# What discontinued items do you miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434 "2015-01-09T20:47:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/101 "2015-01-12T07:32:39Z")
Wendys Taco Salad I enjoyed them for 20 years. Then one day they were gone. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/102 "2015-01-12T14:15:01Z")
Mercury. I loved Mercuries. Why did they go away? My poor man’s Lincoln. Knorrs Black Pepper sauce. Not the one with the icky whole peppercorns, this was just a strong black pepper flavored sauce. Campbell Chunky Clam Chowder the way it USED to be. WTF have they done to it? All sweet and disgusting now. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/103 "2015-01-12T15:41:47Z")
Volvo station wagons. Proper, boxy wagons with huge storage capacity, not a “sportwagon.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/104 "2015-01-12T16:20:23Z")
Entenmann’s fudge-iced, cream-filled cupcakes. Costco’s bakery coffee cake muffins. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/105 "2015-01-12T16:48:08Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Carnation Breakfast Squares (the chocolate variety). Ditto, if you mean the same thing as Carnation Breakfast Bars (they may have gone under alternate names regionally). I was very cross when they stopped making Flex shampoo; you can get a version of it in Europe, but it’s not the same at all. Flex and then Teen Spirit had versions for fine hair that were one of the few things I could use on my hair that didn’t make it look clumpy or greasy. Pantene in the US seems to have fiddled with its formula in the past year or so, especially in the conditioner. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/106 "2015-01-13T19:36:54Z")
Kool-aid Invisible Cherry unsweetened packets. Can buy it pre-sugared, in a tub, but it’s not what I want. Thankfully, my kid has outgrown the spill stage, so it’s almost safe to buy colored Kool-aid. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/107 "2015-01-13T22:26:33Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Regal crown sours!](http://blog.candy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/RegalCrownCandy.jpg) Oh My Goodness YES!!! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/108 "2015-01-14T00:13:03Z")
iPod Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/109 "2015-01-14T00:20:09Z")
Norton motorcycles. I know the brand name has been revived, but they are not the same. (I’ll bet they don’t even leak oil when new, in the show room.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/110 "2015-01-14T01:47:04Z")
Having a new Harry Potter book to read each Fall. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/111 "2015-01-14T03:02:15Z")
Andes Ting-a-lings. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/112 "2015-01-14T03:34:18Z")
[Jujubes](http://mimg.ugo.com/201102/8/3/9/172938/cuts/jujubes_480x480.jpg). Those tiny, hard gel candies. The only thing I would buy at the movie theater. Green apple Jolly Ranchers. The real thing. I don’t know what they’ve done with the flavor, but they’re just not the same. Russian dressing salad dressing. Thousand island seems to have pushed the Russian dressing off the shelves. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/113 "2015-01-14T04:00:10Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Seven Seas Creamy Italian salad dressing My wife’s family was huge fans of this, and they claim the the Kroger house brand sells a Creamy Italian that is nearly the same thing. If you find yourself in Dallas, pop in and grab a bottle, or a case. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/114 "2015-01-14T04:38:38Z")
Genuine Merrimints. Danish-go-rounds. Shake-a-pudding. Seven up bars. Ginger Altoids. Loco sodas. Chicken dinner candy. Studebakers. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/115 "2015-01-14T05:00:41Z")
Raspberry-flavored Quaker Oats Instant Oatmeal. Also, Under Cover Bears Instant Oatmeal. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/116 "2015-01-14T05:22:03Z")
Jello 1-2-3. Jello and whipped topping all at once. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/117 "2015-01-14T06:44:09Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > The old Heinz Hot Ketchup (which is _not_ the same as the Hot & Spicy Ketchup that is currently available). Heinz made a ketchup back in the 80s that had chopped onion in it. It was only around for a brief time. I don’t know if it was just being test marketed or sales were bad, but I liked it and I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/118 "2015-01-14T07:11:44Z")
Am I the only one who liked the McDLT? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UTSdUOC8Kac/hqdefault.jpg "80s Commercials - McDLT [Jason Alexander]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/119 "2015-01-14T11:50:23Z")
McDonalds once offered apple-cinnamon oatmeal and blueberry oatmeal in the mornings. The blueberry oatmeal was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/120 "2015-01-14T14:52:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Jujubes](http://mimg.ugo.com/201102/8/3/9/172938/cuts/jujubes_480x480.jpg). Those tiny, hard gel candies. The only thing I would buy at the movie theater. > Green apple Jolly Ranchers. The real thing. I don’t know what they’ve done with the flavor, but they’re just not the same. > Russian dressing salad dressing. Thousand island seems to have pushed the Russian dressing off the shelves. I saw Jujubes at the dollar store last week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=7)