# Things you don't see anymore: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836 "2020-04-01T21:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/21 "2020-04-04T13:55:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Badger and oyster, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o > > Oyster ice cream actually does go back a long way … believe it or not! > > [The Long, Weird History and Mythology of Oyster Ice Cream](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzkewm/the-long-weird-history-and-mythology-of-oyster-ice-cream) And it can _stay_ back there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/22 "2020-04-04T14:04:02Z")
I should have said _the idea_ of oyster ice cream goes back a long way. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/23 "2020-04-04T15:31:19Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That sounded fucking awful, even before I saw that you had to shove the fucking melted ice cream — how do you stir nuts into ice cream without reducing it to mush? — into “baking powder boxes.” > > There’s a reason most mid-20th century recipes have been forgotten. This is why we can’t keep new people. Would it kill you to be nice? Pistachio ice cream is the green stuff in spumoni. Real tasty, but not common enough. Mariano’s probably has pistachio gelato. Sultanas are bigger than regular raisins. These days made from Thompson Seedless, but when I was a kid they had small seeds, a gummy texture, and a faintly smoky flavor. Sometimes available in US stores from Sun Maid. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/24 "2020-04-04T17:03:47Z")
I actually like making oddball things you don’t see here. I have some delightful English cookbooks and I’ve made Sticky Toffee Pudding (just scrumptious), trifle of one kind or another, Sally Lunn, and roly-poly pudding once, long ago. I wonder if there is a ‘Harry Potter Cookbook’ out there. (edit: there IS!) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/25 "2020-04-04T17:33:04Z")
“Claret” is what the Brits call red Bourdeux wine. Medoc, St.-Emilion, Paulliac, etc. Sorry I was snippy earlier! I’ll ramp up the ol’ Ukulele Ike charm from here on out. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/26 "2020-04-04T17:58:05Z")
**[Moderating]** > [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ll tell ya what I don’t see anymore. Fucking Ass-Wipe in the Grocery Store! Jezus Krist! Haven’t you hoarders got enough by now??? > [@Superdude](#): > > My future wife [Milana Vayntrub](https://images.app.goo.gl/GZkwx8NSJAggeSrR6). Both of these posts are crude (though in completely different ways), unnecessary, and completely unrelated to the thread. Let’s please try to act like we’re more mature than middle-schoolers, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/27 "2020-04-04T18:40:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Kidding aside, one thing I’ve noticed that I never see anymore is [Hershey’s Special Deep Dark Chocolate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey%27s_Special_Dark?wprov=sfla1) in anything other than bags of miniature mixes. They used to sell a full-sized bar, and the “big block” variety, which was the equivalent of their “king size” bars today. > > I don’t know if it’s a regional thing, but I miss them. Krackel is in the same boat, it’s pretty much impossible to find outside of the mini bags. Other items i’d bring back: Nestle White Chocolate with Almonds Hires Root Beer Green River soda ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/28 "2020-04-04T18:41:31Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > “Claret” is what the Brits call red Bourdeux wine. From “The Hotel Inspectors”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZK0GgCyFyNQ/hqdefault.jpg "Fawlty Towers: Bordeaux and claret") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0GgCyFyNQ) ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/29 "2020-04-04T22:31:12Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Kidding aside, one thing I’ve noticed that I never see anymore is [Hershey’s Special Deep Dark Chocolate](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey%27s_Special_Dark?wprov=sfla1) in anything other than bags of miniature mixes. They used to sell a full-sized bar, and the “big block” variety, which was the equivalent of their “king size” bars today. > > I don’t know if it’s a regional thing, but I miss them. [XL Hershey’s Special Dark](https://www.amazon.com/HERSHEYS-Holiday-Chocolate-Stocking-Stuffers/dp/B00D8TSVS8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3VXXELGC99DI4&dchild=1&keywords=hershey+special+dark+chocolate+bars&qid=1586039289&sprefix=hershey+spec%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-2) Love those. