I'm with the OP on Kellogs cornflakes - it's the one cereal where the own brands are noticeably worse.
Agreed, although as a coeliac who mourned the loss of Kellogs for many years I must say the new Nestle gluten free cornflakes are pretty damn good.
Sure the taste is different but at least the texture is good, not these horrible hard knobbly things that other brands try and pass off as cornflakes.
We also buy Heinz beans, solely because they do microwave packs.
You know you can microwave the tinned ones too, yes? You just have to tip them out of the tin first. Those little 'snap pot' things were massively overpriced last time I looked.
I won't have a microwave in the house, don't like them. I have to repair them at work sometimes and I like that even less. 2000VDC running around in there, no thanks.
+1 On the Flying Goose sauce, lovely stuff. That along with Encona original and Cholula are always in the cupboard here.
I'm going to disagree on the sriracha and say that I prefer the rooster to flying goose. May have to have a blind taste test though :p
Sainsburys ketchup is better than Heinz.
I bought some San Miguel beers the other day. They had a best before date. Yrs you cs. Best before you started making it in f**** Northampton.
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce (special edition)
Branston beans
Daddies sauce
McVities plain chocolate digestives.
Heinz baked beans, tomato ketchup, tomato soup, salad cream.
Daddies brown sauce.
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
+1 for Mcvities digestives, in any form. Forgot about those.
I'm going to disagree on the sriracha and say that I prefer the rooster to flying goose.
Rooster is the original Sriracha, everything else is a copy. I adore the Flying Goose stuff but have never had the Rooster, much harder to come by here.
2 pages in and no one has mentioned lea and perrins?
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Henderson's relish...
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Marmite, obviously
Sainsburys ketchup is better than Heinz.
That's surely fighting talk (I'll check it out).
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Not veggie-friendly so no good to me. The veggie options are ok, but I've dodged this bullet by making my own.
Marmite, obviously
You're not wrong.
Is Vegemite any good?
There used to be but ingredients change to 'new improved' when what they're really saying is we've used cheaper ingredients and hope they can fool the public. I don't have any favourite brands for food unless Fuller's London Pride could be included.
Thank you Cougar. 😆
Also, has anyone an alternative to this?:
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Anything else sends me into a seething rage, but I can't always get the vintage stuff.
Warburtons crumpets.
Cost a lot more than the others but are far superior.
pictonroad - Sainsbury's Taste the Difference marmalade is pretty good, 3 varieties I think.
After reading through the responses to this post it would appear we but a lot more brands than we think... 😳
After a bit of a think.
Definitely Marmite as mentioned above.
Bonne Maman strawberry jam.
Also, recently, I've developed a weak spot for Fentimans Curiosity Cola...
Carrs water biscuits
Warburtons toastie
HP fruity sauce
Badoit water
That French Jam
Tesco's Lemon, Cola and Cherry ice lollies.
porky whites sausages
This nearly had me in tears. Having moved from Surrey to Scotland 2 1/2 years ago, this is one of the things I miss the most. We've turned to making our own sausages for a replacement.
Sorry but lidl Jaffa cakes are better than macvitties. Recommended on her, sainsbury's French Mayo is better than Hellmanns (you buy Heinz Mayo over Hellmanns? Bizarre)
Otherwise Heinz +1 jamj1974
Heinz Ketchup doesn't taste like I remember it as a child.
I switched to Tip Tree and it's much more like it...
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I've never tasted a Branson copy that tastes the same, but then I prefer other chilli/tomato chutneys.
I used to like Marmite, but now prefer this:
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2 pages in and no one has mentioned lea and perrins?
Hendersons Relish is probably why
Stella Artois.
Well if we're going all liquid; Roses Lime Cordial and Dubonnet. Just for making a sauce for the calves liver. Oh, and the occasional Gimlet. Creme de Cassis too, for adding to a sauce made from duck carcass and red wine reduction.
SunPat peanut butter
Lidl muesli (blue not green). Doubt this qualifies as a brand though – it's just an ace [and cheap] product.
Corn flakes must be Kellogs!!!!!!
Squash Robinsons!
Tesco Finest sultana scones and Pataks curry pastes (not together)
