When did lemon meringue pie go out of fashion? What other desserts do you not see any more?

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Albowonderer@reddit

Summer fruit pudding Semolina Black forest gateau Angel delight Queen of pudding Spotted dick Plum pudding Poached pears

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Boring_While_3341@reddit

Black Forest Gateaux - a loss for Cherry lovers everywhere.

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Kathiye@reddit

Honestly I don't think I've seen anything described as a gateaux in years. We used to get a lovely chocolate gateaux for special occasions.

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EUskeptik@reddit

It’s a gateau. Gateaux is the plural.

One gateau, two gateaux.

-oo-

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Kathiye@reddit

In my defence, I haven't seen one (or many) since I was about 10!

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blondererer@reddit

There’s a shop called the Cake Solution near me. They tend to have it in.

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Sensitive-Question42@reddit

My son is turning 13 tomorrow and not ten minutes ago we picked up a Black Forest Torte (not sure how different that is from a gateau) for his party!

He loves them, they are his favourite cake!

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Popular_Mousse_3958@reddit

Oh my goodness. It was my favourite 😻.

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snapper1971@reddit

They're still available in a lot of shops - the frozen section. I know they're available there, it's why I'm on statins...

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When I was a teenager (80s) my mother worked in a factory canteen. Every year on our birthday, my mother would buy my sister and I a catering sized Black Forest gateaux. I got so sick of them. I’ve hated them ever since. Hate anything cherry apart from fresh cherries

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foxwithwifi@reddit

I made one for a dinner party a few months ago and it was a hit! Decadent breakfasts followed.

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Ynoxz@reddit

I had an excellent one at a mate's wedding in Germany a few years ago.

Thing is, I'd been heavily on the beers and was hoping to eat it to sober up a bit. It must have had an entire bottle of cherry liqueur in it!

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Terrible_Tap_4385@reddit

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte

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karataimo@reddit

same but i took it in 2015!!

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KaizleLeBella@reddit

Hahaha I thought I was the only one who's entire GCSE German boils down to this

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360Saturn@reddit (OP)

Lidl used to do a lovely frozen one! Havent seen it in yonks

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Ok_Monitor_7897@reddit

They still do. It was my requested pudding on mother's day.

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360Saturn@reddit (OP)

My local doesn't! I'll look further afield then

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wearecake@reddit

Made my dad my best rendition of this a few trades ago. MMM

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Infinite_Thanks_8156@reddit

Don’t most supermarkets sell them? Lol

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naynaeve@reddit

My husband’s favourite cake.

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peteyourdoom@reddit

I used to love a creamy cherry chocolate gateaux. You're right, not seen that for years

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EUskeptik@reddit

Black Forest Gateau? 🤔

-oo-

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DoIKnowYouHuman@reddit

Last one I had was from a Somerfield, so I’ve been without since at least 2009

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

I buy mine from Asda or Iceland regularly. Both are nice.

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

Iceland do a giant one at Xmas!

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

Ah ok. That makes sense why I only see the giant ones occasionally. Must be a Christmas thing.

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

Yeah I think it’s the party food section they bring out every year.

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BabyAlibi@reddit

One of my favourites

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

Aldi do a frozen version which is really quite delicious.. but they only have it at Xmas.

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Far-Dimension3508@reddit

They tried to revive it again over the last few years but it never quite worked

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

I had a deconstructed one in a restaurant last year. Very nice. But Iceland still do a good one.

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Ned-Nedley@reddit

Shite. Bad excuse for a cake.

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Andi-anna@reddit

I had a craving for treacle tart a couple of months ago. I couldn't find one anywhere. Even looking online, barely any supermarkets stock it anymore.

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BoopingBurrito@reddit

Arctic roll needs to make a comeback...stat!

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blondererer@reddit

I had a craving for this and couldn’t find it anywhere

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BoopingBurrito@reddit

Its my partners favourite dessert. No one sells them anymore. Its crazy, so many folk online say they would love to be able to buy them but no one makes them. Not even some shitty cheap knock off brand.