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/30 "2020-04-04T23:36:59Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > You had me until you said raisins. Raisins are evil. See if you can find [Raisels](https://smile.amazon.com/Raisels-Sours-Variety-Pack-Count/dp/B086673C63/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=raisels&qid=1586043357&sr=8-2). These are raisins created by a God who actually likes human beings. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/31 "2020-04-05T00:08:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Try buying a European-style shower head with a hose attached and using it to wash your nether regions after taking a dump. That’s what I do. Feels much better than just wiping, too. :o > > They have them (the shower heads) at Walmart, if you want to risk getting infected there. I installed a bidet toilet seat similar to [this one](https://www.google.com/search?q=bidet+toilet+seat+kohler&sxsrf=ALeKk01uodGNB-54C8PxcpbJJSWbrkW4uA:1586045162100&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=PbLYEvR2BH0UqM%253A%252CJMOglkPHpaBjMM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQYQtErZKbl4Rw3zfIz3LI7Qf1ypg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn_e_T_s_oAhWiNn0KHWVhDuUQ9QEwHHoECAUQHw#imgrc=hTw-ldhtkzDx9M). I’m not a plumber and had little trouble installing it. Works great, although the blast of cold water can be a rush. They do make seats that heat the water, but they’re more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/32 "2020-04-05T00:38:57Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I actually like making oddball things you don’t see here. I have some delightful English cookbooks and I’ve made Sticky Toffee Pudding (just scrumptious), trifle of one kind or another, Sally Lunn, and roly-poly pudding once, long ago. I wonder if there is a ‘Harry Potter Cookbook’ out there. (edit: there IS!) Sticky Toffee Pudding is an odd one. It was invented in the 70s - potentially based on a Canadian recipe, though that may be rumour - and didn’t really become popular until much later. In fact, the first time I heard of it will have been no more than about 20 years ago, in a piece about favourite puddings (desserts), when I assumed it just meant a sort of generic spongey syrupy pudding because Sticky Toffee Pudding wasn’t really a thing, certainly not enough of one to be a nation’s favourite. I’m from a family of classic-English-dessert-loving food enthusiasts. I’ve been baking since I could stand upright. If you witnessed my Father’s raptured delight at a Baked Jam Roll you’d be moved to tears. I know my puddings. It’s somehow - no doubt in part due to everyone being told it’s supposed to be their favourite - gained a place in English consciousness as an established old-school (literally) classic, up there with roast beef, tea, cricket, red phone boxes, subjugating the developing world and war with the French. It’s been ret-conned into the country’s nostalgia. Whew. Even I didn’t see that much of a tirade coming. I mean, I stand by it, but still. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/33 "2020-04-05T16:42:37Z")
Lots of standard-fare American cooking when I was a kid, I haven’t seen for decades. Pineapple upside down cake. “Curry” which was cream sauce colored with turmeric over instant rice, with raisins, sweetened coconut, and chopped peanuts. Molded salads. Baloney on white bread with sweet pickle relish and mayonnaise. I could go on and on. All of it utterly unmissed. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/34 "2020-04-05T17:53:43Z")
Yes. Sultana Roll was commercially produced and sold, possibly frozen, around Boston. I remember seeing it and I couldn’t stop sayig the name, which is why I remember it now. I never tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/35 "2020-04-05T18:53:49Z")
I love seeing old menus, and one thing I have gathered is that herring was a heck of a lot more popular than it is now. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/36 "2020-04-05T19:22:42Z")
And _calf’s liver_! On every damn menu. With bacon and/or onions. Did people really like it more back in the day, or was everyone suffering from iron-poor blood? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/37 "2020-04-05T19:41:21Z")
The irony is, I actually do like liver, but I can’t eat it, because it has too much iron. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/38 "2020-04-05T22:21:06Z")
Well, then, it’s the HERRING for you! ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/39 "2020-04-05T22:32:52Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > And _calf’s liver_! On every damn menu. With bacon and/or onions. > > Did people really like it more back in the day, or was everyone suffering from iron-poor blood? We had it growing up because if you butcher a cow, you get all of it, including the liver. Lots of liver. (No Geritol ads for iron poor blood anymore either) ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-see-anymore/850836/40 "2020-04-05T22:52:14Z")
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