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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 30, 2024 18:36:36 GMT -5
I have a preference for some branded stuff, e.g. I like Hovis bread, and Diet Coke. But I am absolutely happy with generic, non-branded cereals, biscuits, orange juice, etc. A non-branded, generic orange juice tastes just as nice as a branded one that is double the price.Yup. From what a friend of mine tells me (he's a senior manager for a major grocery chain), their "home brand" orange juice is made by the same company that makes a certain big brand. It's just the packaging that changes. |
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Post by impulse on Apr 30, 2024 20:04:13 GMT -5
Yup. From what a friend of mine tells me (he's a senior manager for a major grocery chain), their "home brand" orange juice is made by the same company that makes a certain big brand. It's just the packaging that changes. This is very often the case with a lot of products. It also makes sense. Which is more likely: every grocery store has their own production process, staff, infrastructure, etc, for every single item leading to multiple redundant supply chains, or the same guys who sell milk to TG Lee also sell it to John Q. Regional grocery store in a different carton? They're not all the same, though. Aldi brand "Doritos" are like 3 stale corn chips in a trench coat, and I almost chipped a tooth on a peanut shell in their knock-off Chips Ahoy soft batch before. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Apr 30, 2024 22:40:31 GMT -5
I have a preference for some branded stuff, e.g. I like Hovis bread, and Diet Coke. But I am absolutely happy with generic, non-branded cereals, biscuits, orange juice, etc. A non-branded, generic orange juice tastes just as nice as a branded one that is double the price.
And then... there are some certain things for which all attempted substitutes are but pale imitations... 
Yes, I can get them all stateside... and I do keep them in stock at my house. The Twiglets are the most difficult to find, though, and they go stale quicker, likely due to the ocean voyage. I don't know if Jacobs uses nitrogen to pack their Twiglet bags, but they should.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 1, 2024 2:17:30 GMT -5
I have a preference for some branded stuff, e.g. I like Hovis bread, and Diet Coke. But I am absolutely happy with generic, non-branded cereals, biscuits, orange juice, etc. A non-branded, generic orange juice tastes just as nice as a branded one that is double the price.Yup. From what a friend of mine tells me (he's a senior manager for a major grocery chain), their "home brand" orange juice is made by the same company that makes a certain big brand. It's just the packaging that changes. Yep. That's something I recall learning in high school (in a personal finance class) - back in the 1980s. It's particularly true for canned goods, frozen foods and sometimes even pasta. Since bread has also been mentioned, we always buy bread in a bakery, although most supermarkets here (in Croatia) sell baked goods made by one of the bakery chains, and a few even have their own in-house bakeries. Packaged (i.e., in a plastic bag), brand-name bread is not a popular thing over here.
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Post by impulse on May 1, 2024 9:09:03 GMT -5
Totally agree. Some things are irreplaceable, and you just can't beat the real thing. I feel like the more general the product, the likelier it is to be on par with the brand.
Super specialized things like colas with their unique recipes are harder to replicate. There is only one Coke.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 1, 2024 9:23:54 GMT -5
Totally agree. Some things are irreplaceable, and you just can't beat the real thing. I feel like the more general the product, the likelier it is to be on par with the brand. Super specialized things like colas with their unique recipes are harder to replicate. There is only one Coke. It will always come down to taste. I can’t use anything but Helmans mayonnaise. |
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Post by Rob Allen on May 1, 2024 11:25:21 GMT -5
It will always come down to taste. I can’t use anything but Helmans mayonnaise. My wife agrees with you about mayonnaise. It's called Best Foods instead of Hellmann's here, but it's the same stuff. I grew up with Miracle Whip, but she considers that to be inedible glop that only goyim eat. Every Jew she's ever known uses only Hellmann's/Best Foods. |
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Post by impulse on May 1, 2024 11:37:34 GMT -5
I'm not on Team "Miracle Whip is Disgusting", but it's definitely not interchangeable with any standard mayonnaise. It's a spinoff.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on May 1, 2024 12:27:24 GMT -5
I'm not on Team "Miracle Whip is Disgusting", but it's definitely not interchangeable with any standard mayonnaise. It's a spinoff. It's not a spin-off, it was a substitute made when ingredients for mayonnaise were scarce and expensive due to war shortages. It may have the texture of mayo, but no where near the taste and it should in no ways be considered mayo. It is a dressing substitute that should have been retired once the shortages were alleviated. People used it only because they couldn't get real mayo, and once real mayo was available, there's no reason to use it ever again. I mean if you choose to use it, good on you, but don't ever try to serve it to me and tell me its mayo, or say you are putting mayo on something and then use Miracle Whip. -M |
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Post by Confessor on May 1, 2024 12:29:38 GMT -5
Oh, man....Tunnock's caramels. One of the finest foods known to humanity. |
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Post by Calidore on May 1, 2024 12:36:15 GMT -5
I have a preference for some branded stuff, e.g. I like Hovis bread, and Diet Coke. But I am absolutely happy with generic, non-branded cereals, biscuits, orange juice, etc. A non-branded, generic orange juice tastes just as nice as a branded one that is double the price.
And then... there are some certain things for which all attempted substitutes are but pale imitations...
Yes, I can get them all stateside... and I do keep them in stock at my house. The Twiglets are the most difficult to find, though, and they go stale quicker, likely due to the ocean voyage. I don't know if Jacobs uses nitrogen to pack their Twiglet bags, but they should.
Not familiar with the first three pics, but lime marmalade sounds fascinating. Laphroaig has no substitute.
I'm okay with store brands for some things. One exception is Target's house brand milk, which twice went bad on me well before the expiration date. That made me wonder if some cheap milk is cheap because it's older leftover milk from the big brands. I've never had bad luck with Lucerne or Aldi's milk, at least.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 1, 2024 13:26:10 GMT -5
I'm not on Team "Miracle Whip is Disgusting", but it's definitely not interchangeable with any standard mayonnaise. It's a spinoff. It's not a spin-off, it was a substitute made when ingredients for mayonnaise were scarce and expensive due to war shortages. It may have the texture of mayo, but no where near the taste and it should in no ways be considered mayo. It is a dressing substitute that should have been retired once the shortages were alleviated. People used it only because they couldn't get real mayo, and once real mayo was available, there's no reason to use it ever again. I mean if you choose to use it, good on you, but don't ever try to serve it to me and tell me its mayo, or say you are putting mayo on something and then use Miracle Whip. -M
Exactly. Miracle Whip comes from the same substitute logic that created "oleomargarine" as a butter substitute during wartime. In fact, like margarine, I believe that the primary ingredient in Miracle Whip is still vegetable oil.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 1, 2024 13:30:40 GMT -5
Not familiar with the first three pics, but lime marmalade sounds fascinating. Laphroaig has no substitute.
As much as I love orange marmalade in general (Robertson's in particular), in my opinion it can't hold a candle to Roses Lime Marmalade. It's like morning sunshine on toast.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 1, 2024 13:41:43 GMT -5
Oh, man....Tunnock's caramels. One of the finest foods known to humanity.
Enjoying one right now... eat your heart out, my friend... and get thyself to the nearest Tesco or Sainsbury's! 
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Post by Cei-U! on May 1, 2024 15:31:14 GMT -5
Guess I'm a Philistine. I couldn't tell the difference between mayo and Miracle Whip if my life depended in it.
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I summon my unrefined palette!
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