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acceberbex@reddit

https://www.oakhousefoods.co.uk/arctic-roll-pack-of-2.html?srsltid=AfmBOoot8CoR2fFCNH_84Zn77meP4724ZQ0ZXGhURnoDUkCpDhk-JItN#

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BoopingBurrito@reddit

Buying them in individual portions from a meal prep company isn't what I really had in mind. But thanks.

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

i found one in asda a couple of years ago. haven’t looked in a while.

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

also remembered Lyons Maid make it still i think as an ice cream roll. got one from my village shop not long ago. I don’t like them - but my husbands favourite.

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acceberbex@reddit

https://www.oakhousefoods.co.uk/arctic-roll-pack-of-2.html?srsltid=AfmBOoot8CoR2fFCNH_84Zn77meP4724ZQ0ZXGhURnoDUkCpDhk-JItN#

No idea if it's any good but I googled off the back of this thread as it was an almost weekly school pudding! I reckon it's online purchase only now though

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blondererer@reddit

Oo thank you!

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TheHootOwlofDeath@reddit

Treacle tart is still available in some supermarkets but you rarely see it out these days. It is a shame because it's delicious!

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Floor_New@reddit

So true, I love treacle tart but on pub/restaurant menus you're far more likely to see sticky toffee pudding as the caramel-y option, much to my dismay

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acceberbex@reddit

Or Syrup sponge. My sister loves that and it's always sticky toffee

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TheHootOwlofDeath@reddit

Yes, it's sad. I don't dislike sticky toffee pudding but sometimes, I just want a bit of treacle tart.

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shannondion@reddit

Artic roll, can’t find one for love nor money.

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acceberbex@reddit

https://www.oakhousefoods.co.uk/arctic-roll-pack-of-2.html?srsltid=AfmBOoot8CoR2fFCNH_84Zn77meP4724ZQ0ZXGhURnoDUkCpDhk-JItN#

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

Lyons Maid ice cream roll. My corner shop sometimes stock it

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

Not seen a blancmange in decades.

Baked Alaska's not as common as it used to be.

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Positive_Ad3450@reddit

I feel intrigued by Baked Alaska. I’ve seen recipes for it but I feel too daunted to have a go. For one I can imagine the ice cream melting everywhere and also I suck at making meringue.

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

You're underestimating the impressive insulating properties of meringue!

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Positive_Ad3450@reddit

Perhaps you’re right. Maybe one day I’ll make one.

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kackers643259@reddit

baked alaska is something i distinctly remember seeing in a recipe book when i was little and thinking "you can put ice cream in the OVEN???" and that it was the coolest thing ever

i have never seen an actual baked alaska in my life

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scarletohairy@reddit

And you get set it on fire! Fun dessert!

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Cathenry101@reddit

My mum used to just stick sparklers in it, rather than setting it on fire

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Gold-Creme-9597@reddit

My mum did this and turned it into a millennium dome for NYE 2000! Hasn’t made it since :(

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doalittledance_@reddit

I remember being on holiday once somewhere in Spain as a kid (probably 20odd years ago now) and the Chinese restaurant we were in had deep fried ice cream on the menu. Ofc I had to order it cause how the hell is it possible to deep fry ice cream? My tiny brain was blown 😂 I remember it being really good too!

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Lanky-Amphibian1554@reddit

I had one once! It wasn’t really all that memorable. It’s about the concept.

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Laneacaia@reddit

I made a wicked chocolate and dark rum blancmange the other day. It's really easy to make.

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

That sounds like a taste sensation but what I'm really after is the mysterious 'pink' flavoured one of my youth to really tweak those nostalgia nodes.

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Greendeco13@reddit

Pearce Duffs still do the powder, you can get in some supermarkets or from Amazon (very expensive though) it’s a doddle to make

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affogatohoe@reddit

This sounds delicious, please can I have the recipe?

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Laneacaia@reddit

I just sort of did it by eye. Heat a pint of milk in a pan. Add cornflour a tablespoon at a time until it starts to thicken. Don't le it boil. Add a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder near the end. If it looks too thick once the flour has cooked out add a splash of milk. If it's too runny add a touch more flour. Add a shot of rum once you've taken it off the heat. Don't add too much or it won't set. Pour it into a serving bowl and put it in the fridge to set. Try not to eat it all in one go.

