On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:04:21 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:59:56 -0500, James Silverton wrote:
>>
>>> Janet wrote on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:07:07 -0600:
>>>
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> I have a few favorite brands on certain items. Most of the
>>>>> time I'm not a brand loyalist, but for certain things I have to have
>>>>> a specific brand or I would simply go without. And
>>>>> if for some reason that brand was no longer available, I
>>>>> probably wouldn't buy a competing product.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what do you buy that would change our indifference toward a
>>>>> certain food/drink?
>>>
>>>> In our house it is only Heinz brand ketchup. No other brand is
>>>> acceptable.
>>>
>>> The Giant store brand of ketchup is so similar to Heinz that I wonder if
>>> it is made in the same factory.
>>
>> i'll keep that in mind. but i use so little ketchup that the difference
>> in
>> price doesn't amount to much.
>>
> I like a thin ribbon of ketchup on a hot dog under the chopped onions,
> relish and shredded cheddar cheese. And that's the only time I use it.

i put it on a burger, and i use it in my stew. sometimes i'll use it in
recipes that call for a tablespoon of tomato paste and the like.

your pal,
blake