Food Products You Can't Skimp on.

[Dogtrousers]

Own-grown and freshly harvested toms, beetroot, cuc and asparagus are infinitely better than anything from a shop.

In principle but not always in practice. Asparagus takes up too much space and from what I've read is hard to grow. I've never tried it. Beetroot I tried once and they weren't a roaring success. Tomatoes yes. And home grown peas and salad double yes. Baby courgettes too.

 

[lazybloke]

In principle but not always in practice. Asparagus takes up too much space and from what I've read is hard to grow.

Not difficult to grow but takes 2-3 years for the crowns to mature and start cropping heavily. Used to grow it in my garden 20 years ago, but eventually scaled up at the allotment. You're right about space, plus it's a short season... But ground to plate in minutes means the best flavour is preserved. You never get the same experience from a shop. Nom!

Beetroot I tried once and they weren't a roaring success.

Think i previously posted a pic of one of our Chioggia beetroot... How can you not love this?

 

[newts]

I am banned from beans due to excessive wind.Plus eggs of any kind except chocolate ones.Wind wind and wind.

The struggle is real😷

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I am banned from beans due to excessive wind.Plus eggs of any kind except chocolate ones.Wind wind and wind.

Postman brand methane. Accept no other.

 

[cyberknight]

Heinz salad cream as I find most of the others too vinegary in taste.

 

[postman]

Aldi black pudding and their Melton Mowbray pie,oh my word.Stuff your Bury black pudding.

 

[Reynard]

Dickinsons & Morris pork pies. Or the locally-made ones bought at the butcher in town.

Thompson's Irish Breakfast tea

Menthos soft peppermints

 

[richardfm]

Yup. Agree. Heinz are dreadful these days, and do not get me started on the Beans and sausage. New recipe is ghastly.

Heinz beans are much better than Tesco own brand

 

[Fastpedaller]

Very much a Marmite fan, but I must admit I prefer the Aldi version - both taste and definitely price.

I agree .... And the name of the Aldi yeast extract is MIGHTY (that's got to be the best name ever!)

 

[richardfm]

Bread.

Plus I do not buy brands that rely on reputation whilst skimping on current high standards.

Bread has to be home made

 

[richardfm]

San Marzano D.O.P. tomatoes when you need tinned toms.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

I'm always keen to find cheap alternatives that taste good, but yet to find a better Branstons Pickle.

 

[Red17]

Hellmans mayonnaise. Alternatives just don't match it

 

[Tenkaykev]

Very much a Marmite fan, but I must admit I prefer the Aldi version - both taste and definitely price.

As a Marmite aficionado of many decades I have to agree. At some point Unilever seems to have altered the recipe. The Aldi own brand is now head and shoulders above Marmite and tastes more like marmite than marmite if you see what I mean.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

Brands don't matter as much, but the things I will spend more money on for a better quality product; cheese, chocolate, dried pasta, wine, bread, olive oil.

Heinz tomato ketchup is the only possible ketchup, all other alternatives should be banned. As a kid I actually avoided ever having tea round one mate's house as his Mom bought Daddies ketchup!