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Greendeco13@reddit

You can still get blancmange powder in some supermarkets

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assorted_chalks@reddit

God I love an LMP

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TheKnightsTippler@reddit

Rum Baba, semolina, and summer pudding.

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Slow-Diamond-8725@reddit

I haven’t had a good sticky toffee pudding in years! They are everywhere but just don’t taste the same 😢

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Revolutionary_West56@reddit

Trifle

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ComeHereUk@reddit

Definitely not out of fashion. Having one today. Do you like yours warm or cold?

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Ellavathing@reddit

made a lemon meringue pie just the other day for a family gathering. I fear my family is still living in the 20th century. Thankfully, they no longer ask for spotted dick!

Also regularly make a 3 layered pavlova instead of the now ubiquitous eton mess. I think it is a lovely thing on a summer's day with fresh strawberries or raspberries.

It is all sticky toffee pudding (love it, mind you) brownies and esoteric sauces with ice cream.

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whoops53@reddit

Gooseberry pie! God I loved that with ice cream

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

In the 90s, It became cheap and it became wet, real lemon vanished and lemony goo replaced it. It was not the same.

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Violet351@reddit

A few places locally have lemon meringue pie including the bakery stop owned by a Bakeoff contestant

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PresentReindeer9011@reddit

My MIL makes a great lemon meringue pie. I'd say Trifle but I went to a Pub (Vintage Inn) and they had Pimms Strawberry Trifle and it was amazing

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Pengetalia@reddit

We have lemon meringue most Christmas' as our pudding 😋

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Swamp_Donkey82@reddit

I love lemon meringue pie. Bought one from Tesco the other day, had it with some double cream. Lovely!

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Sensitive-Question42@reddit

Lemon meringue pie has always been one of my favourite desserts (along with caramel tarte). They are still readily available and I will eat them whether or not they are in fashion.

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Sasspishus@reddit

Yeah I'm not sure what OP means, lemon meringue pie is definitely not out of fashion with me!

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catjellycat@reddit

My lemon meringue pie story is that my nan would make them regularly but it wasn’t chocolate and I was a basic child so didn’t touch it. One day, aged 7, I decided everyone else must be onto something so tried the white bit and discovered it was delicious. Had a whole slice - still didn’t touch the lemon, of course. But that white stuff? Couldn’t get enough.

30 minutes later I had the worst headache of my little life. I fell asleep on the sofa and only vaguely remember being put to bed.

Woke up the next morning covered in chicken pox.

Never had a lemon meringue pie since.

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

Also love it but whipped eggs can give me awful stomach pains. Last time I had it I was in agony for hours. It was lovely when I was eating it.

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Imtryingforheckssake@reddit

How unfortunate. If you can cook you can make meringues with chickpea water aka aqua faba instead.

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Ryuga-WagatekiWo@reddit

You can, but it doesn’t mean you should.

Every time I’ve tried making meringue with aquafaba it just tastes wrong and too savoury and it’s a pain in the arse to work with vs eggs. I’d just go for skipping meringue now tbh.

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Swamp_Donkey82@reddit

That’s a shame. I sometimes get stomach ache after eating it, I put it down to the acidity of the lemon.

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

I’ve had similar issues with omelettes and meringues

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Inevitable_Rock_3236@reddit

I can just imagine what those eggy stench farts smelt like 💨🤣

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PsychologyValuable75@reddit

Key Lime Pie is my favourite.

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Correct-Couple8086@reddit

Fruity puddings generally are harder to find unless you like cheesecake. I was trying to buy a pavlova from tesco online the other day and they didn't have any. They had a nice strawberry and lemon roulade but it was out of stock.

Lods of puddings just seem to be chocolatey now.

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Jamie2556@reddit

I noticed that for Easter, I mean surely you don’t want chocolate flavour dessert at Easter, it’s overkill.

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dottymouse@reddit

I make lemon meringue pie fairly regularly for customers still!

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MJLDat@reddit

Angel Delight? Whatever the hell that was.

