http://www.recfoodcooking.com/

Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy said...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.


GOSH... I win again!

I'll take a #15 TFH.

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

Andy wrote:
> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
>
> GOSH... I win again!
>
> I'll take a #15 TFH.
>
Yous spend too much time in RFC. I came back from running errands and
downloaded new messages and the poll post was only a minute old and you
had beaten me to it.

Dave Smith said...

> Andy wrote:
>> ChattyCathy said...
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>
>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>>
>>
>> GOSH... I win again!
>>
>> I'll take a #15 TFH.
>>
> Yous spend too much time in RFC. I came back from running errands and
> downloaded new messages and the poll post was only a minute old and you
> had beaten me to it.


Dave Smith,

Heh heh heh heh heh!

Just managed to be in the right place at the right time!

Thanks to Volkswagen!!! http://alturl.com/gyar

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

On Apr 30, 1:11*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I voted in error. Meant to say that I am about 50-50.

wrote:
> On Apr 30, 1:11 pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
> I voted in error. Meant to say that I am about 50-50.


I am starting to buy more and more from Bulk Barn these days. Steel cut
oatmeal is less than a quarter the price of the name brands. I picked up
some Wheatlets (Cream of Wheat) and paid only 88 cents for a close to 2
pounds of it. Various herbs and spices were 25-40 cents for small bags
which held the equivalent of 2 jars of the commercial stuff that sell
for $2-4 each

The best thing about buying bulk is that they don't screw around with
package downsizing. There is none of that reducing a container from 12
oz to 10 oz and charging the same price.

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
>Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.

I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy is Kroger
brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods, snacks, most
cereals...except for Post Raisin Bran and Cheerios. Real Cheerios.
Tried and tried, but I've never found a store brand that could match
'em.

Best -- Terry

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

That survey was enlightening!

I personally mostly purchase store brand, but we are blessed with a
store brand that is reliably good. Hill Country Fare.

Occasionally tho' it'll be higher than a name brand so I'll get whatever
is less expensive. <g>

One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Omelet wrote:

>
> I personally mostly purchase store brand, but we are blessed with a
> store brand that is reliably good. Hill Country Fare.
>
> Occasionally tho' it'll be higher than a name brand so I'll get whatever
> is less expensive. <g>

The Zehr's stores around here carry a lot of President's choice
products. There aren't as many food processors as they used to be and a
lot of the processed foods are made by the same company with different
labels stuck on them. FWIW, during the winter I deep fry hot chicken
wings almost every Saturday. I discovered that their hot sauce is
virtually identical to Franks, but abut one quarter the price.


> One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
> or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.

We learned from the pet food poisoning incident last year that, like
food for human consumption, most of those dozens of different brands of
dog and cat food are made by one or two companies. My dog seems to
prefer the "no name" brand of dry and canned dog food. we have offered
him better <?> but he likes the cheap stuff.

Terry wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>>Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
> I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy is Kroger
> brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods, snacks, most
> cereals...

Don't get that brand here, but I know what you mean. If I buy from our
local Woolies Foods[1], their store brand stuff is great.

> except for Post Raisin Bran and Cheerios. Real Cheerios.
> Tried and tried, but I've never found a store brand that could match
> 'em.

Same here with cornflakes... The store brands are just awful.

[1] Other folks from the southern hemisphere may know which store I'm
talking about (or not)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

Terry wrote on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:45:39 -0500:

>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.

> I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy is
> Kroger brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods,
> snacks, most cereals...except for Post Raisin Bran and
> Cheerios. Real Cheerios. Tried and tried, but I've never
> found a store brand that could match 'em.

