Here Today... Gone To Hell!

I got to thinking about this today with my lunch.  There are some items where generic just doesn't cut it. 

Doritos.  no generic nacho-cheese chip comes close.

Hellman's mayo.  this one's probably out of habit on my part.

Heinz ketchup.  No doubt!!! 

Duncan Hines brownie mix.  Betty Crocker's sucks as do the generics I've tried.

Cola.  Pepsi or Coke.  I don't buy soda, but if I'm at a party and try them, generic colas just don't taste good.

Maruchan ramen noodles.  If you have to eat ramen noodles (whether you are economizing and/or a college student)
                                           Maruchan is the best.

Tyson chicken patties.  again, not luxury food, but the taste is much better than generic...on this one though, I use
                                      reverse psychology, since I know the stuff is bad for me, I'll buy the bad ones so I have less
                                      of an incentive to eat them! 

any more additions to the list???

Cereal

Rice Krackles are NOT rice Krispies!

Bluto!  That's why I love The Jungle.  We might go at it tooth and nail with politics, but on cereal, you are 100% correct sir!   :hihi:

Apple Jacks are Apple Jacks, not Apple Rings or Apple Zaps.   :hihi:
Froot Loops
Frosted Flakes
Cap'n Crunch
Cocoa Krispies

however, one generic cereal out there isn't too bad.  Frosted Mini-Wheats.  Very difficult to taste the difference.   ;)

Trash bags.

Nothing worse than a wimpy trash bag that rips open as you take it from the kitchen can across the carpet to the garage.....

Official Wiffle-Balls!   There is no substitute! 

Lil' Debbie rolled cakes are NOT Hostess Ho Ho's.

Amen sister!  Leave it to the sex kitten to teach us about the benefits of Ho Ho's!   :hihi:

Seriously, you are correct.  Swiss Cake Rolls are the cheap imitation.  Ho Ho's rule.  :)

What's that? pot noodle or something? ???

^It's what I lived off of in college.  It's a high-fat, high-cal, deadly sodium level food that sustains poor college students...at least it did when I was in school. :)

Sometimes it's called oodles of noodles or Top Ramen. 

yes! and laundry detergent..has to be liquid Tide..bar soap..no name shit doesn't lather properly and smells like shit :P
my cat will not eat no name cat food ;D

my wife had a good one...Bush's baked beans.

Cover bands are NEVER the same as the real deal.  The "Appetite For Destruction" band is NOT Gn'R!

p.s. I love that we all love white trash foods!!!!

Tires.  Generic tires are just not even close.

And Golden Creams are not Twinkies!

For me it's mainly cereal......I despise generic cereal and used to get super pissed when my gram would try to pass that shit off on me.

As for the dude that said about Doritos.........There's an UTZ party mix around here that has the best fucking nacho cheese chips ever.  They taste absolutely perfect......like an actual nacho with real cheese.  It's a thick chip too. 

Condiments also.....Heinz ketchup is the ONLY ketchup.  All the rest are just posers to the throne.

Agreed on the Doritos.  And the soda.  I do stock Hellman's, but I find that some mayo they use at sandwich places like Quiznos/Subway is different but tasty. 


Random story.

If you ever buy the scented trash bags, and then have to puke in them a lot, I hope you're luckier than I am, as I now have an immediate flashback of bad things whenever I smell one of those fuckers.


Random story #2.

George Harrison (yes...THAT George Harrison)...well, his sister Louise lives in Central Illinois, where she occasionally makes appearances with The Britles (Central Illinois's premiere Beatles cover band!) and does commercials for chiropractors.  Hilarious shit, that.

For ice cream, it's gotta' be Breyers, or Chapmans Premium.

Generic just doesn't cut it!!! :D

cigarettes  ;D   no generic smokes for Bob.

Add cigars to that list, too.

If it's sold on the counter of a gas station, or by some guy whose cousin "smuggled them from Cuba"...it's probably not worth the money.

When I think of generic, I usually think of store brand products.

I hardly think Utz and Little Debbie count as generic.

Although, generic Viagra would be terrible.

Any store brand mac and cheese is AWFUL.

I agree on all others listed here!

Except for ice cream, Ben and Jerry's all the way even though it's expensive as hell.

Generic water.

^ my bad.  when I think generic, I guess I've always included cheap knock-offs as well.

store-brand orange juice tends to be rather bitter.  Minute Maid or Tropicana or the Florida's Own are nice.

It's gotta' be Beatrice chocolate milk :)

This brings up an interesting point we should discuss.

AxlsMainMan brought up chocolate milk.

Would you consider Nesquik a cheap knockoff of Hershey's chocolate milk?

You can't have any losers with those options!  :drool:

You should try President's Choice Valencia orange juice sometime :)


They're both sub-par compared to Beatrice ;)

Hershey's and Nesquik are like the coke and pepsi of chocolate milk.  You're right, no losers there!

Now, jeans.  I must say, up until a few years ago I was a Levi's man.  550's I think were my jeans...now, I'm open to whatever my wife finds for me.

Beer.

Hollandia is not Heineken.

guinness
cadbury  chocolate
snickers ice cream bar



thanks. wonder how it tastes.

Well it's like $1.50 for a 12 box, pack, so you don't have much to lose by trying it.

Ritz crackers......but only if Rachel Ray's ugly face isn't on the box.   :rant:  damn she annoys me.

Rachel Ray claims to be real Italian, but she can not correctly pronounce "pasta e fagioli"

I buy any and all generic brands now.  Whatever is on sale.  I've got no brand loyalty anymore.  I used to buy only Cambell's Chunky Soup and Uncle Ben's Rice.  Not anymore though.  I'll eat just about anything.  It all tastes just fine to me.