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PureDeidBrilliant@reddit

*lights joint, sits back*

Take that bottle of Baileys you've got stashed under the sink, Deirdre, and add it to a sachet of butterscotch Angel Delight. Depending on the size of the bottle, you'll either have Dirty Custard for afters or a very pleasing butterscotchy-boozy drink to sip on whilst your children "entertain" you at the next school play.

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pintsizedblonde2@reddit

No lie, I was feeling nostalgic and had some the other day.

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MJLDat@reddit

Was it the same or have they ruined it with sweeteners?

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pintsizedblonde2@reddit

Ot tastes more or less the same as I remember but I suspect it has a fraction of the E numbers it did when I was. Kid.

I tried it when I was at university and it just tasted of chemicals. I couldn't understand how I'd liked it so much as a kid. Tastes like butterscotch again to me these day.

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Garden-Rose-8380@reddit

Bonus points for topping it with aerosol whipped cream. My mates mum used to do that when I went there for tea and decades later I still remember.

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wildeaboutoscar@reddit

My mum would put chopped bananas at the bottom, then chocolate angel delight then butterscotch angel delight, was heaven.

I would make a jug full of angel delight at uni and eat it that way, not quite as fun but was good when waiting for student loans to come in.

Shame they don't work as well with oat milk

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bahumat42@reddit

It's very satisfying to make

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Rockky67@reddit

Made some the other day, first time I had it in about 40 years though.

Made the butterscotch one poured over some Jamaica ginger cake and tinned mandarin oranges with walnut pieces on top which was a dessert my mum used to knock up. Didn’t taste as good as it used to, still ok though, but tbf in the intervening time I smoked 40 a day for about 35 years so I’ve no idea what is left of my tastebuds.

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KeepOnTrippinOn@reddit

Butterscotch with a flake crumbled up in it is a top tier pudding👌

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ambergriswoldo@reddit

Neapolitan Ice Cream with Pistachio flavour included

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Imtryingforheckssake@reddit

I've never seen that.

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ambergriswoldo@reddit

Traditionally it’s pistachio rather than vanilla - Pizza Express used to do it and it was amazing.

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Imtryingforheckssake@reddit

To be fair I've never been in a Pizza Express either!

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pajamakitten@reddit

I hear a lot of good things about the Woking one.

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

Around about the same time as shepherds pie I believe…

People like these pies but they have forgotten how to make them…

Most of the British classics are only enjoyed by people if they’re shop bought nowadays… I’m not sure that means people don’t enjoy them, but it ultimately makes them less frequent choices.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Who has forgotten how to make a shepherd's pie? That is something most Brits will eat on a regular basis.

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Lanky-Amphibian1554@reddit

Agreed, commercial lemon meringue pie is just a smear of lemon curd on cardboard with a rock hard spritz of meringue plonked on top.

Even if you don’t make your own pie shell, though, lemon meringue pie is pretty time consuming to make.

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Ooo i love summer pudding! And make cottage pie (same as shepherd's but beef mince of course) quite a lot. Never hotpot though. I used to love Death by Chocolate in the 80s and 90's.

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coffeewalnut08@reddit

I don't really see treacle sponge anymore. Shame, because I liked those.

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Yorkshirerose2010@reddit

The school I work in does treacle sponge, jam roly poly, cornflake tart, jam sponge, sticky toffee, etc on a rotation and there is always a crumble of the day. With custard

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coffeewalnut08@reddit

But I’m not in school anymore, that’s my problem lol.

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pajamakitten@reddit

A reason to become a teacher then.

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

saw treacle sponge in a pub in suffolk last week

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Able_Resident_1291@reddit

Replaced by sticky toffee puddings and chocolate brownies

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Sashaflick@reddit

Where’s all the flan gone?

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

Key lime pie and Mississippi mud pie.

I also don’t see banofee pie too often either.

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pajamakitten@reddit

Yes to all of those. Shame we cannot get proper key limes in the UK though. I had it on holiday in Orlando and it was the nicest dessert I have ever had. I have tried making it here but UK limes are just not good enough.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Vintage Inns did banoffee pie until recently. My daughter and I ordered it without fail as we love it and don't see it often enough, but still they stopped. M&S do a frozen one but I can't imagine the banana fares well so haven't tried it yet.

