Tales of the Salty Bag

 My initial impression of Hardbite (handcrafted-style chips..cooked in 100% avo oil) Wasabi Ranch chips is that they smell like KFC. This was unexpected. I however proceeded to toss one in my mouth and was met by a very nice wasabi bite and a good kettle cooked crunch. A mild creamy ranch flavour kicks in at the back end of consuming. There's a slight butteryness to the chips and the seasoning to potato ratio is pretty much on point throughout the (128g) bag. This is probably the first time that I've had a bag of Hardbite that the flavour name is a perfect description of the actual chips flavour. There's no flowery wording trying to make them sound more important or healthy than they are. There's enough wasabi tang to keep me interested, but it's not blasting open my sinuses. Bangin' bag of chips. Neither me or the Salty Wife saw bags of these around town but she was nice enough to find some online through London Drugs in case you're wanting to get a bag for

(If you're looking for a review, go to the very bottom to read my words about co-op Gold Pure kettle cooked Jalapeno White Cheddar) Well, 2020 was an odd year. I'm up in Canada so it wasn't quite as odd as other countries, so that was tight..I guess. I believe this was the most growth that my CD collection has seen in years..if not ever. I got some groovy records, still managed to get some American chip flavours. Yeah, so below I'm going to provide an update on what I found to get of note in 2020...it's not going to be the definitive list of cool stuff, but it's the list that you're getting.  Beyond categorization - I kept the annual(?) interview train going thanks to the kindness of Greg Rekus  - People that I don't know that were nice in one way or another: Both Bazooka Joe and Rob Crooks separately, Thomas Quinlan of Hand Solo Records , Jon Lewis of The Dopamines , Epic and Saskatoon Folk Rap Records - Who Wants $2.69 with Martin Urbano on Twitch via

 This is just a rundown of my postings in 2020 including: the blog title, chip and music reference for anyone that doesn't want to read all them (I've done this each previous year for 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018, and 2019 ): January 2020:   The Beautiful People - Music: Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar     Chip: Miss Vickie's Hickory Smoked Salt Dreamy Little You - Music (for title): Kitty Kat Fan Club. This was a rundown of good things from 2019.   Hardwell Close - Music: The Murderburgers - What a Mess     Chip: Great Value Red Curry February 2020: Death & taxes (or the Greg Rekus interview) - Music: Greg Rekus..it was an interview of Greg Rekus as the title suggests Puncture Wounds - Music: Gatecreeper - Deserted     Chip: Barcel Chip's Fuego Limon March 2020 : The Devil's Martyr - Music: Sacrifice - The One's I Condemn     Chip: Lay's Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle (or Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle Remix) Talk is Cheap - Music: Comeba