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unblock
(54,710 posts)Best ice cream ever!
Haagen daz took them over and for their operations and to eliminate competition and threw away their recipes.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
DBoon
(23,546 posts)Valencia oranges just vanished a few years ago. None of the markets here carry them.
debm55
(43,385 posts)DBoon
(23,546 posts)But it is both major chains - Ralphs and Vons
I cn get Valencia oranges at farmers' markets when in season.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
quaint
(3,774 posts)
CrispyQ
(39,153 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
(2,235 posts)I like to buy lemonade concentrate to make Arnold Palmer at home and it’s often out of stock
bought a good hand juicer and poof! no more valencias.
thinkingagain
(1,261 posts)You’re 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
(57,368 posts)It helps to be a two hour flight from Valencia!
quaint
(3,774 posts)I love Southern California!
(Yes, I am a brat, ask my son.)
debm55
(43,385 posts)quaint
(3,774 posts)debm55
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EYESORE 9001
(27,864 posts)The one on Scalp Level, right?
quaint
(3,774 posts)pansypoo53219
(22,002 posts)quaint
(3,774 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
(43,385 posts)
nebby70
(491 posts)...as it's considered by some folk as 'a least likely to irritate tender tummy' for young'uns....
debm55
(43,385 posts)
jmowreader
(51,948 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
(13,119 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
(43,385 posts)niyad
(122,534 posts)debm55
(43,385 posts)
niyad
(122,534 posts)brat, whatever, is cradled. Much less messy.
debm55
(43,385 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2024, 08:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Lifeafter70
(450 posts)Have some sitting on my counter.
niyad
(122,534 posts)Lifeafter70
(450 posts)We pair them with tj's new pork and beef hotdogs
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)You’re in luck. I saw one for 7 dollars. I didn’t go through the entire availability. I’d pay 7 dollars if I wanted it badly.
debm55
(43,385 posts)looking that up for me.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Unwind Your Mind
(2,235 posts)I don’t drink soda often but they had several good flavors I miss. Sugar, not corn syrup too
debm55
(43,385 posts)
vanlassie
(5,922 posts)Gone gone gone. Bought by Coca Cola.
hlthe2b
(108,227 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
(43,385 posts)CanonRay
(15,088 posts)Costco used to carry it. Delicious.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
Thunderbeast
(3,612 posts)debm55
(43,385 posts)jmowreader
(51,948 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
(3,612 posts)Kali
(56,112 posts)can find sometimes, but never when I actually want to make...zebra cake
sinkingfeeling
(54,412 posts)Kali
(56,112 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
(43,385 posts)
vanlassie
(5,922 posts)But there’s a copy cat recipe:
https://www.southernliving.com/discontinued-nabisco-famous-wafers-7564765#toc-our-homemade-chocolate-wafers
Dear_Prudence
(846 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
(43,385 posts)
sinkingfeeling
(54,412 posts)garnishes mid-century. Check out photos from old cookbooks and you'll see them.
debm55
(43,385 posts)then they tasted. IMO
gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)debm55
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Jrose
(1,418 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
(43,385 posts)Jrose
(1,418 posts)debm55
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Jrose
(1,418 posts)LeftInTX
(32,630 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
(594 posts)I found a suitable replacement in Stewart’s Wishniak that sometimes is on the shelf, but for more money.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
nebby70
(491 posts)....not a clue if it is the same as you remember but it's wonderful....
subterranean
(3,582 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
(43,385 posts)
subterranean
(3,582 posts)The cheapest I found was over $11 a jar from a seller on Amazon. I like it, but not that much!
catbyte
(36,472 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
(43,385 posts)
Freddie
(9,801 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
(43,385 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
(43,385 posts)
BigMin28
(1,615 posts)Waste not, want not my grandmother used to say.
jmowreader
(51,948 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
(30,444 posts)debm55
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LeftInTX
(32,630 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
(43,385 posts)
Brother Buzz
(38,231 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
(43,385 posts)
Brother Buzz
(38,231 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
(24,040 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2024, 07:39 PM - Edit history (1)
debm55
(43,385 posts)
Jilly_in_VA
(11,665 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
(43,385 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
(43,385 posts)
surrealAmerican
(11,574 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
(720 posts)My mom loved those. I found something similar on Amazon, but not near as good.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
no_hypocrisy
(50,490 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
(43,385 posts)
LeftInTX
(32,630 posts)I just don't wanna pay big bucks for candy.
samnsara
(18,425 posts)...so i ordered a case of it from amazon
debm55
(43,385 posts)spices?
