# What stuff did "They" stop making just because you like it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643 "2013-08-07T23:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/181 "2013-08-14T18:29:33Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > You can still get this – they just call it the iPad mini now 🙂 > **[Sad Trombone](https://sadtrombone.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/182 "2013-08-14T18:31:35Z")
There was a squeeze cheese that came in a tube, where both ends were sealed off with metal staple like things. In the center of the tube was a cap you would remove, and then puncture the tube. Best stuff ever on crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/183 "2013-08-14T18:36:22Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Hamburger Helper has a fried rice version. Maybe just make it without the burger. I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/184 "2013-08-14T18:45:31Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself. Sadly, that quote has [a limited shelf life](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketplace.org%2Ftopics%2Fbusiness%2Fhamburger-helper-gets-new-name&ei=xc8LUtnpDOeX2QWO1ID4CA&usg=AFQjCNGRbSTEYnR2VpEj3jCqkKNBy3ktCg&sig2=VCPi_Zkfwl896qig-dlRIQ&bvm=bv.50723672,d.eWU&cad=rja). ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/185 "2013-08-14T19:15:49Z")
On the subject of hamburger helper- they only had one kind that anyone in my house would eat: Cheesy Hashbrowns. They changed the box a few years ago and labelled of as part of the Cheesy Classics line (or something like that), but then it just went away. The local grocery chains had generic versions that disappeared too. I normally hate food like that and only use pre packaged foods to shut up picky kids, but that was the only store bought convenience food everyone would eat. Now I tried in the past to make everything from scratch shredding my own potatoes and using high quality cheese, but people just love the dried potatoes and fake cheese stuff. Now Betty Crocker and some other brands sell a boxed cheesy hashbrown and that works out ok wih a pound of beef thrown in, but its hard to get it to turn out right. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/186 "2013-08-14T21:17:50Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The ones I miss from Taco Bell: > > • original enchirito — with black olives! > > • green sauce as an alternative to the various red sauces > > • umm… damn, forget what they called it, they expired it in the 1980s and I began approximating it afterwards by ordering a MexiMelt with beans instead of meat and with extra cheese and with PIZZA cheese added. It also had a smoky sauce that could not be added as an extra because the sauce was discontinued when the item was discontinued, though. something-ita Speaking of Taco Bell, around here (NY tri-state area, and probably other areas too), the [Mexican (Spanish) Rice was discontinued late last year by the ‘Bell’](http://creativejamie.com/2012/12/19/taco-bell-retires-their-mexican-rice-continues-to-print-dumb-shit-on-their-sauce-packets/), replaced by “Latin Rice” (looks like plain white rice to me). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/187 "2013-08-14T21:32:29Z")
> [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > Topshop Martha jeans, DAMMIT. Slim-fit but not superskinny, not too lowrise but not high-waisted, just the right little bit of stretch, just the right shade of blue, they even came in a 30 inseam for us short people… I’ve lived in them for years, but I haven’t bought a pair in over a year because I was pregnant. Now the baby is almost four months old, I’m almost back to my pre-her shape, and I want a pair of Martha jeans to replace the ones that are falling to pieces. And it looks like they’re bloody well discontinued. I’m well pissed off. > > Don’t know about the UK, but I’m in Dublin and just saw those in a fancy department store a couple of weeks ago. Maybe the same kind of shop around your way stocks them? > > If anyone finds me Topshop Marthas, I will send you a massive package of Flipz or crispy M&Ms or whatever your heart desires. Do what I do - look on [ebay](http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/topshop-martha-jeans) and buy multiples when you find the right size. I like a particular jean I got used at a thrift store. I went to ebay and bought 4 more pair. StG ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/188 "2013-08-14T23:31:08Z")
Wan Chai Ferry boxed chinese dinners. Pretty decent and the spicy ones ARE hot. I believe they still produce them but EVERY store around me stopped carrying them. Can get them on Amazon, but not for that 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:** [August 15, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/189 "2013-08-15T00:51:31Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > If you’ve never had the caramel apple empenada from Taco Bell, you might be interested in trying one. It’s not the same thing, but it’s definitely in the same genre. Those things are awesome! But don’t say it too loud or “they” might discontinue those too… I just remembered another one. Clinique used to make a Black Honey mascara and eyeliner to go along with their lipstick. I like the lipstick well enough, and it’s still available. But the eyeliner and mascara are apparently long gone. They were the perfect color for me. Not quite brown, black, or purple, but the greatest combination of all three. I still have about half of one eyeliner pencil left, but the mascara has long since run out. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/190 "2013-08-15T02:07:41Z")
Sundance Sparklers especially the Kiwi Lime and Cherry flavors ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/191 "2013-08-15T02:51:48Z")
