# 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:** 9
**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 16, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/161 "2015-01-16T00:48:23Z")
The Allen Edmond [York](http://g.nordstromimage.com/imagegallery/store/product/Large/10/_39850.jpg) dress boot. I’ve worn these things for over 3 decades and they’re always comfy and reliable, even when kept on for over 24 hours due to long nights on call. But they stopped making them over a decade ago. I’m down to 3 really beat-up pairs that perhaps a competent cobbler could turn into one not really horrible pair, plus a pretty new pair I found on Ebay. Sadly, Allen Edmond has no plans to bring them back any time soon. They are willing to make me a few custom pairs, if I’m willing to shell out a few thousand dollars, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![vomit\_comet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vomit\_comet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vomit_comet)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/162 "2015-01-16T00:50:02Z")
You can also search for “cowichan” they are a tribe in British Columbia that produces sweaters and cardigans. I believe they sell from their own web site. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/163 "2015-01-16T00:55:12Z")
Consumables: Trader Joes Mojito Sauce. We would chop up a couple of boneless skinless breasts and cook them in this sauce, served over rice. Unbelievably delicious. Stewarts Ginger Beer. I’m told they still make it, but I can’t find it, and refuse to pay huge monies to buy off the interwebz. Dark chocolate covered Altoids mints. Raths Blackhawk Honey cured ham. Canned. Tasted like ham used to taste before chemicals, except soaked in honey. Walnettos Real Boston Cream Pie (cake) with real pudding like filling and real dark chocolate ganache on top. Other stuffs: small pickups. American auto makers say Merikans don’t want small pickups any more. look around at all those people driving old Mazdas, Datsuns, etc. Why haven’t they traded those in on bigger trucks? Cause they don’t want a bigger truck. Oh, and wind wings on cars, best thing ever. Goop hand cleaner. VW Things. Butt-ugly little jeepny looking vehicles that would go anywhere. I loved mine until my first wife wrecked it. Now I’m pissed off. ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/164 "2015-01-16T01:23:39Z")
**Bujmbazine** , [Walnettos](http://www.walnetto.com/purchase.html) are still being made. I was surprised to see Goop on your list. I’m pretty sure I spotted it at Wal\*Mart or a car parts place in the past few months. That stuff is the best for cleaning up greasy hands without drying them out or making them slippery. I hope this reduces your pissed-offedness. ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/165 "2015-01-16T01:39:44Z")
Watkins’ Generation 3 Laundry detergent. One box lasted for months, and it had no perfume additives. Got my clothes super clean and left no irritants behind. No idea why they stopped making it. Luckily, I got several boxes the last time I ordered so it’ll be a while before I have to worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![Melvin\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Melvin\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melvin_Munster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/166 "2015-01-16T01:52:38Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Lime candy- gone are lime Pixie Stix, Life Savers, Skittles, SweeTarts. God damn right. Green apple can piss up a rope. Booooooo. Fuck green apple. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/167 "2015-01-16T07:02:32Z")
Lancôme’s Swoon lipstick. The perfect color, feel, smell. _weeps_ The Mexicone from Little Ol’ TacoMaker. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/168 "2015-01-16T13:38:37Z")
> [@robby](#): > > [ul] > [li]Mennen Speed Stick antiperspirant in the “Fresh” scent, not the crappy “Power” version that they are currently selling. Apparently, after Colgate-Palmolive bought Mennen, they discontinued the original non-“Power” version. I had used the previous version for **30 years** (since high school). The new “Power” version is completely repulsive and smells terrible. After using the same product for decades, I’ve been forced to start trying competing products. Great way to lose a loyal customer. :rolleyes:[/li][/ul] Err? This stuff? > **[Amazon.com : Mennen Speed Stick Overtime Stainguard Anti-Perspirant Deodorant 48...](https://www.amazon.com/Mennen-Stainguard-Anti-Perspirant-Deodorant-Protection/dp/B003A4HSOE)** > > It's time to be your own man in a world where the old patterns, rules and stages of progression are being redefined. Achieving your dreams takes courage when it counts. Speed Stick Stainguard Fresh Antiperspirant & Deodorant for Men is formulated to... I use Speed Stick Regular, myself… ---