I often buy herbs and spices from the local health-food co-op but I buy
store brands if at all possible. Some name brands, like Heinz Ketchup
and Kellog Bran-Flakes are reproduced so well by store brands that you
might suspect they were made in the same factory but that's a matter of
taste. Trader Joe's does rather better on coffees and preserves than
other supermarkets. I tend to stay away from any Oriental foods in
supermarkets since they seem inferior and more expensive than those from
two relatively nearby Chinese supermarkets.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

> I am starting to buy more and more from Bulk Barn these days. Steel cut
> oatmeal is less than a quarter the price of the name brands. I picked up
> some Wheatlets (Cream of Wheat) and paid only 88 cents for a close to 2
> pounds of it. Various herbs and spices were 25-40 cents for small bags
> which held the equivalent of 2 jars of the commercial stuff that sell for
> $2-4 each
>
> The best thing about buying bulk is that they don't screw around with
> package downsizing. There is none of that reducing a container from 12 oz
> to 10 oz and charging the same price.

I get all my spices and dried herbs at Bulk Barn as well as other things.
I get small quantities and refresh more often. Just have to stay out of the
candy aisle though....Sharon

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:23:45 -0500, Andy > fired up random
neurons and synapses to opine:

>ChattyCathy said...
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
>
>GOSH... I win again!
>
>I'll take a #15 TFH.

*Employed* Left Coasters ain't got a chance, dammit.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> Terry wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> >>
> >>Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
> >
> > I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy is Kroger
> > brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods, snacks, most
> > cereals...
>
> Don't get that brand here, but I know what you mean. If I buy from our
> local Woolies Foods[1], their store brand stuff is great.
>
> > except for Post Raisin Bran and Cheerios. Real Cheerios.
> > Tried and tried, but I've never found a store brand that could match
> > 'em.
>
> Same here with cornflakes... The store brands are just awful.
>
> [1] Other folks from the southern hemisphere may know which store I'm
> talking about (or not)

There is 4 cents worth of corn in a box of corn flakes, no matter what
you pay? Rolled oats would be a much better choice (with bran, fruit
[dried prunes, raisins, sliced banana, blueberries, strawberries], and
sunflower or sesame seeds, molasses, cinnamon, and milk)
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI29wVQN8Go

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> >
> > Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Chatty Cathy
>
> That survey was enlightening!
>
> I personally mostly purchase store brand, but we are blessed with a
> store brand that is reliably good. Hill Country Fare.
>
> Occasionally tho' it'll be higher than a name brand so I'll get whatever
> is less expensive. <g>
>
> One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
> or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.

Pets know what they like.
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI29wVQN8Go

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html

In article >, "biig" >
wrote:

> > I am starting to buy more and more from Bulk Barn these days. Steel cut
> > oatmeal is less than a quarter the price of the name brands. I picked up
> > some Wheatlets (Cream of Wheat) and paid only 88 cents for a close to 2
> > pounds of it. Various herbs and spices were 25-40 cents for small bags
> > which held the equivalent of 2 jars of the commercial stuff that sell for
> > $2-4 each
> >
> > The best thing about buying bulk is that they don't screw around with
> > package downsizing. There is none of that reducing a container from 12 oz
> > to 10 oz and charging the same price.
>
> I get all my spices and dried herbs at Bulk Barn as well as other things.
> I get small quantities and refresh more often. Just have to stay out of the
> candy aisle though....Sharon

Candy aisle can be a real killer.
--

- Billy
"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being
is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the
moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI29wVQN8Go

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html

On Apr 30, 1:11*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

I buy product, not name. If the brand name is less expensive, that
goes in the cart. If the generic or store brand is cheaper, that's
what I buy.

That said, there are stores where I won't buy their brand as the
quality is the pits. Most of the cans in my cupboard are tomato
products--paste, diced, crushed. Also tuna, salmon, anchovies,
sardines, mandarin oranges, pineapple, water chestnuts and baby
corn.

I mostly buy fresh or frozen goods.

maxine in ri

On Fri, 1 May 2009 04:49:58 -0700 (PDT), maxine >
wrote:

>On Apr 30, 1:11*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
>I buy product, not name. If the brand name is less expensive, that
>goes in the cart. If the generic or store brand is cheaper, that's
>what I buy.
>
>That said, there are stores where I won't buy their brand as the
>quality is the pits. Most of the cans in my cupboard are tomato
>products--paste, diced, crushed. Also tuna, salmon, anchovies,
>sardines, mandarin oranges, pineapple, water chestnuts and baby
>corn.
>
>I mostly buy fresh or frozen goods.
>
>maxine in ri

You wouldn't want to see whats in my cupboards then.

