My grandmother called her refrigerator "the frigidaire", and tissues "kleenex".
Though both were brand names, she meant them in the lower-case sense. The brand became the generic.
I can't remember when I first saw a package of "risotto" in the supermarket, but I remember groaning. When did carnaroli and arborio rice lose their identities to the generic?
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