Ask Lemmy

About 6-8 years ago, McDonald's had a line of like, "gourmet" burgers that came with grilled onions on them and big leafs of Romaine lettuce, those things were delicious but they discontinued them after only like, six months. For a while afterward I would order grilled onions on a regular quarter pounder but one day they said they didn't do that anymore either.

I'm still not over Taco Bell discontinuing the Quesarito. One day when I tried to order it, they told me you could only get it through the app anymore, but I hate installing apps for every little thing so I didn't bother. I occasionally ordered through the website and was able to get it there but it eventually disappeared altogether.

Then one day I spotted the chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito on the value menu and I got hooked on those, but that also disappeared recently. The chicken enchilada burrito that replaced it is a banger, though, and surprisingly cheap.

And before anyone calls me a shill, I'll say I fucking hate how everything else on their menu is now like $6 or more unless you order it as a combo.

IMO, combos shouldn't be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn't be legal to price things that way. It's just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.

The chicken enchilada combo box is fucking stupid because of how much food comes in it, and the stacker taco is garbage. They stuff that thing with so many stale, rock hard chips that it's like eating glass.

A few years ago, Morningstar used to have a vegetarian rib patty. Once I realized its potential as a vegetarian McRib, I bought a pack. It was delicious. I bought another pack.

And then it was gone from shelves in every store that had it.

Keebler Pizzarias. They had 3 flavours IIRC, the Pepperoni was my favourite, I used to inhale those things

It was a good citrus soda. o7

Big Ed's Super Saucer

They were at least twice as big as the current brands (the most prominent being ugh Nestlé) of pre-made ice cream cookie sandwiches, and were only around a dollar or two. Not to mention 10 times tastier.

I miss them. I miss them so fucking much... 😖

Learning how they operated the business while trying to figure out why they suddenly stopped being sold around me, it makes sense. They just relied on word of mouth while also changing the areas they serviced making it difficult to actually acquire product.

Affordable fresh fruit

I've never seen anyone bring it up, so there's probably no chance it ever gets brought back. How come banana ice cream is so uncommon? It's the obvious secret fourth flavor, and this one was good. Why do we live on hellworld?

Coke with coke in it

SoBe

Pop Tarts. They still make them but the ingredients have changed and the quality declined so significantly that they are a different product than they used to be.

• Pepsi Kona
• McDonald's Arch Deluxe
• Orbitz (always thought it was gross but it looked fucking cool)

Altoids sours

Take a guess.

• Shark Bites fruit snacks
• Santa Fe Chicken Chalupas from Taco Bell
• Squeezit fruit drinks
• Mad Dawg fizzy bubble gum

EDIT: There used to be this brand of pickled prawns in a jar you could get at the super markets here. You can't find them any more, but the brand name escapes me. I miss those.

EDIT 2: Nate's Spiced Prawns.

Lots of chip flavors. In the UK and probably other countries Frito-Lay makes a Thai Sweet Chili kettle chip under the Sensations sub-brand. They sold it in the U.S. too but dropped the whole Sensations line after the corn chip side did not do well at the same time as Sun Chips were growing (used the same production lines). Hal’s of New York does a really good version of this but I only see them at one hotel I often stop at in Albany.

Later they had a white cheddar and cracked peppercorn flavor, also a kettle chip but with a cut that made it more like Ruffles. Fantastic chip, but gone.

When I was a kid I remember a brand called O’Boise’s. I think it was connected to Keebler. The sour cream and onion was really good. Schlotzsky’s sour cream and onion chips are extremely similar.

Panera used to use chips from a brand called Krunchers. Panera only had the plain kettle chips, but in grocery stores they had a lot of good flavors. Haven’t seen those in years. Now Panera’s chips are private labeled, but taste the same.

I submit the following:

Both of these RULED and I miss them dearly.

Red Baron breakfast pizzas. Biscuit crust slathered with gravy, sausage, and cheese. They were awesome.

Good lord these things were an 11/10. The peanut butter was god-like.

Reese's used to have an "Elvis" Reese's peanut butter cup that had a layer of banana cream in them and they were FIRE and I think about them at least 5 times a year.

Crystal Pepsi

From the late 80's, PB Max

Fucking GREAT candy bar killed off because apparently the Mars family doesn't like peanut butter.

DNL - 7up with a twist! Flipped upside down. Instead of lemon lime, it was lime lemon and was actually pretty good. The company discontinued it and I hate them for it. I still get 7 up here and there but dnL was the best.

Waffle Crisp. The rest of my family couldn't stand the smell, but it was my go to cereal for years.

Hostess Pudding Pies 🤤

Volcano Taco from Taco Bell

Lava sauce is life. The promotion last year went by so fast.... :'(

Tostinos used to have a pizza called "zesty italian". It was the best pizza there was. A Lil spicy with Canadian bacon, pepperoni, fennel, and Italian sausage.

I have spent 25 years missing those things.

Heinz Chocolate Sponge Pudding in a can :'(

Crystal Clear Pepsi. I don't drink soda anymore, but when I was a kid that was my crack!

I remember they brought it back for a limited time for a bit, but sadly it's now gone.

Josta soda. A guarana cola drink Pepsi put out in the 90's before energy drinks became a big thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Josta_drink.jpeg

McDonald's McWrap. Though I hate McDonald's and don't support them now, those McWraps were pretty good.

Planters brand Cheeze Balls

Coke Black, Altoids sours

I found a replica of Altoids sours on Etsy that are pretty good

The original Mountain Dew Fruit Punch Kickstart

Snackwraps from McDonalds. BKs version just isn't the same.

Kudos bars.

The Double Decker taco from Taco Bell.

Bugles. They stopped selling them in Canada a couple years ago, and they were great for Christmas.

Full-sugar Coca-Cola Vanilla. Was a bit of a hit in the UK in 2000s, was revived in 2013, then discontinued in favour of their aspartame-filled mess. I tried the "zero sugar" variant and it just tasted like cheap cola with a hint of vanilla. I've since gone for Tim Hortons' French Vanilla since they started expanding here.

In Germany we had a joghurt back in the 90s called "Frufo" (a portmanteau of Frucht (fruit) and UFO), which was basically just a strawberry joghurt in a flat, round package with a hole in the middle for a small toy. They even released pralines, which were filled with the same joghurt and were pure delish, especially cold out of the fridge on a hot summer day.

Everywhere I go, people my age miss that. It just needs the question "Hey, remember Frufo?" to send them to memory lane :)