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:10:31 GMT, James Silverton wrote:

> Terry wrote on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:45:39 -0500:
>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>
>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
>> I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy is
>> Kroger brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods,
>> snacks, most cereals...except for Post Raisin Bran and
>> Cheerios. Real Cheerios. Tried and tried, but I've never
>> found a store brand that could match 'em.
>
> I often buy herbs and spices from the local health-food co-op but I buy
> store brands if at all possible.

where is this co-op, james? do they have bulk bin spices?

your pal in silver spring,
blake

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>
> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.

with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace lea & perrins
for worcestershire, for example, or heinz ketchup. mustards, too (*not*
french's), though i like a lot of semi-local brands for them.

but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the exception of
spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that). those, i'm almost
sure, are identical except for the label.

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Fri, 01 May 2009 16:09:07 GMT:

>> Terry wrote on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:45:39 -0500:
>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>>
>>> I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy
>>> is Kroger brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods,
>>> snacks, most cereals...except for Post Raisin Bran
>>> and Cheerios. Real Cheerios. Tried and tried, but I've
>>> never found a store brand that could match 'em.
>>
>> I often buy herbs and spices from the local health-food co-op
>> but I buy store brands if at all possible.

> where is this co-op, james? do they have bulk bin spices?

Hi Blake,
I think they are called the Cabin John Co-op these days. They used to be
in Bethesda but are now just off Seven Locks, near the intersection with
MacArthur, really in Cabin John. They have large containers of herbs,
spices, cereals and dried fruits. You take as much as you wish and they
weigh it at the register. Their vegs are organic and don't look too
pretty but are probably healthy. They also sell beer and wine; no
bargains but some interesting stuff. You have to join to get the co-op
discounts and I don't go there often enough to bother.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

In article
>,
Billy > wrote:

> > One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
> > or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.
>
> Pets know what they like.
> --
>
> - Billy

It was not a matter of them liking it.
It was a matter of generic pet food killing them.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> > http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
> >
> > Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
> with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace lea & perrins
> for worcestershire, for example, or heinz ketchup. mustards, too (*not*
> french's), though i like a lot of semi-local brands for them.
>
> but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the exception of
> spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that). those, i'm almost
> sure, are identical except for the label.
>
> your pal,
> blake

I buy Fabuloso for floor cleaning.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>
> with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace lea &
> perrins
> for worcestershire, for example,

Abso-freaking-lutely. L&P rulz!

> or heinz ketchup.


Not that fussy about ketchup; I don't use it much as a condiment or for
cooking. OK. I have used it when making meatloaf on occasion...

However, I'm not a 'ketchup connoisseur', unlike another r.f.c-er I
know, <Cathy waves to Stan> so sue me.


> mustards, too
> (*not* french's), though i like a lot of semi-local brands for them.

I'm not a big mustard fan - but DH is. Therefore, I always buy the brand
names he prefers because I don't like it enough to try and make it
myself. Selfish, I know. So sue me (again).

>
> but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the
> exception of
> spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that). those, i'm
> almost sure, are identical except for the label.


Hmmm.Yesnomaybe. Take dishwashing liquid, for example. I've noticed that
most store/generic products available here contain the same 'active
ingredient' as the brand names - but the majority of the store/generic
products tend to water the aforementioned ingredients down by at least
a factor of two... So one needs to use twice as more to get the same
result. Don't see any cost-saving in that.
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy wrote:


> So one needs to use twice as more

Please make that 'twice as much'.

<Cathy waves to the Grammar Police>
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

blake murphy wrote:

> but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the
> exception of spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that).
> those, i'm almost sure, are identical except for the label.

I thought I'd save a buck buying the store brand disinfectant cleaning
wipes, forget it. The damm dispenser was such a pain in the rear
I said never again.

