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Food is something you can get creative with while also getting ample nourishment from. Although it’s such a magical creation, different dishes still go in and out of style for a variety of reasons. Even if they’re not made or ordered as much anymore, we bet they’re just as tasty as always.

So, we decided to explore the most popular meals of the past. Who better to recall them than older folks who witnessed these trends come and go? Get ready to lick your lips as you explore dishes that used to be all the rage but aren’t now.

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#1

33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus French onion soup with a big piece of toast and melted cheese on top. ‘70s.

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arthbach
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! A photograph that matches the description! - - - -I make 'French-ish Onion Soup'. It's only 'ish' because I use vegetable stock rather than beef.

unfilteredCigarette73
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In culinary school my French(Lyon) chef instructor taught us how to make French onion soup..no beef stock just cooking the onions in butter and adding and reducing water for a long d@mn time over and over until a nice brown onion stock was achieved

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El Cucuy
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still pretty common in the US.

Jrog
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still common in France, still amazing if properly done..

Taibhse Sealgair
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait. This went out of style? God we must be old.....

SlothyK8
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in a US county that borders Quebec, the French-speaking province of Canada. ALL of our restaurants have French onion soup on the menu, as do the places we have dinner at just over the border. Along with frog's legs, escargot and poutine. It's actually a little tiresome.

Bidango Smith
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband and I had this for dinner on Tuesday - He makes the BEST French Onion Soup! Once fall hits, we have it once a month at least.

sweet emotion
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12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can be found in my kitchen at least once a month in winter.

Elle Gea
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still relevant for me love it love French cooking

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    #2

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Potato skins were pretty big in the 80s.

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    Pedantic Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Loaded with cheese and bacon. Not like the photo.

    LandAhoy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They appear to be loaded with cheese and bacon to me?!

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    notlikeyou1971
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They sell them still in the US. I have seen them and had them.

    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are not potato skins.

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re not still now? I can thing of at 10 places right now I can get them,

    Celia McReynolds Tinsley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I make these at home on occasion; add green onion and ranch, if you want, for dipping.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never been a thing in Germany AFAIK, still aren't. German culinary tradition has us boil them, or pan fry them, and excepr for "imported" recipes (like potato wedges) we generally don't eat the peel.

    Dawn Marie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TGI Friday's!! In the frozen foods section of the grocery store!!

    sweet emotion
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photo looks like the lame frozen package of "potato skins" put out by a rather popular restaurant one might visit at the end of the work week.

    Uncommon Sense
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love them - still very common in uk pubs and restaurants. Also available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

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    #3

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Chocolate mousse in a stem goblet. It was my favorite thing about eating out as a kid in the 80's . 🥲

    Then at some point it was all crappy frozen chocolate cake.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still love chocolate mousse, it is all about good ingredients, and so easy to make.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its been too long, I think we might have to have that on Saturday...

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is going on with the photographs?! This is most definitely not a chocolate mousse in a stem goblet, and it's not a crappy frozen chocolate cake either.

    SolitaryIntrovert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chocolate Mousse is great, just watch out for the antlers.😉

    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had some not too long ago but it was at a huge event, so I am sure this was an easy dessert for serving several hundred meals

    Joshua David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once i ordered chocolate mousse in the 80s and the dish it was served in was edible chocolate. Must've been mid 80s when i was super young but i 💯 remember that.

    Ixanga Cancun
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It never went out of fashion in my favorite restaurant. It's my Friday lunchtime treat.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very common in Aussie pub bistros still. When I was a teenager, I didn't eat much at all you can eat buffets but I did usually have at least two bowls of mousse

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    Restaurant menus change and keep updating based on the meals that are popular among their customers. In earlier times, word of mouth played a big role in establishing certain food fads. Now, meals can go in and out of fashion depending on social media trends. It’s also become popular to post aesthetically pleasing photos of cuisine online. 

    As you watch different food crazes come and go, it’s easy to understand why so many dishes fell out of fashion in the past and why so many remain classics to this day. 

    #4

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Fondue.

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    Scotira
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣🤣🤣 *laughs in Swiss* and adds a *laughs in German*

    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder where the people that made this list is from, fondue is still very a thing.

    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one "made" the list, they're just things people added to a Reddit thread.

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    john doe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The melting pot is a very successful fondue restaurant chain

    J J
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a chain restaurant called the melting pot that mostly serves fondue

    sweet emotion
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheese fondue on bread and pretzels, hot garlic oil fondue for cooking bits of beef or chicken, and chocolate fondue for bananas, strawberries and pound cake. And a bottle of chianti in the ratafia wrapper.

    Lauren Wilder
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We still have the Melting Pot resturant in the US where you can spend $35+ for a vat melted cheese and meat or melted chocolate, fruit and marshmallows.

    Phred
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Americans sent all their fondue pots to Namibia. (And if you understand the reference, you're old.)

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fondue is fancy bacteria transmission.

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    #5

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Nobody serves beef stroganoff anymore.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do, it is one of my favourite fast dinners.

    P Peitsch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also did it right today. And I'm a chef. Okay, it's not on the menü, I made it for the personal.