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(987 posts)Alcohol is food, right?
Can't make a proper Vesper martini without it. Lillet Blanc just isn't right somehow.
debm55
(43,385 posts)DJ Synikus Makisimus
(987 posts)You could still find it for a good while afterwards, but it's really rare now.
SWBTATTReg
(24,919 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
(43,385 posts)
SWBTATTReg
(24,919 posts)pretty quickly so we don't get near the end of their shelf life. Take care!!
vanlassie
(5,922 posts)I’m a California girl. I only recently became aware of butter beans (not to taste) and something called purple hull peas. Never seen ‘em.
SWBTATTReg
(24,919 posts)sometime, they are simple and easy to heat up, and add a little bacon, or ham, and viola!
vanlassie
(5,922 posts)I guess at age 72 I could give them another chance… but not canned peas! Not a chance! Love frozen though!
JT45242
(3,176 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
(43,385 posts)you with the 5 boxes. Great post.
Eugene
(63,489 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
(3,176 posts)lynintenn
(794 posts)Easterncedar
(3,939 posts)Not “baby limas”
debm55
(43,385 posts)
Easterncedar
(3,939 posts)They had the best flavors!
debm55
(43,385 posts)a long time.
MFM008
(20,036 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
(43,385 posts)
Lunabell
(7,309 posts)It is really delicious. You have to special order it now.
debm55
(43,385 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
(43,385 posts)
megahertz
(182 posts)debm55
(43,385 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
(11,574 posts)... a mess to eat (I always wound up with chocolate all over my hands and face), but worth it.
beemerphill
(540 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
(43,385 posts)
Ritabert
(921 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
(43,385 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
(4,337 posts)I loved with milk. There are graham crackers sold in stores but not with cinnamon.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
wishstar
(5,631 posts)Just bought some recently. They are sold alongside the regular ones.
riverbendviewgal
(4,337 posts)Thanks for your info
Elessar Zappa
(16,303 posts)Let me know if you want me to mail you a few boxes. Seriously I would.
debm55
(43,385 posts)breakfast in the winter. You are very kind.
Elessar Zappa
(16,303 posts)that they don’t carry anymore is Fruitopia. It was a bottled fruit-flavored drink. Pure sugar but it was tasty!
happybird
(5,357 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
(43,385 posts)
happybird
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debm55
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AmBlue
(3,450 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
(43,385 posts)buy somewhere else. Bummer,
AmBlue
(3,450 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
(2,383 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
(43,385 posts)haven't seen in a while.
Mike Nelson
(10,496 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
(43,385 posts)
BigMin28
(1,615 posts)Then it was El Charrito frozen enchilada dinner. They were reasonably price, and so good.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
GroundhogDemocrat
(17 posts)Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2024, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)
debm55
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onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)debm55
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consider_this
(2,840 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
(43,385 posts)
pansypoo53219
(22,002 posts)debm55
(43,385 posts)not mine in my area.
pansypoo53219
(22,002 posts)riversedge
(74,414 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
(22,002 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
(7,361 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
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debm55
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tornado34jh
(1,392 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
(43,385 posts)
tornado34jh
(1,392 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
(43,385 posts)the products you like. Do you think it's the store or the companies?
tornado34jh
(1,392 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
(31,732 posts)pink lemonade.
hydrolastic
(536 posts)it was always around when I was a kid.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
debm55
(43,385 posts)lemonade.Thank you murielm99 and good luck.
JoeColo
(10 posts)It's my favorite flavor.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
dameatball
(7,609 posts)debm55
(43,385 posts)another brand I bought and it is not the same.
LeftInTX
(32,630 posts)dameatball
(7,609 posts)BoRaGard
(4,299 posts)used to see them everywhere
debm55
(43,385 posts)
List left
(633 posts)They seem to have discontinued all soy products but this was my favorite.
debm55
(43,385 posts)
Jilly_in_VA
(11,665 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
(43,385 posts)
Jeebo
(2,383 posts)I often drink a bottle of it with my meal at Cracker Barrel.
-- Ron
PennRalphie
(402 posts)They were so good. We would eat it for dessert. Discontinued and no others taste as good as theirs.
Mosby
(18,201 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
(24,119 posts)AKwannabe
(6,631 posts)Dark chocolate please!!
Wicked Blue
(7,672 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
(3,946 posts)and Geandma Browns baked beans.
JoseBalow
(6,858 posts)