To be honest, I have my pack of Dow stuff, my Clorox wipes and
my Weiman stovetop wipes ... dish detergent ... I just don't seem
to run out of that stuff so often that it's worth not getting the
brand I'm familiar with.

nancy

ChattyCathy wrote on Fri, 01 May 2009 19:46:38 +0200:

>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>
>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>>
>> with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace
>> lea & perrins for worcestershire, for example,

> Abso-freaking-lutely. L&P rulz!

>> or heinz ketchup.

> Not that fussy about ketchup; I don't use it much as a
> condiment or for cooking. OK. I have used it when making
> meatloaf on occasion...

> However, I'm not a 'ketchup connoisseur', unlike another
> r.f.c-er I know, <Cathy waves to Stan> so sue me.

Based on my own tasting, I cannot tell the difference between Giant
Brand Ketchup and Heinz. Perhaps, we need another "Judgement of Paris"
where Napa wines beat out some famous French ones in a blind test but
that's going from the sublime to the ridiculous :-)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
> > but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the
> > exception of spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that).
> > those, i'm almost sure, are identical except for the label.
>
> I thought I'd save a buck buying the store brand disinfectant cleaning
> wipes, forget it. The damm dispenser was such a pain in the rear
> I said never again.
>
> To be honest, I have my pack of Dow stuff, my Clorox wipes and
> my Weiman stovetop wipes ... dish detergent ... I just don't seem
> to run out of that stuff so often that it's worth not getting the
> brand I'm familiar with.
>
> nancy

For dish detergent, I get Ajax. The generic that's supposed to measure
up to it is crap.

For over the counter drugs, the generic has always been just fine.

It truly depends on the product.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

"blake murphy" wrote

> with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace lea & perrins
> for worcestershire,

Nope, I've tried others and they just do not match.

> heinz ketchup. mustards, too (*not*
> french's), though i like a lot of semi-local brands for them.

I vary with these.

I generally will 'try' an 'off brand' in most things. The Krogers equal of
scott 1000 sheet tissue works (but the Scott is the same price at the
commisary as the knock off at Krogers so I normally stock there). Toilet
paper is an odd one where the extra cost of Scott's actually costs far less
in the long run (hehehe no pun intended).

My DH always wants to get Tide as he thinks there's something 'special'
about it but fact is none of us work in jobs that get us especially dirty
(heck, I work in an AC'd office, kidlit is in HS, and his worst bit is
fishing which may be a little stinky but the generics work fine on it) so
anything will do for us. I am amazed people pay for tide at 20$ when the
same number of loads can be done for 5$ or so with another product.

Omelet wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Billy > wrote:
>
>>> One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
>>> or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.
>> Pets know what they like.
>> --
>>
>> - Billy
>
> It was not a matter of them liking it.
> It was a matter of generic pet food killing them.


When there was a problem with pet food two years ago it was not just
generic brands. I just checked the list of recalled foods and it
includes a lot of name brands,including IAMS.

In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > Billy > wrote:
> >
> >>> One very notable exception tho' is pet food. I _never_ purchase generic
> >>> or store brand of that. But that's due to a past bad experience with it.
> >> Pets know what they like.
> >> --
> >>
> >> - Billy
> >
> > It was not a matter of them liking it.
> > It was a matter of generic pet food killing them.
>
>
> When there was a problem with pet food two years ago it was not just
> generic brands. I just checked the list of recalled foods and it
> includes a lot of name brands,including IAMS.

Yes, I remember that, but this was a very long time ago. 20+ years.
It was a generic from Wal-mart back when I used to raise rats to feed a
pair of pet boa constrictors.

I fed the rats generic dry dog food after switching from Purina.

The females started bleeding to death when they were pregnant. I
necropsied them and it appeared to be a problem with their reproductive
system. I'd not experienced any problems when they were being fed
Purina. And these were females that had had litters in the past with no
problems.

I know that rats don't live long, but this happened suddenly when I'd
switched their food.

My vet recommends purina also so I pretty much stick to it any more and
my pets stay reasonably healthy. I switched the rats to Purina dog chow
and the problem went away and it was the same bloodline, so I know it
was not a genetic thing.