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's technically not beef stroganoff, but I made the Hamburger Helper version just last week. I added some onion soup mix to the hamburger and some extra sour cream to the whole thing when it was done. Delicious.

    Philly Bob Squires
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny, I do the exact same. And if I don't have any onion soup laying around, I use a dab of better than bouillon beef.

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    Julie S
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love beef stroganoff but usually it was served with rice and not pasta like the picture.

    Karl der Große
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You used to eat beef stroganoff so that you would have an excuse to have wine in the cupboard. Now, nobody cares.

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do, but it doesn't look like the above photo. Guessing there are several different versions. :)

    Jan Moore
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a simple stroganoff recipe that I got many, many years ago from a sour cream carton. It's so simple, beef (in larger pieces than usual because that's how my guys like it). And it's just beef, sliced onions, mushrooms, dry mustard and sour cream.

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Real beef stroganoff looks nothing like the picture. It's not just ground beef over noodles. Get a good Russian cookbook and make the original; I do.

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    #6

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Crepes as an entree were popular in the 70s, filled with chicken or crabmeat in a sauce.

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    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a lady making crepes at our farmers market last year, but I didn't see her this year. Not a bad idea for street food - they cook up very fast and you can add sweet or savory goodness

    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still like a galette with cheese, ham, and egg.

    Paul C.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Brighton there used to be a restaurant called Cripes. Savoury for main meal with a choice of so many different combinations of your choice. Then sweet for dessert, bloody lovely. I did a breakfast one once, sausage, bacon, egg and beans..... yes I'd had a couple of drinks!

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was something similar in the 80s in Newcastle. I went on maternity leave, went back with the baby and it’d closed down; it was not my fault!!!

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    Maryland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have worked to re-create the spinach soufflé and the chantilly. 💘

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    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crepes are a lot of work and they are just sad looking pancakes.

    Dorota A
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    once in a week minimum in every Polish home

    Mark Fergel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a local crepe food truck that is at the local farmers market every saturday. AMAZING!!

    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fill mine with smoked ham wrapped round asparagus with a dollop of very cheesy sauce. More sauce on top and brown under the grill. Delicious and only takes about 20 minutes including making the sauce.

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    Some interesting food items have been completely removed from restaurant menus. It’s almost baffling to imagine why they were taken off, considering how delicious they are. To understand this phenomenon better, Bored Panda contacted Jack Higgott, a passionate chef from Australia who created Chef Life to show the world how hard cooks and kitchen staff work.

    We asked him for examples of popular or trendy dishes from the past that no longer seem to be on menus. Chef Jack told us that one such dish is quiche Lorraine. He said: “once a popular brunch item, this savory tart filled with eggs and cream has been overshadowed by more modern breakfast options.”

    He also gave two more examples. One was about “Prawn cocktails, which have been replaced by more adventurous appetizers that align with contemporary tastes and global cuisines.” The other dish was “Lobster Newberg, replaced by the rise of more casual seafood dishes. A shift towards lighter, healthier options has made it less popular.”

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    #7

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Quiche, In the late 70s and the 80s. Every fern bar restaurant like TGI Fridays featured quiche, and people were cooking quiche. The popularity of quiche even inspired the title of the book Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche. That book inspired the humorous meme of “Real Men Don’t (fill in the blank)”

    Salad bars. In the 80s every restaurant had one, even some fast food burger places like Wendy’s.

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    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this list foods that are no longer popular in the US? Serving quiche & eating at crêperies is still a thing in Canada afaik 🤷‍♀️

    Spencer's slave no longer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quiche is available in pretty much all bakeries/hot bread shops in NZ.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everybody is still cooking quiche where I live, and it is a popular way to use up leftovers.

    Kenny Kulbiski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think Covid pretty much killed salad bars.

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The salad bars started disappearing when folks decided eating healthy wasn't where it was "at". They left entirely during covid, along with a lot of other buffet options.

    Andrew Bridge
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw man is it gay to eat quiche too?

    Jan Rosier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quiche, mostly homemade but sometimes storebought, is still on the menu over here... (Belgium)

    Ms. Mack
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I to this day detest quiche. I was a salad bar girl in the 80s and early 90s, one job was at a Wendy's!

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love Quiche Lorraine and I still make it. Many salad bars are gone because too many people stick their hands in it. The cafeteria in my hospital has a salad bar, but the items are served by a person from the kitchen staff.

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    #8

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Bananas Foster and the whole tableside performance flambé craze I remember from the 70s. Maybe some places still offer that? I've not seen it on a menu in forever.

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    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cherries Jubilee was a favorite of mine when I was a kid (back in the sixties and seventies), and the family got dressed up and went to a nice restaurant for dinner. Didn’t happen often, but I made sure to have Cherries Jubilee for dessert if they had it.

    Trillian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a banana split. You can get it a every ice cream parlor in Germany.

    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are correct. This is a banana split. allrecipes.com says "Bananas foster is made by cooking sliced bananas and walnuts in a buttery rum sauce and serving it over vanilla ice cream."

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    Lupita Nyong'heaux
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i used to be a server in a private club atop a tall building back in the mid- to late '80s. we used to have to make this all the time. it was VERY popular, along with cherries jubilee.

