# Groceries you buy often that others don't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125 "2025-07-20T20:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/121 "2025-07-23T23:58:34Z")
We get sachima from time to time (maybe once every couple of months). [![](https://www.tntsupermarket.com/media/catalog/product/5/2/5276390101720188008_1.jpg) ](https://www.tntsupermarket.com/media/catalog/product/5/2/5276390101720188008_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/122 "2025-07-24T00:50:34Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I will look for Graza “Sizzle”. There are three of them, sizzle, frizzle, and drizzle. > **[Olive Oil](https://www.graza.co/collections/olive-oil?srsltid=AfmBOorjfuhwlsVSEK5oyU0D6qBKerE3leJzqXQcUoEtpWS_YbHZPP0o)** * * * > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Doesn’t mean it’s not fun to be silently judgy. It’s some of the most fun I have. 😇 * * * > [@hogarth](#): > > We get sachima from time to time (maybe once every couple of months). What is that? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/123 "2025-07-24T01:42:51Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Although the greens are cheaper, presumably because they can be shipped and stored longer before going bad. That’s part of it. The rest of it is that the peppers need to be left on the plant longer in order to get ripe; which may result in less total crop from that plant, and which definitely results in them requiring longer season, more time using field or greenhouse space, and irrigation water if needed; plus which, the skins soften as they ripen, and become not only more vulnerable to shipping and/or packing damage, but also more vulnerable while still in the field to diseases, injury, and/or sunscald. A pepper that was a first when mature green risks becoming seconds or compost by the time it’s ripe. (You can compromise by harvesting at “suntan” stage. Peppers harvested when they show ripe color over a significant portion of the skin but that are still partly green will ripen fully in storage if stored in the right temperature range.) > [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > I used to pass the time waiting in the groc checkout line watching what people ahead of me pulled from their carts and put on the belt. > > I try not to look, because I will be unreasonably judgey. But I live my life, and others live theirs, so I suspect they would value my opinions about as much as I would value theirs. Anybody looking at my grocery cart would probably conclude that I eat no or almost no vegetables. That’s because I grow them; and stock the freezers. (I like horseradish. I’m very gradually educating myself to hot peppers, and have made it to about the point at which I like pepperjack cheese (tiny bits of jalapeno embedded in a fair amount of cheese). I’m not up to wasabi.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/124 "2025-07-24T02:45:35Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I’m actually curious, for those who are in the grocery business- how well does an item have to sell to keep it on the shelves? Grocery shelf space is at a premium. If it doesn’t sell, it’ll be replaced with something that does. _You_ may not be buying much giardiniera, but someone is. Maybe @Joey_P can give more details about how many oddball products have to sell. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/125 "2025-07-24T02:54:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Ghee. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > It does however, make for truly amazing popcorn. Try it with bacon fat. {{swoon}} ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/126 "2025-07-24T02:58:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > Ghee. I buy it because it has a higher smoke point than butter and works well for frying potatoes. It’s not cheap. > > It does however, make for truly amazing popcorn. I keep ghee around, but rarely use it except for making popcorn. It does make nice popcorn. 😀 I like goose fat for popcorn, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/127 "2025-07-24T02:58:42Z")
That was the point. They have no heat, and are thus the only peppers with no redeeming value. Other peppers taste like peppers, but at least have heat. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/128 "2025-07-24T12:37:34Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I will look for Graza “Sizzle”. I was pleasantly surprised to find it at Costco. An oversized bottle for an undersized prize. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/129 "2025-07-24T16:25:13Z")
I have a difficult time finding it around anymore, but I love Vermont Creamery’s cultured butter. Last time I bought four packs through Amazon. I just love cultured butters compared with the non-cultured type. There’s always the Kerrygold unsalted (the salted does not contain cultures), but I like the Vermont Creamery a little better. Sometimes I’ll get one of the European ones, but I like to have cultured butter for when butter flavor is front and foremost, like on toasted (or untoasted, for that matter) bread. I always need fish sauce (Tiparos or Red Boat), soy sauce (Japanese and Chinese types) and oyster sauce on hand. Scandinavian Rye Crispbread Tabasco-flavored sardines Saint Agúr blue cheese (though my local grocery has stopped carrying it–I need to find a new source.) Brown Sauce (like HP; currently I have the Irish YR sauce. Atta flour (a type of Indian whole wheat flour that is more finely milled than its American counterpart.) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/130 "2025-07-24T16:40:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Graza “Sizzle” olive oil, again because it’s just one of the best olive oils you can buy. Very herbal and reasonably priced. I like it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/131 "2025-07-24T18:43:08Z")
