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Just Like Heaven

What do Old Dutch Salt 'n Vinegar taste like you ask? Well, they're a standard (non-kettle cooked) potato chip that are on the lightweight side of crunch. At times the seasoning seems almost powdery to the taste. The vinegar flavour is quite tart. For the most part the seasoning is well distributed throughout the bag (the odd chips is more towards the light side). They're not the most rigid chip but if you have a soft dip they'll work (S&V is a great dipping seasoned chip in general [I guess almost all staple flavours are good for dipping]). Old Dutch doesn't break any barriers with their standard line of chips but they're passable in most circumstances.

The first tape that I recall owning was Jock Rock, Volume 2. The first cd that I ever bought was Weird Al's Bad Hair Day. The first record that I purchased was (I believe) The Cure's Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. I haven't listened the Jock Rock or Bad Hair Day in a while, but I'd like to think that all 3 of those albums hold up today. Shit man, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me may have been a bit bloated (could have probably cut about half of the album and I'd have been satified) but it has Catch, Why Can't I Be You and Just Like Heaven on it. I love me some Robert Smith pop gems. Any album with Just Like Heaven on it is a good..nay, great..on second thought, good (like I said before it's a little bloated for my taste) album. However, if you're going to sit there and try to tell me that Just Like Heaven doesn't brighten up your day (in a way that few songs can), that it's not one of your top 50 songs of all time, that it doesn't transport you to a world full of sunshine and potato chips..you're just plain lying to yourself. Yeah.

Stay hydrated,
marC

ps, Covered Bridge's "Smokin' Sweet BBQ" Barbecue chips make great dippers to consume chili. Just sayin'

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