Almost everything in this thread is either junk food or unnecessary cosmetics. All of that kind of garbage stuff comes back, in one way or another. The only real loss–the only product worth crying over–is the [TechniClick](http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/07/pentel-techniclick-pd105t-mechanical.html), especially since they sold four-packs at the 99 Cents Only store for–well, for 99 cents, of course. Never was such a mechanical pencil made, and never will one. It was masterpiece of funtional design, beauty, and smooth, technical clicking. (The [solid fushia model](http://s23.postimg.org/up4rzktm3/Original_Techni_Click_Fusia_Edition.jpg) proved quite useful with the ladies . . .) Yeah, now they have the “TechniClick G” and “T3,” but they’re not fooling anyone. Go through all of the reviews linked above to read a chronicle of the sad demise of the greatest mechanical pencil ever. Fortunately I stocked up, but every time the back-to-school sales return, I shed a tear for all those young students embarking on their education never to experience the smoothest click of all: the original TechniClick. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/192 "2013-08-15T08:57:13Z")
I am awed, and a little scared, that a blog on mechanical pencils has enough comments to require scroll wheel action to reach the end of them. The internet really is a niche miracle, isn’t it? (Your blog? It’s a good one.) ---
**Author:** ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/193 "2013-08-15T10:12:49Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Almost everything in this thread is either junk food or unnecessary cosmetics. All of that kind of garbage stuff comes back, in one way or another. > > The only real loss–the only product worth crying over–is the [TechniClick](http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogspot.com/2006/07/pentel-techniclick-pd105t-mechanical.html), especially since they sold four-packs at the 99 Cents Only store for–well, for 99 cents, of course. Never was such a mechanical pencil made, and never will one. It was masterpiece of funtional design, beauty, and smooth, technical clicking. (The [solid fushia model](http://s23.postimg.org/up4rzktm3/Original_Techni_Click_Fusia_Edition.jpg) proved quite useful with the ladies . . .) > > Yeah, now they have the “TechniClick G” and “T3,” but they’re not fooling anyone. Go through all of the reviews linked above to read a chronicle of the sad demise of the greatest mechanical pencil ever. > > Fortunately I stocked up, but every time the back-to-school sales return, I shed a tear for all those young students embarking on their education never to experience the smoothest click of all: the original TechniClick. It sounds like they’re paying you to advertise their wares. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/194 "2013-08-15T11:23:42Z")
•California Pizza Kitchen’s frozen Thai Pizza. Or any other kind that wasn’t “ultra thin!” style. •Lombardi’s cluster rolls. Sorta like…sourdough “monkey bread.” A local treat, but a bit hard to find; I’d finally resorted to going to the company’s HQ/bakery and buying it at the front desk. They didn’t even have a web site, much less one that showed stores where they stocked it—as of 2008, which was a bad sign in itself. The company folded that year. •Costco’s Orange-Cranberry bread. Last I checked, the nearest place that stocks it is in British Columbia. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/195 "2013-08-15T16:32:46Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Chocolate-coated pretzels. Flipz, they were called. Apparently they still exist elsewhere, but clearly UK palates aren’t sophisticated enough yet to enjoy that salty, milk chocolatey goodness. ☹ Well look what I just [found](http://www.cadbury.co.uk/products/Choc'-Full-of-Pretzels-2538?p=2538) in the supermarket today! OK, they’re not as good as Flipz - the pretzels don’t have enough salt - but they’re still pretty damn good. Mmmm… pretzels 😃 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/196 "2013-08-15T23:48:05Z")
I thought of another one. California Scents-- they come in a little pop-top can-- had a great scent: grapefruit. It was citrus-y, light, not overpowering, not fakey. I bought two cans. Put one in the bottom of my kitchen garbage can and the other way in the back of my SUV. Never found that scent again. ☹ Every time I am in a store and see the little cans, I go through all of them, searching in vain for grapefruit. One time I was in the grocery store wearing a short straight skirt. Not the kind of attire a woman of a certain age should sit on the floor while wearing. I sat on the floor and pulled all the boxes out and pawed through them, hope rising in my heart, even as my hem rose to places it should not be outside my bedroom. I made a spectacle of myself. No grapefruit. Also can’t find it on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/197 "2013-08-16T01:45:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I thought of another one. California Scents-- they come in a little pop-top can-- had a great scent: grapefruit. It was citrus-y, light, not overpowering, not fakey. I bought two cans. Put one in the bottom of my kitchen garbage can and the other way in the back of my SUV. Never found that scent again. ☹ Every time I am in a store and see the little cans, I go through all of them, searching in vain for grapefruit. One time I was in the grocery store wearing a short straight skirt. Not the kind of attire a woman of a certain age should sit on the floor while wearing. I sat on the floor and pulled all the boxes out and pawed through them, hope rising in my heart, even as my hem rose to places it should not be outside my bedroom. I made a spectacle of myself. No grapefruit. Also can’t find it on Amazon. [This?](http://www.ebay.com/itm/California-Scents-Vista-Grapefruit-Car-Air-Freshener-Made-USA-/130883789926?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1e79482466) StG ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/198 "2013-08-16T02:03:01Z")
Or how about [this](http://amzn.com/B006G5MCS6)? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/199 "2013-08-16T02:03:09Z")
Archer Farms (the Target house brand) used to make a Southwest Style Lasagna, which was basically Enchilada Lasagna. Enchilada sauce, layers were corn tortilla, meat, peppers, cheese, corn. Was awesome stuff. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/200 "2013-08-16T02:08:52Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > [This?](http://www.ebay.com/itm/California-Scents-Vista-Grapefruit-Car-Air-Freshener-Made-USA-/130883789926?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item1e79482466) > > StG > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Or how about [this](http://amzn.com/B006G5MCS6)? Omigod. It’s a miracle. The last time I searched (a few years ago) I couldn’t find this stuff anywhere. _\_ Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643.md?page=11)