    Jan Moore
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First had Bananas Fosters on a cruise, fixed table side. Love it. I have made it a time or two at home.

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend of mine always made this dish when we had potlucks.

    Maryland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans invented there in 1951, still on the menu, and still delicious. Sautéed banana in butter and rum Big Yum

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    1 year ago

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    #9

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Around 1980, seems like every restaurant had fried zucchini and fried mozzarella sticks as appetizers.

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    Toothless Feline
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fried mozzarella, yes. Fried zucchini, not so much.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fried cheese is always a winner in my book.

    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those fried green beans are brilliant, in my opinion

    featherytoad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember jalepanos poppers. Jalepanos stuffed with cream cheese or cheddar cheese. A local restaraunt back in the 80s called the armadillo eggs.

    ILoveMySon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend from my hometown had a restaurant when I was in college. Every time I went home to visit, we would pick the jalapeños from his garden and prepare them. I got paid in beer.😅

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    john doe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They still do have fried mozzarella sticks at every restaurant

    connie scanlan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arbys has the best mozzarella sticks. Fight me on this

    Patrick Linnen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fried mozzarella made with the good cheese that stretched for miles and miles when you took a bite.

    Zero Costa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    been to a bar with fried zucchini a few years back! yum!

    Kristal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could eat s plate of fried zucchini and mozzarella sticks for an entree! Mmm I'm hungry now.

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    Apart from the items mentioned on this list, there are some dishes that never seem to go out of fashion. We asked Jack Higgot for a few examples of items like that. He said “as for classic meals, I think it all comes down to tradition! If you keep it simple and execute everything perfectly most people are so happy with comfort food.”

    Some examples he gave include:

    1. “Apple Pie: known as a symbol of American culture, apple pie features a flaky crust filled with spiced apples. It’s often served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, embodying the idea of home-cooked comfort food.
    2. Spaghetti Bolognese: originating from Italy, this dish features a sauce made with ground meat (often beef), tomatoes, onions, garlic, and herbs. It's typically served over spaghetti and topped with grated Parmesan. The rich, savory flavors make it a favorite for family dinners and gatherings.
    3. Chicken Curry: with numerous regional variations, chicken curry can range from mild to spicy. Common ingredients include chicken, onions, garlic, ginger, and a blend of spices like cumin, coriander, and turmeric. Served with rice or bread, it's a favorite for its bold flavors and aromatic spices.”
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    #10

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Prawn cocktail.

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's got prawns, it's a cocktail, what more do you want? 😆 At a guess, whoever picked the photos for this one hasn't heard of at least half these dishes. Prawn cocktail is not especially intuitively named...

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    Mitchell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this the AI interpretation of a prawn cocktail?

    Lyoness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the lettuce on the bottom and the pink sauce on top and yum.

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember when that was the height of sophistication!

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    Paul C.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF is that abomination, it ain't a prawn cocktail, that is for sure. Also whoever took the picture, de-vein the king prawns!

    notlikeyou1971
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I unfortunately developed a seafood allergy as an adult after being able to eat it when I was younger. No more lobster,crab, shrimp, or fish of any sort unless I want to have hives and get really sick. Not sure what happened to cause it. One day out of the blue it happened. Thought it was just bad food. Then it happened with another kind of seafood. Go figure. Do I miss it? Depends. How does it happen? Weird.

    Julia Mckinney
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooo, I feel for you. My mom and my next oldest sister and both allergic to shellfish but I have no issues. (my mom keeps thinking I should have issues with shellfish because I'm very allergic to iodine dye injected into my body and shellfish has iodine in it, go figure).

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    Snigget
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't now what that monstrosity is, but it ain't a prawn cocktail.

    Sunny Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dunk the shrimp and then drink the red gunk? Have you ever seen a shrimp (prawn) cocktail. This ain't it.

    Phillip Moderow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Las Vegas was built on 99-cent shrimp cocktails. I remember them well, but gone for a long time. That, and the giant desert carousel at the entrance to restaurants. -sigh-

    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Available in M&S Food Halls. Just add shredded iceberg lettuce and sprinkle with some smoked paprika.

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    #11

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Beef Wellington, at pricier restaurants. Hard to find now, but not too hard to make at home for the right occasion.

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the UK, Beef Wellington is often an alternative to a goose or turkey at Christmas.

    Kelsey Schilling
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to do that now. I've always wanted to have a "Dickens dinner" for Christmas with a goose, but geese get to be quite expensive in the US. So, I reluctantly do turkey, even though it always feels like a repeat of American Thanksgiving.

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    Bidango Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This HAS to be a US-centric list - Wellingtons are still pretty popular elsewhere. As a Canadian - we have it at Christmas.

    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ready made and very good in the ever reliable M&SFood Halls.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never had beef wellington (hope to someday) but I made an amazing salmon wellington a while ago.

    Michelle Randazzo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks to Gordon Ramsey, I still make it!

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beef Wellington is just a fancy hot pocket.

    Victor Botha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hardly a hot pocket! Have you ever had a proper Beef Wellington before Rowan? Time and prep intensive and has to be baked just right to get the filet perfectly pink.

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    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend made this a couple Christmases ago, for a big family get together (I got invited too--yum! 😋)

    Heras buddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you have to make 60 to 100 a day it's very labor Intensive. Been there, done it.

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    #12

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Please travel back in time with me, to the SIXTIES, and let’s talk about baked potato “fixins” being brought to your table in that thing with connected metal bowl. Sour cream? Coming up! And it was spun around to that bowl so the server could spoon it into your potato. Ditto cheese and bacon bits.

    And ditto salad dressings, served the same way, including the rarely-seen (but then popular) Thousand Island and Roquefort dressings.

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    Bec
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never had this experience, but we had McAllister's deli cater a baked potato bar as a light lunch option and it was pretty good

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never seen this in Australia. We did go from only having sour cream and cheese on jacket potatoes at home, to trying creamed corn, baked beans, bacon, tuna etc

    Trista JW
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not something I would want to have happen, let me put whatever I want on my damn potato, don't do it for me like I'm a toddler.

    person (i think)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish the picture was accurate so I could see what it looked like!

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    Maybe some of the items on this list have attracted your fancy either for their elegance, taste, or aesthetic. To learn about even more tasty food items from the past, we also reached out to Billy Parisi, a classically trained culinary school graduate from Scottsdale Culinary Institute with over 15 years of experience in the restaurant industry. 

    He focuses on creating homemade recipes from scratch while showcasing classical French and Italian cooking techniques. He shared some examples of popular or trendy dishes that no longer seem to be on menus, like “patty melt, bouillabaisse, cioppino, osso buco, rice pudding, Chateaubriand, and steak au poivre.”

    #13

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Tiramisu was the go-to fancy dessert at every possible restaurant for a while.

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    Scotira
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤔 Tiramisù is still the go-to dessert at every Italian restaurant I have ever been to.

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that’s not a tiramisu! I had a very nice one at an Italian café this afternoon

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    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tiramisu is the single-recipe most common dessert *in the world*. It is only second to Cream Brulee if you aggregate all the different similar recipes under the different names (Catalan, Brulee, Burnt cream, Trinity etc), and eventually mochi if you consider them as a single type of dessert despite the different fillings.

    Zero Costa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    here's a tip: they taste wayyyy better homemade

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hsd the pleasure of having tiramisu made by Carminantonio Iannaccone from his shop in Baltimore. If he didnt invent it ( its contested ) , he sure perfected it. No way i could make that.

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    Rose the Cook
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Available at most bakeries in Beijing.

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grocery store still sells it in the bakery department.

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tiramisú means pick me up. I always just say no lol

    Jrog
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The name comes from the fact(oid) that it was a common homemade treat served in brothels, and was used to reinvigorate the tired customers. The recipe has been formalized only in the 1970s, but it was documented over a century before.

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    #14

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus I can’t think of a specific dish but there was a period in the 90s when pesto was EVERYWHERE and so were roasted red peppers. 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huge in Australia still, including fusion versions.

    Amanda Fondaumiere
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sundried tomatoes were a huge thing back then

    Ms. Mack
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget sun dried tomatoes.

    Zero Costa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    idk I got free sample pesto pasta at Costco the other week lmao

    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bought 3 jars of chilli and tomato Pesto last week. I like it on cheese on toast added before the cheese.

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    #15

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Prime rib was huge back in the day.

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    Patrick Linnen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Back in the day' as in yesterday. Prime rib is served weekly here. Expensive though.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's still on the menu at most steakhouses in my part of the world.

    El Cucuy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Extremely common and popular still in the US!

    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prime rib remains huge in Canada. One of my favourite restaurant chains is “The Keg”, I almost always go for the prime rib.

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not now? I was at a restaurant the other day that had amazing prime rib.

    Pamacious
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    8oz prime rib with a salad and side for $6.99 on Sunday & Monday nights at O'Charley's. $8.99 for the 10 oz. So good! Late 1980s & early 90s.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Place here has it advertised for Saturday night. Price is 24.99

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    Kenny Kulbiski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still available here. You damn near have to finance it though.

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    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still huge in San Francisco. Best place is the House of Prime Rib. Great date place.

    BryanR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go to Las Vegas, Nevada USA and you can find Prime Rib at most all casino restaurants. Been so since at least the late 1960's.

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    Although many of these items may have disappeared from menus, there’s always a chance they may be brought back. Chef Billy said: “there are so many dishes that are always delicious or on trend, but in the current restaurant culture of what's next these classical dishes tend to fall away.”

    “Many restaurants like to try and keep things fresh and constantly keep changing things. However, there's a reason they call them the classics, because they're always in style. Dishes people always love include pasta carbonara, chicken Kiev, chicken piccata, croque monsieur, and chopped steak,” he added.

    #16

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus No one has mentioned bread being served before meals, always. Or a basket of crackers at family restaurants.

    Salad bars were all the craze. Nice restaurants to Wendy’s. Salad bars everywhere!

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    Pedantic Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bread before meals is still a thing, isn't it?

    Lupita Nyong'heaux
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    all the steakhouse and italian chains in 'murica still serve warm bread with butter (steakhouse) or olive oil and herbs provence (italian places like carrabba).

    Lyoness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss salad bars so much. Ponderosa had great ones.

    notlikeyou1971
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some places still serve bread before and during meals . I know that senior citizens have an unhealthy obsession with bread. At certain places they would keep asking for more and more bread. The owner got angry and started charging them after a while because they were abusing the privilege. It wasn't an all you can eat bread deal. The customer threw a tantrum about it too. Sorry it is what it is. ( I witnessed another incident like that. I heard this story)

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bread is absolutely still alive and kicking in the normal restaurants they would be found.

    Celia McReynolds Tinsley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the late 80's Taco Bell even had a taco/salad bar. Could get the buffet and a drink for just over $5.00.

    Don Adams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Salad bars are/were great! Unfortunately, they are very maintenance intensive, and people are hygienically ambivalent around them. Combine people touching, coughing and sneezing on the food, and the very real prospect of proper food safety measures make them a possible health hazard (really more due to the other patrons than to most restaurants). The thought of a food borne or people borne illness takes the luster off what used to be an enjoyable thing. And please don't get me started on buffets....

    Mitchell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bread before meals is designed to fill you up so you won’t care about small main courses.

    Zoe's Mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a fan of the open salad bar. Flies and people picking at the food. Yuck.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many places still have free bread before meals. I am glad most don't get set at every place before you sit down now, because I wouldn't eat them due to my small appetite and not wanting to spoil meal and now I'm coeliac meaning my serve was wasted.

    ILoveMySon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Celiac is so horrible. I am sorry for you.😥

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    #17

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Oysters Rockefeller. Cherries Jubilee. Meatloaf. Chicken Cordon Bleu.

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    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can walk into just about any restaurant in the southern part of the US and find meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, and some sort of "chicken fried" meat on the menu. I am truly surprised I didn't find a McMeatloaf, it is that serious lol

    featherytoad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you can always get oysters, especially if you're on the coast.

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    El Cucuy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of these are still readily available throughout the US.

    Lena Flising
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meatloaf is served regularly in the restaurant at my work.

    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meatloaf? I made meatloaf 3 days ago. You haven't lived until you've had a fried meatloaf sammich.

    Bruce Robb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chicken cordon Bleu (frozen, at Costco).

    Amanda Fondaumiere
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The costco meatloaf is very good, we eat it regularly.

    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cordon bleu is still very popular.

    Zero Costa
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    are these like US main staples? I couldn't even guess what any of these are other that meatloaf, which I will never try because it sounds nauseating. I don't go to restaurants often but I've never seen these on the menu around Melbourne in Aus

    Pencil McGovern
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They used to be. Oysters Rockefeller is baked oysters with a bread and herb topping. Cherries Jubilee is rum soak cherries, flambéed and served with ice cream. Chicken Cordon Bleu is chicken breast rollatini stuffed with ham and Swiss. I don't know what about meatloaf sounds nauseating to you. It's the same basic idea as meatballs except shaped into a loaf to be sliced instead of individual balls.

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    #18

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Monte Cristo Sandwiches? Reuben Sandwiches? Are they still a big deal?

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    El Cucuy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rueben, yes. Monte Cristo not so much. Something about eating a deep fried sandwich that seems to have definitely gone out of vogue.

    Jrog
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Reuben rocks and is easily available, at least on the east coast. Montecristo on the contrary is a disgusting pastiche. How to take the sleek perfection of the croque monsieur and make it into a greasy, messy, flavor-punch. Good riddance.

    Shelly Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss Monte Cristo Sandwiches. I asked my husband if he'd ever had one, I think I married the wrong man, he didn't even know what it was!

    Missy VanWinkle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had my first (delicious!) Reuben at Mr. Dunderbach's. And that place is no more either.

    Joshua David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Monte Cristo went out with Bennigans.

    We hope you’re salivating after checking out this list! Maybe it will also jog your memory and lead you to remember amazing older dishes that should definitely be brought back for folks to enjoy.

    Don’t forget to tell us which item on this list is your favorite and which one you feel should be left in the past. 

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    #19

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus I will submit Swedish meatballs, which I actually just got done making for dinner. Idk if it died out, but I never see it on the menu anywhere.

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    Rose the Cook
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ikea cafe in Beijing still offers these or did last time I was there.

    Rusty
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IKEA offers these everywhere as far a sI know

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    PFD
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me you never shop at IKEA without telling me...

    Syrah
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ikea still sell them.

    Jrog
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have a bit of a horsey aftertaste though :-)

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stouffer's (here in the US) offers Swedish meatballs in sauce in a family sized box. No noodles, but to die for. They're expensive, so I'm limited to one box a month. I've tried making my own over and over, but mine have never been as good as theirs.

    El Cucuy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP has never been to an IKEA. ;-)

    Pernille
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still very much a thing, especially in Sweden. This list is weird.

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m guessing it’s mainly US. Couldn't really do an international list like this though. Quiche was mentioned earlier and I’m pretty sure every French restaurant in the world does it.

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    Kit Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still available at damn near every Ikea I've ever been to

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only ever saw this advertised at Ikea cafes, I don't know if it was ever mainstream in Australia. I did make them for myself a lot in the past though.

