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favorite usa made foods/products

11 years ago

lazy river, olychick, and everyone else....what are your favorite usa made things? your comments on my candy post got me to thinking...

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deegw
11 years ago
My favorite hot sauce, which has a very Asian sounding name, is made in California.

Here is a link that might be useful: Huy Fong Foods Sriracha
natal
11 years ago
California EVOO, J Lohr & Cupcake chardonnays.

Here is a link that might be useful: California Olive Ranch
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golddust
11 years ago
Dee, my refrigerator is never without that sauce. We also love Philippe mustard. Made in Los Angelos, we order it from the resteraunt in jars of six.

Here is a link that might be useful: Great French hot mustard
Olychick
11 years ago
Well, I already posted about See's Candy....hmmm. I think most food I buy is USA made - that's why I was aware of candy manufacturing being moved to Mexico - didn't Hershey pull out of PA and move most stuff to Mx?

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I think this might only be regionally available, but I LOVE Sweet Creek Oregon Gourmet Albacore Tuna canned in its own juice. I get it at the food co-op and it's pretty expensive, but I cannot buy/eat that other canned stuff ever again. It's solid pack so goes a long way. It tastes like I imagine home canned tuna might taste - it's in a jar instead of a tin. Oregon Albacore has fewer toxins than most albacore...and it's dolphin safe.

Here is a link that might be useful: Wild pine nuts
Olychick
11 years ago
I was just reading the dairy-free post and it reminded me that one of my favorites to use is Organic Valley unsweetened soy milk. I decided to try soy in my coffee a few years ago, but was distressed to read that even organic soy products are very often made with soy grown in china!! So I did some research to discover which companies use USA grown non-gmo soy. I wrote to companies and asked. Organic Valley uses US grown organic soy and you can even find out which farm the soy in their product comes from. Same with their dairy products...you can find out where your carton of milk comes from. I avoid soy, edamame, etc from china because I just don't believe they have standards there that ensure they really are organic.
upa_lazy_river
11 years ago
I have several!

Walls Marionberry Jam, made here in Oregon.
Kringle from OH Danish Bakery in Racine WI (I order for Christmas breakfasthttp://www.ohdanishbakery.com).

Graeter's Ice Cream from Cincinnati, Ohio (http://www.graeters.com/).

And, of course, Oregon pinot noir wine!

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