I should also mention that Graza olive oil is not cut with any other oil. 100% Spanish olives. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/132 "2025-07-24T19:01:10Z")
The market near my house sells large cans of it so you can refill the bottles. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/133 "2025-07-24T19:51:26Z")
The last couple of weeks suggest that I’m one of the few people who want loose bean sprouts. Most of the stores in my area now only sell packaged sprouts in either 9oz or 12oz bags. In the summer, I make a lot of tomato beef chow mein, and I like to use about a pound of sprouts per batch. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/134 "2025-07-25T06:47:20Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I’m actually curious, for those who are in the grocery business- how well does an item have to sell to keep it on the shelves? My store has about 14 options for diced chili peppers. Several different brands and sizes. What the hell? There is ONE choice for whole chilis. Ortega, Big Ass Can that one dude couldn’t possibly eat in less than a week. I found out that they will freeze, but after thawing them, stuffing them with cheese will tend to shred them. I’ve learned to become a Cheese Da Vinci to match the shape of the chili. Same problem with Jack cheese. Buy a tiny little overpriced Lego brick, or get the 4 pound Breeze-Block which the dogs end up eating most of when it goes moldy. It’s a conspiracy against Chili Rellenos! ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/135 "2025-07-25T07:09:51Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It’s a conspiracy against Chili Rellenos! I have found that a stick or two of string cheese works quite nicely when you’re making chiles rellenos. They’re already portioned and wrapped, and you use as many as you desire to fit into whatever chiles you’re using, whether canned or fresh. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/136 "2025-07-25T07:40:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > (It’s gotta’ be the red, orange or yellow ones, the green ones are unappealing at best). > > This. > > Green are gross and taste of bitter failure. The others are yummy. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > No, all bell peppers have the same horrid capsicum taste. Either we’re talking about completely different things here, or you guys are all nuts! 😉 Green bell peppers are an essential part of one of the most common basic pizzas (pepperoni, mushrooms, and green peppers). In raw form, they’re delicious in many salads, like **[a basic Greek salad](https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/authentic-greek-salad/)** along with feta cheese, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and black olives, or the slightly more elaborate _horiatiki_, or **[Greek Acropolis salad](https://cookingwithruthie.com/2019/09/02/horiatiki-greek-village-salad-acropolis-of-athens/)**. Green peppers in all of 'em! My local supermarket makes a delicious Greek Acropolis salad with a tangy Greek yogurt dressing instead of olive oil, and lots of green and yellow peppers complementing all the other lovely ingredients. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/137 "2025-07-25T08:19:31Z")
Green bell peppers are great! Definitely indispensable in a Greek salad, but they add crunch to most anything they’re in. They’re also good as part of a veggie platter, with dip. If you’re looking for a capsicum taste, they won’t have it, but they’ll have as much crunch as celery, and you won’t have to dig their strands out of your teeth afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/138 "2025-07-25T13:24:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It’s a conspiracy against Chili Rellenos! Let me tweak that for you: > It’s a conspiracy against single people cooking at home. 🤬 AND Chili Rellenos! > [@ricepad](#): > > I have found that a stick or two of string cheese works quite nicely when you’re making chiles rellenos. They’re already portioned and wrapped, and you use as many as you desire to fit into whatever chiles you’re using, whether canned or fresh. Fantastic idea. Thank you!! > [@Spoons](#): > > but they’ll have as much crunch as celery, and you won’t have to dig their strands out of your teeth afterwards. True. But sponging the sorrow from your soul will take all night. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/139 "2025-07-25T16:44:03Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Green bell peppers …If you’re looking for a capsicum taste, they won’t have it, Yes, raw green bell peppers are the only peppers i can eat. The others are all revolting, including cooked green peppers, yellow and red bell peppers, and the assorted hot peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125/140 "2025-07-25T17:53:36Z")
I think the raw ones also taste terrible. I cannot count the number of people who assure me that if I don’t like raw green bell peppers, I will love cooked red peppers, or vice versa. NO. May the rest of you enjoy them in good health, but I just don’t like them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125.md?page=8)