brand names & selection

[malkin]

Ok. Just looked through the kitchen.


Perrier or Gerolsteiner (if I can find it)
Coleman's dry mustard
Purchased mayo must be Best Foods (currently in fridge is a small jar of some other brand of "lite" mayo, which is unlikely to be eaten, ever)
SleepyTime Tea
Several specific prepared mustards, because each has its niche
Winder Dairy milk (local)
Oakdell Farms eggs (local, but not quite as close as the dairy)
Barilla pasta is the best, but we're only about half loyal to it
Beer-if it isn't homebrew, of course it is branded and there are ones we like and don't like, but it isn't really a question of brand loyalty
Cheese-again, of course it depends what you want-a variety is more than a brand
King Arthur Flour


Beyond the kitchen:
Gasoline- Costco
Bike tires- Conti Gatorskins
Bike Saddles- Brooks
Tubes: never buying the cheapy ones again!
Sewing machine needles: Schmetz
Sunscreen: Aveeno
Stuff that smells good for the bath: Kneipp

[shootingstar]

If that's all the "brand names", then your pantry is like ours.

Yea, we have a version of Dijon mustard ..megajar to last for at least 8 months. And curry paste which lasts several months, when we keep it in refrigerator. I doubt I can pound out a decent tasting green curry paste from scratch.

And oh, frozen phyllo dough. I can't imagine honing my skills to make phyllo dough from scratch.

Some pkgs. of Japanese-labelled seaweed (no not nori. Seaweed for soups and stews.)

Egg whites

Really that's all. And everything else is whole food --fruit, veggies and some meat. When I go to a large Chinese supermarket, I get the shock of so many processed food choices.. like other types of supermarkets.

[malkin]

Still-I'm not observing any particular reinheitsgebot.

I'll try (almost) anything and if I like it, I'll chow it down or slurp it up! I've been sick from food more times than anyone I know and about died from a hot dog at Candlestick Park.

It's good for people to know what they like and can tolerate. At home, I do alright, but out in the world I'm certainly not very good at it.

[Owlie]

I just went through my kitchen. Probably more here than in most of yours, but...
-Jif peanut butter (both extra crunchy and creamy).
-Newman's Own oil&vinegar salad dressing.
-Grey Poupon mustard
-Heinz ketchup
-three different brands of pasta
-Classico pasta sauce, though no particular loyalty.
-Kikkoman's low-sodium soy sauce.
-store brand milk
-Lea&Perrin's Worcestershire sauce
-spices are a mixture of McCormick's, Whole Foods, and the Indian bulk spices out of my parents' pantry.
-Quaker oatmeal
-Morton's table salt
-Beer, wine and cheese: Of course I have preferences, but that's less an issue of brand loyalty.
-Lunch meat for BF: Boar's Head.
-Hershey's cocoa powder (for baking).
-two or three types of canned fish or tomato products.
-breakfast cereals. I have mine; BF bounces around between oatmeal and two or three brands of cold cereal.
Flour and sugar are usually store brands. For Mexican, Chinese, or Thai ingredients, I'm really limited by what I can buy here, since my local grocery store is pretty small. And of course, what I buy here is different from what I'd buy if I'm living at home.

[malkin]

-Lea&Perrin's Worcestershire sauce

We have that too.
Is there any other brand?