If you could bring back one discontinued food product… (1 Viewer)

[shuke]

BW3's buffalo chips.

Actually tweeted about this the other day.

Wait, what? Those are gone?? Why?

Because they're dumb.

 

[shuke]

I could go for a Marathon Bar.

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm dead with laughter thinking about ordering seafood at Subway.

That's a triple-dog dare.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

When Subway discontinued seafood and crab a while back, my family was bummed.

seafood from Subway? maybe i'm too cautious.

No, Grasshopper. You are not.

"When you can take this Subway seafood sandwich from my hand, it will be time for you to leave."

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm dead with laughter thinking about ordering seafood at Subway.

That's a triple-dog dare.

Especially when you live in a state with seafood. You know- not Iowa.

 

[pollardsvision]

BW3's buffalo chips.

Actually tweeted about this the other day.

Props on "BW3"

Gen X has a lot of responsibilities right now. Carrying the financial load for a nation, and such.

But our most important responsibility is making sure the "Weck" is never forgotten.

 

[Tin Cup]

Reggie Bar

 

[SoBeDad]

If you wanna be a stickler for sourcing, I believe the Subway seafood and crab was made using pulverized pollack shaped into crab-like pieces. All I know is that my kids liked it, and I did too. I bet it would do well in a blind taste test. I'm seeing a little bit of food snobbery in this thread.

 

[Hoh]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

 

[ChicoCat]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return of the McDLT.

 

[Osaurus]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

I’ve heard the new ones are garbage

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Peanut Butter Twix

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

 

[massraider]

I'm seeing a little bit of food snobbery in this thread

I'm seeing a decent amount of heart disease.

 

[Hoh]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

I’ve heard the new ones are garbage

You’ve heard correctly

 

[Osaurus]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

WTF was the cheese on the cool side?

 

[Osaurus]

Mrs. O says Apple Slice

 

[Zow]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

I’ve heard the new ones are garbage

Yeah my kids eat them.

I'm sure my palate has changed a lot from when I was a kid, but the few bites I've tried of the new monster cereals weren't good.

 

[Zow]

Peanut Butter Twix

Also very good.

What's Mars and their weird distaste for peanut butter?? I love peanut butter and it pairs so well with chocolate and cracker/cookie.

 

[PlayaHata]

I could go for a Marathon Bar.

First thing that always comes to my mind whenever I see this question pop-up. Curly Wurly is supposedly similar but I tried one of those once and it's not the same.

 

[Phil Elliott]

Milkshake candy bar.

 

[ChicoCat]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

WTF was the cheese on the cool side?

That's how the 80s were, man. We were flying by the seat of our pants into a brave new world. Sometimes we didn't think things fully thru.

 

[Zegras11]

Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito. No contest.

Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito. No contest.

Still around, just have to ask.

@General Malaise

A humble request to see if you boys still have it.

 

[General Malaise]

In Oregon (I hate this place), I can't get Steak-Umms or diet ginger ale with lemonade. Just can't. Probably moving again, and these will be on the short list of reasons why.

:(

 

[Sammy3469]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return of the McDLT.

Just go to In and Out. WA LA a McDLT minus the side of good fries.

 

[Don Quixote]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

I’ve heard the new ones are garbage

Yeah - My wife bought some Frankenberry recently. It’s almost like wax now.

 

[General Malaise]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

OH. MY. GOD!!!!!! That's the greatest thing I've seen in quite a while. Man, I miss the 80s.

 

[General Malaise]

Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito. No contest.

Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito. No contest.

Still around, just have to ask.

@General Malaise

A humble request to see if you boys still have it.

My man, I haven't been to a Taco Bell in 10 years or so and I have no designs on ever returning so long as I live.

 

[sho nuff]

There were two I had not seen in a while...but apparently are still made, not sure if its the same flavor/taste or not.
Rainblo gum. Not the little gumball ones...but the decent sized ones in the plastic sleeves. Used to get those after little league baseball games.
And Strawberry Charleston Chew candy bars. I can get the vanilla ones here or have seen them...but the strawberry nougat covered in chocolate was fantastic...especially refrigerated or in the freezer (but not fully frozen).