The cats hate generic canned cat food too and the stuff stinks to high
heaven.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Fri, 01 May 2009 20:49:53 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Omelet
> wrote,
>My vet recommends purina also so I pretty much stick to it any more and
>my pets stay reasonably healthy. I switched the rats to Purina dog chow
>and the problem went away and it was the same bloodline, so I know it
>was not a genetic thing.

Did you ever see Purina Rat Chow? I am not making this up. They had
big bags of it in the biology department where I went to school. I
always meant to get an empty bag to use as a poster, but never did.

On Fri, 01 May 2009 19:46:38 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> mustards, too
>> (*not* french's), though i like a lot of semi-local brands for them.

>I'm not a big mustard fan - but DH is. Therefore, I always buy the brand
>names he prefers because I don't like it enough to try and make it
>myself. Selfish, I know. So sue me (again).

i've made mustard once. it's not that difficult, but i don't think you end
up with a better product, really, unless you're buying cruddy mustard.
it's something i may try again, though, just for the sport of the thing.

>> but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the
>> exception of
>> spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that). those, i'm
>> almost sure, are identical except for the label.
>
> Hmmm.Yesnomaybe. Take dishwashing liquid, for example. I've noticed that
> most store/generic products available here contain the same 'active
> ingredient' as the brand names - but the majority of the store/generic
> products tend to water the aforementioned ingredients down by at least
> a factor of two... So one needs to use twice as more to get the same
> result. Don't see any cost-saving in that.

yeah, i forgot dishwashing liquid. i really like ajax. you're right that
the generics seem to lack oomph.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 01 May 2009 18:09:21 GMT, James Silverton wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote on Fri, 01 May 2009 19:46:38 +0200:
>
>>> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>>>
>>> with foods, it varies. i don't think anything can replace
>>> lea & perrins for worcestershire, for example,
>
>> Abso-freaking-lutely. L&P rulz!
>
>>> or heinz ketchup.
>
>> Not that fussy about ketchup; I don't use it much as a
>> condiment or for cooking. OK. I have used it when making
>> meatloaf on occasion...
>
>> However, I'm not a 'ketchup connoisseur', unlike another
>> r.f.c-er I know, <Cathy waves to Stan> so sue me.
>
> Based on my own tasting, I cannot tell the difference between Giant
> Brand Ketchup and Heinz.

that's interesting, as i am a fellow giant customer. i don't use that
much, though, and can wait for the heinz to go on sale.

>Perhaps, we need another "Judgement of Paris"
> where Napa wines beat out some famous French ones in a blind test but
> that's going from the sublime to the ridiculous :-)

i'm quite sure one has been done somewhere. fine with me as long as hot
dogs weren't involved.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 1 May 2009 14:09:10 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> but i do refuse to buy name-brand cleaning products, with the
>> exception of spray 'n' wash (and i haven't tried a generic for that).
>> those, i'm almost sure, are identical except for the label.
>
> I thought I'd save a buck buying the store brand disinfectant cleaning
> wipes, forget it. The damm dispenser was such a pain in the rear
> I said never again.
>
> To be honest, I have my pack of Dow stuff, my Clorox wipes and
> my Weiman stovetop wipes ... dish detergent ... I just don't seem
> to run out of that stuff so often that it's worth not getting the
> brand I'm familiar with.
>
> nancy

how much you use of a product is definitely another dimension of the
subject.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 01 May 2009 17:26:41 GMT, James Silverton wrote:

