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 Herr's Buffalo Style Blue Cheese Flavour(ed) Corn Snacks. Herr's is coming about you with puffy cheese corn sticks. The heat is a sort of mild vinegar based heat, there's a bit of a bite but they don't really make you sweat. The blue cheese flavour is present but not overpowering (for the most part) and seems to come and go as it pleases becoming the most present at about the 3/4 mark of consumption. Like I said these are puffy, so the crunch is light. I'm really digging the blue cheese in these (if you're not a fan of blue cheese you might not want to get these [but if you're not a fan of blue cheese and you picked up a bag of these regardless of reading my thoughts, that's on you, the bag emphasizes Blue Cheese]). The further I get into the bag the more the heat builds up in my mouth, it's not overwhelming and still not cracking a sweat but it's a nice mouth tingle. There's a bit of the standard cheese puff cheddar at this party as well, but it's more or less skulking in the corner. I didn't think these were going to be very good, I was pleasantly surprised. Won't make regular rotation, but something good for when you're feeling frisky..and have a total disregard for your health (24% fat [25% saturated] and 26% sodium per 50g).

Up until this past weekend I don't believe I've ever actually listened to a Dwarves song. There was something about their general image(ry) that made me think they were more of a show than a band..and that the music would be more of a slow meh rock. Was I wrong? I heard a clip of Happy Birthday Suicide from their recent split 7" with Raging Nathans (on the Rad Girlfriend Records IG) and was somewhat confused, it sounded like some up tempo pop punk (of the midwestern vein). I went and checked out the 7" and realized that maybe the saying that you should judge all books by their cover could be wrong. Sure the Dwarves lyrics are dark and creepy, and the split's cover art (in line with almost all previous Dwarves album art) is comprised of a naked woman, but the music (at least on this 7") is melodic AF and toe tappingly catchy. I'm starting to think that Dwarves aren't a joke, they're a punk band with a twisted sense of humor. 

Stay hydrated,

Marc



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