Which foods do you have trouble finding nowadays? (No call for it?? We still eat it!!)

Chrysalis

In supermarkets?

Saver products that are also low size.

So e.g. choice of standard cheese 200g for £2, or saver cheese 250g for £2. No 50g or 100g variants. (enforcing min spend of £2 for cheese).

Certain types of salad, especially salad bowls have pretty much gone.  These went during covid food shortages and were never returned.

Loose jacket potatoes.  I have to order these from farmer's. Only ones I seen sold in supermarkets are processed expensive frozen ones.

Fresh sub's (by this I mean long breaded sub's, ham and cheese etc.).

Those off top of my head, probably is more if I think harder or check old receipts.

MrsStepford

Campbell's got back to me. 

The bad news is that V8 vegetable juice and Campbell's condened tinned soups have been discontinued.

it's possible that some in date soups may show up in Poundland, Poundshop, B&M, Home Bargains, Motatos etc so keep your eyes peeled. 

I doubt that the products have been discontinued in N America. The condensed soups are often used in recipes as sauces and dips. 

Farway

MrsStepford said:

Campbell's got back to me. 

The bad news is that V8 vegetable juice and Campbell's condened tinned soups have been discontinued.

it's possible that some in date soups may show up in Poundland, Poundshop, B&M, Home Bargains, Motatos etc so keep your eyes peeled. 

I doubt that the products have been discontinued in N America. The condensed soups are often used in recipes as sauces and dips. 

Oh, I sometimes used condensed soup as a cheat pasta sauce, not often but seems no longer. I doubt if I'll need counselling though

Brie

MrsStepford said:

Campbell's got back to me. 

The bad news is that V8 vegetable juice and Campbell's condened tinned soups have been discontinued.

it's possible that some in date soups may show up in Poundland, Poundshop, B&M, Home Bargains, Motatos etc so keep your eyes peeled. 

I doubt that the products have been discontinued in N America. The condensed soups are often used in recipes as sauces and dips. 

Shame about V8 as I've always liked that.  

Condensed soup was def a major part of cooking for my mom.  Condensed Cream of Tomato was the basis of her (truly dreadful) spaghetti sauce.  And the Cond. Cr of Mushroom was used on top of a block of frozen "bluefish" (no idea to this day what it actually was, maybe cod or something like basa?).  Literally dump the soup undiluted on top of the frozen block of fish, top with a bit of cheddar and stick in the oven where the potatoes were baking.  And mom being mom would save the leftover fish and sauce and mash it and spread on bread to make sandwiches for lunch the next day.  Actually it's rather tasty!   

Best of all though was using the mushroom soup (again undiluted) to make gravy.  Do your roast in a metal roasting tray.  When the meat was done take it out of the oven and onto a plate.  The metal tray would then go on to the stove top so the dripping and bits could be scraped up and then the mushroom soup would be added giving a unctuous smooth gravy.  If it lacked a bit of depth the next secret ingredient to add was instant coffee.  Yup.  Dry, straight from the jar.  To this day it's the only reason I would consider buying the stuff.  

Katiehound

I used condensed mushroom soup in chicken /ham/ mushroom pie- boo hoo. Actually I  think Jamie was using it in one of his £ meals

I think loose jacket potatoes are on sale in Aldi- or maybe packs of 4? Not anything I buy but think I have seen them there

Mnoee

I get a single loose baking potato with my Sainsbury's delivery most weeks - it must be regional as to whether or not they're available. 

thriftytracey

I think the Delia's Cheat cook book used mushroom condensed soup.  There was a real furore when the book was published!

fatbelly

What I was looking for today in Lidl was their chilli-infused avocado oil. I once bought a bottle to try and liked it. Never seen it since.

It was part of their Mexican range, I think labelled El Tequito. Now some of those products were in stock so we must have had a Mexican week, but I couldn't find the oil anywhere

MrsStepford

Muszynianka mineral water in big bottles at Sainsbury's, brought the cost of bottled water down, as husband was happy to drink it. Can't find it locally.  

sarah1972

MrsStepford said:

Muszynianka mineral water in big bottles at Sainsbury's, brought the cost of bottled water down, as husband was happy to drink it. Can't find it locally.  

Still available https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/polish/muszynianka-green-still-water-15l