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 President's Choice World Off Lavours (what are Lavours?..[ohhhh, World OF Flavours {*badum chhhhh*}]) Taco flavour (Mild [doux] heat). Do these PC chips taste like tacos? Yes. *drops mic*

Nice big ridges, similar to wavy Lays, with a great mid weight crunch. I taste taco seasoning, cheese, a bit of sour cream and a hint of onion and lettuce (the picture on the bag is pretty, pretty accurate [how do you simulate lettuce flavour, maybe it's just the picture on the bag that makes me think I'm tasting it..but I'm pretty sure there's some lettuce up in this bag]). If you've ever had taco dip, that's these but in potato chip form. I feel as though the people who concocted the seasoning for these chips had a bag of Old Dutch Mexican Chili and were like, "yeah, those are okay, we can do better", ran with a taco seasoning based chip and nailed it. The mild heat label/symbol on the bag is pretty accurate. I'd like to have a crack at some taco dip with these chips, nom.

I'm about halfway through the Land of Ska chapter of In Defense of Ska. In this chapter Aaron Carnes goes into decent detail regarding the massive ska scene in Mexico as well as the LA Latino ska scene. I was aware that there was a Mexican ska scene, however until reading this book I wasn't aware of how big it really was. The only band that I recognize in this chapter is the Voodoo Glow Skulls and at that I only have their Who Is, This Is? album and a few comp appearances. I haven't dug into the bands that Aaron mentions yet, but in general I think i have some MexSka digging to do, as I write this I'm starting to listen to Sekta Core which I am quite enjoying, and wishing I understood more than a handful of words/phrases in Spanish, the good thing about music is that it can transcend language.

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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