**Author:** ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/169 "2015-01-16T15:05:17Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I heard this morning that they have changed the recipe for Cadbury Easter Eggs. The citizenry is revolting in England, I hear. No more “dairy milk” chocolate, it’s now some other heavily sweetened coco that is as sweet as the filling, they say. :mad: I can’t believe it. > > I now miss them in advance. You are not alone. Three-fourths of my household are already bemoaning a Cadbury Eggless Easter. The one-fourth not in mourning does not eat chocolate so is not affected by this change. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/170 "2015-01-16T15:45:40Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Err? This stuff? > > [Amazon.com : Mennen Speed Stick Overtime Stainguard Anti-Perspirant Deodorant 48 Hour Protection 2.70 oz. 6-Pack : Beauty & Personal Care](http://www.amazon.com/Mennen-Stainguard-Antiperspirant-Deodorant-2-7-Ounce/dp/B003A4HSOE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) > > I use Speed Stick Regular, myself… Nope. Can’t find it online, because they discontinued it. I’m not the only one. Check out the reviews [here](http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Antiperspirant-Deodorant-Fresh-Scent/dp/B000GCHVP4/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top). (Links to correct product name, but is actually for new, crappy “Power” version.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/171 "2015-01-16T15:57:57Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Yeah, these > > And several different varieties of Stouffer’s frozen meals > They used to make a really tasty basic Chili with Beans > And a really yummy Ham and Aspargus Bake, a sort of ham and asparagus pot pie in a cream sauce with a lattice pastry crust > Stouffer’s also used to make a corn pasta with a Mexican spiced cheese sauce as part of a short-lived international side dish line, I can’t remember exactly what they called the item. But I wish there were more corn pasta dishes available. > And back in the 1970’s they made a couple of different savory crepe dishes, one had a ham and cheese filling and I think they also made one with a creamed chicken vegetable filling… And Lobster Newburg, a nice little treat over rice or a toasted English muffin. I guess it was too expensive and not enough customers. ☹ Regular Bic disposable razors, they still sell the yellow ‘sensitive skin’ one, but the regular is no longer sold in the US. Overseas, yes. Yardley April Violets spray cologne, I don’t think Vermont Country Store sells it. I have a half bottle which has ‘turned’. It’s not like it’s made from real violets! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/173 "2015-01-16T21:32:36Z")
Seems like the right thread for my yearly bitch that they got rid of Terpin Hydrate, the only cough medicine that worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/174 "2015-01-16T23:27:47Z")
Slates trousers. Apparently it was an attempt by Levi-Strauss to follow their clientelle to a more mature stage of attire. Apparently they didn’t sell well enough to continue. O’Grady’s potato chips, Ruffles Thick n’ Hearty potato chips, and Pringles thick cut potato crisps. I like to taste the potato, not just the salt. Toyota Celica convertibles. I was in the market for one just after they discontinued them in the early 00’s. Then they revived them but I wasn’t in need of a car. Then my car died and they’ve discontinued the Celica line again. I also miss the wedge-shaped Toyota MR2 Nestle’s Alpine White candy bar: White Chocolate with bits of toasted almond. Absolutely delicious! I never thought much of Saturn’s line, until I saw the Crossfire. Unfortunately, that was only a couple years ago and Saturn has been gone longer than that. Naked Cafe-seating motorcycles like the old KZ550. Some time in the late 90’s machines split between cruisers (think Harley Davidson) and crotch-rockets (think Ninja) and touring machines (think Goldwing) and the basic commuter bike disappeared. Now they’ve brought back the 1960’s sprinter style but a basic commuter motorcycle just can’t be found. It’s a pity. I do okay on my SV, but it’s still a crotch-rocket style of bike. …and, Quadgop? [Chase the link.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v1/1512238656_1/Fashion-brown-tan-black-mens-font-b-wedding-b-font-shoes-font-b-ankle-b-font.