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 When I saw that Takis made kettle cooked potato chips I took notice, but had no real expectations. There's been a bag of Takis Kettlez Typhoon Jalapeno..Hot, Spicy Jalapeno (just the name/spelling is somewhat of a turnoff) sitting in the salty cellar for a minute. I finally got around to trying my first flavour of Takis take on kettle cooked potato chips this past week. The bag has a 'tear here' note, well Takis, I'll pass on your bag opening suggestion. So I cracked the bag open standard style (pulling the 2 sides apart) and took a whiff that presented me with what I noted as spicy. These chips have a good solid crunch. They're a thicker cut chip that makes me think that they may not have been cooked quite as long as a 'standard' kettle cooked chip, but still a solid crunch due to the thickness. The flavour is aggressively spicy. There's cheddar in the mix..or some sort of cheesy saltiness. Jalapeno heat..like, fresh jalaps..hotter than standard jalapeno chip seasoning but not a brutal heat, quite flavourful..enjoyable. The flavour of these chips is familiar but still unique, I just can't quite put my finger on it. I want to say that there's vinegar, but it's not listed in the ingredients..maybe it's citrus that I'm tasting, lime? As I worked my way through the bag I started to get a decent forehead sweat going. Tasty. I'm digging the thicker cut chips, the seasoning coverage is quite good. I'm looking forward to trying another flavour in the Takis Kettlez line.

I was listening to my Paranoid Castle cd's a month ago and started wondering what else Kirby Dominant has put out. He has such an original style I wanted more. Well, it turns out that in 2000 he put out a colab album with one of Canada's most prolific emcees, Moka Only under the name of Dominant Mammals. Smooth, funky, jazzy, keyboard(synth?). It sounds like an underground rap album, basically it's a Moka album, not trendy though..I'm getting into it 21 years late and it sounds great, fun album. I'm waiting for the CD to come in so I don't have the detailed credits, but looking at discogs Kirby Dominant and Moka both provided production.  

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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