Thank-you!  What about when she says, "EVOO!" She bugs the shit out of me!  I want to hold her by the back of the shirt and dangle her feet in boiling hot water and dip her little by little! ;D

that is too true!!!


I agree with most all listed, I'd also add bakery  baked breads like semolina as apposed to massed produced breads at small corner stores.

two people after my own heart..she annoys the shit out of me...besides the fact that I think she is a hack and just got lucky in life, I could have a better cooking show then she could ::)

I'm gonna have to say condoms.
Yeah, when it says ribbed for her pleasure...because it's bbq flavored..that's, that's not good.

She's started saying EV2O!  GARGH!  And her voice annoys me and so do her cameramen whom all suffer from Parkinson's Disease it seems!

Should EV2O bottles have two caps on them!?

I think my dad has a crush on her.  He wakes up at 9 AM to catch her program, and comes back at 3 in the afternoon for a whole hour of her show on the Food Network.  Fuck him.

if it aint Kellogs Bran Flakes...it just aint right...

Same goes for the honey nut

Yeah, and then you end up with generic babies.  :no:

Yeah...though Gold Coast makes a halfway decent full flavor generic smoke, but Basic n' all those are nasty.

And the cigars, swishers are good to roll blunts, as are Garcia Vega's. Otherwise ya gotta hit the tobacco store for a damn good blunt.

It's gotta' be Philadelphia cream cheese!

Nothing else will do :D

Lil debbies are the shit!

Agree 100000000%!!!!!!!!!!  I can eat that shit plain, its so good!

Cool pops can only be done by Fla-Vor Ice!!!  Order of flavors best to worst (they're all good though) cherry, grape, lemon-lime, and orange...I think blue raspberry was added in but it's still alright!

ICEES vs. Slush-puppoes...now there's a tough one.  Kinda like Coke vs. Pepsi.  Both are fantastic! 

Generic Shampoos; may smell the same but dont do the hair the same justice

same as generic Colognes.

the last time I wore cologne was at a formal dance I think in college...I do remember buying Drakkar Noir in high school for the prom.   :hihi:

yes on the shampoos.  My kids get the Johnson and Johnson's.  The imitations do not smell the same and don't work as well.  Plus, I swear the smell brings back great memories as a kid.   :)

Damn!  I almost forgot!  Ore-Ida Onion Rings!!!   There is no substitute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But a Slurpee is equivalent to an Icee!  Oh god, I wish there were 7 eleven's in manhattan!  I'm jonesin' for one!

When I got out of the emergency room in February, the Icee was orgasmic!  44 ounces of pure heaven.  Layers of Cherry, cherry limeade, blue raspberry, and cola, topped by cherry.  Oh yeah, good stuff.  :)

Omg!  That's sounds so amazing right now!  I love, love, love cherry limeade!   :love: I want a slurpee!  Where do you get icee's?  I haven't had one in years.

kitten there is one on 42nd st between 7th snf 8th ave!

But a Slurpee is equivalent to an Icee!  Oh god, I wish there were 7 eleven's in manhattan!  I'm jonesin' for one!
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There is?  Do they have a slurpee machine? You work around the corner from there, right?  What days do you work?  I need to come in and visit you sometime.

My bad its between, 8th and 9th on 42nd.... and at the moment Im working in Brooklyn near my place, by the place you got your makover for that concert! :)

Jockey underwear. Though I feel women should not settle for second best and should stay naked.

I only wash my hair with Perrier.

Has anybody ever washed their hair with club soda and a twist of lime? It's so pedestrian.

Perrier, eh?  Sounds French!  I figured you for that SLC, our resident American-hater!  :hihi:


The next one will sound silly...fish sticks.  Give me Van de Kamp's or Gorton's.  The store brands just don't taste good.
 :peace: 

I bet he looks French, too.  And goes by "le Punk" while talking down about us.

maryland cookies. bitches. :peace:

It's gotta be Allen's apple juice! :D

absolutely!

Clothes


The generic brand clothes just dont fit quite right.


Generic Pop Tarts suck also

Generic Frozen pizzas are the worst.


Southern Home doesnt taste anything like  a Tombstone or a Digorno

By starting this thread I feel kinda like Andy Rooney...pretty soon I'll have hair growing out of my nose and ears along with eyebrows that'll need trimming!  :(  I don't want to be the old complaining guy!

generic candy corn sucks!  Gimme Brach's.   :)

...and yes D, generic Pop-Tarts suck!

Nah, it's an excellent thread!  I've thoroughly enjoyed it.  ;)

Thank you sk.  The next thread I'll have to start is how to explain to your wife you're on a message board with "sex kitten!"...without getting glared at!   :hihi:

Canada Dry Ginger Ale, there is no substitute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Generic ginger ales pale in comparison! 

It's very delicious actually.  It comes in many different flavors. It is a thin, brothy soup with asian type noodles.  Takes only about 3 to 4 minutes to make, and yes it is very cheap. I have always been open to adding veggies or something to it, not that it is gonna make it any healthier lol, it has approx 15-17 hundred  miligrams of sodium per package if I remember correctly, carbs are just as bad, in all reality heart attack food :P Good thing college kids r young enough to get away with eating like that.

you and me both ;D

I've totally been buyin out the bananna ones mmm. I'd send ya one if I could!

Toilet paper.

They don't.

It fucks up their heart and overall health, probably leading to an eventual heartattack, or death.

peanuts?  It has to be Planter's.   :)

As far as blowhards who hate poor people and peace...GOTTA go with Rush Limbaugh.  Any other douchebag just won't do.

Plastic wrap.

Sorry Freedom!  I've gotta say the Pepsi to Rush's Coke is Sean Hannity.  The rest are sooo store brand.   :hihi:

Fuck YES.