Do you use bottled or tap water for your cooking?

[Pierogi]

Tap water for most purposes, although sometimes, when I think about it, I do use Brita-filtered water if it's going to be a key ingredient in the finished product, like in soup. When I haven't I don't notice a difference.

I keep a Brita pitcher for drinking water solely because I like cold drinking water, and it goes in the fridge. I guess I could just keep a pitcher of tap water....but I don't.

I probably buy a total 2 cases of bottled water a year, spaced out usually in purchases of a 6-pak. I keep some for a stash (drinking water for me & the dogs in case of emergency, like The Big One, it is SoCal after all), and use some when I need a portable potable (oh.....I slay me....keep my day job). I never buy anything other than water labeled "spring water" (i.e. Arrowhead or Crystal Geyser) that lists the source. "Purified water" (i.e. Dasani) is just that....tap water that's been run through a filter system, and is the biggest rip-off in the Universe.

But really, the Brita's even overkil in my area. My tap water tastes just great, and is ranked very high in quality. The Brita is a psychological crutch, I'll admit it.