Are there any foods you're willing to spend a premium on? (wine, coffee)

[Blondebaerde]

Originally Posted by Azureth

Such as foods that you'll pay more for instead of the cheaper kind? For me, one is cheese. I love turkey but I don't really care about the cheaper stuff, but when it comes to cheese I hate the single cheap processed cheese and always buy cheese at the deli.

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I don't eat ghetto Army -surplus crap which defines bulk of the diets around here.

Coffee. This is Seattle, we know what works and what needs to be fed to the Mexican Army by the 55 gallon drum. 90% store-bought coffee is in the latter category. Peets and some of the seasonals are not.

Cheese. There is an Oregon brand that is pretty good, for bulk. That's good enough. Custom, nice cheeses start at about $9/lb around here and don't usually appeal, but the option is open.

Where do I even continue...and everything else, from pizza to butter to eggs to milk to...know what I like, and once again I know ghetto horrible food from that for epicureans, so exercise my willpower to seek the latter only.

I suppose last worth noting is fresh ground almond butter, right from the machine that crushes the almonds, is good as it gets for a non-trivial $7/lb or so. I can plow through that pretty quick, but the store that has it is 1.1 mile away so works for me.

I don't pay attention to what things cost, which is a blessing and I do remain thankful for what I have: I'm not an ingrate, and learned how to live frugally in college and on my own first few years as a professional. May go back to that as a retiree, my dad did and it came natural to him. I'd need to train myself back into it, but it's a short path all-considered.

[ChessieMom]

Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Nothing else like it.

[TabulaRasa]

whole bean coffee
leaf tea

[Miss Hepburn]

A must:

Grass fed meats, org chicken--
All wild caught seafoods from the USA, omg, never farm raised.

Org veggies, milk, coffee, eggs
Top Vodkas and Marker's Mark
And I'm very healthy

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by Azureth

Such as foods that you'll pay more for instead of the cheaper kind?..

Sure, just about anything.

Tasty produce- fresh fruits and veggies-are worth whatever they're going for.

Wild Alaskan salmon is an expensive treat even here in state, but totally worth it.

Dairy and meats I eat very little of, and when choosing them I will always avoid the factory farmed products in favor of more expensive options.

Alcohol is rarely on the menu here. Kombucha-the more expensive stuff is usually better.

[capoeira]

I only buy organic peanut butter with no other ingredients besides peanuts and a tiny amount of salt. The Santa Cruz brand is my favorite.

I would never buy mainstream peanut butter brands with junk ingredients like "corn syrup solids, sugar, soy protein concentrate and hydrogenated vegetable oil.

[allenk893]

All of my gluten-free, allergen-free desserts that I make from scratch. I can't risk a reaction eating out or cross contamination. So I pay a good penny for flour produced in an allergen-free facility. Not easy to find at all. Everything is contaminated with soy or wheat.

[Bayarea4]

I will pay more for meat, eggs and dairy products that are humanely raised. Ditto for good coffee or local honey.

[elnina]

All of it. I like quality food. To me, quality is more important than quantity.
I live 6 months of a year overseas. When I return to the US, I just can't stomach the cheap, processed food.

[Nerys52SoSilver]

In random order cheeses, butter, eggs, fruits, teas, chocolates, cocoa powder and cookies.