We make our own key line pie all the time though. Tesco has an amazing recipe on their website for a chocolate key lime pie that's so easy an 8yo can make it.

My long lost desserts are cousins of Mississippi mud pie: the hot chocolate fudge cake, and the death by chocolate cake.

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Chocolaterain567@reddit

I can confirm that the banana slices in M&S banoffee pie do not hold up, they go slimy. Also, it was way too sweet for me.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Brilliant thank you, shall give it a wide berth!

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

Well I will be trying the recipe you recommended! I will also be looking out for the M&S banoffee pie too. It’s worth a try. Thank you!

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StinkyBird64@reddit

Banoffee is like my favourite thing next to mint, you never see anything banana and toffee anywhere!

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reuben_iv@reddit

Ah yeah I tried key lime pie after watching Dexter it’s one of my favourites now, but realised I’ve never seen it available

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

Did you try the perfect key lime pie? That episode sticks in my mind.

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christmassnowcookie@reddit

Love a key lime pie 😋

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Individual_Bat_378@reddit

I was also going to say banofee pie. I used to work at a boarding school, around ten years ago, where the chef made it every Sunday, I don't think I've had it since.

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feetflatontheground@reddit

It's been a while since I've seen a key lime pie. I used to be able to get them from Waitrose or M&S, but it seems they don't have them anymore.

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QuiteFrankE@reddit

They used to be everywhere. I hope they become popular again one day.

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PurplePlodder1945@reddit

I love it, you can still get it. My sister always made a mean one so I got her to make one at Christmas for me. I’ve always preferred citrus stuff to chocolate

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jimmywhereareya@reddit

Pineapple upside down cake. Chelsea buns. Bakewell tart without a half inch of icing and plastic tasting cherries

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CourtneyLush@reddit

I suspect every Gen Xer in the UK had to make a pineapple upside down cake in Home Economics. It was an 80s rite of passage.

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jimmywhereareya@reddit

The tradition is even older, I left school in 1981, it was definitely a staple in 79 and even earlier

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BuckTeethedGirl@reddit

And still going strong - my son brought one home from his Home Ec. class a few weeks ago!

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Prestigious_Elk353@reddit

had a bakewell tart like that at a cafe in snettisham, norfolk last month

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GreatChaosFudge@reddit

Legendary Chelsea buns still on sale in Cambridge, although I don’t disagree that you might see them less in general. Feels like they’ve been supplanted by cinnamon buns (which to be fair are also great).

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Turbofox_89@reddit

I can’t recall a time when it was ever in fashion? Or was that before my time? (I’m 36) Tiramisu is where it’s at anyway.

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CarpeCyprinidae@reddit

Definitely a 1980s thing.

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Before your time.

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CarpeCyprinidae@reddit

Probably when Birds Lemon Pie Filling disappeared

Am a big lover of LMP and now make my own, doing the filling by mixing sugar, cornflour, lemon juice, lemon rind, egg yolks, butter and water in a boiling pot

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GrumpyOldFart74@reddit

Still love a lemon meringue pie. Age and blood sugar being what it is, I don’t have it regularly anymore, but I have definitely had it this year and probably at least once every 6 months or so.

Now a proper jam roly poly is something I haven’t had in a good few years.

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DogtasticLife@reddit

My mum made the best lemon meringue pie, she hasn’t made it in quite some time though, my birthday is coming up …

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angelberries@reddit

Can anyone recommend somewhere to get a really good lemon merengue pie btw? Morrisons used to do a lovely mini one with the fresh cakes, but I haven’t seen it in ages.

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BabyAlibi@reddit

Banoffee pie

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crowort@reddit

My step mum makes this every Xmas.

A couple years ago my brother and I didn’t make it to my dad’s until a few days after Christmas. By then the banoffee pie was done.

Totally ruined Christmas that year. She now makes an extra one if there isn’t going to be enough lol

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

It can be hard to find apple crumble

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TawnyTeaTowel@reddit

Search “apple crumble supermarket” in Google.

Aunt Bessie does one, which is available in multiple supermarkets, and most other others have their own brand apple crumble.

