and white flour cake, and Crisco and powdered sugar frosting.

YUCK.

Double YUCK. :barf:

[hippywife]

38. Oh me, too, Warpy!

I love dried fruit and bittersweet chocolate. Sickeningly sweet stuff just makes me feel ill.

[DrDan]

23. same here . . . used to love those Cadbury Eggs

it has been years since I had one . . . and I do remember the last few were a disappointment - or my taste buds have changed

[Nay]

36. It's not your tastebuds. The eggs HAVE changed. I also used to

look forward to them on Easter, but no more. They're grainier, don't flow correctly, and the taste is off.

[japple]

6. Bounty candy bars. Like Mounds only better. I used to be

able to buy them anywhere. Now, the only place I've found them were in Canada and at the Vermont Country Store. I can't eat Mounds/Almond Joys because of the egg white. Bounty didn't have egg white in them, and the dark chocolate ones are divine.

[Bjornsdotter]

13. I think they still available

....if you have a Meijer's store near you. I had one not too long ago; they were in the British foods section.

Cheers

[japple]

24. Nowhere to be found in hicktown, Georgia. Occasionally

I'll order some from Vermont Country Store and pay an arm and a leg for them.

[murphymom]

7. Woody's is back!

Just found out my favorite barbecue sauce is back in production - Woody's Cook-in sauce. Looks like the brand was purchased by another company and they are keeping the original formula. I think I got the last four jars in captivity and I've been hoarding it for the last few months. The stuff was distributed by Reily Foods out of New Orleans (same company that makes Luzianne products) and they stopped making it sometime after Katrina.

www.woodyscookin.com

[hippywife]

8. I really do think that sometimes

they do buy things out specifically to kill them. They are usually in direct competition with one or more of their existing products.

[elleng]

11. Exactly;

that's what they're taught in 'best' business schools: 'kill' the competition.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Vegetable Thins

I can't find them anywhere now.... :(

[hippywife]

10. I'm pretty sure I've seen those

here still. I'd have to look because we don't normally buy them. Might be regional.

[trotsky]

17. They are still pretty common here in MN. Got a box on the shelf right now.

Do you have a Super Target nearby? You could try checking there. I think that's where we got our current supply.

[Bjornsdotter]

14. I have two

...one is Shakette it was a malted milk drink that came in a small carton in the dairy section.

The other is a cooked cereal(potatisgrynsgröt) from Sweden similar to tapioca.

Cheers

[yellowdogintexas]

18. Hot Ralston Cereal. Loved it. Can;t find it at all anymore.

so I eat oatmeal

[onecent]

20. to all in this thread, here is a delightful place to go to get older

things not easy to find. I ordered their dark chocolate pretzels,
and am going to order the dark chocolate graham crackers.

Great site.
enjoy

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/products

[hippywife]

21. Well, they have those

chocolate wafers a bunch of us were looking for:

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/products.asp?dept=1026&number=HFDE342&pagenumber=1

Also, I remember Bosco Chocolate Syrup for milk. Haven't see that one in a long time. And Brook's Tangy Ketchup. Now I just mix tabasco in with ketchup to get the same effect since I can't find Brook's here.

Cool site. Some of that stuff needs to be hard to find, tho. LOL Thanx! :hi:

[japple]

25. Kroger has Famous Chocolate Wafers. They're not in the

cookie aisle, though. They are placed with the ice cream toppings at the end of the frozen foods section where ice cream is kept.

[hippywife]

27. Well,

that's a really stupid place to put them! I've tried looking in the baking aisle, too...nada!

[NMDemDist2]

22. and don't forget the Vermont Country Store

H2S is still barely speaking to me after Sparkly followed that link

:hide:

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=731

[Coyote_Bandit]

26. Fresh whole milk

straight from the cow and unpasteurized. In most states it is illegal to buy it straight from the farmewr that milked it.

I grew up on that stuff and nothing else begins to compare. I've adapted to drinking skim milk but I really wish I could get real milk to prepare various dishes.

[vademocrat]

29. Here's some info that may help you -

I've just read Nina Planck's book, Real Food: What to Eat and Why, and am looking into finding grass-fed cattle for milk and beef...

http://www.ninaplanck.com/index.php?article=find_real_milk

http://www.realmilk.com./

[housewolf]

30. In some states you can get raw milk at places like Whole Foods

I don't remember every having it but I used to buy raw milk butter from AltaDena Dairies in So Calif - it was DELICIOUS!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

32. Can you buy Suchard's Chocolate in the United States?

Anybody know??

Best damn chocolate in the world. My sister brought some back from Zurich in the 1980s.

[NashVegas]

33. Corn Puffs Cereal

Sometime when I was still a young'un they changed it. I could never get into it after that.

[Maureen1322]

34. Brown edge wafers

[Nay]

35. Krusteaz Whole Wheat Pancake Mix. Absolutely the best stuff

in the world for making WW pancakes if you didn't want to make them from scratch. 20 years ago in Montana, you could buy this all over the place. Went back east, could find it there, too. I haven't seen in in years. I see other Krusteaz stuff, but not that mix.

[hippywife]

37. I'm not sure but

I think I can still get that here. Funny, when you aren't specifically looking for something, it's a little fuzzy on whether you've seen it or not. :hi: