23 Forgotten Food Trends: What Happened to These Disappearing Dishes?

"You Never Find It On A Menu Anymore": People Over 30 Are Sharing The Once-Popular Foods That Have "Mysteriously Vanished" From Society Without Anyone Even Realizing "It used to be available both in restaurants and in the freezer sections. Now I never see it in either." I could sit here and discuss food trends at length for many hours. Why? Because it's downright fascinating how trends cycle in and out. Meals and snacks that were staples to one generation often become totally foreign to the next...and it's a ton of fun to be reminded of those. So recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the food trends that have since gone "completely extinct." Get ready for some nostalgia, because these answers are top-tier... 1. "Chicken Cordon Bleu. It used to be available both in restaurants and in the freezer sections. Now I never see it in either. There was also a version with broccoli inside, but I'm not sure if there was a different name for that one...both versions have faded away over time." —Anonymous, 47, Illinois 2. "When I was sick, my mom would make 'milk toast': a buttered slice of toast covered with warm milk. Soft, easy to eat, and very soothing. Yummy." —Anonymous 3. "Tapioca pudding. I always loved that, but you don't see it anywhere." —Anonymous, 77, Texas "Chocolate tapioca pudding. I hated standing at the stove stirring until the tiny dark chocolate spots appeared but so good." —Anonymous 4. "I hardly ever see those pinwheel sandwiches anymore! I used to see them everywhere as a kid, and I remembered my mom buying them from this one grocery store. I went to the same store as an adult, and it was completely gone. I think I may have seen them at a funeral last year, but I don't recall seeing them anywhere else. And I loved those little sandwiches!" —Anonymous, 32, Canada 5. "Deviled eggs! I love to cook, and I've tried recipes that have all sorts of food within the yolk filling…but I always fall back on the recipe that was passed down from my grandmother. Just plain, simple, and few ingredients. Let the egg be the star!" —Anonymous 6. "Braised steak and onion from a tin. It used to be the standard camping trip meal, and was such a yummy meal. I look at it now and think, yuck!" —Anonymous 7. "Loaded baked potatoes — baked potatoes loaded up with a variety of toppings of your choice. This can be anything from cheese, to bacon, to mushrooms. And mashed potatoes being loaded just isn't as good!" —Anonymous, 33, USA 8. "You very rarely see tutti-frutti flavoured things anymore, and especially not in that eye-popping sunset orange colour, either. That was a thing in the '90s. And I don't think Panda Pops exist anymore, either." "Also, Crunchables fish fingers. Specifically the salt and vinegar ones. They were MASSIVE and SOOOOOO GOOOOOOD! I *still* think about them close to 30 years on." —Anonymous, 38, England 9. "When I was a kid in the '90s, we always ate fish sticks and hot dogs in crescent rolls. I never hear about either of those anymore." —Anonymous, 40, Pennsylvania 10. "My mom used to make hash on Mondays with the leftover roast beef and potatoes from Sunday's dinner. She added onions and also carrots if they were leftover, then cooked them in a big cast iron frying pan. I think we just had butter on top, as gravy was probably not leftover. Now real hash is missing." —smartwitch66 11. "Party rye pizza snacks! My mom used to make them and they were booooomb. They're little party rye bread slices topped with a mixture of crumbled cooked sausage, Velveeta cheese, ketchup, and oregano, and then baked. I loved those things 🤤" —Anonymous, 44, Wisconsin 12. "Chex snack mix is an old-school recipe with garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce, and pretzels. Lollipop Cookies were like cake pops, but they were cookies. And Watergate salad, which was made of green jello, Cool Whip, and marshmallows. A lot of these recipes came from our home ec class that we would then ask our mom to make." —Anonymous, 60, Florida 13. "Meatloaf with a layer of stuffing in the middle. You must try it. My mom made it when we were broke on Thanksgiving. It then became a weekly meal." —Anonymous, 68, Pittsburgh 14. "I still make stuffed bell peppers, but I know it's old-fashioned and you never find it on a menu anymore." —Anonymous 15. "Did anyone else eat a lot of Swiss steak as a kid? I hated the stuff, but never see it anymore." —pazna213 16. "Any brand of canned onion soup. There's only the dry types available now. I have five recipes that I can no longer use because it's been discontinued." —Anonymous, 74, Virginia 17. "Underwood deviled ham with a little mayonnaise and chopped hard boiled egg. I also miss sandwiches with cream cheese, and chopped green olives with mayo." —casualhawk464 18. "Seven layer salad. I thought this was fantastic! Bummed to never see it anymore." —Anonymous 19. "Brazilian coconut pudding with canned plums. You never see it in Brazil anymore." —Anonymous, 36, Canada 20. "Bread bowls! You'd hollow out the centre of a bread loaf and put soup in it." —Anonymous, 37, Canada 21. "'Worms in dirt.' Basically chocolate pudding with crushed chocolate cookies and gummy worms on top." —Anonymous, Massachusetts 22. "When I was a kid, everybody was making apple pie made with Ritz crackers." —Anonymous 23. And finally: "Chicken croquettes — fried or baked rolls of ground chicken — with gravy." —Anonymous, 66, New York People over 35, what's a food trend from your childhood that has completely disappeared over time? Share your response in this quick form! And check out BuzzFeed Canada on TikTok and Instagram for more! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.