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    #20

    Baked Alaska.

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At last, something that truly is no longer ubiquitous. Dead easy to make, but actually not that great

    Rose the Cook
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Made this so often when my teenage children had friends around which was most of the time.

    Jan Moore
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    12 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holland America cruise line used to do a running of the moose, with sparklers stuck in the Baked Alaska, especially on Alaska cruises. Now due to liability they use glow wands and walk. Just isn't the same.

    #21

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus For a while, there was a massive advertising effort for Bacon. People started talking about their love of bacon like it was a unique personality trait. Restaurants were serving everything with bacon, chicken wrapped in bacon, bacon ice cream, bacon doughnuts, bbb— bacon bacon and bacon sandwich.

    At a business dinner, someone would order something with bacon, and everyone would just go on about bacon.

    It was strange to me because I’ve always thought bacon was pretty good, but not something I really needed to share with others. Like many foods- ice cream, hamburgers… bacon has always seemed to be an American staple that most people enjoyed. I didn’t understand why people were suddenly acting like it was a new product.

    Bacon has now seemed to move back to where it had been.

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    El Cucuy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bacon is still very popular everywhere! We even have restaurants named Bacon where everthing is served with bacon in it. Even the drinks.

    Dusty's mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bacon is meat candy. Don't believe me? Ask Rick Bayless, the Chicago maven of Mexican food.

    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A local brewery here has one of its patrons being in chocolate chip-bacon cookies. Needless to say they sell out in a couple of days! :-D

    Bruce Robb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do I remember reading about bacon chocolate chip cookies?

    JB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d have to search for stats but, apparently, bacon has been the downfall of many a vegetarian and vegan. Just remembered, I have the makings for a BLT. In another comment I said I’m 99% vegetarian… bacon pretty much fills in that 1%.

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No idea about stat but whenever a vegetarian does the sandwich run , bacon pops into the conversation with an air of regret on the veggies part. I’ve been to.d that vegetarian bacon is ok but a poor substitute.

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    Jrog
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bacon became incredibly popular quickly because 1) pork belly was basically a leftover from the production of other more sought after cuts used for production of hams and 2) synthetic bacon flavors became easily available and super cheap, allowing to make bacon-flavored anything for far cheaper than any other natural flavoring agent. 3) This all achieved meme state, in some part from media ops by pork manufacturing associations, and went on to became a fad.

    SlothyK8
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Much like cheese, bacon has become ubiquitous because of cheap pork belly prices due to overproduction. Cheese production ramped up to provide a product when dairy production outpaced demand. The same thing happened with bacon...and as it became a staple of EVERYTHING, rising pork belly prices have been a contributing factor to rising menu prices everywhere.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another thing still huge in Australia. We don't usually cook it for as long as Americans though. I don't like mine being able to stand up on it's own!

    Trista JW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad bacon isn't everywhere any more; I wish the damn pumpkin spice everything and avocado BS would vanish as well.

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    #22

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Steak Diane

    Particularly, made the correct old school way, flambéed tableside.

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    Paul C.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my grandfathers restaurant, my uncle, who was a sommelier, would cook Steak Diane at the table side and Flambe it. Very 60's and tasted so good!

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, it's deeply unfashionable now, but I have seen it as just steak with sauce Diane

    Šimon Špaček
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't seen flambée anywhere for a while (but I have to admit that I do not go to eat outside that much anymore). I guess it is seen as a liability?

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    #23

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Orange Roughy the fish……It turned out that the fish were incredibly old-up to 200 years old-and they are almost fished to extinction.
    [A great Reddit link to it…](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCulinary/s/xK7ddCHgff).

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    Bidango Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just sounds like eco-awareness more than "it's gone out of fashion"

    Kit Black
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only because eco awareness is in fashion!

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    Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guessing the editors typed "Orange fish" into a search box. pssst... those are koi lol

    Leekier
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is Bored Panda; they once used a beaver instead of a rat; just be grateful they didn’t use a tangerine 🙄

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    SlothyK8
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also because of their longevity, they aggregate more mercury in their bodies. So they're not exactly health food.

    Don Adams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Orange roughy sounds like what a constipated Trump would have...

    Baseball is Life
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren't those koi fish in the picture??

    DC
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then it's a good thing they aren't caught anymore? Or, do I miss someting here?

    Rafael
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, people found out that the fish is also know as "slimehead" /s (the reason, because the name is true)

    Dusty's mom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess it's orange goldfish from now on.

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    #24

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus This is an ice cream flavor but man I miss a good Rocky Road Ice Cream. 🍦.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely that hasn't disappeared!

    Carl Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every store sells rocky road ice cream. I don't know about other countries, but, according to 2023 survey, it's the 11th most popular flavor in the U.S.. Spumoni ice cream, on the other hand... VERY hard to find in the U.S.

    Traveling Lady Railfan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh! I just saw Spumoni ice cream the other day in LeMars Iowa at the Blue Bunny ice cream/Wells store!! You're right, I haven't seen that in a long time (but they do have 40 flavors of hard ice cream) you can do a "flight" of ice creams there! :)

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    Lupita Nyong'heaux
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    haagen daus (sp?) rum raisin was my S**T back in the day, but i don't see it anymore.

