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Looking in my cupboard right now: Goya: Spain Bela: Portugal Crown Prince: Morocco Bar Harbor: Latvia Brunswick: Latvia King Oscar: Norway

markdown 2mo ago
This is bizarre to me. Do you always shop this way? Personally I find a favourite brand and stick with it. There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands.
- BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
  > "Personally I find a favourite brand and stick with it." Two responses: 1) And by what process exactly do you find a favorite? Clairvoyance? 2) If you can have a favorite, then the different brands must have different qualities. And if different brands have different qualities, then they will be differently good for different uses. > "There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands." They aren't the same thing. They're differently-prepared multi-ingredient products. They're often not even the same species of fish, because "sardine" is a general category not a species.
- nickserv 2mo ago
  > There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands. Weird, I'm the complete opposite. There's no product I can think of where I didn't buy different brands, if anything just to compare.
- vel0city 2mo ago
  So once you've decided on a particular brand and variety of chips you only ever buy that single brand and variety of chips, never branching out to try different things? Never get an urge for wavy chips instead of traditional, or maybe tortilla chips the next time, maybe even every now and then cheese curls? I don't even like Sardines but I definitely understand there's a ton of variety in flavors and packing styles and even the species of fish can be a little different.
  - Hugsbox 2mo ago
    Some people would happily eat the same thing for breakfast, dinner, and supper every single day for the rest of their lives. I don't necessarily understand it, but I've met plenty of people like that.
throwaway2037 2mo ago
This is a cool reply. Are you a sardine fanatic? Do you many different brands for the different flavours?
- BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
  I enjoy them and see that they come in many variations. I'm not sure whether that makes me a fanatic or just discerning.
ljf 2mo ago
Intrigued, I checked my cupboard for the brands we have: * Alva (from Sainsburys) - 75p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Eastern Atlantic Ocean * 'The Fishmonger' (from Lidl) - 59p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Eastern Central Atlantic * Kingfisher (from Lidl) - 49p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Central Eastern Atlantic

markdown 2mo ago

This is bizarre to me. Do you always shop this way? Personally I find a favourite brand and stick with it. There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands.

BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
> "Personally I find a favourite brand and stick with it." Two responses: 1) And by what process exactly do you find a favorite? Clairvoyance? 2) If you can have a favorite, then the different brands must have different qualities. And if different brands have different qualities, then they will be differently good for different uses. > "There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands." They aren't the same thing. They're differently-prepared multi-ingredient products. They're often not even the same species of fish, because "sardine" is a general category not a species.
nickserv 2mo ago
> There isn't a single product I can think of where I'll buy the same thing from multiple brands. Weird, I'm the complete opposite. There's no product I can think of where I didn't buy different brands, if anything just to compare.
vel0city 2mo ago
So once you've decided on a particular brand and variety of chips you only ever buy that single brand and variety of chips, never branching out to try different things? Never get an urge for wavy chips instead of traditional, or maybe tortilla chips the next time, maybe even every now and then cheese curls? I don't even like Sardines but I definitely understand there's a ton of variety in flavors and packing styles and even the species of fish can be a little different.
- Hugsbox 2mo ago
  Some people would happily eat the same thing for breakfast, dinner, and supper every single day for the rest of their lives. I don't necessarily understand it, but I've met plenty of people like that.

throwaway2037 2mo ago

This is a cool reply. Are you a sardine fanatic? Do you many different brands for the different flavours?

BugsJustFindMe 2mo ago
I enjoy them and see that they come in many variations. I'm not sure whether that makes me a fanatic or just discerning.

ljf 2mo ago

Intrigued, I checked my cupboard for the brands we have: * Alva (from Sainsburys) - 75p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Eastern Atlantic Ocean * 'The Fishmonger' (from Lidl) - 59p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Eastern Central Atlantic * Kingfisher (from Lidl) - 49p - Sardina pilchardus - Packed in Morocco, caught in Central Eastern Atlantic