"Snob appeal" -Pricey foods you buy anyways

[RayP]

Completely forgot what I'm the biggest snob about... and that's definitely tea. Huge tea snob.

[Florentino Ariza]

Cheese, chocolate, coffee.

[Nighthock]

Hebrew National Hot Dogs

pip pip ...

[Devils Pride 26]

Slurpee's. Have to be from 7/11.

[Paranoid Android]

This thread is reminding me how much of a cheapskate I am

Pretty much everything is off brand. Some exceptions: peanut butter, jam, pasta sauce, toothpaste

I will say though, I think Kroger brand "Doritos" are better than real Doritos.

I'll spring for good beer too (the $9-10 a 6-pack kind)

[Cardiac_Canes]

Originally Posted by Devils Pride 26

Slurpee's. Have to be from 7/11.

No one else can add flavored chemicals to crushed ice quite like they do at 7-11.

[Franck]

I like to buy a brand of yoghurt that is about a dollar more expensive than regular yoghurt.

It tastes amazing.

[KpopandHockey]

Beer and wine. Other brands may get you drunk for a cheaper price but they don't taste good.

[Kagee*]

coffee!!

[VanIsle]

HP sauce
Heinz ketchup
Peanut Butter
Steaks (butcher only)
Beer
Pasta Sauce
Coke/Pepsi
Coffee

[Kronwalled55]

Only buy Jif peanut butter. Same with double stuff Oreos

[MP]

Coffee and scotch.

I'll drink Maxwell House or whatever, but I won't enjoy it. Given how much coffee I drink--I tend to drink between one and two 10-cup pots over the course of a day--a couple bucks more for a nicer brand is worth it.

I would never consider myself a scotch snob, but I can't drink Dewar's or the like anymore. I'd rather have my favorites every few months than a cheap brand more frequently.

Everything else is negotiable. If I had to do a blind taste test of store brand vs. name brand salad dressing or whatever, I probably couldn't tell the difference.

[BaconStrips]

Only food I buy packaged is coffee, and I get the Kicking Horse stuff.

I buy a lot of exotic produce. Currently, I am eating a boatload of Avocados.

[Devils Pride 26]

Originally Posted by Cardiac_Canes

No one else can add flavored chemicals to crushed ice quite like they do at 7-11.

damn straight

[AlfieIsOurKing]

I don't really consider myself a food snob on much of anything. Then again, with my family, it's pretty much store brand or nothing. We're not the richest bunch.

That being said, Nature Valley bars > all other granola-type bars.

[LeafOfBread]

Kashi cereal. ****'s legit.



So ****ing good.

[cupcrazyman]

British Chocolate

[crane]

Originally Posted by MetalheadPenguinsFan

This.

Green Mountain Coffee K-cups FTW!!!!!

All that Nabob, Maxell House, Folgers, etc. coffee is swill IMO. To me it's not even coffee, it's just **** flavored water.

Breakfast in Bed by Wolfgang Puck are really tasty k-cups.

I'll also say that I enjoy good beers. I try to only buy local San Diego beers for my everyday type beer. When I treat myself to a new beer I usually don't care about price, so long as it's not like $20 for a sixer.

[ShotDownCrosby]

Originally Posted by RayP

Completely forgot what I'm the biggest snob about... and that's definitely tea. Huge tea snob.

I am completely a tea snob as well.

But I'm a food snob in general. I go to the market for everything whenever I can.

[Bob Richards]

Originally Posted by CookeyMonster

Crosby approves.

I must find this bread. I yearn for the validating nod of Sidney's approval.

[Lonny Bohonos]

Originally Posted by cupcrazyman

British Chocolate

Which is generally crap buuuuut there is an awesome chain called Hotel Chocolate and they have awesome chocolates. Real pure high class ****.

[Gardiner]

heinz ketchup always!!

[MoreMogilny]

I'm struggling to think of anything that I refuse to buy the store brand of.

Oh wait, Nutella. Definitely Nutella.

Other than that, certain types of pop and chips.

[Kestrel]

Not a food snob for too much here... back in Brazil, if I had soft drinks, it had to be Guarana Antartica, or Mate Couro. Oh wait - I almost never have ice cream, especially vanilla, but if I DO have vanilla ice cream, the generic stuff is crap.

[RayP]

Originally Posted by ShotDownCrosby

I am completely a tea snob as well.

But I'm a food snob in general. I go to the market for everything whenever I can.

What kind of tea you normally get? Right now I'm stuck on a citrus green tea from Teavana.

I'm the same way. I go to the gym most days after work, and it's in the same strip mall as the grocery store I go to... and even if I don't, it's less than a 1/4 mile away and a 5 minute walk. So I'm pretty snobby with having fresh produce, and will refuse to eat canned goods of any kind, and usually don't have to get frozen unless I want something out of season.