> blake wrote on Fri, 01 May 2009 16:09:07 GMT:
>
>>> Terry wrote on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:45:39 -0500:
>>>
>>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks go to Terry ("Prfesser") for this survey.
>>>
>>>> I looked in the pantry and realized that most of what I buy
>>>> is Kroger brand. Flour, sugar, most staples, canned goods,
>>>> snacks, most cereals...except for Post Raisin Bran
>>>> and Cheerios. Real Cheerios. Tried and tried, but I've
>>>> never found a store brand that could match 'em.
>>>
>>> I often buy herbs and spices from the local health-food co-op
>>> but I buy store brands if at all possible.
>
>> where is this co-op, james? do they have bulk bin spices?
>
> Hi Blake,
> I think they are called the Cabin John Co-op these days. They used to be
> in Bethesda but are now just off Seven Locks, near the intersection with
> MacArthur, really in Cabin John. They have large containers of herbs,
> spices, cereals and dried fruits. You take as much as you wish and they
> weigh it at the register. Their vegs are organic and don't look too
> pretty but are probably healthy. They also sell beer and wine; no
> bargains but some interesting stuff. You have to join to get the co-op
> discounts and I don't go there often enough to bother.

o.k., yeah, i think i looked into them at one point. i think it would be
hard for me to get there. i was hoping it was a place lurking off the
rockville metro station or something.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 01 May 2009 20:21:23 -0700, David Harmon wrote:

> On Fri, 01 May 2009 20:49:53 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Omelet
> > wrote,
>>My vet recommends purina also so I pretty much stick to it any more and
>>my pets stay reasonably healthy. I switched the rats to Purina dog chow
>>and the problem went away and it was the same bloodline, so I know it
>>was not a genetic thing.
>
> Did you ever see Purina Rat Chow? I am not making this up. They had
> big bags of it in the biology department where I went to school. I
> always meant to get an empty bag to use as a poster, but never did.

i've seen them, too, and it's one of my few regrets in life that i didn't
steal an empty bag. a nice picture of a perky-whiskered albino rat on the
label.

i thought there was great potential there for a t.v. commercial with
dancing rats. chow chow chow!

your pal,
blake

David Harmon wrote:
> Did you ever see Purina Rat Chow? I am not making this up. They had
> big bags of it in the biology department where I went to school. I
> always meant to get an empty bag to use as a poster, but never did.

Some of my friends were surprised when they saw Purina bags stacked in
the barn. We had Purina Horse Chow, Goat Chow, Turkey Chow, Deer Chow,
Llama Chow. Sorry you missed getting a bag of Purina Rat Chow. I
never knew they made that.


Becca

Omelet wrote:

> Yes, I remember that, but this was a very long time ago. 20+ years.
> It was a generic from Wal-mart back when I used to raise rats to feed a
> pair of pet boa constrictors.
>
> I fed the rats generic dry dog food after switching from Purina.
>
> The females started bleeding to death when they were pregnant. I
> necropsied them and it appeared to be a problem with their reproductive
> system. I'd not experienced any problems when they were being fed
> Purina. And these were females that had had litters in the past with no
> problems.
>
> I know that rats don't live long, but this happened suddenly when I'd
> switched their food.
>
> My vet recommends purina also so I pretty much stick to it any more and
> my pets stay reasonably healthy. I switched the rats to Purina dog chow
> and the problem went away and it was the same bloodline, so I know it
> was not a genetic thing.
>


Purina dog chow for rats? Purina Rat Chow is a heck of a lot cheaper,
and rats love it. I have a lot of experience with rats. I was the
animal caretaker in the Pysch department at my university. I did that
for through my third and fourth years and then for almost a year after I
graduated. I used to have as many as 400 rats at a time in there. Then
we had pet rats for most of the next 10 years.

David Harmon wrote:
> On Fri, 01 May 2009 20:49:53 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, Omelet
> > wrote,
>> My vet recommends purina also so I pretty much stick to it any more and
>> my pets stay reasonably healthy. I switched the rats to Purina dog chow
>> and the problem went away and it was the same bloodline, so I know it
>> was not a genetic thing.
>
> Did you ever see Purina Rat Chow? I am not making this up. They had
> big bags of it in the biology department where I went to school. I
> always meant to get an empty bag to use as a poster, but never did.
>

You probably see it all the time in pet shops where they have the small
plastic bags of the stuff for sale, usually selling in two pound bags
for about half the price you would pay for a 50 lb bag of the stuff.

When I worked in a lab we had Purina Rat,Chow. Mouse Chow and Monkey
Chow. They still sell a wide variety of Chow foods.