Hi all. Looking for a jam I used when I was younger at my bio dad’s in another state. It was a sweet jam, brown, and very thick in consistency. I thought it held an astringent note in its taste, but it’s been years since I’ve had the stuff. I would spread it on toast. The stuff was thick, and very hard to maneuver until the heat from the toast softened it a little. It was almost caramel consistency.

I think it may have been foreign, because I remember being disappointed I couldn’t find it when I tried looking in my local grocery store. It’s not marmite or vegemite, because I remember tasting those and twisting my face up because they were so bitter.

Thanks all in advance!

Does anybody remember when they used to have the frozen fettuccine alfredo meals in the plastic bags that you would boil?

Eventually, they switched to just pre-mixed or sauce and pasta on opposite sides of the frozen tray. I've had the dish from an actual Marie Callender's restaurant in the past, but it was just never the same as the flavor of the sauce in the frozen baggies.

I know Sherry wine is supposed to be a signature ingredient in their alfredo sauce, but does anybody have a great copycat recipe or current brand that tastes somewhat similar?

Had this delicious super flavorful savory umami paste with some gyoza I had in Japan. Genuinely the most delicious thing I’ve had in my whole life I need to know what it is

I had this in the Netherlands last year and really liked it but I can’t for the life of me remember the name or find something similar. I figure I’ll make it myself but I can’t get the recipe if I don’t know what it is 🥲 I think it tasted like almond extract.

There is this beef stew that would get sent to us from a delivery food bank when I was younger and it always came with this plastic bag of condensed beef stew that kind of looked like the picture. I tried looking it up in many different ways and haven’t found it. What is the brand of this stew?????? It might not have had the pink stripes but it was definitely a dark red colored package.

Hi all,

So I recognize that this is a very looooong shot! But I'm looking for a very specific spice blend that my dad always used to keep in the house. He unfortunately passed several years ago, so asking him is not an option.

It was one of those shaker salts that is mostly sea salt and pepper, with a mix of other powdered spices in, for using in place of table salt. I think other ingredients may have included coriander and clove? It was just called "Caribbean Seasoning": I don't remember there ever being any logo or company name on the packaging. One half of the label had a large image of the beach, with blue waves and tropical plants. The other half was very plain white text on black, describing the seasoning and what to put it on. Again, very little to no branding or logos. It felt like a small local company thing, and it was DEFINITELY not McCormick or any of the major corporations.

I do know that it was definitely from the islands (maybe the Virgin Islands??) but I have never actually visited the islands, so I can't track it down that way. There was a little shop near us that would import it and sell it in the States. That shop has since closed. Somewhere in the vicinity of 2015-2016, I remember finding out that you could order the stuff online, but since I have nothing to go on except the words "caribbean seasoning" I'm struggling to find it.

We got some of those ready to eat salads from a Loblaws grocery store in Canada. I’m in love with the Kale Feta Quinoa Salad we got. I’m trying to eyeball whats in it to remake it myself, but idk what this bean thingy is. If anyone knows the recipe for the salad even, I would greatly appreciate it. If not thats fine, theres a few similar recipes online that I might just try instead.

Small seed-like pouch with tiny brown nodes inside. Smells floral. Not normally included with the platter i got, this is the only of it’s kind i’ve found.

Been looking for this cookie recipe for AGES! A local bakery near me sells it and it’s a cookie stuffed with tahini. It’s delicious and I can’t find any recipe that matches the shape or the taste. Only thing the bakery told me is their name is “tahinli kurabiye”

My dad got a tray of free food from stop and shop so we can save money. It's chicken and mushrooms in this brown sauce with oil or fat in it that seperates from the sauce if I steam it in a bowl to warm up it. It was served with brown rice when we originally got it from stop and shop in the tray. Maybe thay could maybe help with identifying what food this is. Chicken and mushrooms in sauce served with brown rice. I am so sorry, I don't know what the spices are, I am not that good at identifying them by taste.

Please help, I would love to make this as I am trying to bulk and this tastes soo good.

Used to buy them at Shoppers Drug Mart. Not Chewy Red Hots. They were not sugar coated.

These are not them, but look very similiar https://bulknbits.ca/products/cinnamon-hearts?variant=37787034812581&country=CA&currency=CAD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2021-05-04&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwOe8BhCCARIsAGKeD54xRBH9XzR6mxB4RzVN7eTWmYt9AwuKzGXtk4Ubi43rs7VYhAtxzb8aAvltEALw_wcB

No success with Google. Hopefully someone else can remember.