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No-Taro-6953@reddit

It's the easiest thing to make.

We have an apple tree in our garden so I go nuts making crumbles and giving it to friends.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Unless you are half blind and have balance problems.

I also don't have the space for things like food processors

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No-Taro-6953@reddit

You don't need food processors for apple crumble.

You literally just cut up and stew the apples with sugar, then mix sugar, flour and butter with your hands and stick it in the oven.

It's one of the easiest desserts to make.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Oh yes yet again tell a disabled person who has nearly injured themselves several times with a knife that it's the easiest thing ever.

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No-Taro-6953@reddit

Ok fine, don't make apple crumble then.

Your loss.

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BuGMoiDroit@reddit

Look in the chilled dessert sections in supermarkets, they always seem to have them there.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

They never do.

They might have the small pots but even they tend to be rhubarb nowadays

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blondererer@reddit

My local Asda does

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

The Asda is next to the farmfoods and both are a trip away

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

Saw on in Farmfoods recently.

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

That's where I usually have to end up going but that's quite a trip away and sometimes I just want to be able to pick one up rather than having to plan to get one

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BuGMoiDroit@reddit

They're really easy to make as well to be fair,

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

I just find it easier to buy nowadays

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Purple_Committee_216@reddit

If time allows they're not difficult to make. But I know where you're coming from, my nearest supermarkets are 7 miles away. In winter aldi do them I think if that's any nearer for you.

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Eddie_F_17@reddit

Humble crumble?

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Crimble crumble

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Inevitable_Rock_3236@reddit

I love how we all refer to it as crimble crumble now 🤣 Shalom Jackie!

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DiegoJusticia@reddit

Crimble-Crumble

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Starrryg@reddit

Jam roly poly

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Ketil_b@reddit

Why has the Battenberg not been mentioned?

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Crochet-panther@reddit

I desperately miss the frozen key lime pie that existed when I was a kid, 1990s sort of time. From memory is was maybe more or a key lime cheesecake, it has a biscuity base and key lime topping without any weird jelly. I was in hospital for a few days and all i remember is being asked what i wanted to eat when i came out and i wanted key lime pie.

Would probably be far too sweet if i had it now but i was so disappointed when they stopped making it.

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Eddie_F_17@reddit

I still see it sold in places. Is it truly out of fashion?

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360Saturn@reddit (OP)

I've not seen one for ages, could be regional!

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charityshoplamp@reddit

Right. The giant one from ciccoloro porepeolo or whatever is always going 'viral'

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Cheese-n-Opinion@reddit

As an aside, I wish people would stop describing food and recipes as 'viral'. It turns my stomach!

I'm constantly surprised more people don't find it off-putting, especially after Covid.

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wearecake@reddit

Making one tomorrow with my mother. Love it. We’re Canadian though, and I’ve never asked my friends from here (the UK) If they eat it, I shall later actually.

We use any leftover lemon curd to make lemon squares which are lovely

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owlracoon@reddit

Oh I love lemon meringue

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bunnycatheart@reddit

Chelsea buns!

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Livvy93@reddit

Lemon meringue pie is still going strong in NI!

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Current_Fly9337@reddit

Barker and Stonehouse cafe (weird that that’s even a thing tbh) had after our Mother’s Day lunch and walk. Was delicious.

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Novel_Ad_8369@reddit

Fruit flans. My mum used to love to make a fruit flan with a sponge base.

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unluckypig@reddit

Treacle tart! Can't find it n for love nor money.

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Dry-Translator406@reddit

There isn’t enough Trifle on menus these days, and i mean a traditional one not a fancy one, same with a banana boat or jam rolypoly. God, I love pudding 😁

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Acrobatic-Ad584@reddit

Sugar?

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ShineAtom@reddit

Queen of Puddings. A delicious way to use up stale bread and/or eggs and milk. Also a baked rice pudding. And I love lemon meringue pie.

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EUskeptik@reddit

Jam roly-poly.

Semolina.

Spotted duck.

Suet pudding.