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Doo Dads Snack Mix

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Wendy’s Super Bar

 

[Dickies]

2 of my favorite things as a kid in NY were Jack in the Box tacos and White Castle. in HS, we’d go drinking, come home late and drive down northern blvd in search of the mythical “triple”….eating white castles, grabbing some microwaved burritos at 7-11 and devouring a pile of Jacks.

in NC, no white castle, but i can find frozen. but jack itb is not near me and no one does that style of awful deep fried taco with a half slice of real cheese….until burger king started selling knock offs. sheetz also had them. both bk and sheetz no longer carry and i crave some jacks.

Those tacos are horrible, in the best way possible. On it surface, a deep fried taco (lettuce and all) with American cheese sounds god-awful, but it works somehow. Thankfully I've got two in town

actually, they put the lettuce in after the full fry. but they do fry the shell and cheese and the meat like interior product. they were $1- each when i was in HS and tuesday was 2 fer 1. man, i spent many hours there with my buddies. the workers knew us and would always turn over the hot sauce bottle. they are technically food, but not quite, but man…..

Now I have to go to Jack soon just to try them. It's been a few years. I remember them being two for a buck for a long time. For five bucks you could get stuffed and have some impressive blowouts on the toilet the next day. I'd be surprised if they were any more than a dollar each even today.

I guess I just assumed that the lettuce was fried also ... it's all just so dang greasy it's hard to tell.

The cheese actually goes in after they come out of the fryer too, and the heat just melts it. Sometimes they come with the cheese not quite all the way melted

 

[Mr.Pack]

Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito. No contest.

Still around, just have to ask.

Look who has the Taco Bell connections.

It's like a secret menu thing. Seriously.

I've heard this as well. So I tried it a few months ago and they told me to #### off. Not literally, but the point was the same. Maybe regional.

Same in my neck of the woods

 

[Dickies]

Doritos Black Pepper Jack was easily the best flavor and then they suddenly disappeared.

They also need to bring back the Ruffles All Dressed to the US market. It was basically a salt and vinegar chip with some barbecue flavor added. I've heard the Canadien version is even better

 

[Mr.Pack]

That's because Shuke is full of doodoo and is doing this as shtick so we look silly ordering one. What a kidder!

F'in' Shuke. That's a dirty trick, though I don't think I can even order in-person anymore at my local Taco Bell. Everything is touchscreen. Maybe at the drive-thru, but I never use it because they always screw up my order.

My high school buddies and I, rightly or wrongly, claim that the chilito (aka the chili cheese burrito) is only available because when our beloved Zantigo’s converted to Taco Bell and took it off the menu, we steadfastly continued to ask for it by name until they relented.

We only ever ate at the Newport KY location so as far as we knew, that was the only place you could still get it.

Zantigo still alive and well in Minnesota

 

[sho nuff]

Doritos Black Pepper Jack was easily the best flavor and then they suddenly disappeared.

They also need to bring back the Ruffles All Dressed to the US market. It was basically a salt and vinegar chip with some barbecue flavor added. I've heard the Canadien version is even better

Yes on those doritos...Taco flavor my 2nd favorite which is still around.

 

[Chemical X]

2 of my favorite things as a kid in NY were Jack in the Box tacos and White Castle. in HS, we’d go drinking, come home late and drive down northern blvd in search of the mythical “triple”….eating white castles, grabbing some microwaved burritos at 7-11 and devouring a pile of Jacks.

in NC, no white castle, but i can find frozen. but jack itb is not near me and no one does that style of awful deep fried taco with a half slice of real cheese….until burger king started selling knock offs. sheetz also had them. both bk and sheetz no longer carry and i crave some jacks.