    Patti
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thrifty's was the best. Still available in Az, USA last I checked. My fav also

    Foxglove🇮🇪
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haven't seen Ben& Jerry's Cheer Garcia in years

    Bruce Robb
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Breyers used to have a flavor called Heavenly Hash, a different take on Rocky Road. I still miss it.

    Trista JW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rocky Road is one of the worst ice cream flavors, but it's very easy to find

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rocky Road is in the freezer compartment in every supermarket here.

    Alison Marchand
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a brown snowman that fell over backwards and started praying for help

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    #25

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Blackened everything. It seemed like chefs were working overtime to figure out what they could make in a Cajun blackened version.

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    Trista JW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing has changed at all; in Southern states, blackened chicken and everything else is still extremely popular.

    DeoManus Argentem
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Blackened" must mean something different if some know it as "burnt" - I know it as a mix of seasonings usually in the southeastern US. I love my chicken sandwiches "blackened"!

    Missy VanWinkle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blackened everything is goooooooood. Miss it.

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The black is highly carcinogenic.

    ILoveMySon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blackened isn't burned, it is spicy. I understand your confusion as many burn as opposed to blacken. It is a common mistake. I did it as well when I didn't know how to cook.😅

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    Debby Keir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That died out when research showed that there were carcinogens in the burnt areas. * Acrylamide A chemical that forms when food is cooked at high temperatures, such as in toasters, ovens, and grills. While acrylamide is a potential carcinogen in industrial settings, studies in humans have not found a consistent link between dietary acrylamide and cancer. *

    Trista JW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not even REMOTELY true about why it's STILL extremely popular in specific regions; the only reason your post is even partially true is because of how needlessly, pathetically paranoid people in California are, who would give air a damn warning label about being "carcinogenic," if they could find a way to make people stop breathing and still stay alive.

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    #26

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Chateau Briand.

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    The Other Guest
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I must not go to fancy enough restaurants, as I've never in my 60 years on this planet seen it on a menu. Perhaps I need to find a good French restaurant & give this dish a try (if they have it).

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    Lindsay Ameye
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Châteaubriand is a cut of beef sold by the butcher and we often eat it.

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    #27

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Liver and onions.

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    K. Mike
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Change the " like " to LOVE and we're on the same page!!

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    Cee Cee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love liver and onions. Cheap, filling and good for you.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one I will never miss. My mother loved it, and consistently tried to get me to eat it, and I could not abide the stuff. Neither did my father, so he ended up being my advocate when it came to food (,I can still hear him, very exasperated, saying it. “Damn it, Katherine [5 kids giggling at the swear word]. She doesn’t like liver. I don’t like liver. The boys don’t like liver. The cat doesn’t like liver. Even the dog doesn’t like liver, and he eats cat poop out of the litter box! The only one in the entire household who likes it is YOU. Fix it for yourself, but give the rest of us food that doesn’t look like…like…[he was trying not to say barf in front of us kids]…like…THAT!”).

    John Nelson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To this day, when I visit my mom, she'll make up a big batch of fried chicken liver. I loved it even as a kid. That, and spinach. I must have been a weird kid! lol

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    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes it is on the menu as Foie de veau à la lyonnaise (Foie de Veau Lyonnaise) or Foie de veau aux pommes caramélisées but it's still around.

    P Peitsch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Hungary is a very popular dish, made at home and also served in restaurants.

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    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I personally like it. Also bacon wrapped chicken livers.

    JB
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Offal doesn’t seem to be at all popular in North America. Years ago I organized purchase of half and full beef from a local ranch that produces grass fed, grass finished beef. On a side note: when cattle are fed what they are supposed to eat… GRASS AND HAY, the meat has the same omega balance as salmon; red meat doesn’t have to be bad for you if the animals are fed what they are supposed to eat, not fed corn and injected with steroids and hormones. Back on topic: my Canadian friends weren’t at all interested in the liver, kidneys, tongue or soup bones. So, I calculated pricing based on the cuts of meat wanted and ‘charged’ per pound based on the roasts, steaks and stewing meat they wanted. Meanwhile, I got all the other bits essentially for free. Before you get mad at me for “cheating” my friends, they still paid less per lb for the beef they bought compared to prices for lower quality beef in a grocery store and I was absolutely upfront about how I planned on splitting costs. I asked them every year if they wanted me to include accounting for the parts they didn’t want; every year they said, “Ewww, yuck! You can have that as recognition for organizing the whole thing.” I would still be organizing the yearly purchase if I hadn’t done something stupid around year four. The ranch held an open day, I went and met the cattle who were that year’s crop. I just couldn’t do it anymore. Never meet the creatures who are going to be food. I’m 99% vegetarian now, seriously considering vegan. When your prospective food is alive and kinda snuggling up to you it’s really fücking hard to reconcile that in 3 months’ time I might be chewing on a roast from your butt.

    Patrick Linnen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still make liver with fried onions or fried apples occasionally. With some lingonberry jam on the side.

    Noltha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Liver with onions and apples is the best!