Had this as part of a salad I had in Cambodia, we also saw this being sold in a market in Thailand. They called it some sort of a bean?

I was in Paris last Oct, randomnly buying pastries and bread that looked interesting.

It was a soft pale bun with some flour covering it and it had bits of white chocolate in it. It looked so normal I didnt take any pic but I remember the name had "blanche" which means white.

They are kind of crunchy and have a sour/hot taste to it.

Help!

I need to know what bread this is 😭 inside is a little smokie and it is NOT croissant dough. It’s super light and crispy. And not layered like croissant dough. Most times there’s an air pocket around the smoky even where as croissant dough is too dense and kind of sticks right to the smokie. This is such a bad photos cause it’s grainy but it’s all I’ve got. The top is a glossy from the butter and it’s crispy and thins thin layer and the rest is airy and soft. I have the WORST craving for whatever this is. A glass station in my hometown hours and hours away sells them. Any clarifying questions I’ll answer I need these 😂

i think it was poppy seeds and raisins? not too sure though

This was in my Chinese takeaway (chilli garlic chicken) and I cannot figure out what it is. I thought it might be some kind of mushroom, but it didn’t taste like mushroom. It was kind of meaty in texture.

I ate this two years ago in one of Almaty's (Kazakhstan) restaurants. Now I reminded myself about it and would like to cook similar dish. It consisted of some kind of glass noodles(possibly sweet potatoes noodles) veggies like bell peppers, cabbage etc. The broth was flavorful and on the spicy side. Not sweet but maybe some sourness to it. I thought maybe it's some kind of lagman or another fusion of Uyghurs food but I think the meat in it was pork(?) so I'm not sure if that's possible. Any ideas? I just wish to try recreate such a dish but since I don't really remember what's the flavour exactly (I'm sure I liked it a lot tho) it would be nice to find its name so I can search for recipes and get inspired.

Trying to figure out what the name of this mini chocolate bars in a black and gold package that had two of them on the front... I think. They were small and long, half gold half black i think and they used to be sold in Superstore in Canada. I feel like they were crunchy but I don't remember and would love to try again due to nostalgic reasons 🥲 thanks!

Edit: What I remember it looking like (Candy profile, packaging)
0.375" Wide, 2.5" Long, rounded edges

She is using a hot plate to melt the green stuff and turn it into crunchy paper-like strips. What is it?

hi! a few years ago i tried an apple soda, i believe it was mexican, and it tasted like a sweet acetone. i know that sounds strange, but i was super into it. unfortunately, ive been unable to find it again despite looking forever. ive already tried mundel by sidral, and while its delicious, it’s not the same drink. does anyone have any ideas?

it also wasn’t expired, it was just odd and delicious.

hello all! i just discovered this subreddit and thank god i did! while i was in amsterdam in september, my hotel served these delicious cookies. they had a crispy outer layer and a light almondy flavor. i haven’t had much luck finding any online. thank you!

It doesn’t taste like radishes.

We tried this cake about 20-25 years ago and just absolutely loved it, since it was both unusual and delicious. The family was Eastern European (I think, at least?) and they shared the recipe, but we since lost it. It was an almost flat cake with 2 layers.

It wasn't a sponge cake, but instead it had pretty dense layers heavy with cocoa. Biting into it was closer to biting into a cookie or a bread than a more traditional cake. The recipe called for a lot of cocoa and no chocolate that I can remember! There was no cream or anything white on the cake, it was fully covered in syrupy sweet cocoa-sugar icing that didn't fully harden. Again, I don't remember any actual chocolate being in the cake. At least I don't remember any crunch. Trying the icing by itself, it was extremely sweet and chocolatey. Between the two layers they had a heaping of smooth very sour cherry preserve, which provided a nice contrast to the rest of the cake. The cake looked almost black with a bit of dark red in the middle when cut.

I would love to make this cake again, but I can't find this exact recipe online.

Sorry for the limited pictures, I actually intended to post this months ago and just dug it up after seeing the relevant sub. The one I’m most familiar with is the brown, which is sweet and goes great with samosas. The green is a light tasting puree. The large tub I believe was intended for my masala dosa.