Those tacos are horrible, in the best way possible. On it surface, a deep fried taco (lettuce and all) with American cheese sounds god-awful, but it works somehow. Thankfully I've got two in town

actually, they put the lettuce in after the full fry. but they do fry the shell and cheese and the meat like interior product. they were $1- each when i was in HS and tuesday was 2 fer 1. man, i spent many hours there with my buddies. the workers knew us and would always turn over the hot sauce bottle. they are technically food, but not quite, but man…..

Now I have to go to Jack soon just to try them. It's been a few years. I remember them being two for a buck for a long time. For five bucks you could get stuffed and have some impressive blowouts on the toilet the next day. I'd be surprised if they were any more than a dollar each even today.

I guess I just assumed that the lettuce was fried also ... it's all just so dang greasy it's hard to tell.

The cheese actually goes in after they come out of the fryer too, and the heat just melts it. Sometimes they come with the cheese not quite all the way melted

i wasn’t sure about the cheese, but i think you’re right….they fry the frozen shell and meatesque interior, then add shredded lettuce and the diagonal cheese half with a squirt of sauce…..and into the baggie. i know they exist somewhere, but i can’t even buy them frozen and a copycat recipe seems daunting.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

 

[Hoh]

Monster Cereals, with the late 70’s-early 80’s formula.

I’ve heard the new ones are garbage

Yeah my kids eat them.

I'm sure my palate has changed a lot from when I was a kid, but the few bites I've tried of the new monster cereals weren't good.

The original were oat based.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Another one that was awesome were Land O Lakes frosted butter cookies. Just awesome buttery goodness all around, once opened the entire package would get eaten immediately

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Planters Cheese Balls came back but they are not the same, or at least not the way I remember them. I’m sure the hippies had whatever delicious oil that was in the original banned

 

[ChiefD]

Smaks.

 

[belljr]

Planters Cheese Balls came back but they are not the same, or at least not the way I remember them. I’m sure the hippies had whatever delicious oil that was in the original banned

Utz Cheese Balls get the job done

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Planters Cheese Balls came back but they are not the same, or at least not the way I remember them. I’m sure the hippies had whatever delicious oil that was in the original banned

Utz Cheese Balls get the job done

Utz? As in rhyming with nutz?

 

[massraider]

Utz? As in rhyming with nutz?

Are they not national?

Where I'm from, Utz chips was a good canary in the coal mine for family finances. If the Ruffles disappeared from the cabinet, and there was Utz where the Ruffles used to be, someone might have a gambling problem.

 

[Osaurus]

Frank’s soda from Philly area. Miss me some black cherry wishniak.

 

[msudaisy26]

I'm dead with laughter thinking about ordering seafood at Subway.

That's a triple-dog dare.

When I was a senior in high school I went on a date with a guy that took me to Subway before a movie and ordered that seafood monstrosity.

I decided right then and there that there was absolutely nothing he could do to get a second date, but I would at least be nice enough to finish the date. About 20 minutes into the movie he put his arm around me and leaned in to kiss me. All I could think about was that seafood sub. Before he could kiss me I got up and said "I have to use the restroom."

I ran out of the theatre and across a 6 lane highway to the bowling alley across the street and called my parents and asked them to come get me I never spoke to him again even though we had 2 classes together. He also became a very well known and successful lawyer in Michigan. No regrets!!!

 

[Zow]

I've always been fascinated with keeping hot foods hot....while keeping cold foods cold up until the EXACT millisecond they need to be joined in that blissful cacophony of taste. To that, I'd like to see the return

Jason Alexander in 1985 McDonald's Ad

Toupee or not toupee, that is the question...

youtu.be

ETA the FULL version

Ah. I now know what skee-lo wanted. I always thought it was “mcblt.”

 

[bushdocda]

There was a cereal called Body Buddies in the 80s that in my memory was so great and impactful that I still meander the cereal aisle and look for it.
Internet remembers it and shows no signs of it retuning but I’ll keep up my watch.

 

[3 hour lunch]

I used to ride my bike to Tom Thumb for crystal pepsi and an aero bar. I’m not sure any of that stuff still exists.