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    Miryaa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good local diners will have this, along with chicken gizzards.

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    #28

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus I've enjoyed a lot of these comments and I will add one more: the ubiquitous spiced apple ring on a kale leaf garnish on nearly every plate at SO many restaurants.

    RevDknitsinMD , azerbaijan_stockers Report

    Huddo's sister
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard of that. Was it literally dried apple like the pic, or a ring of apple battered and fried?

    Sally Moen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was canned apple rings, colored red. The spice wasn't cinnamon, maybe it was cloves? I never ate it or any of those decorative greens put on plates with food at restaurants. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned how parsley, chopped fine, adds a nice flavor to soup or sauce.

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    C. S. M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll never understand the appeal of kale, as i find it bitter and woody-stemmed, while my nearly-60-year-old self has zero recollection of what's described here. This feels like a non-USA thing to me, as I've experienced a lot of different cuisines.

    Michelle Randazzo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I make those spiced apple rings every Christmas!!!

    Maryland
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! Although now made with beet for the beautiful color

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    Ray Carrillo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a red dyed apple ring with spices like cinnamon and cloves.

    #29

    Duck a l'orange, in the 1970s.

    Parsley as a garnish. 1970s and well into the 1980s.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do these people just list things they no longer eat themselves? Parsley is widely used as garnish every where I go.

    Leekier
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And has been since at least the Adventure of the Six Napoleaons

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    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duck with orange in some way never went away.

    Patrick Linnen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Particularly the fake day-glo "orange" sauce that came in a packet. The homemade from scratch sauce is rare to get.

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    CP
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duck a l'orange was a huge plot point in recently released movie, Migration. I think duck is my favorite meat.

    SydneyGirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had duck a l’orange last night. It was delicious

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    #30

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus A hot open faced roast beef sandwich also known as a beef hot shot.

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    MrsFettesVette
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still served at diners everywhere, here in the northeastern United States

    Scott Rackley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mother's in New Orleans serves these every day. Make sure you ask for debris.

    ILoveMySon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mmmm, NOLA food. I LOVE IT. Gordon Ramsey apparently does as well.

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    Shelly Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES.... there's a few diners around where you can still get one.

    unfilteredCigarette73
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Up north in Minnesota I'm pretty sure we call that a hot beef commercial if served with gravy

    Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The description reminds me of goulash served in a bowl made from bread that I once had - I ate the bread bowl too, which was delicious as the inside was all soaked in the juices. It's a shame I've never seen it on a menu again.

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    #31

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Trout Amandine. I miss it. I'm a terrible cook, so can't make it myself.

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    Agfox
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope it tasted better than it looks in that pic

    Šimon Špaček
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It doesn't sound like a hard recipe. Fry trout on butter, fry almonds, pour it over the trout.

    C. S. M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's actually 'Almondine.'

    #32

    Turkey Tetrazzini.

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    Janelle Collard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stouffer's has a frozen entree of this. Some Walmarts in the Bay Area of California carry it. If you have Instacart, you could type it in the search bar to see if local Walmarts or other stores have it.

    Lyoness
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! After every Christmas and thanksgiving we ate this for weeks.

    Pharmtechgurl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    was my ex's favorite meal made by his mother after Thanksgiving. The most awful thing I ever ate/

    Shelly Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely detested this dish as a kid. It was bad enough that when told "you either eat it or go hungry!". I was cool, I'm going to be in my bedroom reading! Let me know when it's gone!

    C. S. M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I made this from a rave-reviewed recipe found on foodnetwork.com, and my wife & I found it to be bland and largely tasteless. It was also quite dry as made from the recipe.

    Nicky
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Louisa Tetrazzini was the opera singer who helped SF after 1906 earthquake with free concert for 200,000. Great woman!

    Alexandra Hughes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I make it all the time. One of my go-to meals.

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    #33

    33 Of The Most Widely Sought-After Dishes Of The Past That Have Virtually Disappeared From Menus Diet plate that had a hamburger patty, a lump of cottage cheese, and canned peaches.

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    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can totally understand why this dish would disappear! It does not sound at all good.

    Bidango Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't imagine that it was ever really popular - sounds like a fad-diet. 🤢🤢🤢

    catastrophegirl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i have a vintage cookbook around here somewhere with a picture of a half a canned peach, cut side up, with a scoop of cottage cheese where the pit used to be. so gross

    notlikeyou1971
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like and sounds like the kind of thing my parents had to eat on one of their many trips to weight loss programs.The kind where you were a client / patient. I was never there as a patient myself but being a minor and not liking sleep away camp, I got picked up and my parents had a place for the summer near the program. I saw the dining room and what they ate. Wasn't a pretty sight. I kinda brought my own goodies with me because I was not on a diet.

    Mark Fergel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget you had to wrap it in a leaf of lettuce.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's a cultural thing, but I struggle to think of anyone who would recommend canned peaches (vitamins mostly gone due to heat, and whatever nutricious value was left got eliminated by adding tons of sugar) as a main ingredient on a diet when trying to improve health.

    Angela C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the day sugar wasn't considered as bad for you as it is now. Fat free was all the rage

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    Maudelin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The photo doesn't match the text.

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