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EUskeptik@reddit

Spotted duck, should be spotted d i ck. Reddit wouldn’t allow it. 🙄

-oo-

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Aware_Beat5301@reddit

Tins of ambrosia semolina. Absolutley gorgeous with a big huge blob of jam in it, can't find it nowere!

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callandreturn@reddit

Chocolate concrete and pink custard (hold the custard on mine) never see it anymore but this may be because I left primary school 26 years ago.

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Ruu2D2@reddit

Lots of dessert shop sell concrete cake

And sprinkle sponge

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Usual_Cryptographer3@reddit

Decent apple turnovers 🙁

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Lucyemmaaaa@reddit

Love lemon meringue pie but rarely get it as it will never ever be anywhere near my grandma's. She made a banging chocolate meringue pie too

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MiniRollsYum@reddit

I make one occasionally.

I love puddings.

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PrimalTripping@reddit

Haven’t seen jam roly poly and custard for years

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CourtneyLush@reddit

Going WAY back, my Mum used to make this dessert which consisted of a purchased flan base, always from Bejams, with tinned mandarins in orange Quick Jel.

I loathed it if I'm honest, I was more interested in the tinned mandarins but NOOO, you couldn't have them because they were for dessert.

The first shop I did when I left home, I bought a tin of mandarins and scarfed them straight from the tin with a fork. Take that Mum.

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Plumb789@reddit

I used to love blancmange, but you never see it now.

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WickedWitchofTheE@reddit

It’s not out of fashion, I had one last week. They are available in more medium sized super markets. I make them too. Also my local cafe sells them every week.

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KaizleLeBella@reddit

Bread and Butter Pudding - made one out of chocolate chip Panettone the other week and it was absolutely lush

Agree with the Black Forest Gateau comments, we don't see enough of those anymore!

Might have to go on a retro dessert making spree

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Broken_Sky@reddit

Strangely I have a Waitrose lemon meringue pie in the freezer for tomorrow.

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Select-Blood-1778@reddit

My wife literally had one for pudding at the pub today? I myself am far more cultured and opted for the treacle pudding and custard.

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CrowApprehensive204@reddit

My mum made a lovely lemon meringue. She also made homemade apple pie as big as a dustbin lid. Christmas or birthday trifle was always made with orange jelly and tinned mandarin oranges, thick custard, cream and crumbled flake. Nowadays, I am partial to a mint vienetta, I don't care if it's out of fashion 😋

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Which_Specific9891@reddit

The bakery near my house makes it once a week. The plant-based cafe in town has it M-W-F. I see it all the time.

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Able_Resident_1291@reddit

Lemon meringue pie has become this, for TikTok influencers and the like

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slothliketendencies@reddit

If you're ever in Scarborough visit rowntree cafe in south bay. They do the most amazing home made lemon meringue pies.

And to answer your question, butterscotch tart.

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Consistent-Sand-3618@reddit

Sara lee chocolate gateau

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tbhvandame@reddit

Fruit in Jell-O lol

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Garden-Rose-8380@reddit

Never I still make it

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Grand_Equipment5292@reddit

Pecan Pie....

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GrumpyOldFart74@reddit

That’s an American thing - it’s great, but I was into my late 20s before I’d even heard of it

(Unless I was pathetically sheltered and deprived?)

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Pecan pie was big in the late 1980s/ early 1990s, as pecans became more available and it replaced its cousin the more humble treacle tart. Haven't had it since the mid 1990s though.

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

That means you didn't see When Harry Met Sally for more than 20 years 😭

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GrumpyOldFart74@reddit

Well I was 15 when it came out, and probably into at least my late teens before I saw it (if not older)

Even now I don’t particular remember pecan pie being particularly important (though I remember the pie scene, obviously)

It’s one of my favourite films - but if that’s where I did first hear of pecan pie, fair enough. That only reinforces my perception of it being an American thing I didn’t have myself until much later.

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kimba-the-tabby-lion@reddit

Hopefully yt links are allowed 🤞

https://youtu.be/Mobhve-g5Ls

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Grand_Equipment5292@reddit

I'm not American, I'm English.

Might have been Sarah Lee or something. Pastry, pecans and a bit of white icing swirls on top, like a cinnamon filling type thing... awesome.

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