Another thread made me think of these, but that other thread got weird, and I am being serious here:

1. Heinz Ketchup (my wife tried to stop me from buying it when Kerry was running, but some things rise above politics. Go shove your Hunt's)

2. Best Foods/Hellman's Mayonnaise (Kraft? Are you daft?)

3. Lee & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce

4. Tabasco (original, red, small bottle)

5. Nathan's hotdogs (natural casing if you can find them)

6. Vidalia Onions (do not talk to me about Maui)

7. Angostura Bitters (that stuff from New Orleans tastes like something you'd put on a cut finger. A few drops of Angostura in your Coke and you've got something that tastes a lot like Moxie. You don't know from Moxie?)

8. Coca-Cola (they still use cane sugar in the Mexican version, if you can find it, but the water will probably kill ya. ha ha)

9. Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Tonic. (OK, I don't think anyone else makes a celery tonic)

10. DeCecco #12 spaghetti (the reason I never order pasta out, except if I go to Italy again some day. And this should have been number 1 on my list, really, so this list is not at all in order.)

Since my list is immutable and cannot be improved upon, I suppose I really don't care if you turn the thread gay or nipply now, if you don't have anything to add that you are really passionate about. But I hope you do. There might be something I haven't tried that I can make number 11. TIA.

LLT????

wow, it has been a long time.

Dr.Scholls Pillowsoft inserts...

They are the doggone bestest inserts out there.
Much better than bubble wrap, which often smells like tobacco, and can interfere with foot odor.

No. 12???

Kirby & Holloway Scrapple. The others just can't compare.

q-tips...the generic are not soft enough and just stab you in the inner ear (hurts).

No Kidding what #2 said...

How ya been?

No 2 and 6, funny how time slips away. Thanks for remembering me. How've you been? Number 4, I like scrapple, but haven't had it often I'll look for your favorite brand. In Cincy we have goetta, a distant relative of haggis I suppose, pretty tasty. I like mine crispy.

6, I agree 100%. No substitute for Q-Tips. Goes on my list. Pi, you're kidding as usual,but that's a good thing.

Elelea ... we're in total agreement on #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, & 10 ...

We disagree on #'s 5 & 8

I have no opinion on 7 & 9 ... have never used 7 and have never even heard of celery tonic ...

and, most importantly, I agree completely with Tonester ... good to see you back in action

Tobasco sauce sucks the balls of men.

Like it or not, tabasco is an icon.

I LOVE tabasco.......probably the most immediately recognizable sauce in the world.

Nobody else has been able to make even a remotely similar sauce, and the kicker is that it only has THREE ingredients......peppers, salt, vinegar. It has been made the same way for decades.

1. Author: eleltea

i use safflower mayo instead. it's almost the same as hellmans just less salty.

the proper way to cook a nathan's is to put in in the micro for 1 minute and then put it in a fry pan with no oil or butter and cook it medium, rolling it around with a spatula until the skin starts to crack.

i eat mine on toasted white bread folded on the diagonal, but if you use a bun, wipe up the juices with the bun. i assume you use deli mustard, and not french's or dijon.

i have a distributor out here that carries dr brown's cream soda, and yoo hoo, and nedicks, and bubble up.
http://www.drsoda.com/ 

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/Shop 

if you are looking for my-t-fine chocolate pudding
http://tinyurl.com/6db8t4 

if there is anything else that you are needing, contact me.

i know they don't make charlotte russes any more because the mfg of the king's crown that they made it in died, and his kids closed the plant. bastards.

devil dogs and most other drakes cakes, including marble pound cake the you put in a toaster with the wrapper on but cut it first, is no more either.

Charmin Butt Paper,,,

Ooooh Sooo Soft !!


anything else is crap..


wheel,,

Astroglide ?

Vernors Ginger Ale.

I heard, a while back, that Costco sold the Coca Cola from Mexico with real cane sugar in it. Also, you can typically buy it at a Mexican grocery store if you have one in the area.

Hey Rick:

Don't forget the Bonamo's Turkish taffy.

#11..You forgot Blue Fox Tacos,washed down w/Mexican Coke to get fishy taste otta your mouth. X

X, I would be shocked if you didn't still have that fishy taste in your mouth, as many of those tacos as you lapped up. And up was the direction as I recall.

#12 if you use wet TP, Charmin is a loser. Gotta have 2-ply, for starters, and Northern holds up best.

#14, true Verners is unique, but there are a few micro brewed Ginger ales/beers made in the Jamaican style (and with cane sugar) that are superior. Cost a few cents more. Seek one out.

BTW, locally, Krogers sells Mexican Coke by the single bottle. They charge too much, but they sure are good, and I don't drink that many soft drinks these days.

#11, stop worrying so much about salt, Rick. Find some Celtic Sea Salt and use it on whatever you like salt on. It's good for you. Loaded with minerals. Get the gray colored kind. And go back to Best Foods mayo. You know you miss it. Its those cakes and candy that are going to kill ya.

I steam my Nathans, and steam a plain hot dog bun to hold it. Nothing fancy, you want to taste the dog, not the bread. I do not steam it until it splits, only until its hot and snappy. Tastes so good mustard is a distraction.

Agree on Dr. Brown's Cream Soda, although, again, there are some pretty good micro-brewed cream sodas out there now, too.