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aliexpress.com/price/wedding-ankle-boots_price.html&h=679&w=943&tbnid=7qB6q3juQ_auEM:&zoom=1&docid=tkMMJxecC_CnCM&ei=Mpy5VP6dH8HeoATOk4G4Aw&tbm=isch&ved=0CBEQMygJMAk4ZA) It ain’t York, but it’s a similar style. I just searched for “Men’s low dress boot”; you might throw “zip-up” in as a term, as well. I (foolishly) got this type as my first motorcycling boot. –G! ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/175 "2015-01-17T01:04:02Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > …and, Quadgop? [Chase the link.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v1/1512238656_1/Fashion-brown-tan-black-mens-font-b-wedding-b-font-shoes-font-b-ankle-b-font.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.aliexpress.com/price/wedding-ankle-boots_price.html&h=679&w=943&tbnid=7qB6q3juQ_auEM:&zoom=1&docid=tkMMJxecC_CnCM&ei=Mpy5VP6dH8HeoATOk4G4Aw&tbm=isch&ved=0CBEQMygJMAk4ZA) It ain’t York, but it’s a similar style. I just searched for “Men’s low dress boot”; you might throw “zip-up” in as a term, as well. I (foolishly) got this type as my first motorcycling boot. > > –G! Thanks for thinking of me, but I am looking for the quality that goes with Allen Edmonds too, along with that style. I live near their factory, and know folks that put the shoes together, and have decades of experience wearing their product and comparing it to others. So now I’m quite the shoe snob about it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/176 "2015-01-17T18:39:34Z")
Faygo Brau. The U.S. needs a good strong ginger beer _from a national brand at a Coke/Pepsi price._ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/177 "2015-01-17T18:53:26Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > \ And LaChoy bite size egg roll appetizers. Cheap, ultra hot pillows of finely chopped celery and cabbage, they are gone forever. I had forgotten about those until I read your post. Now I miss them all over again! None of the frozen egg rolls out there now even come close. ☹ ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/178 "2015-01-17T18:53:52Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Faygo Brau. > > The U.S. needs a good strong ginger beer _from a national brand at a Coke/Pepsi price._ Ginger Beer. Yum! One of my fave beverages. It’s best when it’s an actual brewed product, and that takes some skill and time. You can have it good and cheap. You can have it good and nationally. You can have it cheap and nationally. But you cannot have it good and cheap and nationally. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/179 "2015-01-17T20:48:22Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > Consumables: > > Trader Joes Mojito Sauce. We would chop up a couple of boneless skinless breasts and cook them in this sauce, served over rice. Unbelievably delicious. > > Stewarts Ginger Beer. I’m told they still make it, but I can’t find it, and refuse to pay huge monies to buy off the interwebz. > > Dark chocolate covered Altoids mints. > > Raths Blackhawk Honey cured ham. Canned. Tasted like ham used to taste before chemicals, except soaked in honey. > > Walnettos > > Real Boston Cream Pie (cake) with real pudding like filling and real dark chocolate ganache on top. > > Other stuffs: > > small pickups. American auto makers say Merikans don’t want small pickups any more. look around at all those people driving old Mazdas, Datsuns, etc. Why haven’t they traded those in on bigger trucks? Cause they don’t want a bigger truck. > > Oh, and wind wings on cars, best thing ever. > > Goop hand cleaner. > > VW Things. Butt-ugly little jeepny looking vehicles that would go anywhere. I loved mine until my first wife wrecked it. > > Now I’m pissed off. There’s a little deli a block from me that sells Stewart’s Ginger Beer. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/180 "2015-01-18T03:53:53Z")
T-shirts with label tags in the back of the collar. Sometimes you need to put a T-shirt on in the dark, and with the newfangled tagless labels that means you might need a flashlight or something just to be sure of putting it on the right way around. Really, having the tag at the back of my neck wasn’t that horrible. I’m alluding mainly to the sort of Ts sold by Gap, American Apparel, and so on, usually meant to be worn as regular street wear. Undershirt-type Ts might still have tagged labels, but I wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434/181 "2015-01-18T06:31:31Z")
Walnettos never went away. (and Bonono’s Turkish Taffy is back in production). I’ll second the small pickup - I bought the most recent small-bodied truck I could find ('97 Nissan). A 4 cylinder engine and 5-speed stick work with this size - the “supersized” versions - I doubt it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-items-do-you-miss/709434.md?page=10)